About Aline
Dr. Aline Smith helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, depression, and concerns tied to addiction or eating. She also supports those dealing with bipolar symptoms and a wide range of family and attachment issues.
Her work is grounded in listening and in helping people find the next practical step. She brings 37 years of experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT. She approaches each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals and small changes that add up over time. In the room she uses straightforward conversation and active problem solving. She talks through patterns that keep problems stuck and practices new ways of relating and coping.
The aim is to reduce overwhelming feelings and improve daily routines and relationships. Dr. Smith pays attention to family history, attachment patterns, and how early losses or abandonment shape current behavior.
She also works with issues like codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, and forgiveness. These topics are handled with practical strategies and respect for each person’s pace. People who contact her can expect a calm, steady presence and help sorting through next steps.
She encourages small experiments between sessions so progress is visible and manageable.
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Dr. Smith uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on helping people change patterns and manage strong emotions. One approach she emphasizes looks at how attachment and early relationships affect current behavior and closeness; it helps when communication and trust feel stuck. Another common technique focuses on skills for managing anxiety and mood swings through practical coping strategies and step-by-step behavioral changes; this helps with stress, panic, and mood instability.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She works with each person to identify goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust plans as progress unfolds. Together they decide which techniques feel most useful and make space to test small changes between sessions.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs. Video lets you work face to face when visual cues help, phone can be easier when video is not possible, live chat and messaging allow brief check-ins or ongoing support without scheduling a full session. These options make therapy more flexible and help people fit care into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 37 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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