Phyllis Smith

Phyllis Smith is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in North Carolina. She holds a North Carolina license as a marriage and family therapist (NC LMFT 1905) and has five years of clinical experience providing therapy to individuals, couples, and families.
Her background includes work with a diverse range of people across age, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, and other diversity factors. Phyllis works from the belief that people can move toward their best mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing, and she brings genuine interest in each person’s hopes, goals, and aspirations as part of that process.
She uses a collaborative, strengths-based approach to identify specific counseling goals and guide clients toward them, helping build resilience, restore hope, and open new perspectives. Phyllis will identify growth opportunities and provide challenges in a nurturing, empathetic way as clients adopt and apply new patterns of thinking and behavior.
Her primary modalities include Bowenian approaches to personal growth, experiential methods, and structural and strategic techniques, all viewed through a systems lens that considers people in the context of their relationships. Because every person’s needs are unique, she adapts therapeutic methods to match each client’s circumstances.