About Shyla
Shyla Smith helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, or changes in life. She is a licensed mental health counselor, LMHC, and brings six years of clinical experience to her work. Shyla writes simply and stays focused on practical support for everyday struggles.
She uses clear conversation to help clients name problems and try manageable steps. Sessions focus on understanding how patterns form and testing small changes that can make daily life easier.
How Shyla works
She also assists people coping with trauma, addiction, sleep problems, and care-related stress. Shyla pays attention to culture, discrimination, and how identity shapes experience. That includes helping people who feel impacted by bias or who are navigating LGBT concerns.
She also supports those facing chronic illness, caregiver strain, aging-related issues, and mood disorders such as bipolar conditions. Her approach is straightforward and goal-oriented. She aims to create a nonjudgmental space where concerns can be spoken about plainly and honestly.
Practical tools and compassionate listening are offered so people can try new ways of managing feelings and relationships. Shyla practices in Washington and works with clients who prefer online formats. She guides each person through small, realistic steps and helps them build skills they can use outside of sessions.
Taking that first step is often the hardest part, and she focuses on making the process manageable.
What Shyla works with
The areas below are the ones Shyla selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Washington |
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Online support options
How practical approaches translate to online therapy
Shyla often uses evidence-based techniques that focus on recognizing unhelpful patterns and practicing new behaviors. One common approach helps people identify stressful thoughts and try different responses in everyday situations so emotions feel more manageable. This can be useful for anxiety, depression, and anger-related concerns.Another approach emphasizes coping skills and pacing for those dealing with trauma, chronic pain, or caregiving stress. Sessions include learning short strategies for regulating strong feelings, improving sleep routines, and negotiating difficult conversations. These tools are aimed at concrete changes rather than abstract concepts.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a fuller conversational experience. Phone sessions can fit a short break or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text work well for quick check-ins and ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and help people keep momentum between meetings.
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