Colleen Canfield-Smith, LMHC

Colleen Canfield-Smith is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 21 years of clinical experience, based in New York. She creates a warm and supportive space where clients can explore challenges such as stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, low self-esteem, depression, ADHD, relationship and family difficulties, grief, anger, and coping with life changes. Colleen emphasizes the therapeutic partnership, believing that collaboration helps uncover each person’s strengths and resources to guide meaningful change.

Her professional background includes work in schools, hospitals, community service agencies, and primary care settings, and she draws on her lived experience as a mother of three and the owner of two large dogs to better understand family and everyday life dynamics. She holds a Master’s degree in counseling psychology from Boston College and certifications in Integrated Behavioral Health for Pediatrics and Primary Care, which inform her thoughtful, practical approach.

Colleen combines client-centered principles with cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused techniques, using humor, relaxation training, and mindfulness practices to support goal-oriented work. She approaches clients as the experts on their own lives and partners with them to set priorities, build coping skills, and navigate transitions with compassion and clarity.