Kelly Smith

I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of experience supporting individuals from diverse backgrounds. I’ve worked extensively with clients navigating depression, anxiety, trauma, and military and Veteran-related concerns, as well as a wide range of life challenges. These include relationship and family conflict, parenting stress, career transitions and workplace challenges, financial stress, grief and loss, identity and self-esteem concerns, major life changes, caregiving stress, burnout, and adjusting to new roles or stages of life such as pregnancy, postpartum, or empty nesting. I also have experience supporting individuals managing mood disorders, family-of-origin dynamics.

My approach is warm, direct, nonjudgmental, and client-centered. I draw from evidence-based approaches such Motivational Interviewing, psychodynamic therapy, and solution-focused techniques. I focus on helping you build insight, develop practical coping strategies, and create a sense of control and forward progress in your life. My goal is to empower you to become the best version of yourself.

In your first session, you can expect a supportive, conversational space where we’ll begin getting to know each other. We’ll talk about what brought you to therapy, explore your current challenges, and clarify what you’d like to get out of our work together. We’ll also begin identifying initial goals and next steps. There’s no pressure to have everything figured out—this is a collaborative process, and we’ll move at a pace that feels comfortable for you.