Sister Circle Saturdays
Sat, Apr 13
|Self-Centered = Love For All


Time & Location
Apr 13, 2024, 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Self-Centered = Love For All
About the Event
Dr. Symphonie D. Smith is an Independent Marriage and Family Therapist (licensed in DC, MD, MI and
OH). She has been providing therapeutic services to individuals, couples and families for over 9 years,
across various settings such as psychiatric hospitals, university clinics, community agencies and private
practice. Dr. Smith has taught as an adjunct faculty member at Walsh Jesuit University (Ohio), Bowie
State University (Maryland), Virginia Tech (Virginia) and Northcentral University (virtual). She is an
approved supervisor for other Marriage and Family Therapists in the country and a nerd for research
that centers African Americans. She is alum and ad hoc reviewer for the Minority Fellowship Program,
sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT).
Dr. Smith is also the owner and founder of Personal Space: Self-Centering Therapy, LLC, where she helps
clients by teaching them how to move themselves from the end of their priority lists, to the center of
their worlds. She is currently on a mission to elevate the entire Black collective, by helping one Busy
Black woman at a time, learn to self-center.
As a Busy Black woman herself, she is determined to use all her resources, expertise and platforms
(education, therapy, research, mentorship, supervision, entrepreneurship, hugs, etc.) to make a real
difference in her community, WITHOUT sacrificing herself. “No more superwoman’ allowed ... healing
makes the magic stronger!”
When Dr. Smith is not nerding out about research and therapy or teaching anyone who will listen about
her self-centering philosophy, she enjoys trying new food, Latin dance, live music, yoga, anything related
to natural hair, true crime, podcasts and spending time with loved ones.