About Jerry
Jerry Smith is a licensed clinical social worker with decades of experience in mental health. He uses a client-centered approach to meet people where they are and help them set goals they want to reach. Jerry emphasizes practical steps and sometimes assigns homework to support progress.
Over 38 years he has worked across many settings, including psychiatric hospitals, outpatient mental health programs, and alcohol and drug treatment services. He has experience with people affected by addiction, major mood disorders, and serious mental health needs, as well as those in assisted living settings.
How Jerry works
He has also worked in correctional facilities. His practice focuses on common problems such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and addictive behaviors. He also addresses relationship concerns, intimacy-related issues, parenting struggles, anger, self-esteem, sleep and eating difficulties, and life changes like divorce and separation.
Jerry blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new, manageable behaviors. He encourages clear goals and measurable steps so progress is visible between sessions. Many years of teaching as an adjunct professor of psychology inform his straightforward style.
He aims to reflect back what he hears, help people spot what is holding them back, and coach on practical choices. He invites clients to engage actively, complete agreed tasks, and work together toward change.
Jerry lists 2 ways of working on the entry:
What Jerry works with
The areas below are the ones Jerry selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, CSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 38 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
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Online support options
Client-centered and CBT help online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, understanding each person's priorities, and shaping sessions around what matters most to the client. It helps when someone needs a nonjudgmental space to sort out goals and decide next steps.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going. It breaks larger issues into small steps and uses practical exercises to test new ways of coping with anxiety, depression, or addictive behaviors.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying things, reviewing what helps, and adjusting the plan together.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and teaching techniques, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins, and messaging lets people send updates between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between sessions.
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