About Rodney
Rodney "Rod" Smith is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage addictions, depression, trauma, and major life changes. He uses a straightforward, honest style and aims to make sessions clear and practical for people feeling overwhelmed. Rod brings 15 years of counseling experience and holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential, with licensure in Missouri and Idaho.
He also spent many years working in behavioral health settings and in correctional mental health, which shaped how he supports clients facing complex problems.
Background and approach
In sessions he focuses on the immediate problems people bring - cravings, panic, low mood, relationship strain, or a fear that limits daily life such as a phobia. He listens first, then helps people identify small steps they can try between meetings. He prefers plain talk and concrete strategies rather than jargon.
Rod draws on several approaches to guide work in therapy. He uses client-centered ideas to build trust, cognitive behavioral tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and dialectical skills to manage strong emotions. He also integrates existential themes when people want to explore meaning and purpose.
People meet with him by video, phone, chat, or text messaging. He can also incorporate faith-based perspectives when clients request that kind of support. His aim is to help people regain control, reduce distress, and move toward clearer choices in daily life.
Therapy approaches and online options
Client-centered therapy focuses on building a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship so clients can talk openly and decide the pace of change. This helps when someone needs steady support while sorting through feelings or making decisions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches specific strategies to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and confront fears like phobias. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, adds skills for tolerating intense emotions and improving emotional regulation when distress feels overwhelming.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals and try techniques that match those goals. If a method does not fit, adjustments are made together until the client feels the sessions are useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video lets people work face to face; phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited; chat and messaging provide brief check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep continuity when schedules change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Missouri, Idaho
- Languages
- English
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