Luciana Smalls, LPC

Luciana Smalls is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in South Carolina who brings nine years of clinical experience alongside more than two decades working in the human services field. She has supported a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family challenges, parenting and adoption issues, foster care, ADHD, addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related concerns, and career questions. Her practice also addresses needs related to caregiving stress, blended and adoptive family dynamics, body image, forgiveness, and other family-of-origin or life-transition topics.

She describes her therapeutic style as nurturing, supportive, and appropriately challenging, focused on helping people convert obstacles into strengths. Luciana emphasizes respect for each person’s culture, values, sexual orientation, and identity while working collaboratively to set goals. Treatment plans are individualized and built around the client’s specific needs and objectives.

Her clinical approach draws from client-centered foundations and integrates evidence-based methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Imago Relationship Therapy, mindfulness-based techniques, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy. She aims to teach practical skills and strategies that promote lasting change and help clients move toward the life they want to create.