About Roseann
Roseann Smith is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people dealing with addiction, trauma, depression, anxiety, and relationship struggles. She connects with people in a warm, down-to-earth way so they feel comfortable talking about hard things. Roseann draws on 16 years of experience working with adults in Virginia.
She often works with people who face mood disorders, bipolar symptoms, or the aftereffects of trauma. She also supports those coping with grief, anger, low self-esteem, social anxiety, and major life changes.
Background and approach
Many clients come for help with substance use and the emotions that come with it. Her in-session style is friendly and lightly humorous when appropriate. She uses a strengths-focused, motivational approach to help clients find energy for change.
Roseann also uses cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness skills to manage distressing thoughts and strong emotions. Sessions may include setting simple goals to try between meetings. These tasks come from priorities discussed during sessions and aim to build small, steady progress.
Roseann believes practical steps and steady support help people move forward. Her background includes work with severe mental illness and time at a college counseling center, which informs how she supports young adults and those navigating relationship or life transitions. Roseann practices in Virginia and brings experience supporting a wide range of concerns.
Practical approaches for online healing and change
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and building a trusting connection so people can speak openly about what matters. It is useful when someone needs a calm space to sort out feelings and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches skills to change unhelpful patterns. It can help with anxiety, depression, and mood difficulties. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress without making things worse.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match goals, needs, and preferences. That means trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together over time.
Online therapy makes these approaches accessible through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions can fit a shorter check-in or be easier when less bandwidth is available. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer written check-ins or want flexible, brief support between sessions. These options help therapy fit into busy lives while keeping the focus on practical change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English