About Callie
Callie Smith is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, and major life changes. She focuses on practical steps that build resilience and clearer thinking. Callie keeps sessions straightforward so people can use what they learn right away.
Her work often centers on relationship and communication struggles, self-esteem, and the emotional fallout from separation or divorce. She also supports people dealing with abandonment, attachment concerns, body image, codependency, and isolation.
Background and approach
Callie pays attention to how past experiences shape present reactions and decision making. Sessions balance listening with concrete skills. Callie helps people practice new ways to talk with others, set boundaries, and manage impulsivity or intense moods.
She also helps with coping after natural or human-caused disasters and with feelings like guilt, shame, and forgiveness. Callie has six years of clinical experience and holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential. She works with adults in Kentucky and conducts therapy in English.
Her background includes supporting people through communication problems, commitment issues, and dependent personality dynamics. Therapy with Callie is collaborative. She focuses on what matters to each person and on small, realistic steps toward change.
People who want clear guidance and tools to handle daily stressors often find her approach helpful.
How evidence-based methods translate to online care
Callie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common method helps people identify unhelpful thinking and practice new responses; it suits anxiety, stress, and self-esteem work. Another approach centers on improving communication and attachment patterns, which is useful for relationship difficulties, codependency, and commitment concerns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust plans based on what helps. This collaborative process lets the person guide priorities while Callie offers clear options and exercises.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit daily life. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework support, or when a shorter, more frequent contact is helpful. These formats make it easier to attend sessions around work, caregiving, or travel without losing continuity of care.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English