Charmaine Smith, LMFT, MD, LCMFT

Charmaine Smith is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in Kentucky with professional licensure also held in Maryland and Texas. With 17 years of experience, she brings extensive work supporting people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, family conflicts, low self-esteem, and motivational challenges. Her credentials include LMFT and LCMFT - designations that indicate licensure to practice marriage and family therapy at clinical levels.

She draws on a broad set of therapeutic approaches to match each person's needs, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), the Gottman Method, mindfulness practices, Narrative Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Trauma-Focused and Systemic Therapy, Attachment-Based and Client-Centered frameworks, and Solution-Focused strategies. This variety allows her to tailor conversations and treatment plans to address issues such as abandonment, adoption and foster care concerns, blended family dynamics, body image, cancer caregiving stress, commitment and communication difficulties, divorce and separation, domestic violence, emptiness, family of origin problems, and fatherhood challenges.

Charmaine approaches clients with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, shaping therapy around each individual or family's specific situation. She emphasizes collaborative planning and practical techniques to build confidence, improve relationships, and manage symptoms so clients can move toward the goals they set together. Taking the first step toward therapy often requires courage, and she recognizes and supports that commitment to change.