Works with
- Anger
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
How Rayna works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- MD, LCSW-C
- Licensed in
- Maryland
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Rayna
Rayna Smith is a mental health professional with a decade of clinical experience. She holds an MD and is a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical, LCSW-C. Rayna focuses on helping people navigate strong emotions and relationship struggles with straightforward guidance and steady support.
She sits with people facing anger, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma. Rayna also helps those coping with parenting stress, career shifts, and life transitions. Her work addresses practical problems like communication breakdowns, control issues, and codependency alongside deeper wounds such as attachment and abandonment concerns.
Background and approach
In sessions she listens first and follows the person’s lead. Rayna uses talk-based methods that help people make sense of patterns and try new behaviors. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to break unhelpful thoughts, and on client-centered listening to clarify goals and values.
Rayna brings a calm, direct style. She encourages small experiments between sessions to test what works. For someone dealing with volatile emotions or family strain, she offers steady feedback and tools to reduce reactivity and improve connection.
She practices in Maryland and offers multiple online formats for convenience. People meet her by answering a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits their routine.
What Rayna works with
Everything Rayna lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Rayna's practice.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Rayna lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic 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 Rayna’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and following the person’s priorities. It helps people feel heard, clarify what matters to them, and set goals that fit their life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers concrete exercises to change unhelpful thinking and reduce reactivity. These approaches suit issues like anger, anxiety, low mood, and relationship conflict because they combine understanding with practical steps.Finding the right mix of approaches is collaborative. Rayna will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they choose whether to focus more on insight, skills practice, or short-term problem solving, and they adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video is useful for deeper conversations when nonverbal cues matter. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when a simpler check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and text are helpful for brief check-ins, mood tracking, and quick coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to get consistent support without extra travel time.
Questions people ask about Rayna
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Rayna works with people facing anger, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and relationship or family strains. She also supports those dealing with parenting stress, career changes, and attention or burnout concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is listening-focused and practical. She mixes client-centered listening with goal-oriented exercises to help people change unhelpful patterns.
How many years has she worked in this field?
Rayna has ten years of professional experience working with a range of emotional and relational concerns.
Where is she based and licensed?
She practices in Maryland and holds the credentials MD and LCSW-C as listed.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer remotely?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription 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 based on the therapist’s availability.