Eloris Smith, LICSW, LCSW

Eloris Smith, LICSW and LCSW, is a licensed social worker based in Louisiana with seven years of clinical experience supporting adults through life transitions and everyday challenges. She works with people experiencing stress and anxiety, parenting difficulties, low motivation, struggles with self-esteem and confidence, career-related concerns, and symptoms of depression. Her practice emphasizes the client as the expert of their own story and builds on each person’s existing strengths to help them move toward a more fulfilling life.

Eloris approaches therapy with encouragement and practical support, acknowledging that seeking change takes courage and intention. She offers guidance for a range of concerns including abandonment issues, communication problems, control challenges, divorce and separation, forgiveness, self-love, women’s issues, and workplace conflict. As a LICSW and LCSW—terms that indicate advanced social work licensure and clinical training—she focuses on empowering clients to identify goals, develop coping skills, and take actionable steps toward their priorities.

Clients who work with Eloris can expect a collaborative, strengths-based process that honors their perspective while providing tools and support to navigate stressors and pursue meaningful growth.

Approaches and Flexibility in Online Therapy

Eloris Smith uses therapeutic methods that focus on practical skills and values-based change. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify what matters most to them and learn how to act in ways that align with those values while accepting difficult thoughts and feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) concentrates on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and developing actionable strategies to change behaviors and improve mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving interpersonal effectiveness, and increasing distress tolerance when situations feel overwhelming.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and often happens collaboratively. Eloris works with clients to assess their needs, goals, and preferences so they can decide together which techniques or combinations of approaches will best support progress.

Online therapy with Eloris is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, giving clients flexibility to fit sessions into busy schedules and to engage in ways that feel most comfortable. This variety of formats can make regular care more accessible for those balancing work, family, and other responsibilities.