Clinical Social Work/Therapist
Valarie Smith
LCSW
About
Meet Valarie
Valarie Smith is a licensed clinical social worker in Decatur with 14 years in practice. She works with adults and older adults who want to understand themselves and their relationships more deeply, notice the patterns that keep repeating in their lives, and handle change with more ease. She helps with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, life transitions, self-esteem, stress, substance use and LGBTQ+ concerns. Her work explores how past experiences and unconscious thoughts shape the present, using psychodynamic, relational, attachment-based, CBT and DBT approaches tailored to each person. She describes herself as kind, genuine and a little offbeat. She sees clients in person in Decatur and online.
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Insurance accepted 2
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- superbill for out-of-network
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Qualifications
Training & license
- License
- LCSW · GA · CSW005431
- Experience
- 14 years
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