- Anxiety and depression
- Parenting challenges
- Guilt and shame
About Rashada
Rashada Smith is an Alabama Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 12 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing depression, anxiety, trauma, parenting stress, and self-esteem struggles. Her practice also addresses concerns such as panic attacks, mood disorders, and guilt and shame.
She focuses on practical, evidence-based approaches rather than jargon. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with attention to problem solving and emotion regulation. She helps people name what they feel and try small shifts that change daily coping.
Rashada has a long history supporting women and parents through life transitions and caregiving stress. She pays close attention to communication problems and attachment issues that make relationships harder. Forgiveness, self-love, and money or purpose concerns are also topics she regularly explores with clients.
Her work draws from evidence-based therapeutic techniques aimed at reducing symptoms and improving functioning. She collaborates with each person to set clear, achievable steps and to track progress over time. People leave sessions with concrete skills they can use between meetings.
To begin, she asks new clients to complete an intake so sessions can focus on the most pressing problems. Her approach is steady and pragmatic, describing feelings, testing small changes, and building more reliable ways to cope with stress and shame.
Evidence-based techniques and online care
Rashada works from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and measurable change. One common approach emphasizes emotion regulation and coping skills to reduce panic, manage anxiety, and stabilize mood. These methods teach concrete tools for noticing triggers, slowing down intense reactions, and practicing calming strategies that can be used in daily life.Another approach centers on processing trauma and its effects on relationships and self-worth. This involves gradually naming difficult memories, looking at unhelpful self-blame such as guilt and shame, and learning different ways to interpret past events so they lead to fewer automatic negative reactions.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to identify what feels most useful based on their goals, symptoms, and preferences. That collaborative decision making helps tailor sessions and adjust methods if something is not helping.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Many people find virtual sessions helpful for fitting therapy into a busy life - shorter check-ins around the workday, not needing travel time, or keeping momentum between in-person visits. Licensed professionals commonly use these practical benefits to make ongoing work manageable while focusing on skills that reduce shame and improve everyday functioning.
Areas of expertise
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Experience
12+ years
Listed in
Alabama
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, self-esteem issues, and depression, plus related topics like guilt and shame and communication problems.
How does she approach guilt and shame?
She uses plain, evidence-based techniques to help name painful feelings and practice small changes that reduce their power in everyday life.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 12 years of experience as a practicing counselor in clinical settings.
What are her credentials and location?
She is an LPC licensed in Alabama and practices from that state.
Can I work with her if I live abroad?
She does not accept international clients at this time and works with people located in the United States.
What session formats are offered?
The biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.