Cristen Smith LPC, LMHC, BCTMH

(she/her)

Accepting Clients

Hi! I'm Cristen Smith. I'm a licensed therapist, mother, creative, human, and curious soul. I'm a guide on your path to personal freedom.

Licensed Professional Counselor in Connecticut

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Services

  • Individual

About My Clients

My clients are the healers, skeptics, the rebels, the mavericks, the deep thinkers, and the visionaries. My clients are the unseen and unsung, and deep voices that need a place to flourish. Often, we are spending time curating a life where they can live fully, wholly themselves, and in a fun way. After all, what is life if it's not fun?

My Background and Approach

There are many ways to support people. My background is trauma informed, and sometimes trauma specific. I work by providing a safe container for you to work out for yourself what is stopping you from showing up in the world as the fullest expression of yourself. I work with you by diving deep with people to have juicy conversations, held in a non-judgmental space. I do this by noticing, guiding, teaching, giving direct feedback and embodying curiosity. My work centers around the practice of compassion, the acquisition of skills for your daily life, embracing the slow down, integrating our stories, and accepting our full humanness. I love helping people to access their "enoughness" and live a more whole and meaningful life.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I believe each of us in inherently enough and it is our humble work to remove whatever beliefs or experiences led us to believe otherwise. I believe the intersections of our lives are beautiful and important information for how we care for ourselves (or not). Lets look at this together, even if it's scary.

Techniques I Use

Specialties

Attachment Theory Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Trauma Therapy

Issues I Treat

Specialties

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Self-Esteem

Other Issues

  • Anxiety
  • Attachment
  • Historical/ Intergenerational Trauma
  • Spirituality
  • Women's Issues

Client Focus

Languages
English

Qualifications

License
LPC, LMHC, BCTMH, State of Connecticut · #5519
Supervision
Provides supervision to apprentice therapists · currently accepting supervisees
Years in practice
14 years

Insurance Plans Accepted

  • Optum

I offer online counseling in the following states:

I have experience with the following

  • Buddhism
  • Wicca/Paganism

Hours & Availability

New clients welcome
Currently accepting new clients
Telehealth
Available

At A Glance

  • Experience: 14 years of practice
  • Languages: English
  • Rate: $150 - 200/session

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