About Alia
Alia Smith is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on practical support for everyday struggles. She brings 15 years of experience helping people address anxiety, depression, bipolar concerns, addiction, and ADHD. Her style is straightforward and respectful, aiming to help parents and adults find clearer ways forward.
Clients meet a therapist who listens first and adapts tools to each person. Sessions emphasize small, manageable steps rather than big, sudden changes.
Background and approach
She works with people on self-esteem, stress, panic, and life transitions using methods that fit their pace and needs. Alia draws from several evidence-informed approaches to shape each plan. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people accept difficult feelings while committing to values-based action.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thinking and build new coping skills. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills support emotion regulation and distress tolerance when feelings run high. Her work also addresses trauma, relationship strain, eating and body image concerns, and patterns such as codependency and dissociation.
She helps clients manage substance use and explore patterns behind addictive behavior without judgment. Alia prefers a collaborative process. She encourages people to notice strengths and try practical strategies between sessions.
The goal is clearer routines, steadier mood, and more confidence navigating daily life.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take small steps toward what matters. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress when values-driven action feels unclear. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to change mood and reactions; it works well for panic, low mood, and problems with focus. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions and tolerating distress during crises.Finding the most helpful approach is a shared process. The therapist collaborates with each person to pick techniques that match their goals, daily routine, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is working and what needs to change.
Online sessions offer flexible ways to connect using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to keep momentum between sessions or fit therapy into a busy day. These options make it simpler to maintain continuity and adapt care to everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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