Rodney "Rod" Smith, LPC

Missouri · 15 years in practice

Rodney "Rod" Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing addiction, relationship strain, trauma, depression, and big life changes.

License and registration

LPC, Missouri: 2023015136 · expires June 2027
LPC, Idaho: LPC-7982 · expires February 2027
NPI: 1639208952 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 15
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Rodney

Rodney "Rod" Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing addiction, relationship strain, trauma, depression, and big life changes. He speaks plainly and aims to create a direct, honest space where clients can talk about what feels stuck and start making changes.

Rod brings 15 years of clinical practice as an LPC and decades of personal recovery experience that inform his work. He draws on practical approaches to address repetitive behaviors, low mood, and painful memories.

Background and approach

Sessions focus on small, realistic steps clients can try between meetings. His style centers on listening first and following the client's pace. Rod uses Client-Centered methods to reflect concerns and build a working relationship.

He also integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotional regulation. Rod has substantial experience delivering individual and group care in correctional settings and community mental health over many years. He holds LPC licenses in Missouri and Idaho and works in Missouri for this practice.

People reach out to him for help with addictions including process and sex addiction, trauma and post-traumatic stress, relationship issues like infidelity and communication problems, and mood concerns such as seasonal affective disorder. He also supports those wrestling with guilt, shame, life purpose, and isolation.

His approach blends practical skill building with deeper exploration of values and meaning, including elements drawn from Existential therapy when clients want to examine purpose, responsibility, and personal freedom.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Rodney lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Addictions
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Depression
Coping with life changes
Communication problems
Control issues
Divorce and separation
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Paranoia
Phobias
Post-traumatic stress
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Sex addiction
Social anxiety and phobia

Approaches Rodney names

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Online support

How therapy approaches translate to online sessions

Existential therapy helps people look at meaning, choice, and responsibility in their lives. It invites questions about purpose and can be useful for clients wrestling with life direction, guilt, or isolation.

Client-Centered therapy centers on listening and understanding the client's experience without judgment. This approach helps build a trusting relationship and is useful when someone needs a steady, supportive space to talk things through.

Finding the right approach usually happens together. The therapist will work with the client to decide whether to emphasize existential questions, use CBT techniques to change unhelpful thinking, or practice DBT skills for emotional regulation. That choice is based on the client's needs, goals, and preferences and can change over time.

Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer therapy and face-to-face conversation, while phone calls require less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and messaging work well for quick check-ins, skill practice, or when someone prefers shorter written exchanges. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try different formats to see what helps most.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?

He helps with addictions, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, depression, and coping with life changes, plus related issues like communication problems, control issues, and isolation.

How would sessions feel or proceed with him?

Sessions are conversational and practical. He listens first, then uses client-centered listening, CBT strategies, and DBT skills to set small goals and practices between sessions.

What is his professional background?

He has 15 years as a Licensed Professional Counselor and decades of work in behavioral health, including individual and group therapy in correctional settings.

What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?

He holds the LPC credential and is licensed in Missouri and Idaho; his practice for this profile is based in Missouri.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the United States work with him?

International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.

How does cost and getting started work?

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