Tina L Smith, MS, NCC, LPC, LSOTP
Doctoral Candidate, Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
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About Pure Empathy Therapy
Pure Empathy Therapy was founded by Tina Smith, a licensed therapist verified by Psychology Today. Tina offers personalized online counseling for adults seeking support in managing today's high stress lifestyles. Whether you are managing anxiety, depression, relationship issues, pornography addiction or life transitions, Tina's approach is person-centered choice based and solution-focused. She believes in empowering her clients to achieve their goals and live a fulfilling life. With a brain focused approach to addictions, Tina understands the difference between reasons and excuses; and empowers you to understand those differences too. If you're ready to take the first step towards healing and growth, schedule a session with Tina today.
Specializing in Anxiety, Depression, Relationships of all types, Pornography & Sex Addictions, Life Transitions
Anxiety
Anxiety can be overwhelming and can interfere with your daily life. At Pure Empathy Therapy, we offer online counseling to help you manage your symptoms and develop coping skills. Tina will work with you to identify the root cause of your anxiety and develop a treatment plan tailored to your unique needs.
Depression
Depression symptoms often make it difficult to find the joy in life. Symptoms can affect your relationships - with yourself and others - and your ability to meet your responsibilities, get your needs met, and meet the needs of others. At Pure Empathy Therapy, we offer online counseling to help you manage your symptoms and develop coping skills. Research suggests medication and therapy together have the best response in lowering symptoms of depression. Tina will work with you to create a develop a treatment plan tailored to your symptoms, goals, and unique needs - leaving the medication choices to you and your doctor.
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Relationships
Relationships - intimate and otherwise - are often challenging - these challenges can seem overwhelming and at times we just don't know where to turn. All types of people, sexualities, and relationships experience stress, communication difficulties, and transitions. With training in the Gottman Method and beyond- we here at Pure Empathy Therapy offer online counseling to help you navigate your relationships communication. Learning to hear to listen and to speak in a way that can be heard are primary tools to rebuilding relationship frameworks. Learning how to express and own your own feelings - while clearly stating your needs from your partner allows the foundation to build (or rebuild) securely.
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Pornography/Sex Addiction
As we have grown into a technological society, the access to pornography is now as simple as turning on the device in your pocket. Media and marketing have used the age old "sex sells" adage to inundate us all with sexually suggestive images and content everywhere we turn. Sex is great and wonderful and it is something that is easily misused.
Use of pornography and sex can seem to be perfectly fine - until its not. Relationships with your partner, work, family, and even with yourself begin to suffer when use turns to misuse.
Here at Pure Empathy Therapy, we utilize a more brain focused approach to addiction, learning the fundamentals of how the brain feels it “needs” outside stimulation to feel “good” or “better” and addressing the addictions at the source.
Life Transitions
Life transitions are simply a reality.
We grow and change – birth and death, graduations and marriage, divorce and disability
Beginning a new career, turning a little to the left in your current career, retiring – all of the changes related to jobs and careers happens over our lifetimes – many times.
Navigating these changes is often overwhelming, leaving you with a sense of “where do I go next”
At Pure Empathy Therapy, we offer online counseling to help you cope with these changes and develop new strategies for success.
FAQs
Have questions? Check out our FAQs page to learn more about Pure Empathy Therapy and our services.