UZIMA COUNSELING & COACHING
Charlene Smith, LCSW
Hello! Welcome!
I am Charlene and I love that you found
your way here!
The connection you share with your therapist has the potential to be one of the most intimate relationships in your life.
Take your time, explore, ask questions!
I hope this small space of the internet brings you closer to what you are looking for.
THE MOST INFLUENTIAL RELATIONSHIP YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFETIME IS THE ONE YOU HAVE WITH YOURSELF!
Mind
-THE PSYCHE-Beliefs, thoughts,
self-talk, narratives
Body
-THE SOMA -
Sensations
Nervous System
Safety
Stored experiences
Regulation
Heart
Emotions
Feelings
Connections
Soul
Intuition
Wisdom
Energy
Spiritual Connection
Wisest Self
Action
Habits
Coping skills
Practice
Value driven
Alignment
APPROACH
My perspective is holistic and integrated. We are an intricate connection of mind, body, and soul. Each offering its own struggles and wisdom to the whole. I invite you into a deep relationship with your wisest and most vulnerable SELF.; guiding you into an intimate and transformational connection with how you experience and move through life.
Allowing you to not only heal where necessary but to find the authority and conviction to live your fullest and most alive life.
GUIDING INTERVENTIONS
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Depth Psychotherapy
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EMDR
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IFS
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Somatic Therapy
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Expressive Arts
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Nervous System Regulation
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
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You hold your own wisdom.
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Expansion and growth happen in safety.
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Learning to Stay is your super power.
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Emotion, struggle, stuckness, pain are our teachers! When honored, they awaken us to extraordinary capabilities and evolution.
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All we do is in service of keeping ourselves "safe, alive, ok"...even when it doesn’t feel or look that way.
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There is deep value in the middle, the gray, the in-between.
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Your capacity to experience pain, grief, and fear is directly connected to your capacity to experience joy, awe, and love.
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Your untold story is instrumental to your journey and wants to be heard.
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Your potential is beyond anything you have imagined!
EDUCATION
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University of Utah / BA / 2007
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University of Utah
Master of Social Work
2009
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Licensed Clinical Social WorkerUtah / 2012
TRAINING
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Jungian Social Training Group and supervision
2017 to present
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Sensory Psychomotor Psychotherapy
2 year certification 2019
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EMDR
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IFS
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Family Systems Therapy
Stanford University 2017
BEHIND THE SCENES
My soul and body are the happiest outside.
Most of my life has been spent playing in the mountains; skiing, biking, hiking, and swimming in whatever lake I can find.
Lately you can find me reconnecting with the ocean and all the life she holds.
I value my quiet mornings, they move me into the day feeling more grounded and connected.
I deeply value the relationships in my life. Even though I am often found scuttling about solo, the connection with my people and animals in my world are central to what it is to be me.
I love mangos and blue berries. Sweet potatoes and broccoli.
My favorite colors tend to blue and orange and earth based tones.
I love music, live or out of the speaker.
And hot springs are heaven to me!
I am learning to play the flute, create pottery, speak Spanish, and day dream about surfing, though boogie boarding seems to be more of the norm.
All of this being done slowly and with a bit of a scattered brain.
