Dr. David Smith - Mental Health Counselor | The Center for Internet & Technology Addiction

20 years experience

About Dr. David Smith

My professional background includes over 25 years experience as a clinical provider, professor, healthcare consultant, executive, researcher, and writer. My most recent publication “Grace and Authenticity: Uncovering the Authentic Self” offers a glimpse of the approach and method(s) used to reduce stress and anxiety and improve your perceptions, see new opportunities, and draw on your existing strengths to live your desired life.

Uncovering your internal healing ability and resilience helps you to develop your own approach to overcome obstacles and barriers that may be blocking your growth. Discovering the life that is meant for you is to find great treasure.

On this platform, I offer about 20 daytime sessions per week. We will use primarily cognitive, psychodynamic, psychoanalytic, and systems therapy approaches to help you reach your goals. Growth is simple, but not always easy. It is always worthwhile. Seeing your “self” from a new perspective can change your entire life – I have witnessed this over and over, and it is possible for you.

Licenses

LICSW

08854

Professional experience

Addictions
Career difficulties
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
Coping with life changes
Depression
Family conflicts
Grief
Parenting issues
Relationship issues
Self esteem
Stress, Anxiety

Additional Focus Areas

Attachment issues
Codependency
Commitment issues
Control issues
Drug and alcohol addiction
Family of origin issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Social anxiety and phobia
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Clinical Approaches

Client-Centered Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Existential Therapy
Internal Family Systems
Psychodynamic Therapy
Solution-Focused Therapy
Systemic Therapy

Languages

English

15 Reviews

“Just completed my second session with Dr. Smith.<br /> He is challenging me to understand my awareness of current events while respecting that my current awareness is molded/shaped by my upbringing. <br /> Looking forward to continuing to work with him.”

“Dr Smith has been extremely helpful getting me through a very low point in my life.”

“Expert in his field, knowledgeable and relates very well.”

“Dr. Smith was full on insight and tailored the sessions after quickly assessing my scenario. Couldn't recommend any higher!”

“Dr. Smith offers effective ways to re-frame and think about various aspects of life through a helpful and informative philosophical lens.”

“Dr. Smith has done a wonderful job with helping me confronting the issues I am facing, while at the same time helping me see other perspectives I may not have considered before. The few sessions I have had with him so far have already gone a long way in helping repair my relationships with family and partner, and I continue to look forward to how he can help better improve myself”

“Everything has been great so far. It's easy to feel very comfortable in sessions with him.”

“Dr Smith is fantastic. He uses deep expertise with compassion to help others.”

“Dr. Smith is a well read man and can use story to make his point stick... Loved working with him and jumping right back on his schedule”

“Respectful”

“I enjoy the angles Dr. Smith walks me through and aligns me with. Helping me understand myself and my current situation and how to manage myself truly.”

“I love working with Dr Smith. He communicates with me effectively and in a manner I can understand.”

“Very insightful”

“Dr Smith is great at what he does and have the experience to back it up. I highly recommend working with him!”

“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.”

These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.