Evalee Smith, LISW, LCSW, CSW

Evalee Smith is a licensed clinical social worker with over 25 years in mental health and social services. She holds a Master of Social Work from Savannah State University and maintains credentials as an LISW, LCSW, and CSW. Evalee draws on long experience helping people navigate stressful life moments and relationship strain.

She meets people where they are with a warm, interactive manner. Sessions focus on practical skills, clear conversation, and using a person-centered view that emphasizes strengths. Evalee avoids stigmatizing labels and treats each person with respect and sensitivity.

Her work addresses a wide range of struggles including stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar concerns, addictions, ADHD, grief, parenting challenges, intimacy and relationship problems, and trauma and abuse. She also supports people facing career changes, sleep and eating difficulties, and compassion fatigue.

Evalee blends several approaches to fit each person’s needs. She uses client-centered methods and attachment ideas to help people understand patterns in relationships. She incorporates cognitive-behavioral and dialectical behavior strategies for coping skills and emotional regulation. Mindfulness and emotionally-focused techniques are used when helpful.

Clients can expect an individualized plan that names goals and builds practical steps. Evalee emphasizes collaboration - she talks things through with clients and adjusts work as needs change. To begin, she guides people through the first steps and schedules sessions in line with availability.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationship patterns affect current connections. It helps people notice recurring relationship habits and try new ways of relating that feel safer and more satisfying.

Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and following the person's lead. It helps people feel heard and use their own strengths to work through problems and make decisions.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose and adjust methods based on the person's needs, goals, and preferences. This means approaches can be combined and adapted as the work evolves.

If you prefer online sessions, check the current session options before booking since formats were not specified in the original biography. Many people find that remote sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy routines, keep appointments during workday breaks, or reduce travel time. Online work can support learning coping skills, practicing new communication habits, and handling midlife and relationship changes in a way that fits daily life.