- Stress and anxiety
- Narrative therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
About Satara
Satara Marie Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with three years of experience. She works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, and major life changes. Her practice also addresses compassion fatigue and related concerns that affect everyday functioning.
Satara frames many problems as rooted in earlier experiences and family patterns. She uses Narrative and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people look at the stories that shape their choices and feelings. Sessions focus on identifying unhelpful thinking, testing new ways of relating, and making practical changes that reduce distress.
Her approach aims to help people untangle past patterns without blaming others. She supports those coping with blended family issues, caregiver stress, communication problems, and family of origin issues. She also works with people facing postpartum depression, post-traumatic stress, and recovery from domestic violence or infidelity.
In sessions she works step by step to build useful coping skills. That can include short-term strategies for managing anxiety and longer work on recurring relationship patterns. She also addresses multicultural concerns and women’s issues when they come up.
Satara invites clients to set concrete goals and practice new behaviors between meetings. Her work includes helping young adults and other adults strengthen self-love, repair communication, and make decisions that fit their lives.
Approaches used in online sessions
Satara uses Narrative Therapy to help people tell and retell the stories they carry about themselves. This approach looks at the impact of those stories on current relationships and decisions, and helps people find different ways to describe their experience.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thinking patterns that increase anxiety or conflict. CBT focuses on testing those thoughts and practicing alternative responses that reduce distress and improve daily functioning.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Satara will talk with each person about goals and preferences and will suggest methods that fit those aims. The decision about which techniques to use is collaborative and may change over time as needs shift.
The practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions into a busy schedule and reducing travel time. Because session formats are not listed here, confirm the available options before booking to know how sessions are delivered. Many people find that remote meetings make it easier to maintain regular check-ins and to apply new skills between sessions.
Areas of expertise
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address related to family history?
She works with family of origin issues and helps people recognize how early roles and expectations affect current choices.
How does she approach therapy?
She uses Narrative and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to examine personal stories and change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
What level of experience does she have?
She has three years of clinical experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She is a Texas LPC and provides services to people located in Texas.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are session formats arranged?
Session formats are not specified here; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
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