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Hello! My name is Maria Lucente Smith, and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor located in Corpus Christi, TX, working with clients all over Texas via Telehealth sessions! I have worked with children, teens, and adults in a wide variety of mental health settings for over seven years. My focus is to help you figure out what is not working and find what will. I will meet you where you are, and then we can go from there. I believe strongly in the growth and healing potential of people, no matter how long they have struggled. My role as your therapist is to help you gain insight and coping strategies, develop healthy relationship dynamics, and take hold of your inner strength to move forward f
I have an eclectic and integrative approach, which is Client-Centered, and I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) to address distorted thinking and emotional dysregulation, Trauma Focused, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), some aspects of Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), Somatic techniques which deal with how the body and mind interact, Mindfulness approaches, and I am also in the process of completing a complex trauma certification. I also give a lot of Psychoeducation to help you better understand and get a lot more out of our work together.