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Shyla Smith, LMHC

  • Experience6 years
  • LocationWashington
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Relationship
  • LanguagesEnglish
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About Shyla

Shyla Smith is a Washington-licensed mental health counselor who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma, depression, and life transitions.

Background and approach

With six years of clinical experience she creates a space where clients can express difficult thoughts and emotions and begin to build practical skills for coping and growth. Her practice emphasizes collaborative work aimed at increasing wellbeing and everyday functioning.

Shyla draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address a wide range of concerns including addiction, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleep difficulties, self-esteem, career stress, and ADHD. She also attends to overlapping challenges such as chronic illness, caregiver stress, and multicultural or discrimination-related impacts.

Shyla describes therapy as a courageous first step and offers steady support while clients explore goals and make changes at a comfortable pace.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care

Shyla uses established, evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide her work. One common approach she draws on focuses on practical skill building to manage stress and anxiety, teaching strategies for emotion regulation, behavioral activation, and problem-solving to improve daily functioning. Another frequently used method helps people process trauma and reduce its impact by combining paced emotional processing with grounding and coping strategies that support safety and resilience.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and is decided collaboratively. The therapist partners with each client to identify goals, preferences, and which techniques feel most effective, adjusting methods over time as needs evolve to ensure the work stays aligned with what the client hopes to accomplish.

Online therapy with Shyla offers flexible ways to connect including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, accommodate different communication styles, and maintain continuity of care when in-person visits are not possible. Licensed professionals can work with clients across locations while tailoring session format to what helps each person engage and make progress.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist commonly address?
Shyla works with a broad set of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, and ADHD, among other areas listed in her practice.
What is the therapist's general approach or style?
The practice emphasizes evidence-based therapeutic techniques and a collaborative, nonjudgmental environment where clients can share feelings and develop coping skills together with the clinician.
How much experience does the clinician have?
She has six years of professional experience working with clients on a range of mental health and life concerns.
What are the therapist's credentials and where are they licensed?
The clinician holds the credential LMHC and is licensed in Washington with license details WA LMHC LH 60663752.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and the therapist accepts clients who are located outside the U.S.
Which session formats are available for meetings?
Clients may meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to the formats the therapist provides.
How is cost structured for therapy with this clinician?
Cost varies with client location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are required to begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Aging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCommunication problemsDrug and alcohol addictionLife purposeMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issues

Experience

6+ years

Licensed

Washington

Languages

English

About

Shyla Smith is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in Washington, with 6 years of experience, not currently accepting new clients.