Debbie Reno-Smith, LMFT

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (Lic 47268)

Debbie Reno-Smith is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has been committed to serving others in the health and wellness field for over twenty five years. She holds licenses in two States, is a National Certified Counselor and Master Addiction Counselor, International Mindfulness Teacher, and is endorsed as an Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist Reflective Practice Facilitator III/Mentor in the State of California. She has provided direct services to families, supervised and developed professionals, established programs utilizing evidence based practices, managed facilities, and has instructed numerous courses in the community and higher education settings.

Debbie passionately believes in the power of connection and support as the pathway to healing, resiliency, and growth as human beings. She adheres to a reflective practice approach that fosters exploration through compassion, honoring individual uniqueness, maximizing personal strengths and capabilities, with a strong focus on integration of mind, body and spirit connection. Debbie has worked extensively with children from birth through adolescence, into early adulthood, families, and professionals in the helping fields. Areas of focus include a broad range of life issues such as empathy fatigue, balancing the demands of workload and personal life, anxiety, depression, feelings of hopelessness, all levels of exposure to traumatic experiences, social/emotional and other regulatory challenges, as well as a wide range of personal life stressors. She is a strong ally and support for those who have and continue to experienced inequity, discrimination, systematic racism and generational trauma. In her personal life Debbie loves to spend time in nature with her family, hiking, biking, enjoying the mountains and the beach. She enjoys reading and journaling and has a long-time daily mindfulness practice.

Specialties:

• Child, Adolescent, Adult & Family Psychotherapy

• Infant Mental Health & Therapy with Children Age 0-5

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

• Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Self-Compassion

• Trauma & Stress Related Disorders

• Sensory Integration and Regulation

• Grief & Loss

• Substance Abuse & Addiction

Education

• Master of Arts Degree, Counseling and Human Services

  • University of Colorado

• Bachelor of Science Degree, Psychology

  • University of Southern Colorado, Pueblo

• Mindful Schools

  • Year Long Certificate Program 

• Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher Practicum and Training - Provisional Certification (2013)

  • University of California San Diego:  

• Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist – Mid-Career Fellowship (2005)

• Irving Harris Fellowship, Colorado University Health Sciences Center

Professional Affiliations

• California Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (CAMFT)

• Member National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC)

• Member Infant Development Association

• World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH)

• Colorado Association for Infant Mental Health (CoAIMH)

• California Association for Infant Mental Health (CalAIMH)

• Board Member Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild California

Certifications

• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, California Board of Behavioral Sciences (CA LIC #40309)

• Licensed Professional Counselor (Colo. LPC #2556)

• Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC #52095)

• Licensed Addiction Counselor (Colo. LAC #116)

• Master Addiction Counselor (MAC #507084)

• Infant-Family Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist and Reflective Practice

• Facilitator/Mentor – California Endorsement – California Center for IFECMH

• Approved Reflective Supervisor Colorado Association Infant Mental Health

• Approved Domestic Violence Provider/Supervisor/GLBT/ Women Offenders (Non-Practicing Status as of 3-1-06)

• Certified Mindfulness Teacher-Provisional International Mindfulness Teachers Association