Reality Therapy in Winter Springs, FL

I'm inspired to empower individuals faced with life challenges by assisting them understand their own emotional patterns, and direct them towards being the best version of themselves. Remember, I'm here to help! Collaboration is the key to unlocking your inner-peace, balance, and walking in your purpose!

My goal is to provide a safe space to openly explore barriers that can prevent my clients from maintaining lasting joy in their lives. Inner beliefs, past experiences, and unhealthy relationships are often a central issue we face in learning to live as our whole selves, fully accepted and fully loved. My mission is to help my clients find wholeness and know their inherent worth. I have worked with children, families, gerontology, hospital social work, substance abuse recovery, and hospice. As well as teenage girls, as they navigate healing concerns such as PTSD, anxiety, depression, self-harm, learning disabilities, and self-esteem.

Hello there! I focus on anxiety, depression, trauma, anger management, and dual diagnosis. It is important for the client to be educated regarding diagnosis and its symptoms. I work with the client in understanding symptoms, triggers, and in developing achievable goals. Together we will develop interventions such as coping skills, self-regulation, cognitive reconstruction, problem solving, boundaries settings, and relationship enhancement.

Are you struggling with connecting to the important people in your life? Are you feeling lost or wondering what is next? Are you asking yourself what is it going to take to get out of this rut? Are you finding yourself in a constant cycle of negative self-talk? Well if so, then I am here to assist. The truth is that mental health bleeds in to all facets of life. I believe having strong mental health directly correlates with our ability to perform as our best selves. It is especially difficult to be the best spouse, sibling, child, employee, etc if our mental health is in decline.

Hi there, Congrats on making it to this step! Looking into therapy can be overwhelming, whether it is your first time or your familiar with it. You may think, is this really for me? I am here to tell you that you are not alone in this journey. I believe therapy is for anyone and everyone. Whether you are going through a crisis or not, having someone unbiased to talk to can help. You have to find the right fit and I hope I can be that, but if not I would love to provide you with other resources. I believe in making therapy an accepting and safe place that provides compassion, honesty, and focusing on Progress rather than Perfection.

My name is Erin Smith and I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the State of Florida. I have been practicing in the counseling field since 2011. My training and experience derive from working with adults, children, teens, incarcerated individuals, and veterans regarding life adjustments, substance use, and trauma in various settings. I have specialties in treating adjustment, substance, relational, and other mental health disorders. Individuals, couples, adults 18 and up. I work with clients they may have anxiety, depression, career issues, stress, life transitions, substance use, and some trauma.

I treat those struggling with anxiety, depression, stress, anger, trauma, grief, self-esteem and self-confidence issues, adjustment issues, relationship and family issues, social and communication skills, OCD, school and occupational problems, and ADHD. Through empathy, I strive to understand each client's specific context and unique perspective, and view each counseling relationship as a collaborative endeavor. My personal, educational, and professional life experiences have provided me with a strong foundation of patience and compassion, along with critical knowledge and skills needed to effectively help my clients.

It is a brand new year and sometimes that can be overwhelming. No matter the reason you think you may be in need of some assistance, I am a licensed mental health counselor with 25+ years of experience. My strength is in treating individuals with substance abuse, trauma, depression, anxiety, PTSD and ADHD. Together, we can work to help you reach your goals, big or small, with understanding, feedback, guidance and empathetic listening, I have no doubt that we can get you where you need to be emotionally. I also work closely with the Florida Safety Council for anyone who has had a DUI and is in need of counseling.

Practice FULL, NOT accepting new clients at this time. After 30+ years of experience, I have found that even during intense stress, struggles, pains, hurts, and failures, people are amazingly resilient. As a licensed psychotherapist, I consider all aspects of a person: mental, emotional, and physical health; faith and spiritual considerations; culture, and lifestyle. Working together, a focus emerges and the process begins that assists in gaining a clearer and deeper understanding of themselves and others, while experiencing a renewed purpose, meaning, and identity through their beliefs, values, and faith...a life worth living.

Shane is well versed in a variety of issues such as anxiety, depression, anger management, grief, trauma, addictions, self-esteem issues, premarital counseling, and marriage and family counseling to include blended-families, divorce recovery, infidelity, and parenting issues. Shane is also a certified professional coach with a focus in leadership coaching, emotional IQ coaching, and career/ministry coaching.