Rodney "Rod" Smith, LPC

Rodney "Rod" Smith, LPC, is a licensed professional counselor who brings both clinical training and personal experience to his work with adults facing addiction, relationship challenges, trauma, depression, and major life changes. He explains his LPC credential as a professional counseling license that reflects formal training and practice in therapeutic skills. With 15 years of professional counseling experience, he focuses on practical, evidence-informed approaches to help clients regain stability and move toward meaningful change.

Rod draws on a range of clinical methods to address issues such as process addictions, sex addiction, substance-related problems, post-traumatic stress, social anxiety, and difficulties with communication or control in relationships. He also works with concerns like grief from divorce or separation, guilt and shame, infidelity, loneliness, phobias, and life purpose questions. In addition to individual interventions, he has experience conducting group therapy and has worked for seven years in a correctional setting providing both individual and group services.

Rod shares that his own long-term spiritual and therapeutic journey helped him confront past addictions, depression, and experiences of sexual abuse, and he offers biblical-guided counseling when clients request it. His approach emphasizes authenticity, straightforward feedback, and an accepting stance that supports clients as they set goals and pursue lasting change.