About Shaven
Shaven Smith is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, anger, depression, and big life changes. She practices in South Carolina and speaks English. Her work also focuses on caregiver stress, family problems, isolation, veteran and armed forces issues, post-traumatic stress, self-love, and women's concerns.
She takes a straightforward, collaborative approach. Sessions focus on setting clear goals, learning practical coping skills, and using methods that research supports.
Background and approach
Conversations are direct but warm, aimed at getting to the root of what is causing pain and finding steps that fit daily life. Shaven draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts them to each person's needs. She emphasizes strengths people already have and builds from there.
The goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes. Clients can expect honest feedback and concrete strategies they can use between sessions. She works with people who want to reduce symptoms and improve how they handle stress and relationships.
Her style combines compassion with practical problem solving. Shaven holds credentials as LISW-CP and LCSW and has four years of clinical experience. Those credentials indicate her licensure in South Carolina and Louisiana.
She aims to make therapy understandable and usable for everyday life.
Evidence-based approaches available online
Shaven commonly uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on helping people manage symptoms and handle everyday problems. One approach emphasizes skill-building for stress and anxiety reduction, teaching breathing, grounding, and practical coping steps that can be practiced between sessions. This helps with panic, persistent worry, and intense stress reactions.Another approach focuses on working through traumatic experiences and their aftermath by helping people make sense of painful memories and reduce their emotional impact. Sessions aim to slowly build tolerance for difficult material while increasing safety and self-care skills. This method can be helpful for post-traumatic stress and recovery after abuse or combat-related experiences.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose or blend methods based on needs, goals, and personal preferences. Clients and the therapist check progress and adjust the plan together when needed.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video allows face-to-face interaction for in-depth work, phone can fit a quick check-in or lower bandwidth, and chat or text work well for brief check-ins or ongoing support between appointments. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and varied routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also works with
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina, Louisiana
- Languages
- English