Dr. David Smith

Gaining knowledge of how our perceptions arise and evolve into our beliefs, reactions, and behavior patterns is “therapeutic,” and can open new ways of being in the world. Education and prevention do work; they bring awareness to the clouded and struggling mind. We can and do have remarkable transformations in our lives when we learn to recognize and use the simple forces and principles that are always freely available to us, but that we may not be aware of, see, or remember. Our focus will be learning how our perceptions, thinking patterns, and corresponding feelings are what (paradoxically) may be generating or causing much of our psychic distress and suffering. Learning how and why this is so unlocks a great mystery. I have over twenty-five years in healthcare as a clinician, educator, and consultant with some insight into what heals us and makes us better. Professionally, my experience includes education, prevention, and intervention across the healthcare field and developing and evaluating behavioral health services. I have held professorships in Community and Clinical Psychology, and have published research in behavioral healthcare