Katie Smith, LCMHC

Katie Smith is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) licensed in North Carolina with five years of clinical experience. She works with adults on concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship problems, and issues that come up in family life including blended family issues.

Katie has supported people who have faced domestic violence, sexual assault, military-related stresses, and prolonged emotional distress. She also lists areas like grief, intimacy-related problems, parenting concerns, and mood or personality disorder symptoms among the topics she addresses.

Her way of working combines cognitive behavioral ideas with person-centered care. That means she helps clients notice thoughts and behavior patterns, and then tests small changes to see what helps. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and works alongside them to set goals and try practical steps.

Katie uses skills-based methods drawn from mindfulness and therapies that focus on building emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness. She also applies motivated conversation techniques and short-term, goal-focused strategies to help people make steady progress.

In conversations she aims to identify manageable steps for dealing with pain, shame, or relationship strain. That can look like learning boundaries, practicing communication skills, or taking small behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety. The emphasis is on clear, practical actions people can use between sessions.

To begin, prospective clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. The counselor notes that new clients should confirm current session options before booking so they know what formats are available.