Dr. Dionne Crosby Smith, LPC

Dr. Dionne Crosby Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Louisiana with 12 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people move past stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, anger, and struggles with addictions. She presents a calm, practical presence and encourages clients to build on their existing strengths as they work toward change.

Dr. Smith treats each person as an individual and shapes sessions around what matters most to them. She uses clear, hands-on strategies that people can try between meetings. Progress is often about small steps that add up over time, and she helps people set realistic, manageable goals.

Her work also includes helping people cope with natural or human-caused disasters, veteran and armed forces issues, multicultural concerns, phobias, and challenges common in young adulthood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is one approach she uses to help people recognize unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors.

She frames therapy as a collaboration where the client’s own experience guides the process. Dr. Smith listens, helps clarify patterns, and offers practical techniques to reduce distress. Sessions are aimed at building confidence and improving daily functioning.

People who prefer straightforward, skills-focused sessions tend to find her style useful. She encourages those taking a first step to complete an initial matching questionnaire and then schedule according to availability.

How CBT and skills work in online therapy

Dr. Smith uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different actions. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, phobias, and stress because it breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to change what isn't working.

Her work emphasizes practical skills people can use right away, such as simple behavior experiments, breathing or grounding techniques, and steps to challenge negative thinking. These tools are taught in-session and practiced between meetings to build confidence and reduce symptoms over time.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. She will collaborate with each person to select techniques and pace that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That decision is revisited as progress is made so the plan stays useful.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people use quiet surroundings or lower-bandwidth options if helpful. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT exercises to work well in remote sessions, and Dr. Smith focuses on practical ways to apply skills in everyday life.