- Years in practice
- 6
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Yiasha
Yiasha Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in South Carolina with six years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people cope with depression, trauma, anxiety, and the everyday stress of life changes. Her approach aims to give practical tools and steady support rather than quick fixes.
She often meets with young adults navigating transitions into adulthood and people managing chronic mental health concerns. Yiasha brings an energetic, problem-solving style to sessions and works to break down negative thought patterns that affect daily functioning.
Background and approach
Sessions move at a steady pace and emphasize usable skills clients can apply between meetings. Her work includes attention to relationship and family issues, parenting concerns, grief, and challenges related to identity and intimacy. She also addresses addictions, anger, bipolar concerns, and career stress when these affect mood and daily life.
Yiasha recognizes how past experiences like abandonment or attachment difficulties can shape current behavior and focuses on practical steps to change those patterns. Yiasha uses a mix of collaborative approaches. She draws on client-centered methods to place the client's perspective first, cognitive behavioral techniques to shift thinking, and elements of dialectical behavior therapy for emotion regulation.
Motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas appear in shorter-term goal work. People who want a direct, engaged counselor who offers concrete strategies tend to fit well with her style. She values clear goals and works together with clients to track progress and adjust the plan as needed.
What Yiasha works with
Everything Yiasha lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Yiasha helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Yiasha lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches for online parenting and life stress
Client-centered therapy focuses on the client's experience and priorities. It gives space for a person to tell their story while the therapist reflects and helps identify what matters most. This approach can help people feel heard and clearer about next steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It teaches practical steps to change unhelpful thinking and build healthier routines, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and parenting stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication in relationships.
Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That collaborative process makes it easier to target parenting concerns, grief, or life transitions in a way that fits each person's needs.
Online therapy offers several convenient session formats: video calls for a face-to-face experience, phone sessions when bandwidth is limited, live chat for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit counseling into a busy schedule, maintain momentum between sessions, and choose the format that feels most comfortable for regular work on parenting and life stress.
Questions people ask about Yiasha
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, addictions, grief, parenting challenges, self-esteem, and related issues listed in her profile.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She offers straightforward strategies, helps shift negative thoughts, and focuses on skills you can use between sessions.
What experience does she have?
She has six years of experience working with young adults, people with chronic mental health concerns, and individuals facing depression, trauma, and anxiety.
What credentials and where is she licensed?
She holds the LPC credential, listed as SC LPC, and practices in South Carolina.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
How can sessions be delivered?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist's availability.
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