Will Smith

Professional Background and Therapeutic Approach

Education and Professional Experience

Will Smith, LCSW, is a graduate of Olive Harvey College, Chicago State University, and Loyola University in Chicago. Their educational journey has provided the foundation to serve clients within the Department of Children and Family Services, the Chicago Public School System, and SASS.

Areas of Practice

Will Smith has worked extensively with adults in need of Crisis Stabilization, those involved in the Justice System or on Probation, and individuals struggling with Substance Abuse. Their experience encompasses support for clients facing Career Issues, including First Responder Vicarious Trauma and Work Burn-out.

Client Support and Focus

Clients seek Will Smith's guidance for challenges related to self-confidence, self-esteem, life direction, unresolved family issues, low frustration tolerance, grief, and heartbreak. The therapeutic approach is designed to offer mental revitalization and address these pressing concerns.

Couples Therapy

Will Smith's couples therapy emphasizes communication, dedication, and strategies to improve, regain, and maintain intimacy and love within relationships.

Individual Empowerment

A central focus of Will Smith’s work is helping each client strengthen their relationship with self, drawing on CBT, trauma-informed practices, and evidence-based approaches.

Will Smith, LCSW, is dedicated to elevating every client he serves.

Good therapy is a conversation and exploration of life. The client should feel safe, empowered and look forward to session. My approach is trauma informed, evidence based and non-judgmental. I hope to provide sound clinical insight, mixed with humor and a relaxed milieu.

Clients can expect to take away HOPE. They can expect to increase their self-actualization. They can expect a shift in their cognitive approach and thinking. They can expect to understand that perfection is not always attainable but progress is! We are all people under construction.