- Person-centered approach
- Skill-building focus
- Experience with trauma
About Alia
Alia Smith is a California licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people navigate depression, anxiety, stress, and life changes. Her approach is straightforward and person-centered, with an emphasis on building practical skills and clearer day-to-day coping.
She works with people dealing with addictions, trauma and abuse, and relationship strain. She also supports concerns like ADHD, bipolar symptoms, low self-esteem, and panic. Additional areas include body image, codependency, eating issues, and feelings of emptiness.
Alia believes each person knows their story best and brings strengths into therapy. Sessions emphasize listening first, then developing steps that fit each person’s life. She aims to help clients try small, manageable changes and notice what works.
Her clinical work draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. Those methods are used to build skills for emotion regulation, unhelpful thinking patterns, and motivation for change.
She frames therapy as a collaborative process. The goal is to help people find clearer ways to handle stress, reduce symptoms of depression, and improve daily functioning. Alia supports practical strategies alongside space to talk through painful experiences.
She works with people dealing with addictions, trauma and abuse, and relationship strain. She also supports concerns like ADHD, bipolar symptoms, low self-esteem, and panic. Additional areas include body image, codependency, eating issues, and feelings of emptiness.
Alia believes each person knows their story best and brings strengths into therapy. Sessions emphasize listening first, then developing steps that fit each person’s life. She aims to help clients try small, manageable changes and notice what works.
Her clinical work draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. Those methods are used to build skills for emotion regulation, unhelpful thinking patterns, and motivation for change.
She frames therapy as a collaborative process. The goal is to help people find clearer ways to handle stress, reduce symptoms of depression, and improve daily functioning. Alia supports practical strategies alongside space to talk through painful experiences.
This summary is based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp.