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The work of becoming
Psychotherapy, scholarship, and conversations that make room for more of who we are. For Black women, high achieving women, and the therapists who care for everyone else. Virtual in Illinois, Connecticut, and New York.
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I am so glad you found your way here.
I am a psychotherapist and certified group psychotherapist, and for twenty years I have sat with people as they make sense of what they have carried and what they want for their lives. Many of the women I work with are successful in many parts of their lives and want support in others. Often they are the strong friend, the one everyone leans on, who rarely feels held herself. Whatever brings you to therapy, my priority is to help you feel comfortable enough to explore unfamiliar territory at a pace that respects your nervous system and your lived experience.
My work offers a space to explore who you are beyond what others need from you, to question the expectations you've learned to live by, and to consider what it might mean to build a life that makes room for your own needs, relationships, desires, and possibilities.
I see adults virtually in Illinois, Connecticut, and New York, in individual therapy, in groups, and in intensives, and I bring the same care to the trainings and consultation I offer clinicians and organizations. I look forward to working with you.
LaTasha
Where would you like to begin?
Becoming takes a different shape in each part of my work: understanding yourself in therapy, connection in groups, and time away to go deeper.
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Groups
A therapy group for Black women and a consultation group for Black women and women of color therapists, starting January 2027.
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one to one
Psychotherapy
A space to be honest about your inner life without being judged, fixed, or rushed. Individual openings are limited.
Individual therapy
time away
Intensives and Retreats
Beyond Survival: a private intensive or a small group retreat for therapists and high achieving women.
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for Black women and women of color clinicians
Doing the Work of You
A consultation and reflective practice group where we think together about your cases and what that work is asking you to examine in yourself.
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Coming Home & Becoming
A therapy group for looking at what we have had to carry, what it has protected, what it has cost, and what we might reclaim.
Learn moreSpeaking, training, and consultation
Keynotes, trainings, consulting, race-conscious dialogue groups, and retreats for clinicians and organizations on racial trauma and internalized oppression.
Presented at AGPA Connect · SSWR · CSWE · NASW-NYC · EGPS · NCORE · Columbia University · OPUS International Group Relations Conference, Ghana
Dr. Smith has a unique perspective on overcoming internalized racism. Dr. Smith has an empathetic and tactful way of addressing different points of view. One of the best presentations I have participated in.workshop participant
featured research
The Trajectory of Awareness
A model I developed for working with internalized racial oppression in treatment, grounded in my research with Black women psychotherapists. It informs my clinical practice, my teaching, and the trainings I offer to clinical teams and organizations.