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Dr. David Smith

LICSW · Minnesota · Online sessions

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About Dr. David Smith

My experience and expertise as a clinician, trainer, educator, researcher, and consultant is based on 30 years of 100% human (NO AI) interactions. We will focus on your experiences and insights to develop and clarify your perceptions and help you do the work necessary for you to grow, change, heal, recover, and become more useful and effective in your life. We will primarily use cognitive, psychodynamic, psychoanalytic, and systems therapy approaches with some esoteric methods to help you reach your goals. As a Board approved Clinical Supervisor, I have 25 years of providing services and training mental health and addiction counselors while holding undergraduate and graduate Professorships in Community and Clinical Psychology, and I have published clinical research. My latest book, “Authenticity and Grace: Uncovering the Authentic Self,” is a method-based example of insight and awareness that informs my approach. Growth is simple, but not easy. It is worthwhile. I look forward to seeing how I may be of service to you.

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Languages Spoken

  • English

Dr. David Smith is serving from:

Minnesota

Years in practice

30 years

NPI number

  • 1730377698

License Details

MN LICSW 08854

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