About Wayland
Wayland Smith offers experienced, steady support for people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, relationship struggles, and mood conditions such as bipolar disorder and depression.
Background and approach
With a practical, strengths-oriented stance, he centers the client as the expert in their own life while helping uncover tools and perspectives that make challenges more manageable. He acknowledges the courage it takes to begin therapy and works to create a constructive, goal-focused space for change.
Smith brings 38 years of clinical practice as an LCSW licensed in Illinois, combining long-term experience with a collaborative, respectful approach. He also addresses concerns related to family dynamics, intimacy, parenting and fatherhood issues, ADHD, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, and life transitions.
Additional focuses include process addictions, co-morbidity, blended family issues, aging and geriatric matters, seasonal affective disorder, and questions of life purpose and self-love. He accepts clients from outside the country and conducts sessions using a variety of remote formats to fit different needs.
Practical Approaches and Online Accessibility
Wayland Smith draws on established, evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on building coping skills and reshaping unhelpful patterns. One approach emphasizes skill-building for stress and anxiety management, teaching practical strategies to reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning. Another approach concentrates on relapse prevention and behavioral regulation for addictions and process-related concerns, helping clients recognize triggers and develop sustainable routines to support recovery.
Choosing the right therapeutic method is part of the collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to evaluate their needs, goals, and preferences, and then tailors techniques so they fit the client’s life and values rather than applying a one-size-fits-all plan.
Online therapy with this clinician offers flexible access through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit treatment into busy schedules and varied time zones. These remote options support consistent engagement and allow licensed professionals to deliver ongoing care for a wide range of concerns without the need for in-person visits.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Experience
- 38 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English