Lindsay SmithLCPC

Lindsay Smith is a licensed clinical professional counselor who practices in Maryland. She brings eight years of experience helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, depression, and life transitions. Lindsay emphasizes respect for each person's story and looks for strengths clients can use to move forward.

Her sessions are warm and straightforward. She works to create an understanding, nonjudgmental space where clients feel comfortable naming what matters most to them. Lindsay encourages practical steps and small changes that add up over time.

In practice she uses a mix of approaches tailored to each person. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Mindfulness tools are part of her work when they fit a client's needs. She also draws on Client-Centered principles to keep the client's priorities at the center of care.

Lindsay has supported people through intimacy and self-esteem struggles, attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family challenges, and the emotional effects of divorce and separation. She also assists those coping with body image, guilt, shame, dissociation, and co-occurring mood issues such as Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder.

She aims to work collaboratively, helping people set clear goals and try manageable strategies between sessions. Lindsay invites anyone curious about change to begin by sharing what feels most pressing, and then building a plan together.

How Lindsay’s approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small actions toward what matters. It helps when worry or avoidance gets in the way of living a meaningful life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Mindfulness Therapy trains present-moment awareness and simple exercises to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation.

Finding the best approach is part of the therapy process. Lindsay will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and life situation. She adapts tools over time based on what helps in day-to-day life and what feels doable between sessions.

Confirm current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce the time spent traveling. It also makes it simpler to use mindfulness exercises and behavioral homework in real-world settings so progress can be tested between meetings.