Evalee Smith, LISW, LCSW, CSW

Evalee Smith is a licensed social worker with 25 years of experience in mental health and social services. She holds a Master of Social Work from Savannah State University and practices with the clear aim of helping people manage stress, relationships, mood challenges, and life transitions. Evalee brings steady, compassionate support to sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use at home.

Her style is warm and interactive. She listens without labels and focuses on strengths. Sessions tend to blend problem-solving with skills practice, mindful awareness, and attention to emotions. Evalee uses straightforward language and works with each person to build a plan that fits their day-to-day life.

Evalee has a long track record helping people with depression, anxiety, bipolar concerns, and trauma and abuse. She also supports work on parenting, addiction, eating and sleeping struggles, and intimacy-related issues. Additional areas of focus include attachment problems, caregiver stress, communication problems, codependency, and gender dysphoria.

Her approach draws from Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT). Techniques may include skills for emotion regulation, exploring relationship patterns, and changing unhelpful thinking.

Evalee is licensed in Georgia as an LCSW and in South Carolina as an LISW, and she also holds a CSW credential. Sessions are conducted in English and Evalee accepts international clients. She invites people to take the first step toward clearer relationships and steadier mood by beginning the matching process and scheduling a session.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Evalee uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationship patterns affect current connections. This approach focuses on understanding emotional bonds and how they show up in close relationships. It can help when trust, closeness, or fear of abandonment affect day-to-day life.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps identify unhelpful thoughts and teaches clear steps to change behavior and mood. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating concerns, and for practical problem solving. Emotionally-Focused Therapy is another influence when relationship patterns and emotional responses are the main focus; it helps people notice and shift interaction cycles.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt methods as needed. This collaborative process helps clarify which skills or perspectives will best support change.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the available session formats before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce commute time, and allow shorter check-ins on a lunch break or longer sessions when needed. It also lets people connect from different locations, which can help maintain continuity during life transitions.