Shawn Smith, LCSW
Licensed in Louisiana · 30 years in practice
Shawn Smith is a licensed clinical social worker with thirty years of experience helping people through hard transitions and healing after trauma.
License and registration
- LCSW, Louisiana
- 6402 · expires August 2026
- NPI
- 1063892883 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
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About Shawn
Shawn Smith is a licensed clinical social worker with thirty years of experience helping people through hard transitions and healing after trauma. She practices in Louisiana and focuses on clear, practical steps people can use right away. Her style is calm and direct, and she centers each person's individual story in sessions.
Shawn often helps people untangle family dynamics and repair communication problems. She also supports people coping with grief, anxiety, depression, anger, and major life changes.
Background and approach
Her approach includes tools for rebuilding self-esteem and handling stress in day-to-day life. In therapy she blends client-centered work with cognitive tools and mindfulness. That means she listens first, then offers skill-based strategies clients can try between sessions.
She also uses techniques from dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation when things feel intense. Shawn brings long experience with trauma and abuse, including sexual assault and domestic violence. She pays attention to issues like abandonment, codependency, and forgiveness while keeping goals practical and achievable.
She aims to help people find a clearer sense of life purpose and stronger self-love. People from varied backgrounds come to focus on parenting concerns, relationship struggles, or veteran and armed forces issues. Sessions are meant to be a place to practice new ways of communicating and coping, and to build skills that fit real life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Shawn lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shawn names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
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Online support
How Shawn’s approaches translate to online therapy
Shawn uses client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy as core parts of her practice. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's concerns so the session follows their needs. Cognitive behavioral therapy offers clear steps and exercises to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and can target anxiety, depression, and stress.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy when emotions run high. DBT teaches breathing, grounding, and emotion-regulation skills that people can practice between sessions to reduce intense reactions. Together these approaches give both understanding and concrete tools for everyday problems. Shawn works collaboratively with each person to choose the mix that fits their goals and preferences, checking in as progress continues.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and practicing skills together. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text-based messaging can serve as shorter check-ins or ongoing support between full sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, family, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on skills and steady progress.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Shawn commonly address?
She works with people facing family difficulties, trauma and abuse, self-esteem challenges, grief, anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.
What is her therapeutic approach like?
Her style combines client-centered listening with practical techniques from CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to teach coping skills and improve communication.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Shawn brings thirty years of clinical experience working with a range of concerns related to trauma, relationships, and life transitions.
Where is she based and what are her credentials?
She is a licensed clinical social worker in Louisiana and holds the LCSW credential.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she can work with clients internationally.
What session formats does she offer?
Sessions can be conducted as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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