Licensed clinical social worker recordGeorgia
Cara Smith, LCSW, CSW
Georgia
Licensed clinical social worker - stress and relationships
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- Credentials
- LCSW, CSW
- Licensed in Georgia
- LCSW, licence CSW005450
- NPI
- 1053052258
- Experience
- 20 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Georgia
These details come from information Cara supplied to BetterHelp. A licence can be checked with the social work board of the state that issued it, and an NPI with the national registry.
AAbout
- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting and family
- CBT and mindfulness
About Cara
Cara Smith is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Georgia with 20 years of professional experience. She works with adults across many life stages on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, self-esteem, career problems, depression, addictions, parenting, and related challenges listed in her profile.
She focuses on everyday problems like managing worry, improving sleep, and handling anger. Sessions often cover practical steps to boost motivation, set boundaries, and improve communication at work and home. Cara also addresses intimacy-related concerns, ADHD, and coping with major life changes.
Cara uses straight talk and active listening in sessions. She draws on client-centered methods to follow a person’s priorities while using cognitive behavioral techniques to challenge unhelpful thinking. Mindfulness exercises and skills from dialectical behavior therapy are offered for emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
Her background includes work across age groups, including children, adolescents, adults, and older adults, in a range of settings over two decades. That experience informs a practical approach to common problems like parenting strain, caregiver stress, adoption and foster care issues, and work-related pressures.
In sessions she helps people identify small, manageable changes to try between meetings. Conversations often include communication coaching, problem-solving for career or family conflicts, and strategies to address shame, guilt, or isolation. Clients who want to start are asked to complete the practice’s short questionnaire to match with her and schedule an initial session.
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How Cara’s approaches translate to online work
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and motivation challenges and looks for practical changes you can try between sessions.Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and following the client’s priorities. The therapist helps people clarify their goals and makes adjustments based on what matters most to the person in treatment.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills support emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. These tools can be useful when managing intense feelings, anger, relationship conflict, or symptoms that interfere with daily functioning.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Cara will work collaboratively to choose techniques that match a person’s goals, preferences, and daily life. She checks in on what works and adjusts plans over time so sessions remain practical and relevant.
The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people use audio-only or video depending on their comfort and bandwidth. These practical benefits help people maintain continuity of care while juggling work, family, and caregiving responsibilities.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Georgia
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and self-esteem issues plus career, parenting, sleep, addictions, bipolar, ADHD, and many related concerns listed in her profile.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She uses a practical, client-centered approach combined with cognitive behavioral strategies, DBT skills, mindfulness, and elements of the Gottman Method for relationship work.
How much experience does she have?
Cara has 20 years of professional experience working across clinical settings and with multiple age groups.
Is she licensed and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Georgia and also lists CSW as a credential.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What are the session formats and cost?
Session formats are not specified in the biography; cost varies with location and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, call 911, or call or text 988. More crisis numbers