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Luciana Smalls, LPC

Stress, Anxiety Relationship issues Family conflicts Parenting issues Self esteem
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About me

I am a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor in South Carolina with over 8 years of experience working as a mental health professional and over 20 years working in the human services field. I have experience working with a diverse population of clients that have challenges with depression, anxiety, adoption, relationship issues, parenting, changes in life, ADHD, ODD, foster care, and addiction.

My therapy style is nurturing, challenging and supportive. It is my passion to assist you with skills and strategies to transform your challenges to strengths. I demonstrate professionalism by treating clients as an individual, being respectful, compassionate, knowledges of different cultures and values, sexual orientation, and identity. My therapy approaches combines cognitive-behavioral and humanistic also using motivational interviewing, mindfulness, narrative therapy, and creative therapy. Each individual with create a treatment plan to address challenges/needs/ goals.

Addressing challenges, making changes, or facing fear is not easy, yet can be rewarding. It takes overcoming fear to transform your life to evolve into the better version of yourself. I am her to equip you with the skills needed to archive your goals. I am excited for you to take the next step.

Thank you in advance for allowing me to assist you







Professional experience

7yrs in practice

Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Depression, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Adoption and Foster Care, Blended Family Issues, Body Image, Caregiver Issues and Stress, Commitment Issues, Communication Problems, Divorce and Separation, Expats, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, Fatherhood Issues, Forgiveness, Gender Dysphoria, Guilt and Shame, Hospice and End of Life Counseling, Impulsivity, Intellectual Disability, Isolation/Loneliness, Life Purpose, Midlife Crisis, Multicultural Concerns, Postpartum Depression, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-Love, Women's Issues, Workplace Issues

Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Imago Relationship Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy

License information

SC LPC 7774

Reviews

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My Therapist is awesome.

Written on Jan 26, 2023 after therapy with Luciana for 2 weeks on issues concerning grief, career difficulties, and coaching

I really appreciate Luciana’s caring ways. She dismays professionalism and empathy at the same time, and that really means a lot, in time that we live.

Written on Jan 23, 2023 after therapy with Luciana for 5 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, parenting issues, and coping with life changes

Really attentive and you feel seen and heard.

Written on Jan 23, 2023 after therapy with Luciana for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, self esteem, coaching, and adhd

She is a wonderful and caring therapist. She listens to everything you have to say and makes talking to her extremely easy.

Written on Nov 28, 2022 after therapy with Luciana for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, and anger management

She was a fantastic therapist. Highly recommend.

Written on Nov 08, 2022 after therapy with Luciana for 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, eating disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, and career difficulties

I greatly appreciate my therapist, Luciana. She’s really amazing at what she does.

Written on Oct 24, 2022 after therapy with Luciana for 8 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, and coping with life changes