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Timi Smart, LCSW

  • Experience14 years
  • LocationTennessee
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Grief
  • Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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About Timi

Timi Smart brings a client-centered approach to therapy, blending practical strategies with compassionate support to help people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and life transitions. She uses techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy to tailor care to each person's needs.

Background and approach

With 14 years of direct clinical experience as a licensed social worker and a total of decades in professional social work roles, she draws on work with hospice, long-term care, hospitals, adoption and foster care, and issues related to cancer and caregiving.

Licensed in Tennessee as an LCSW, Timi emphasizes collaboration and respects each person as the expert on their own story. Her background includes supporting those facing caregiver burnout, dementia and senior-adult concerns, pregnancy loss, sexual abuse, and complex family dynamics.

People often seek her help for relationship and parenting challenges, chronic illness and pain, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and struggles with self-esteem or career questions. Timi aims to create a nonjudgmental, compassionate space that builds on clients' existing strengths.

She encourages clients to take the first step and works with them to set realistic goals and apply coping tools that fit their lives and priorities.

Therapeutic approaches and online care that adapt to your life

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the individual's strengths and priorities, offering a supportive environment where the client guides the goals of treatment and the therapist provides empathy and validation to foster growth. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical exercises and skill-building, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns. Mindfulness Therapy encourages present-moment awareness and gentle acceptance, helping people manage emotional reactivity and improve coping with ongoing challenges.

Determining which approach fits best is part of the therapeutic process, and the therapist works collaboratively with each person to tailor methods to their needs, goals, and preferences. That means strategies may evolve over time as goals become clearer and progress is made, with the therapist offering guidance and adjustments along the way.

Online therapy with this practice is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing scheduling flexibility and access from home or other convenient locations. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care around work, family, or medical obligations and allow for using therapy tools in real-life contexts between sessions.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
Timi works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, grief, depression, coping with life changes, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, sleeping difficulties, parenting, anger, self-esteem, career challenges, bipolar, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
What is the general style or approach in sessions?
Her practice is client-centered and collaborative, integrating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused techniques to build skills and support personal goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 14 years of experience as a therapist and many additional years in professional social work roles across settings such as hospice, hospitals, and long-term care.
Where is she licensed and what are her credentials?
She is licensed in Tennessee as an LCSW with licence number TN LCSW 0007605 and practices from that state.
Can people who speak other languages work with her?
Sessions are provided in English; she does not list additional languages for therapy.
Are international clients accepted for therapy?
International clients are not currently accepted, so services are offered to clients within the therapist's accepted regions.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexible options for different preferences and schedules.
How are costs and scheduling handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire to schedule according to availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyGriefDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesBlended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

14+ years

Licensed

Tennessee

Languages

English