About Taylor
Taylor Smith is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with ten years of clinical experience. He combines practical techniques with clear goals to help people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, and life transitions. Taylor writes simply and directly in sessions and focuses on what will make a real difference for each person.
He uses a mix of brief, solution-oriented work and deeper therapy methods depending on what a client needs.
How Taylor works
That can mean fast, focused sessions to solve a specific problem or longer work to address trauma, grief, or relationship struggles. Taylor also draws on hypnotherapy methods and Jungian ideas when they fit the client’s goals. Across his practice he has helped people with parenting strain, blended family concerns, attachment issues, and caregiver stress.
He has experience with substance misuse, mood disorders such as depression and bipolar, and managing chronic pain or illness alongside emotional challenges. Communication problems, commitment issues, and first responder stress are also areas he addresses. Taylor aims to give clear tools and practical steps clients can use between sessions.
He balances direct coaching with deeper reflection when patterns or family history are part of the problem. Sessions focus on skills people can apply to daily life, along with perspectives that support longer-term change. People who work with Taylor can expect a results-oriented approach tailored to their goals.
He encourages collaboration and keeps sessions straightforward and actionable. The emphasis is on making progress without wasting time or resources.
Taylor lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Taylor works with
The areas below are the ones Taylor selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate to online care
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, often called DBT, focuses on teaching concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and reducing self-destructive behaviors. It is helpful for people who need structured tools to handle strong feelings and improve everyday coping.Hypnotherapy uses guided relaxation and focused attention to help people access inner resources and change unhelpful patterns. It can support work on addictions, stress reduction, pain management, and habit change when paired with talk therapy.
Taylor treats finding the right approach as a team effort. He will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. That might mean starting with brief solution-focused work and adding DBT skills or hypnotherapy when appropriate.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for short check-ins, coaching between sessions, and maintaining momentum on skills. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue consistent work across life changes.
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