sopcpllc-Meet Dr. Portia Smith

Dr. Portia Smith, LMFT - Find Your Sense of Peace

I help you stop feeling overwhelmed, anxious, and depressed. Rise above your challenges to feel a Sense of Peace and transform your life.

I want to support you to rise above what you’re going through to feel a Sense of Peace and ultimately transform your life.

I’ve been in the helping profession for more than 10 years and have worked with various populations such as the following:

Military families
Clergy (ministers/pastors) and their families
Those with comorbidity conditions such as substance use/major depression
Adolescents
Couples
Individuals with life transitions and grief

I want to help you rediscover a new way of dealing with your problems.

I primarily use Solution-Focused Therapy to build on strengths and resources that you already have and find a Sense of Peace in your situation (hence the name of my business, Sense of Peace Counseling).

This type of peace allows you to experience harmony with your mind, body, and spirit despite feeling worried, broken-hearted, frustrated, isolated, or confused.

In addition, I implement Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Somatic Experience Approaches to help clients move towards PEACE. I am currently working towards Brainspotting Certification.

Let’s make your life new

I embrace the following philosophies:

Empathy can change the world.
You are important.
You are worthy of love and care.
Loving and accepting yourself for who you are, scars and all, is one of the most courageous things you can do.
If you continue working on and believing in yourself, you can be in a completely different space sooner than you think.
Even if you feel like you’ve lost hope, it’s possible to show up, commit to yourself, and do what it takes to start feeling better.

My journey to becoming a therapist

First off, you should know I’m no different from the clients I see.

Just like everyone else, I’m human and that means I’ve been through wonderful experiences and difficult experiences that have shaped who I am.

However, as a therapist, I take those experiences and use them to help you, the client.

I could have stopped after I obtained my master’s degree, but I felt like there was more I could do if I furthered my education.

Also, I don’t often see Brown or Black people in higher education, and I wanted to both share my experience and be a role model for others who are interested in pursuing their degree in the helping profession.

Qualifications

Let’s discover how I can help

Just like everyone else, I’m human and that means I’ve been through wonderful experiences and difficult experiences that have shaped who I am.

However, as a therapist, I take those experiences and use them to help you, the client.

I could have stopped after I obtained my master’s degree, but I felt like there was more I could do if I furthered my education.

Let’s discover how I can help

In our sessions we will focus on you. Our time together will provide you space to find peace and silence not often accessible in other places.

You’ll feel seen, heard, and understood as I provide a compassionate, empathetic ear.

I’ll create safety in the therapeutic room (or teletherapy) and ensure the process is collaborative. Therapy is not “one-size-fits-all.”

It’s instead specific and tailored to you and your needs.

I love guiding people toward positive changes and witnessing them transform their lives.

I want to see you leave therapy lighter, freer, and excited about your life.

Call me for a free phone consultation at 919-263-5544 or email me and let’s get started bringing you a Sense of Peace.

Get a free 20-minute consultation. Let’s talk!

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Practice Details

Sense of Peace Counseling does not offer crisis services. If you’re in a crisis please call 988 or 911 or go to your local hospital or crisis center.