About
Wendy Smith
I am clinical social worker who loves helping others transform through mindfulness and self-acceptance. I have been studying mindfulness and embodiment practices for over two decades. As a social worker, I am committed to social justice and empowering clients using a strengths-based approach. I recently completed The Internal Family Systems Level 1 Training and am enamored with it, amazed at the profound healing that can take place with this technique.
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Most people find that I am an understanding and non-judgmental listener. My hope is that clients leave feeling seen and understood, hopefully with a new perspective, as well as with something practical they can try on their own between sessions.
Outside of work, I enjoy music, dance, gardening, and learning about comparative religion and spirituality . I am increasingly interested in understanding intergenerational trauma and ancestral healing.
Experience
Wendy has been a psychotherapist at Austin Mindfulness Center, a psychiatric social worker in the emergency department, and a medical social worker in perinatal women's health. In addition to mindfulness-based treatment for depression and anxiety, they have extensive experience providing grief counseling. Wendy also provides trauma-informed care for survivors of domestic violence, narcissistic abuse, and childhood emotional neglect.
Qualifications
2025
Internal Family Systems Level 1 Training - Kathy Cox and Galit Grad-Trutner
2023
The Art of Clinical Supervision - Tammy Linseisen
2022
Internal Family Systems Immersion - Frank Anderson, Richard Schwartz and others
2021
Anti-Racism for Helping Professionals - Alejandra Spector
2021
Mindfulness in Therapy - Rochelle Calvert
2019
Clinical Ecotherapy - Amy Sugeno
2016
Crisis Intervention and Safety Planning trainings - Seton Psychiatric Emergency Department
2012
Specialized training in perinatal grief and loss - Resolve Through Sharing
2010
Non-Violent Communication - Jean Morrison
2010
MSSW in Social Work, specializing in motivational interviewing, mindfulness, grief and loss, domestic violence, and trauma - University of Texas at Austin
2005
MA in Women's and Gender Studies - University of Texas at Austin
2000
BA in Psychology - University of Texas at Austin
1997
Supporting Survivors of Sexual Assault - The SAFE Alliance