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Phyllis Smith, LMFT

Stress, Anxiety Relationships Family conflicts Parenting issues Depression
Video Phone Live Chat Messaging

About me

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with more than five years experience in providing therapy for individuals, couples, and families. My experience include working with a diverse population in regard to age, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, and other diversity factors.

I believe people have the ability to become their best self mentally, emotionally, and physically. My approach to counseling, therefore, involves genuine interest in your hopes, dreams, goals, and aspirations in order to reach your greatest level of wellness and potential. I take a collaborative approach in identifying your specific goals for counseling and guide you toward them. I am a strengths-based therapist who utilizes the positive aspects of your life to build resiliency, restores hope, and open the door for new perspectives. I identify opportunities for growth and will challenge you in a nurturing and empathetic manner as you acquire and implement new patterns of thinking and behavior.

My primary counseling modalities include Bowenian (personal growth and development), experiential, structural and strategic, with a systems approach, or the idea that a person is best understood by the contexts in with they live and relate with other people. However, due to the unique needs and circumstances of every individual, I will use different methods of therapy based on those needs.

Professional experience

5yrs in practice
Stress, Anxiety Relationships Family conflicts Parenting issues Depression

Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, ADHD, Abandonment, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Blended Family Issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Co-morbidity, Commitment Issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster, Divorce and separation, Emptiness, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, Fatherhood Issues, First Responder Issues, Forgiveness, Gender Dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Hospice and End of Life Counseling, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Military and Veterans Issues, Mood disorders , Obsessions, Compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Phobias, Postpartum Depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and Discrimination, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-Harm, Self-love, Women's issues, Workplace issues

Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy, Gottman Method, Mindfulness Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy

Services offered

Video
Phone
Live Chat
Messaging

License information

NC LMFT 1905

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Phyllis Smith. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.

She’s very understanding and it feels like I’m talking with someone who understands what I’m going through.

Written on Jan 18, 2024 after therapy with Phyllis for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, and adhd

Friendly and warm. She is a great person to talk with

Written on Dec 09, 2023 after therapy with Phyllis for 1 month on issues concerning relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, and coping with life changes

Kind, empathetic and non judgmental. I'm grateful she was selected for me.

Written on Nov 18, 2023 after therapy with Phyllis for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, grief, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, and coping with life changes

This experience was absolutely horrible. I developed a relationship with Christine for over a year and then all of a sudden she just stopped showing up for scheduled appointments and stopped responding to messages. I do not recommend. Horrible experience.

Written on Feb 03, 2023 after therapy with Phyllis for 1 year on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, and coaching

I have never understood why intelligent people refuse to see a therapist. Sometimes a simple suggestion or encouraging word can make such a difference. Phyllis (Christine), encouraged me to keep a doctor's appointment that was scheduled for the following day after our session. I seriously contemplated canceling the appointment. Thankfully, I didn't! Over the course of the next 3 or 4 days, I found out I had 2 brain aneurysms. Thankfully, they had not ruptured! Point being.....sometimes just a few words from a trained professional can be life saving!

Written on May 12, 2022 after therapy with Phyllis for 2 months on issues concerning relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, and adhd

Two weeks in, 1 session so far..I haven’t had any issues and enjoy the feedback.

Written on Mar 14, 2022 after therapy with Phyllis for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, grief, and career difficulties