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Luciana Smalls, LPC

  • Experience9 years
  • LocationSouth Carolina
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Relationship
  • Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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About Luciana

Luciana Smalls is an LPC practicing in South Carolina who blends client-centered care with evidence-based techniques to help people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, addiction, grief, ADHD, and other life transitions.

Background and approach

With nine years of clinical experience and a longer background in human services, she focuses on helping clients build practical skills, strengthen coping strategies, and reframe patterns that get in the way of personal growth. Her approach balances warmth and directness, offering encouragement alongside structured tools drawn from cognitive-behavioral and dialectical behavior therapies.

She also brings experience supporting issues related to parenting, adoption and foster care, blended family concerns, caregiver stress, intimacy and communication problems, and complicated grief. Luciana emphasizes individualized treatment plans created collaboratively with each client, integrating mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and relationship-focused techniques when appropriate.

Her aim is to help clients convert challenges into strengths through skill-building, clearer understanding of values and goals, and step-by-step progress toward meaningful change.

Evidence-Based Approaches Adapted for Online Care

Luciana often uses cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), which focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, ADHD-related challenges, and stress. She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness that support better relationships and coping under pressure. These approaches are presented in practical, teachable steps that translate well to remote sessions.

Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each client to clarify goals, try techniques, and adjust the approach based on what resonates and what produces progress. This collaborative stance helps tailor interventions to individual needs rather than relying on a single technique from the outset.

Online therapy with Luciana is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexible ways to connect around work and family schedules. These formats make it easier to access consistent support, practice skills between sessions, and maintain momentum while managing life responsibilities.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family challenges, parenting and adoption-related concerns, addiction, grief, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is nurturing yet challenging, combining empathy with structured interventions to build skills and support change using client-centered, CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing techniques.
How much experience does she have?
She has nine years of experience as a mental health professional and additional background in human services, bringing both clinical skill and broader social services insight to therapy.
What are her credentials and where is she licensed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in South Carolina with license number SC LPC 7774.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Clients can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions based on therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsParenting issuesSelf esteem

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCommitment issuesCommunication problemsDivorce and separationFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMulticultural concernsPostpartum depressionSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Imago Relationship TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

9+ years

Licensed

South Carolina

Languages

English

What Luciana can help with

Luciana Smalls works with clients on stress and anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, parenting issues, and self esteem.

Luciana works with clients that have challenges with depression, anxiety, adoption, and relationship issues.

How Luciana approaches therapy

Luciana's clinical approaches include Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Imago Relationship Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy.

Experience and training

Luciana is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in South Carolina.