About

Dr. Marie Smith

I have received a Ph.D. and possess board licensure and certification at the state and national l level, as a licensed professional counselor, counselor supervisor, school counselor: k-12, educator and administrator. I have over 25 years of counseling experience. My clinical experiences have been across the age-span. I have provided treatment in schools, hospitals, clinics, andcorrectional facilities for adults and juveniles.

My scope of professional practice crosses the age span, focusing on societal established transitional milestones and the expectations in which we measure and develop personal self-acceptance through family, peer groups, school, career, and intimate relationships, as we cross various developmental stages.

As a veteran educator and administrator, I am able to integrate past and present experiences, with reflective thoughts of how we arrive to our current place, from childhood to adulthood.

My educational training also includes the ability to work with individuals previously diagnosed in childhood, young adulthood, or adult acquired disabilities, such as developmental disabilities, ADD/ADHD, impairments in learning: Specific Learning Disability, behavior, including sensory impairments such as autism, and cognitive/intellectual disabilities.

Family and couples' therapy is highly advocated, in my practice, when the evidence presents the need beyond individual or online therapy to achieve the articulated counseling goals. Referrals will be recommended, as identified.

In the therapy session, the presenting concerns may include, but is not limited to:
Coping Skills
Anger Management
Anxiety
Depression
Interpersonal Relationships-Teen through Adulthood
Adjustment and Adaptive Behavior Concerns
Trauma and Resiliency: Adverse Childhood Experiences
Divorce, Custody, and Mediation
College and Career Readiness
Workplace Dynamics
Problem Solving Skills