Maliya Smith

Maliya Smith

Virtual sessions — Illinois

Accepts insurance

5/5

(4)

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LPC

Works with ages 5 to 25+

Collaborative

Empathetic

Humorous

Biography

Hey Hey Hey! My name is Maliya Smith and I am a master’s level licensed mental health clinician with over 7 years of experience. However, I have been intuitively counseling and working as a healer my whole life.  I have worked with various populations and multiple settings from working as a domestic violence counselor, with college, highschool and middle school aged students, with families, couples and toddlers.  As a therapist, I counsel from a holistic perspective, therefore when working with my clients we will look at their experience through a multidimensional framework. This process will allow you to understand your layers of generational and childhood trauma,  maladaptive behaviors, beliefs and repressed emotions; while being able to analyze how this all plays out in your daily life.  I use person centered, psychoanalytic, interpersonal, somatic based interventions, mindfulness meditation and yoga. I am also a certified kemetic yoga instructor, therefore I incorporate deep breathing, postures and movements (by request) to help heal subconscious multigenerational wombs. My goal is to empower you holistically by allowing you to understand that life is not happening to you, you are the co-creator of your own reality and you can be your own healer, I am just a tool to help you see it :)

Specializes in

Anger

Anxiety

Bullying

Coping Skills

Depression

Fears

Life Transitions

Social Media Addiction

Stress

Treatment Method

You can talk to your therapist in your first session about which approach would be the best fit for you.

Art Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Family Therapy

Play Therapy

Motivational Interviewing

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

Psychodynamic

Psychoanalytic

Mindfulness-Based Therapy (MBT)

Style

Collaborative

Empathetic

Humorous

Reviews

Average Rating

5/5 (4)

Total Reviews

4

Parent of an 11 year old

Mar 13, 2026

Great communication and constructive coping skills for all involved were helpful.

Parent of an 11 year old

Feb 21, 2026

Maliya does a great job connecting with my daughter and focusing on her needs. She is my daughters second try at a therapist and it was a match right away. She is also great at keeping the parent involved, bringing me in when needed. If I share an event that I think is important to discuss she ensures to incorporate it. And my favorite part is that she is treating her holistically how to protect her nervous system.

Parent of a 12 year old

Nov 13, 2025

It was helpful because now I feel like we have a plan in place and both are going to be supported in this journey. It was also helpful that she was able to get Khloe to open up. I look forward to our future sessions.

Parent of a 12 year old

Nov 04, 2025

Therapist was great in helping us navigate a first session with our son who is objecting to therapy.

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Next available: Apr 24