- Stress and anxiety
- Blended family issues
- Communication skills
About Charmaine
Charmaine Smith is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist with 17 years of practice. She is licensed in Kentucky, Maryland, and Texas and works with adults on stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, self-esteem, and coaching needs.
She helps people who are managing life transitions such as divorce, separation, blended family adjustments, or changes around caregiving and health. Sessions focus on concrete problems like communication breakdowns, commitment doubts, and conflicts that come from family of origin patterns.
Her approach mixes practical strategies and conversation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors. Emotionally-Focused Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas guide conversations about closeness, trust, and how past relationships affect current ones.
Clients can expect straightforward dialogue about goals and next steps. Charmaine adapts the pace and techniques to the issue at hand, whether that means focused skill work for anxiety or longer discussions about family roles and boundaries.
She also brings experience addressing abandonment, adoption and foster care concerns, body image, caregiver stress, and fatherhood issues. Sessions aim to clarify what is most important to the client and to build small, practical changes that fit everyday life.
How therapeutic approaches are used in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people get clear about what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and motivation problems because it focuses on actions rather than only on thoughts.Emotionally-Focused Therapy looks at patterns of emotion and how they shape close connections. It can help people understand attachment needs and improve how they express feelings in relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking and replace it with practical experiments and behavior changes for anxiety and low mood.
Choosing a method is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which approach or combination makes the most sense and adjust the plan over time.
Confirm the current session options before booking since the profile does not list specific formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into the week, shorten check-ins, or avoid travel time. Many clients find that remote sessions allow them to use techniques in the context of daily life and practice new skills between meetings.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
17+ years
Listed in
Kentucky, Texas, Maryland
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, self-esteem, and coaching. The profile also lists specific areas like blended family issues, divorce and separation, and caregiver stress.
What is her therapeutic style?
She blends practical, talk-based methods and skill practice. The approaches include cognitive behavioral ideas, emotionally-focused work, and attachment-based perspectives.
How much experience does she have?
She has 17 years of professional experience working with adults on relationship and family-related concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she licensed?
She holds LMFT and LCMFT credentials and is licensed in Kentucky, Maryland, and Texas.
What languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions scheduled and what formats are offered?
Confirm current session options before booking, as the profile does not list specific formats. The process begins by selecting the See online therapy options button and completing a short matching questionnaire.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.