L. Kathryn Smith, LCSW, RPT
Owner / Director of Arbor Cove Therapy, LLC
Areas of Special Focus:
Katie earned a Master of Social Work from The University of Georgia in 2001 and was licensed by the state of Georgia as a clinical social worker in 2005 (#CSW003510). Her specialization in mental health needs related to adoption and complex developmental trauma developed over the course of 19 years' experience working in both child welfare and mental health settings with children, teens, and adults who were adopted or in foster care, as well as birth, foster, and adoptive families. Her approach to treatment is grounded predominantly in neurobiologically-informed, attachment-based, somatic, and cognitive-behavioral theories. Treatment is individualized and informed by a thorough assessment along with active collaboration with clients in setting and evaluating treatment goals.
While Katie specializes in treating issues and challenges related to adoption, she also enjoys working with clients for other mental health needs, including recovery from trauma, anxiety, and depression, as well as relationship development through parent coaching. Her post-graduate training has included a wide variety of courses on grief and loss, attachment, complex trauma, sensory processing disorder, mood and anxiety disorders, ADHD, parenting, play therapy, healthy relationships, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, regulation, somatic psychology, and neuroscience.
Katie is a registered play therapist (RPT), credentialed by the Association for Play Therapy, and is working towards certification in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. She has also completed Level I of the Body-Brain Approach to Sandtray Play Therapy training through the SageSource Learning Center, both the practitioner and camp trainings in Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), and the 18 month-long Training for Adoption Competency (TAC) initiative of the Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) in Maryland, one of the premier post-adoption services agencies in the United States. The parenting programs she uses most often are Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) and Circle of Security (R) Parenting (COS-P). An overview of the therapy modalities she is trained in includes:
- Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders
- Adoption
- Emotional and Behavioral Disorders of Childhood & Adolescence
- Mood and Anxiety Disorders
- Disrupted Attachment
- Parenting Challenges
- Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Theraplay (R)
- Trust Based Relational Intervention (R) (TBRI)
- Attachment, Regulation, & Competency (ARC)
Katie earned a Master of Social Work from The University of Georgia in 2001 and was licensed by the state of Georgia as a clinical social worker in 2005 (#CSW003510). Her specialization in mental health needs related to adoption and complex developmental trauma developed over the course of 19 years' experience working in both child welfare and mental health settings with children, teens, and adults who were adopted or in foster care, as well as birth, foster, and adoptive families. Her approach to treatment is grounded predominantly in neurobiologically-informed, attachment-based, somatic, and cognitive-behavioral theories. Treatment is individualized and informed by a thorough assessment along with active collaboration with clients in setting and evaluating treatment goals.
While Katie specializes in treating issues and challenges related to adoption, she also enjoys working with clients for other mental health needs, including recovery from trauma, anxiety, and depression, as well as relationship development through parent coaching. Her post-graduate training has included a wide variety of courses on grief and loss, attachment, complex trauma, sensory processing disorder, mood and anxiety disorders, ADHD, parenting, play therapy, healthy relationships, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, regulation, somatic psychology, and neuroscience.
Katie is a registered play therapist (RPT), credentialed by the Association for Play Therapy, and is working towards certification in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. She has also completed Level I of the Body-Brain Approach to Sandtray Play Therapy training through the SageSource Learning Center, both the practitioner and camp trainings in Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), and the 18 month-long Training for Adoption Competency (TAC) initiative of the Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) in Maryland, one of the premier post-adoption services agencies in the United States. The parenting programs she uses most often are Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) and Circle of Security (R) Parenting (COS-P). An overview of the therapy modalities she is trained in includes:
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Katie's passion is helping clients experience healing in their mind, emotions, spirit, and relationships from trauma-related injuries, especially those suffered in early childhood.
Active memberships in professional associations:
EMDR International Assocation (EMDRIA)
Association for Play Therapy
Active memberships in professional associations:
EMDR International Assocation (EMDRIA)
Association for Play Therapy