Sherile Smith

Sherile Smith, LMHC, LPC, brings more than 25 years of clinical practice to her work with people 16 and up. She combines a thoughtful, client-centered stance with evidence-informed methods to support growth across a range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, addictions, mood concerns, and career issues. Her approach emphasizes listening first and then co-creating a plan that matches each person’s goals and circumstances.

She works with common and complex life challenges such as family and blended family issues, parenting concerns, codependency and forgiveness, as well as topics like body image, chronic illness, and first responder stress. Sherile also integrates focused methods for trauma and emotional process when these are central to the work. She aims to help people build coping skills, strengthen communication, and increase their capacity to manage transitions and difficult feelings.

Throughout treatment she invites people to lead the pace and direction while she offers guidance, structure, and therapeutic techniques. Her profile lists licenses in Iowa and Louisiana and highlights a collaborative model that allows for flexibility in planning and changing goals as progress unfolds.