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Luciana Smalls

SC LPC 7774
Credentials
SC LPC 7774
NPI Number
1164016002
Location
South Carolina
Languages
English
Luciana Smalls
10 years experience | Counselor of Color

About Luciana Smalls

I am a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor in South Carolina with over 8 years of experience working as a mental health professional and over 20 years working in the human services field. I have experience working with a diverse population of clients that have challenges with depression, anxiety, adoption, relationship issues, parenting, changes in life, ADHD, ODD, foster care, and addiction.

My therapy style is nurturing, challenging and supportive. It is my passion to assist you with skills and strategies to transform your challenges to strengths. I demonstrate professionalism by treating clients as an individual, being respectful, compassionate, knowledges of different cultures and values, sexual orientation, and identity. My therapy approaches combines cognitive-behavioral and humanistic also using motivational interviewing, mindfulness, narrative therapy, and creative therapy. Each individual with create a treatment plan to address challenges/needs/ goals.

Addressing challenges, making changes, or facing fear is not easy, yet can be rewarding. It takes overcoming fear to transform your life to evolve into the better version of yourself. I am her to equip you with the skills needed to archive your goals. I am excited for you to take the next step.

Thank you in advance for allowing me to assist you

Licenses

LPC
7774

Professional experience

  • Addictions
  • ADHD
  • Anger management
  • Career difficulties
  • Coaching
  • Compassion fatigue
  • Coping with life changes
  • Depression
  • Family conflicts
  • Grief
  • Intimacy-related issues
  • LGBT
  • Parenting issues
  • Relationship issues
  • Self esteem
  • Stress, Anxiety
  • Trauma and abuse

Additional Focus Areas

  • Adoption and foster care
  • Blended family issues
  • Body image
  • Caregiver issues and stress
  • Commitment issues
  • Communication problems
  • Divorce and separation
  • Family of origin issues
  • Family problems
  • Fatherhood issues
  • Forgiveness
  • Guilt and shame
  • Hospice and end-of-life counseling
  • Impulsivity
  • Intellectual disability
  • Isolation / loneliness
  • Life purpose
  • Midlife crisis
  • Multicultural concerns
  • Postpartum depression
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
  • Self-love
  • Women's issues
  • Workplace issues

Clinical Approaches

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Imago Relationship Therapy
  • Mindfulness Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Solution-Focused Therapy

Languages

  • English

15 Reviews

“Very professional and easy to open up <br /> myfeelings Listens and gives me back things to work and general feedback”

“Ms. Smalls is great. She truly cares and listens to the issues. She forms a plan and a structure for you and challenges along the way. She is serious in what she does and passionate to help others. Even when things are uncomfortable she is great.she talks with you to identify the issue and helps you learn how to handle it. I highly recommend her!!”

“She has been my therapist for several years and has always been very helpful and supportive to me.”

“She is amazing and im very thankful for her”

“Luciana is awesome. She’s very easy to talk with. I find her feedback extremely helpful. I like the way she engages with me.”

“Very kind, lady! Very flexible and very knowledgeable!”

“The sessions we’ve had has allowed some unsaid things to be verbalized and truly begin to start to heal. I appreciate the direct and candid nature of Luciana’s guidance and direction to create a possibility of rebuilding our relationship.”

“In the short time we have worked together she has been very helpful. I feel like she gets me and I always leave feeling better.”

“I think she’s a great therapist”

“She is great! Very kind and helpful to me.”

“Professional. Good listener and is skilled to safely open dark places that I was hesitant to talk about but see my way to explore”

“Luci is the absolute best . She’s well rounded & tells you the truth while still uplifting you !”

“I love my therapist. She’s great. She works well with me. She understands me.”

“Luciana is great. She is a very good listener and has great insight. In a short time she has really helped me.”

“Great and nice”

These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.
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