Evalee Smith, LISW, LCSW, CSW

Evalee Smith is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people navigate emotional, relational, and life challenges. She holds LISW and LCSW licenses for clinical social work and a CSW credential, and she is licensed to practice in both Georgia and South Carolina. Evalee earned a Master of Social Work with a clinical concentration from Savannah State University and has built a long career across mental health and social services settings.

Her clinical work has included support for depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, relationship concerns, parenting difficulties, life transitions, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, ADHD, oppositional defiant behaviors, anger management, LGBTQ-related questions, intellectual and developmental challenges, women’s issues, caregiver stress, and recovery from trauma and abuse. She is experienced working with clients across the age span - children, teens, adults, older adults - and with couples.

Evalee’s counseling style is warm, interactive, and rooted in respect, sensitivity, and compassion. She avoids stigmatizing labels and emphasizes a person-centered, strengths-based approach. Her practice draws on cognitive-behavioral and dialectical behavior techniques as well as mindfulness, solution-focused strategies, psychoeducation, and psychodynamic perspectives to create individualized treatment plans tailored to each client’s needs.

She encourages and supports people who take the step to seek improved mental health, offering an empathetic and empowering therapeutic environment designed to help clients build skills, heal from past hurts, and move toward meaningful goals.

Therapeutic Approaches and Remote Care

Evalee Smith integrates several evidence-informed approaches to help clients address their concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape emotion and connection, helping people heal patterns of trust, intimacy, and closeness that affect current relationships. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, respect, and collaboration, offering a nonjudgmental space where clients’ priorities guide the work and strengths are amplified to support change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, providing practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, and stress.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Evalee works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors treatment plans and adapts techniques over time so the work remains aligned with each person’s progress and values.

Online therapy with Evalee is offered by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care during life transitions, balance therapy with work or family commitments, and access licensed professionals from a distance while receiving focused, goal-oriented support.