Paige Smart, LPC, LMHC

Paige Smart is a licensed counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, mood swings, grief, and trauma. She provides a warm, nonjudgmental setting so people can talk honestly about what’s happening in their lives. Her tone is collaborative and direct, aimed at helping someone feel steadier and more in control.

Paige draws on six years of clinical experience and holds LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) and LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor) credentials. She listens first, then builds a plan that reflects a person's life, values, and goals. That plan looks at biological, psychological, and social factors that shape day-to-day struggles.

Her methods include client-centered work, cognitive behavioral tools, dialectical behavior strategies, EMDR for trauma-related symptoms, and mindfulness practices. These approaches are used to reduce distress, improve coping, and address patterns that keep problems stuck. Sessions focus on practical steps and skills that can be used between meetings.

Paige also supports people dealing with relationship and communication problems, intimacy concerns, issues around BDSM and alternative sex culture, addiction, compassion fatigue, and challenges common to veterans and armed forces community members. She aims to help people manage symptoms and rebuild routines that matter to them.

To begin, she asks people to share what they want to change and then co-creates a path forward. The emphasis is on steady progress, real-world tools, and a respectful working relationship.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-centered work focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship so a person feels heard and understood; online sessions use that same frame to set goals and priorities in the first meetings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, with clear exercises and homework that can be assigned between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness that are practiced in session and used in everyday moments.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then shape which methods to use. That means trying strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together over time.

Confirm current session formats before booking to know which options are available. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and enabling flexible scheduling around work or family duties. Licensed professionals can assign exercises, teach skills, and review progress in ways that translate well to remote meetings, while keeping the focus on practical changes people can use day to day.