About Jerry
Jerry Smith is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who uses a client-centered approach to therapy. He meets people where they are and helps them name the problems that feel most urgent. Jerry emphasizes practical steps and follow-through, including homework between sessions.
He brings 38 years of experience in many mental health settings across Georgia. That background includes outpatient programs, psychiatric hospitals, alcohol and drug treatment, work in jails and penitentiaries, and services in assisted living.
Background and approach
He has also taught psychology as an adjunct professor for twelve years. Jerry works with common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, and trauma. He also helps with relationship and family issues, self-esteem, anger, sleep and eating problems, parenting strain, and career transitions.
Phobias are listed among his focus areas and are part of the range of anxiety concerns he addresses. In sessions he uses Client-Centered Therapy to focus on each person’s own priorities. He also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
He gives homework and emphasizes that doing the work between sessions matters for progress. Clients can expect straightforward conversation and clear goals. Jerry describes his role as helping people recognize what they want and choose manageable next steps.
He encourages a steady, collaborative pace toward change.
Approaches and how they work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's own goals and priorities. The therapist listens with an open stance, helps the person name stuck points, and supports decisions about what to try next. This approach is useful for issues like self-esteem, relationship concerns, and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Sessions often identify unhelpful thought patterns and test new behaviors or coping skills. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, depression, phobias, and problems with sleep or eating.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying an approach, checking how it feels, and adjusting over time together.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a lunch break. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to do shorter, frequent exchanges or to write through thoughts between sessions. These options help therapy fit into busy lives and different schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 38 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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