MeetHelaine
Helaine Hunter-Smith is a Marriage and Family Therapist and Relationship Expert in private practice in Las Vegas, Nevada.
She has also been an instructor at UNLV the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in the Department of Couple and Family Therapy. Helaine’s “Human Sexual Behavior” class was extremely popular and a student favorite.
Although Helaine now calls Las Vegas home, she was born and raised in New York City. Her “east coast sensibility” is still present, however, mellowed by time spent on the west coast.
Helaine received her B.A. from Queens College in New York, in Theatre and Dance. She was a “triple threat”actor, singer and dancer for many years, appearing on stage, screen, television and concert halls. Helaine also toured with her one woman show.
Having studied and learned from masters in their fields, Helaine utilizes in counseling, many techniques learned in other disciplines, finding many exercises translate well to the therapeutic experience.
What I offer
Change negative thought patterns and self defeating behaviors. Let’s get you feeling good about yourself.
Couples counseling can help break the cycle of destructive behaviors while teaching you how to communicate effectively and lovingly.
Being a teenager has never been easy. I help teens feel heard, listened to and offer them tools to handle what may come their way.
Most sexual problems can be dealt with and have a positive outcome. I can help navigate sexual issues as well as infidelity and affairs.
If sexually compulsive behaviors are negatively affecting your life and you have tried to stop these behaviors before and find that you can’t, there is help.
Life coaching is not therapy. In coaching we focus on moving forward, identifying your goals and creating a blueprint to help achieve them.
What People Are Saying
“I’m a 42 year old man who arrived in Helaine’s office in pretty bad shape. I had no idea what to expect, or how to begin talking about increasing fears and sadness…Helaine helped me…. She gave me a set of tools to handle the negative thought patterns and put them in perspective. The fear and sadness still bubble up, but the tools work and things are much better having made a connection with Helaine.”
“I started therapy with Helaine at the end of a marriage that had left me emotionally devastated. At the time I was deeply depressed and full of rage. That marriage had brought up unresolved issues from my childhood, emotional troubles that had plagued my life. I had been in and out of therapy most of my life and never felt completely healed. At the end of that first year with Helaine, I did.”
“I am so grateful I met Helaine. She is truly the best at what she does, a fine example of a woman who lives a happy and fulfilled life, and I hold her in the highest regard.”
