Luciana Smalls, LPC

Luciana Smalls is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in South Carolina. She brings nine years of clinical experience and more than two decades working in human services. She focuses on practical skills so people can manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship struggles. Her approach is warm and direct. Sessions combine client-centered care with cognitive behavioral strategies and dialectical behavior ideas. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are used when they fit a person's goals. Treatment plans are created together and aim at clear, achievable steps. She has worked with people who face adoption and foster care issues, blended family concerns, parenting strain, and caregiver stress. Luciana also addresses anger, impulsivity, grief, intimacy-related problems, body image, and career transitions. She pays attention to cultural background, sexual orientation, and identity. In sessions she teaches coping skills, communication tools, and ways to rebuild self-esteem. She also supports people dealing with compassion fatigue and burnout. When addiction and substance concerns are present, she helps clients find motivation and practical next steps. Her style balances challenge with support. She speaks plainly, and focuses on tangible changes rather than abstract theories. Prospective clients start by describing current concerns and goals so a shared plan can be made.

How Luciana's Approaches Work Online

Client-centered therapy focuses on seeing each person as the expert on their own life. The therapist listens closely, reflects what is said, and helps people find their own answers. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, offers tools for tolerating strong emotions, managing impulses, and improving relationships, which can be useful for anger, impulsivity, and distress. Finding the right fit is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they try approaches that match needs and adjust the plan over time based on what helps. Confirm the session formats before booking so you know the practical options available. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - sessions may be scheduled around work, reduce travel time, or allow shorter check-ins when needed. Many people find that doing therapy from wherever they are helps keep progress steady while managing everyday demands.