Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
How Avis works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Avis
Dr. Avis Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with 15 years of experience in mental health. She holds a doctoral degree from Texas Southern University, a master’s from the University of Houston-Victoria, and a bachelor’s from the University of Houston.
Dr. Smith has worked across educational, outpatient, residential, and in-home settings. She focuses on practical, goal-oriented care and often draws on Solution-Focused Therapy to help people move forward.
Background and approach
Her work centers on everyday concerns that can feel overwhelming. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, navigate relationship and intimacy issues, and cope with life changes like career shifts or blended family dynamics. Anger and trauma are also areas she addresses with attention and direct strategies.
Dr. Smith’s style is supportive and straightforward. Sessions concentrate on current strengths and small steps that lead to change.
She partners with clients to set realistic goals and track progress in simple ways. She also pays attention to specific life challenges such as compassion fatigue, parenting strain, attachment questions, and issues tied to women’s health and young adulthood. Communication problems, forgiveness, and building self-love are additional threads in her work.
People who prefer short-term, solution-focused work often find her approach useful. She offers a mix of session formats to fit different schedules and needs. Her practice is presented with practical options for those juggling busy lives in Texas and beyond.
What Avis works with
Everything Avis lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Avis's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Communication problems
- Forgiveness
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Avis lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Solution-Focused Care and Online Options
Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on what is working now and on small, achievable steps toward change. It emphasizes practical goals and clear action, which can help with stress, anger, relationship issues, and coping with life transitions.Dr. Smith uses solution-focused ideas to identify strengths and build short-term plans. She will work with each person to choose approaches that match their goals and the problems they want to solve. That decision is collaborative and adjusts as needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for those who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, quick skill practice, or when someone needs flexible, frequent contact throughout the week.
These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent while juggling work, family, or health demands. A therapist can suggest which format may work best for a particular goal and switch formats as progress is made.
Questions people ask about Avis
What kinds of concerns does Dr. Smith address?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, and problems tied to parenting, career, or life transitions.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is supportive and pragmatic, focusing on present strengths and clear goals using a solution-focused approach.
What background does she bring to therapy?
Dr. Smith holds a doctoral degree and has 15 years of experience in educational, outpatient, residential, and in-home mental health settings.
Where is she licensed and based?
She practices as an LPC in Texas.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. meet with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
She works via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How are costs and scheduling handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to begin, use the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire.