Kristen Smith

Therapy isn’t supposed to feel like performance. It’s supposed to feel like relief.

I’m Kristen — a licensed clinical social worker who’s spent over 20 years supporting people through transitions, overwhelm, and deep life work. I live in South Portland, Maine with my family, and I understand firsthand the emotional labor, coordination, and internal pressure that come with being a capable, high-achieving woman and mother.

As someone who is neurodivergent myself, I intimately understand the cost of masking — and what it takes to stop performing and start feeling and living.

I believe therapy should:

✔ feel safe and respectful

✔ move at your pace

✔ honor your nervous system

✔ help you reconnect with who you are — not who you’ve been trying to be

You don’t have to become someone new; you deserve space to finally be you.

Clients will come away from a session with some strategies, a better understanding of why they have reacted certain ways in the past, and a game plan for the future.

In our first session, we will get to know each other, establish a plan, and start to untangle some of what has brought you to therapy in the first place.