Charmaine Smith, LMFT, MD, LCMFT
Therapist in Kentucky
Charmaine Smith is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, and low self-esteem.
- Licensed inKentucky, Texas, Maryland
- License0800, 202109, LCM1090
- NPI 1154680270
- Experience17+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Charmaine
Charmaine Smith is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, and low self-esteem. She writes short, direct plans with clients and focuses on practical steps that feel doable. She aims to meet people where they are and treat them with respect and compassion.
With 17 years of experience, Charmaine draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early bonds shape current relationships. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and client-centered methods to help people clarify values and build small, consistent habits.
Background and approach
Sessions include talking through patterns, trying simple skills, and checking progress together. Her background includes practice across several states and work with many adult concerns such as abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, blended family stress, and caregiving strain. She also addresses communication problems, commitment worries, and family of origin issues.
These areas often surface in sessions as patterns that feel hard to change. Charmaine prefers a collaborative approach. She listens first, then offers tools that fit each person’s goals.
Therapy may include cognitive-behavioral strategies, emotion-focused work, or coaching-style tasks to build confidence and direction. People in Kentucky and nearby regions have worked with her on divorce and separation challenges, body image concerns, and fatherhood issues. She offers straightforward guidance and helps clients set realistic next steps toward clearer relationships and less day-to-day stress.
Credentials
- LMFT (Kentucky)
- License 0800 · expires April 2026
- LMFT (Texas)
- License 202109 · expires February 2027
- LCMFT (Maryland)
- License LCM1090 · expires January 2027
- NPI
- 1154680270 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Charmaine lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Charmaine names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Attachment, Acceptance, and Practical Work Online
Charmaine uses attachment-based ideas to help people notice how early relationship patterns show up now. This work looks at how trust, closeness, and fear of loss shape reactions and connection in current relationships. It can help when communication feels stuck or when people feel chronic loneliness.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) which focuses on clarifying values and taking small steps toward a meaningful life. ACT helps people accept difficult feelings while still moving toward goals that matter. Client-centered therapy is another part of her approach and centers on listening, empathy, and building a reliable therapeutic relationship.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, try different methods, and adjust based on what feels most helpful. Decisions are shared and based on the client's needs, preferences, and response to tasks.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls work well for lower bandwidth, and messaging or chat can fit quick check-ins or step-by-step coaching. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy days and to keep therapy consistent over time.
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Frequently asked
What problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, plus self-esteem and coaching goals. Additional focus areas include abandonment, adoption and foster care challenges, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and communication problems.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Sessions mix listening with practical skills, values work, and tasks to try between meetings.
How much experience does she bring?
She has 17 years of professional experience working with adult concerns and relationship patterns across multiple settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LMFT, MD, and LCMFT credentials and is based in Kentucky with licensure details that include TX LMFT and MD LCMFT.
Can I see her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
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