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Dr. David Smith, LICSW

Stress, Anxiety Addictions Self esteem, Motivation Career difficulties Coping with life changes
Video Phone Messaging

About me

With over twenty-five years in healthcare as a clinician, educator, and consultant I can share some insight and experience into what heals us and makes us better. Professionally, my experience includes education, prevention, and intervention across the healthcare field and developing and evaluating behavioral health services. I have held professorships in Community and Clinical Psychology, and have published research in behavioral healthcare. My latest book, "Authenticity and Grace" is a guide on how you may get to know who you really are.

Our focus will be learning how our own perceptions, thinking patterns, and corresponding feelings are what (paradoxically) may be generating or causing much of our psychic distress and suffering. Learning how and why this is so unlocks a great mystery. Growth is usually simple, but not easy. It is, by definition, a change in the way things are towards the way things can or need to be.


Professional experience

25yrs in practice
Stress, Anxiety Addictions Self esteem, Motivation Career difficulties Coping with life changes

Additional areas of focus: Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Parenting issues, Anger management, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Coaching, Drug and alcohol addiction, Family of origin issues, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Young adult issues

Clinical approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy

Services offered

Video
Phone
Messaging

License information

MN LICSW 08854

Reviews

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In the short time I had with Dr. Smith I felt more at ease after our conversation then I’d felt in months. He’s been very helpful in aspects that I didn’t even expect. He brings out things in me I suppress but I feel good after he pulls it out and clears it. I wouldn’t change therapists for anything.

Written on Apr 05, 2024 after therapy with David for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, sleeping disorders, career difficulties, and adhd