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Nick Smith, LCPC, LADC, CCS

At one point or another we can all benefit from what therapy has to offer. I commit to creating a compassionate space for you to break from your daily routine and shed the layers no longer serving you. I believe counseling to be a collaborative journey towards growth, adaptation, and healing.

My therapeutic style is infused with creativity, humor, and most importantly empathy. I draw from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Positive, Psychology, and Solution-Focused interventions.

Licenses:

  • Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (Maine)

  • Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (Maine)

  • Certified Clinical Supervisor

    (Maine)

Education:

  • University of Southern Maine (CACREP Accredited)

    • Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling

  • University of Vermont

    • Bachelor of Arts in English

The Possibly Less Relevant “About Me”

Favorite Books

  • The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)

  • A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)

  • A Fan’s Notes (Frederick Exley)

  • Welcome to the Monkey House (Kurt Vonnegut)

  • This Boy’s Life: A Memoir (Tobias Wolff)

  • Blindness (Jose Saramago)

  • Small Victories (Anne Lamott)

  • The Road (Cormac McCarthy)

  • The Rum Diary (Hunter S. Thompson)

  • The Night of the Gun (David Carr)

Favorite Movies

  • The Shining (Stanley Kubrick)

  • Cool Hand Luke (Stuart Rosenberg)

  • Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater)

  • Angels with Dirty Faces (Michael Curtiz)

  • Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell)

  • The Player (Robert Altman)

  • No Country for Old Men (The Coen Brothers)

  • The Last Waltz (Martin Scorsese)

  • What About Bob? (Frank Oz)

  • The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdanovich)

Favorite Songs

  • “Don’t Forget Me"—Red Hot Chili Peppers

  • “Nightrain” —Guns N’ Roses

  • “Minor Swing”—Django Reinhardt

  • “Are You Sure Hank Done it This Way”—Waylon Jennings

  • “Once” —Pearl Jam

  • “This Must Be the Place”—Talking Heads

  • “Don’t Mind the Morning”—The Mallett Brothers

  • “Paradise”—John Prine

  • “Skeleton Appreciation Day”—Will Wood and the Tapeworms

  • “Get Down”—Nas

  • “Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers” —Primus