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Rhett Smith, Marriage and Family Therapist

Face your anxiety with courage, and experience meaningful connection to self and others.

I'm a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in working with individuals and couples around a wide variety of issues...most people these days are coming to see me with their anxiety issues. I'm the author of The Anxious Christian: Can God Use Your Anxiety for Good? (Moody Publishers), What it Means to be a Man: God's Design for Us in a World Full of Extremes (Moody Publishers), and 4

Reminders for Men Who Love God (Moody Publishers)

You can read more of my writing at my blog at www.rhettsmith.com

05/31/2025

In the Fall a few guys and I started a “book club”.

We’ve been working our way through books (all kinds of topics) and meeting once a month over coffee to discuss.

To discuss the book and how it impacted us. What we learned. What was challenging. How it informed our work. Our relationships. All kinds of things.

This book left a huge impact on us, and stirred up a lot of things in our life and how we want to move forward. Not a surprise since I read book Endure three times over a 4-5 year period. Each time learning new things that shaped my life.

So I picked his new book for our “book club” and it didn’t disappoint. And beyond my “book club” I’m in an ongoing discussion with and about this book.

Thanks Alex for your work and your contribution to helping us live a more meaningful life.

05/20/2025

It was a big joy this last Sunday to read a passage of scripture for my daughter’s high school baccalaureate.

I got to read from a bible (and share the story) that my college ministry leaders from UCLA, USC and Loyola Marymount gave me back in 2008. They were in the process of graduating and we were moving from Los Angeles to Dallas, and transitioning from being a minister to being a therapist.

In the bible my students highlighted their favorite passages that helped them navigate through that season of college, and it’s beautiful these days to talk to them (some in their late 30’s and early 40’s) and see how that journey shaped them into the people they are today.

So excited for my daughter and all the high school graduates who are about to embark on this exciting new transition in life.

04/17/2025

If you are a Christian woman, struggling with anxiety — this retreat is for you!

My great friends and colleagues and .mayer are leading a 3 day anxiety intensive with 6 women, in the beautiful mountainous town of Julian, CA.

I believe in the power of Restoration Therapy to change lives, and the anxiety intensive model we developed and have honed over the last few years has helped individuals experience huge breakthroughs with their anxiety.

I’ve been leading intensives for 15 years and I honestly don’t know any therapeutic context that shifts one’s life as quickly and powerfully. So I hope you can join my friends for this great opportunity to transform your anxiety.

Link for registration: meghaneakentherapy.com/anxietyintensive

04/01/2025

Had the privilege to speak tonight at ReGen at my home church — it’s a ministry I’m intimately familiar with, and ultimately thankful for.

When life falls apart we are in a hurry to fix it as quickly as possible. But what we soon learn to our own dismay is that God is not in a hurry.

On this journey through life it will involve many stops along the way while in the wilderness (Exodus 17:1; Numbers 33, etc), and while we want to rush from captivity to promise, God is more concerned about the type of people we are being shaped into. And that’s a longer process than we would like. A lifetime really.

Or as Eugene Peterson says in his book of the same title…it’s “a long obedience in the same direction”.

The challenge is to hold in tension both our hope for the healing that awaits our restorative work, while being present to the hope around us each day.

Thanks for the beautiful worship tonight

03/25/2025

It is crazy that it was 10 years ago today that I launched my podcast. It has been a slow labor of love, often done in seasons.

Felt like I had a lot to say those first few years, but then found a more even pace for me, trying to not retread on the same topics.

It’s still up and running, but these days it’s reserved for the times when I have new things I want to explore with guests. And I am really loving co-hosting the RT Dialogue podcast with right now. So much synergy there, especially around a model of therapy we love — Restoration Therapy.

Special thanks to my great friend being my first guest back in 2015. He has been with me through a lot 💪

Cheers to new and engaging conversations in the years to come.

03/24/2025

If you haven’t had a chance to tune in yet — our new RT Dialogue podcast is up on Spotify and Apple (links in the bio). We are 6 episodes in with many to come.

My Restoration Therapy colleague and I are co-hosting the show, and engaging lots of Restoration Therapy therapists, as well as exploring a variety of topics.

It’s often an inside look into what happens in the therapy room and the different interventions and practices that help clients thrive.

We hope you check us out and if you have a particular topic you would like us to explore, let us know.

03/10/2025

We are 5 episodes into the newly launched RT Dialogue podcast.

But one of our favorites of course, was sitting down with Terry and Sharon Hargrave, the founders of Restoration Therapy.

In this episode we talk about the origin stories of RT, and Terry’s development of the model as he trained with some of the greats in the marriage and family therapy field, eventually breaking away from Contextual Family Therapy, and creating Restoration Therapy.

They have a ton of great stories, and I’m continually thankful to have been trained and mentored by Terry the last 15 years — and to be a part of such a great community of people.

Check out this episode, Season 1 | Episode 4 of the RT Dialogue.

Links to the podcast and video are in the bio above.

03/05/2025

New post today at my Substack, An Integrated Life.

Been reflecting a lot on Parker Palmer’s writing on vocation and calling from his powerful book, Let Your Life Speak.

That book has been a companion of mine for about 15 years. And I find myself in this season working on being still, calming the noise, and listening for that voice.

Would love for you to subscribe to my Substack if you haven’t. It’s free of course, and the link is in my bio above.

03/02/2025

About 27 months ago a handful of us were sitting around WinShape mate one night, dreaming about the future of Restoration Therapy, and the need to bring the community together again for another summit.

After lots of dreaming, and the last 14 months on the planning committee, it all came together better than we ever could have imagined.

We spent the last few days in Amarillo ( a nod to the founders Terry and Sharon Hargrave’s beginnings) learning, training, but most importantly…being in community with an amazing collection of people.

This community truly embodies the name of the model…restoration. And for that I am forever grateful.

We have big plans ahead for the next summit in 2027.

If you are a therapist, ministry leader, coach, educator, or just curious about RT. Join our community, train with us, and engage in the conversation.

All links in the bio above.

02/24/2025

If you know anything about me and my therapeutic work, you know that I am a practitioner of Restoration Therapy, which was developed by Dr. Terry Hargrave. I’ve spent the last 15 years practicing the model with clients and in my own life. And I consider Terry and his wife Sharon close friends and mentors.

No therapy model has changed my life more than RT.

More than that, the community of RT practitioners are a group of people who are doing some of the best work around in many fields such as therapy, ministry, education, leadership, etc. And it’s a great privilege to continue to train with them throughout the year. They are not only colleagues, but best friends. And I’m thankful for the loving and safe community they provide.

With all this in mind, my friend Lance Ahl and I decided to continue to help foster the community and development of the model by creating some communities around it where we can learn from each other.

This last week we launched the RT Dialogue Substack, https://rtdialogue.substack.com/, along with a podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/3LND3Zcprjqd5Yyo2dhsqH and YouTube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/

So whether you are a part of the RT community or just wanting to learn more about Restoration Therapy — and continue your own personal growth — then we hope you join us on this journey.

02/14/2025

I have noticed myself being drawn to more silence and solitude over the last year. I feel as if I’m being compelled inward and am being asked to guard an inner fire within. To fan the flames.

In my latest post on Substack I reflect on this longing and share some powerful words from Henri Nouwen and his impactful book The Way of the Heart.

If you have any interest in my writing, subscribe for free at my Substack (link in my bio above) or at rhettsmith.substack.com

02/11/2025

Thankful for a community of colleagues who care about a deeply formed life, and who are in a continual process of growth as a person and therapist.

I am excited to join them in a couple of weeks at our Restoration Therapy summit.

We are launching some exciting new projects over the next couple of weeks so stay tuned.

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Tuesday	9am - 5pm
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Thursday	9am - 5pm

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http://www.rhettsmith.com/

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I believe that it is my job to create an emotionally safe and open environment so you are free to be yourself. In this environment I hope to help you not only gain insight about your life, but help you develop and implement skills and tools you can practice. It is this insight + practice that leads to transformation.

I love working with a variety of issues and most often specialize in relational issues (i.e. marriage, dating, family, , etc.), anxiety and depression (identifying root causes, managing symptoms, and reframing as an opportunity for growth), issues around faith, grief, and personal development and wellness.

One of the things that makes my practice unique is that I'm not just a therapist, but I speak at conferences, teach workshops, lead marriage intensives, and record a weekly podcast. I'm also author of The Anxious Christian & What it Means to be a Man.