| Dr. Scott E. Smith
is a clinical psychologist with over 25 years
of experience working with children, adolescents
and adults. He is a native of Severna Park and
attended local schools. While at Severna
Park High School he graduated with honors,
captained the football team and was recognized
as a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete.
Dr. Smith attended college at Washington
and Lee University where he majored
in psychology and minored in journalism. He
was captain of the football team, awarded an
R.O.T.C. scholarship and selected as the Outstanding
Psychology Student his senior year. Inducted
into Phi Beta Kappa he also was presented with
an NCAA Scholar-Athlete award to continue his
study of psychology in graduate school.
Dr. Smith was trained in the internationally
recognized clinical program at McGill
University in Montreal, Canada where
he conducted research on depression and substance
abuse. His work was published in several notable
journals and textbooks. He performed his internship
at Walter Reed Army Medical Center
in Washington D.C. where he studied adult, child
and adolescent evaluation and treatment.
Dr. Smith has served as the Chief of
Adult Outpatient Psychology at Madigan
Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington
and as the Chief of the Psychology
Section at Kimbrough Army Community
Hospital located on Ft. Meade, MD.
before entering private practice with Spectrum
Behavioral Health. His areas of expertise include
working with anxiety, depression, adjustment
issues, behavioral problems, stress management,
family problems, mood disorders, divorce and
custody, trauma, abuse, habit disorders, chronic
pain, school related issues, learning disabilities,
ADHD, marital and couple’s concerns. His experience
e also includes testifying as an expert in court
and evaluating fitness for duty and high level
security clearances.
Dr. Smith is also an avid sportsman and he
enjoys applying psychological principles to
performance enhancement. He has worked with
athletes at the recreational, high school, college
and professional levels. In his spare time,
Dr. Smith authors a psychology column for the
Evening Capitol which is one of the nation’s
oldest newspapers. His writing has been referenced
in the Washington Post, the Indianapolis Star,
the Chicago Sun Times and "Rosie" magazine.
Dr. Smith would be happy to serve you and help
out with any evaluation or treatment questions
you might have.
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