I am a licensed marital and family therapist in Oklahoma with over 20 years of experience working with youth, individuals, couples, and families. I have provided counseling to clients with various concerns including depression, anxiety, family conflict, parenting problems, autism spectrum disorder, anger management, and ADHD. I have also supported couples with premarital and marital counseling.
By nature I am a thoughtful and compassionate person. My hope is to create a space where you feel safe, valued, and respected in a way that will allow you to feel comfortable enough to talk about the challenges that have brought you to therapy. Depending on your goals, my counseling approach may combine cognitive-behavioral, person-centered, solution focused, experiential, narrative or family systems counseling.
I am here to help you reach your goals and am looking forward to working with you!
Additional areas of focus: Trauma and abuse, Intimacy-related issues, Parenting issues, Self esteem, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Blended Family Issues, Communication problems, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, Forgiveness, Hospice and End of Life Counseling, Multicultural Concerns, Post-traumatic stress, Young Adult Issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Gottman Method, Solution-Focused Therapy
UT LMFT 13638245-3902
OK LMFT 10117
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Lance is a great therapist, he listens and responds in a patient and non-judgmental way.
Written on Jun 21, 2022 after therapy with Lance for 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, and compassion fatigue
Lance Smith is amazing!!! He is such a blessing. He has provided me with great wisdom and tools to help me get through my struggles and internal battles. He listens and makes me feel heard. I can’t say enough about how great he is.
Written on Apr 29, 2022 after therapy with Lance for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, grief, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, anger management, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes
I greatly look forward to my sessions with Lance. He has helped me work through my struggles in constructive and positively challenging ways. I highly recommend Lance.
Written on Apr 04, 2022 after therapy with Lance for 3 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, grief, and compassion fatigue
Lance is very easy to talk to and gives great insight. I truly feel like he is listening, sympathizing, but also opening my eyes to change my perspective in ways I wouldn’t have thought of.
Written on Dec 21, 2021 after therapy with Lance for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, and parenting issues
Lance is compassionate, competent and accurate in his therapeutic approach. I have received a lifetime of value from our sessions.
Written on Nov 29, 2021 after therapy with Lance for 3 months on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, and anger management
Thank you Lance! It was a relief to be able to talk to someone that knew the full truth and to be able to share my feelings about it freely.
Written on Oct 16, 2021 after therapy with Lance for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, and intimacy-related issues