Shannon E. Smith

As a counselor, I am privileged to walk alongside clients on their paths to self-discovery, healing, and wellness. I combine compassion with directness, practicing with an anti-discrimination, anti-oppression, and anti-racist orientation. I deeply value the ways your personal experiences shape your views of yourself, others, and the world. My approach to counseling is integrative, client-centered, trauma-informed, and relational, aiming to support your personal growth and development. I emphasize non-stigmatizing, non-pathologizing, and compassionate modalities, drawing from: Feminist Theory Social Justice Approaches Polyvagal Theory Brainspotting Systems Theory Emotionally Focused Therapy Attachment-Based Therapy Parts Work/Internal Family Systems (IFS) Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Mindfulness I am licensed to practice in Louisiana and Tennessee. Education: Master of Arts in Education (Community Mental Health Counseling), Louisiana State University, 2015 Licensure & Certification: Louisiana Licensed Professional Counselor (#6479) Tennessee Licensed Professional Counselor/Mental Health Service Provider (#8323) National Certified Counselor (#782021) Louisiana LPC Board-Approved Telemental Health Provider Louisiana LPC Board-Approved Supervisor Associate Professional, Louisiana Registry of Sexual Offender Treatment Providers (LA Act. 848) Certified Sylvotherapy Practitioner (#25-01088) Certified in Brainspotting Specialized Training: Brainspotting: Phase 1, Phase 2, Brainspotting with Relationships & Harmonic Brain Healing Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT): LGBTQ+ EFCT Externship Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) Internal Family Systems (IFS): Healing Trauma & Restoring Wholeness with IFS Sylvotherapy (Forest Therapy) Professional Memberships: American Counseling Association (ACA) Arkansas Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse (AR-ATSA) Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse (ATSA) Brainspotting Help--Volunteer Coordinator for the Southeast U.S. Chi Sigma Iota Counseling Academic & Professional Honor Society International; Alpha Chi Chapter (Louisiana State University) Louisiana Association of Addiction and Offender Counselors (LAAOC) Louisiana Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (LACES) Louisiana Counseling Association (LCA) Louisiana Group Psychotherapy Society (LGPS) Louisiana Mental Health Counselors Association (LMHCA) National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, & Gender Expansive Identities of Louisiana (SAIGE-LA)--President 2022-2024. Past President 2024-2026 Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex & Gender Expansive Identities (SAIGE) Southeast Brainspotting Institute (SEBI)--Diversity Fellowship recipient 2023-2024, SEBI Diversity Fellowship Committee Member 2024-present, Board Member 2025-present Tennessee Counseling Association (TCA) Tennessee Licensed Professional Counselors Association (TLPCA) The Gender Affirming Letter Access Project (GALAP) World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)