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Meet the Team

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Christopher Edgar-Smith

Founder

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Renisiya Williams

Co-Founder

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Christopher Edgar-Smith

Founder of Liberating Wellness

Christopher Edgar-Smith LMSW is a Black, Queer, Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Metro Detroit. Christopher’s clinical work centers serious persistent mental illness and trauma centered treatment for LGBTQIA2+ folx of color. Christopher’s therapeutic foundations support the wellness of adolescent and adult gender expansive folx as well.

 

Christopher is a member of  WPATH (and), as well as a Kink/Poly aware and affirming practitioner.  Christopher completed an undergraduate  degree at the University of Michigan-Flint, and attended the University of Minnesota, and Madonna University for his  Master of Social Work with a concentration in Clinical Mental Health.

 

Christopher utilizes Psychodynamic, Brainspotting, Narrative Therapy, CBT, and EMDR interventions treating trauma and oppression fatigue with communities navigating life in the margins

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ReNiseya Williams 

Co-Founder of Liberating Wellness

I work with adults experiencing emotional pain, confusion and/or denial. This may be manifested in a myriad of issues that I can assist with, including depression and other mood disorders, anxiety, substance dependency, interpersonal issues, and past trauma. I have experience working with many different cultural backgrounds and sexual orientations/identities.

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I believe that all people can benefit from empathy, honesty and genuineness from a therapist. During the process of psychotherapy, I aim to foster self-awareness, hope, healing and growth. I mainly use CBT, DBT and Person-Centered approaches. These modalities allow for self-exploration, learning new coping skills for emotions and situations.

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Individual therapy is an opportunity to speak with an objective professional who cares about your concerns and is focused on how you want to make change.

 

Above all, I offer compassion and honesty without judgement. It is my hope for my office to be a place of healing, learning and growth. It is my goal to help people reach their goals of positive change.

Therapeutic 
Techniques

  • Psychodynamic Therapy

  • Brain Spotting (Brain-based Therapy)

  • EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)

  • CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy)

  • DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)

  • Person-Centered Therapy

  • Narrative Therapy

  • Individual Therapy 

  • Couples Therapy

  • Family Therapy

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