Lee Anne Smith, LPC

Lee Anne Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 15 years of clinical experience. She brings a warm, interactive style to sessions and aims to make care respectful and approachable for people facing hard times. She works with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, trauma, bipolar disorder, ADHD, addictions, grief, and struggles around identity and intimacy.

Lee Anne uses a blend of practical, evidence-informed approaches tailored to each person. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help identify unhelpful thinking and build new skills. She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape current reactions and patterns.

EMDR is part of her toolkit for people who have distressing memories or trauma that keep coming up. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are offered when people need steadying tools for intense emotions and better emotion regulation. Client-centered methods keep the focus on each person's goals and lived experience.

Her work often looks at how chronic health conditions, life changes, and caregiving stress affect mood and daily functioning. She also helps with family of origin issues, communication problems, codependency, and forgiveness work. Sessions emphasize practical steps, clearer communication, and gradual change.

Lee Anne practices in Colorado and offers a collaborative, down-to-earth approach. She tailors conversations and plans to each person so therapy fits real life and real goals.

How key approaches translate to online care

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape feelings and behavior. Online sessions can use guided conversation to map those patterns and practice new ways of connecting with others. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing out small behavior changes. In virtual sessions clients and the therapist can set clear goals, try homework between meetings, and track progress together. EMDR involves structured processing of disturbing memories using bilateral stimulation; when used online it follows a clear protocol adapted for remote sessions and is aimed at reducing the intensity of trauma memories.

Finding the right approach is part of the first few sessions. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose or combine methods based on the person's needs, goals, and comfort level. That process includes checking how an approach feels and adjusting plans as needed.

The biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow for consistent check-ins when life gets hectic. It also lets therapists assign brief between-session tasks, review progress, and adapt techniques so therapy fits everyday routines.