Individual and Family Therapy

If you or your child or adolescent has trouble functioning at home or school due to a traumatic event that occurred recently or in the past, Dr. Smith offers individual, family and group therapy. She provides a safe environment where you and your child will feel respected and listened to as you start healing. Group therapy is also available. 

Dr. Smith is an expert in complex trauma, child abuse, neglect and assault. She recognizes multi-cultural expressions of distress and resiliency, and provides appropriate treatment and intervention based on this knowledge. She is a licensed psychologist in the state of California.

Dr. Smith received special training in several evidence-based interventions including EMDR, a therapeutic tool used in trauma treatment to help children overcome the obstacles that block their success at home and in school.  Click here to learn more about Dr. Smith.

Special Training Completed

EMDR Level I and Level II training plus child-focused supervision by Joan Lovett

Trauma empirically-validated and promising practices interventions:            

Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress (SPARCS)

Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competencies (ARC)

Multifamily Group Therapy and Enhanced Trauma-focused CBT       Integrative Treatment of Complex Trauma for Children and Adolescents

Family therapy models

Brief Strategic Family Therapy (Hervis)

Family Play Therapy (Gil)

Working with Latino Families (Falicov)

Evidence-Based Elements of Family Therapy (Parkinson)

Call 415-418-4456 to schedule an appointment. Dr Smith also works with the California Victim Compensation Program (CalVCP), a program for adults and children who were the victims of or witnessed a violent crime.