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Lee Anne Smith, LPC

  • Experience15 years
  • LocationColorado
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesAttachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Lee

Lee Anne Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) offering 15 years of clinical experience and a collaborative, client-centered approach rooted in evidence-based methods.

Background and approach

She integrates cognitive-behavioral tools with attachment-focused work and EMDR to address conditions such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and related concerns. Her style is warm and interactive, and she adapts conversations and treatment plans to fit each individual's needs.

Drawing on a broad set of focus areas including relationship and intimacy issues, grief, addiction, self-esteem, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue, she brings practical skills alongside deeper exploration of family of origin themes, attachment wounds, and abandonment reactions.

Lee Anne also works with co-morbidity challenges and conditions such as chronic pain or illness, body image and eating concerns, and dissociation when they intersect with a client’s goals. She is licensed in Colorado and Texas and frames therapy as a cooperative process that balances skill building with emotional processing.

Integrating Evidence-Based Approaches in Online Therapy

Lee Anne often blends cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and attachment-based methods to help clients understand unhelpful thought patterns and build healthier relational responses. CBT focuses on identifying and changing thinking and behavior patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, ADHD-related challenges, and stress, while attachment-based therapy explores early relational experiences and how they influence current emotional patterns and intimacy issues.

She also uses EMDR for processing trauma when it aligns with a client’s needs; EMDR aims to reduce the intensity of distressing memories by engaging bilateral stimulation alongside targeted therapeutic processing. Together these approaches offer both practical skill building and deeper emotional healing, and Lee Anne treats choosing the method as a collaborative decision. She partners with clients to assess goals, preferences, and responses to interventions, adjusting the plan as therapy progresses.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging provides flexibility for scheduling and allows clients to participate from locations that fit their lives. These formats make it easier to continue consistent work on coping strategies, skills practice, trauma processing, and relational exploration without commuting, supporting steady progress through a modality that suits each person’s routine and comfort.

Frequently asked questions

Which concerns does Lee Anne frequently address?
She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, depression, ADHD, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, and self-esteem challenges.
What is her therapeutic approach and style?
Her style is warm and interactive, combining client-centered care with evidence-based approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques, attachment-based work, DBT skills, and EMDR when appropriate.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Lee Anne brings 15 years of clinical experience working with a variety of mental health and life concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds LPC credentials and is licensed to practice in Colorado and Texas under CO LPC 5815 and TX LPC 71556.
What languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats are offered for online work?
Clients can work with her via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and scheduling.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin therapy?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersAnger managementSelf esteemCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBody imageChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDissociationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

15+ years

Licensed

Texas, Colorado

Languages

English

What Lee can help with

Lee Anne Smith works with clients on stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, depression, and ADHD.

Lee works with clients with depression, anxiety, OCD, and ADD/ADHD.

How Lee approaches therapy

Lee's clinical approaches include Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Narrative Therapy.

Lee uses narrative therapy and EMDR.

Experience and training

Lee is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Colorado.