My name is Jessica Smith and I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Addition Counselor (LAC) based in Canon City, Colorado and working with client's statewide via telehealth. I work with adults of all ages and specialize in anxiety, depression, borderline personality disorder, addictions, self-injury, trauma, and adjustment concerns.
My approach to therapy varies based on the goals for therapy services for each of my clients. I primarily use Cognitive Behavioral therapy with Dialectical Behavioral therapy skills. These modalities help me and my client's have set goals to work towards in sessions while using evidenced based treatments for client's concerns with research supported interventions/skills.
I feel my communication style is calm and nonjudgmental. I want client's to feel comfortable in discussing concerns openly. I love the DBT assumption that client's/clinicians are doing the best they can and we can all do better. I communicate to other's that I know they have tried to fix concerns and sometimes we all need the insight from a nonjudgmental supportive person to do better by seeing where we are getting stuck.
