Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Paige works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC, LMHC
- Licensed in
- Washington, Missouri
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Paige
Paige Smart is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor offering approachable care for people facing anger, stress, depression, anxiety, and life transitions. She draws on six years of clinical experience to help clients manage strong emotions and regain steadier daily functioning. Her style is warm and nonjudgmental to make it easier to talk about difficult topics.
Paige begins by listening closely to each person's history and current struggles.
Background and approach
She looks at biological, psychological, and social factors that shape behavior and mood. That background guides a practical plan with clear steps clients can try between sessions. Her work often blends cognitive-behavioral techniques with skills from dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness.
For people with trauma, she incorporates trauma-focused tools when appropriate to help reduce the hold past events have on everyday life. Motivational interviewing helps when clients face ambivalence about change. Sessions aim to build coping skills, improve communication, and reduce impulsive reactions.
Paige also supports people dealing with relationship problems, intimacy concerns, grief, addiction, and questions around identity and sexuality. She adapts the pace to each person and focuses on measurable, realistic goals. Paige holds licensure in Missouri and Washington as LPC and LMHC.
Her services are offered in English and through online formats that fit different schedules. To get started, she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to her availability.
What Paige works with
Everything Paige lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Paige's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Paige lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Client-centered work focuses on listening and building trust so the client feels understood; it helps people clarify goals and shape therapy around their needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and is often used for anxiety, depression, and anger-related patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist partners with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences. That might mean combining CBT skills, dialectical behavior therapy techniques, or mindfulness practices and adjusting as progress is made.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a camera feels difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and step-by-step coaching easier between longer sessions. These options let people fit therapy into busy schedules and continue work from different locations.
Questions people ask about Paige
What issues does Paige help with?
She helps people struggling with anger, anxiety, depression, trauma, mood disorders, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction, and related concerns.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Her approach is client-centered and collaborative, focusing on listening first and then creating a clear plan of practical steps and skills to try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of experience working with people from varied backgrounds and with a range of concerns, including trauma and mood-related symptoms.
What credentials does she hold and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and is based in Missouri.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
How are sessions delivered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps do I take to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.