Brittany Smith is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Social Work from Belhaven University and The University of Southern Mississippi respectively. She is a current doctoral candidate at The University of Kentucky with an emphasis in Administration and Leadership. Brittany is currently employed by Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas and works as a Family Intake Therapist in a pediatric emergency
department. She is also the founder of Making Mental Health, PLLC and works as a private practice therapist with young adults.
Brittany’s prior population experience includes private practice, emergency medical psychiatric care, crisis intervention, inner-city enrichment and the provision of community mental health services to marginalized youth, and adults, and families-including children and families involved with state social services, foster care and adoption, and group home settings. Brittany is amidst completing her doctorate, and her research focuses include crisis intervention, family systems, equity, inclusion and diversity work, mental healthcare access, and the effects of CVID-19 on mental health, particularly suicidality. Her Capstone Project focuses on COVID-19 impacts on adolescent suicidality.