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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

03/12/2026

“Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour increasingly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family. ” (Henri Nouwen)

Was back ReEngage ministry tonight to speak on the forgiveness journey.

Love the work they do there to transform marriages, and anytime I can talk about the model of forgiveness using the Restoration Therapy model — I’m all in!

02/05/2026

Just some brief comments on some of the books I’ve read the last few months…

Against The Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity by the brilliant English writer, prophet and poet, Paul Kingsnorth | This is the most disturbing book I’ve read in a long time as he explores the all enveloping technological matrix we live and participate in, and the impact on our humanness. It’s a book that once you read, you can’t unsee things. His work reminds me a lot of the French philosopher and theologian Jacques Ellul. So don’t read if you like your naïveté.

The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Life by Helen Whybrow, who lives on a farm in Vermont. | This may be the most beautifully written book I’ve read in a long time. This piece in particular reminded me a lot of Annie Dillard’s 1974 Pulitzer Prize winning book, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. Just such beautiful and descriptive prose.

Byung-Chul Han | I am late to the party reading this South Korean born, German philosopher. He has written a ton — and nowhere to be found online — and his thinking is profound on a lot of different topics. Very hard to read. But The Burnout Society got me started and I worked my way through The Scent of Time and The Crisis of Narration. Will keep on reading his work.

Table for Two by the American novelist Amor Towles | This was a beautiful piece of fiction, across multiple stories and time periods. He’s one of those fiction writers that makes every word count. It explores themes around relationships and identity (which I love as a therapist)…and much more. I still think his book A Gentleman in Moscow is one of the best pieces of fiction I have read.

So if you are looking for beautiful writing that challenges your thoughts and life. I highly recommend.

01/21/2026

I am pretty excited to announce that last week I received my license to practice therapy in the beautiful state of Colorado. I spent a lot of time there growing up in Arizona, and even more time there since moving to Texas in 2008.

Though I won’t have a physical office there (at least not yet), I can work with people via Telehealth. And some colleagues and I are currently exploring and working on bringing some intensives/retreats to Colorado. So awesome things on the way.

If you are curious in working with me, I am licensed as an LMFT in both TX and CO — so I can practice therapy from those states both in person and through Telehealth. And I am a Board Certified Executive/Leadership Coach (BCC) which allows me to coach people in person and online anywhere in the world.

Lots of things coalescing for me vocationally as I continue to hone in on the work I have been doing and love to do — while also traversing down new paths. 2026 is going to be an adventurous year.

01/15/2026

We did it!!!!

and I wrapped up 50 episodes of Season 1 of the RT Dialogue. When we started recording in January of 2025 we weren’t sure where we would take the podcast, but it has been a blast. And we already launched Season 2 last week.

The RT Dialogue is a conversation about the therapy model Restoration Therapy, developed by Dr Terry Hargrave. But it’s more than a model. For many decades, Terry and his wife Sharon (founder of Relate Strong) have fostered a deep community of practitioners (therapists, coaches, mental health leaders, pastors, lay leaders, etc) who are doing some of the best work out there. In a world that sells you quick fixes and cheap tricks, they’ve developed and honed theory and practice that transforms lives…that brings restoration.

We spent all of 2025 interviewing RT practitioners, sharing interventions, and connecting the community. We will continue that in 2026, but are also excited to bring on more and more practitioners outside of RT, looking for commonalities. And we are really excited about sharing more interventions you can practice in your daily life to create everlasting change.

If you are interested in the work we are doing (whether you are a practitioner or not), you can check us out on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, and our RT Dialogue Substack. All links are in the bio above.

*one fun note: our podcast made the top 10% globally of all podcasts for videos viewed 💪

Here’s to Season 2 of the RT Dialogue 👏

12/12/2025

A few weeks back I was invited to spend the day with some CEO’s as part of their YPO Forum (Young President’s Organization). I was asked to prepare some things to discuss with these leaders that would be helpful. I spent a few weeks preparing a conversation around well-differentiated leadership, and building healthy relationships in the work place and at home.

After a couple of hours listening I decided to abandon my “presentation” and lean instead into what was becoming evident in the room regarding the challenges they were facing.

Years ago I probably would have let my anxiety get ahold of me in a moment of pivot. But all the personal work over the years on my own anxiety, and the increasing work around anxiety that shows up in the people I work with, helped prepare me for such a situation.

One of the best gifts we can offer ourselves and others, is a non-anxious presence. It’s in those moments that the beauty unfolds.

Thankful for the privilege to spend time with those men, and end the day at an amazing dinner.

10/19/2025

What a beautiful book that captures a life well lived. I have always admired the work of Dallas Willard and the way that he lived his life. This book only increases that admiration.

I first met Dallas Willard sometime around 2005-2007. I don’t remember the exact date, but I remember one of my college students from USC inviting him to come speak to the college group at Bel Air Presbyterian where I was the college pastor. I remember him showing up in his suit and tie and taking a seat on the front row, worshipping along with all the students from USC, UCLA, LMU, and those college aged kids pursuing acting and music in Los Angeles.

And when he got up and spoke, you could hear a pin drop.

He lived a deeply rooted spiritual life, and it oozed out of him in a way that made you want to know more about how you could experience that deep life. It was contagious.

This last Friday, our little book club sat around talking about how deeply the book impacted us personally, and how important the deeply formed spiritual life is needed in our frantic churches and communities and lives today.

To see one’s theological development and spiritual practice take place over a long period of time, has been a good reminder of that “long obedience in the same direction” that Eugene Peterson so eloquently wrote about.

Thanks for the reminder Dallas.

10/16/2025

As the recipient of deep forgiveness and restoration in my own life, I was excited to plumb the depths tonight with married couples ReEngage ministry. It’s a topic that is messy and I think really misunderstood in our culture, and especially in the Church.

We named and addressed the divine dynamics of justice, love and power (i.e. the work of theologian Paul Tillich) at work in relationships, and how they become complicated to navigate on a forgiveness journey. And why they all have to be addressed in a balance that brings peace. I utilized the model by my Restoration Therapy colleagues Lance and Jennifer Ahl to help couples identity where they are in this process.

And then we connected the messy interplay of these dynamics towards the pathway of forgiveness in the Restoration Therapy model.

It’s a very hard and difficult journey for couples to not bury, and sweep things under the rug in their relationship, but to instead bravely address justice, love and power in a way that couples can experience deep forgiveness. Deep in your bones forgiveness.

And I am reminded that in our marriage we must continually hold in tension the truth that our partners are created in God’s image, redeemed by Jesus, and have the power of the Spirit at work in their life. (i.e. I love the work of the pastors theologian Deborah van Deusen Hunsinger and her application to theologian Karl Barth’s Trinitarian theology).

Ultimately, I am thankful for the work of Dr. Terry Hargrave and his model of Restoration Therapy. There is no better model in my opinion, and his work on forgiveness is far and above any work that I have seen. Thankful for his mentorship and friendship over all these years, and helping me navigate some deep waters in the area of forgiveness, both personally and in my work professionally.

What a powerful evening together…

09/29/2025

It seems as if we are living in a cultural moment where reactivity is at an all time high, and people are struggling to emotionally self-regulate — leading to all kinds of issues personally and relationally.

We thought it was a good time to bring on the founders of the Restoration Therapy and Relate Strong models — Terry and Sharon Hargrave. They are dear friends and mentors and very wise in how to navigate the tension around us.

In this episode they discuss how people, when emotionally dysregulated, move from reactivity to polarization to eventually entitled extremism. You see this arc in online political discussions, cultural wars, and more.

It’s an important discussion — and it’s important to ask hard questions of one’s self and where along the continuum one currently is. It’s worth looking even at what you posted on social media in the last few weeks.

Check out our conversation on Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, etc. All the links are in the bio above.

09/03/2025

We recently moved our daughter into college almost 2000 miles away. And I have done a lot of reflecting over the last year on this transition. And how the understanding of transition is critical for a change to “take” — in the words of author William Bridges.

“Our society confuses them constantly, leading us to imagine that transition is just another word for change. But it isn’t. Change is your move to a new city or your shift to a new job. It is the birth if your new baby or the death of your father. It is the switch from the old health plan at work to a new one, or the replacement of your manager by a new one, or it is the acquisition that your company just made.

In other words, change is situational. Transition on the other hand, is psychological. It is not those events, but rather the inner reorientation and self-redefinition that you have to go through in order to incorporate any of those changes into your life. Without a transition, a change is just a rearrangement of the furniture. Unless transition happens, the change won’t work, because it doesn’t ‘take’. Whatever word we use, our society talks a lot about change; but it seldom deals with transition. Unfortunately for us, it is the transition that blind-sides us and is often the source of our troubles”. (Transitions by William Bridges)

It’s been a beautifully disorienting season and I cherish this journey we are all on, and I hope my latest post on my Substack is helpful and hopeful to you.

All links in the bio above.

08/10/2025

“Practice is the only pathway to change.” — Dr Terry Hargrave | Founder of Restoration Therapy

It has been a very busy season, but we are carrying on each week with new episodes of the RT Dialogue.

and I are so thankful to have Terry Hargrave not only as a mentor — but to be able to call him friend…is such a gift.

In this episode we cover a lot of topics, and a lot of focus is on the nature of therapy itself, and the importance of moving insight into practice…otherwise, nothing changes.

I encourage you to check all the episodes in our first season so far of RT Dialogue. You can find us on Spotify, iTunes, YouTube and Substack. All the links are in the bio above.

We hope you find these conversations insightful and inspiring, and that the practice we encourage leads to change in your life and others.

07/19/2025

“Being dependent on your partner to regulate your emotions or meet your needs is called emotional coregulation…But as we grow, maturity demands that we learn to self-sooth and emotionally stabilize ourselves…You see, emotional coregulation, while totally appropriate for children, is not a great strategy for married adults…This kind of emotional dependency and connection is much more like parenting that it is partnering.” (The Mindful Marriage: Create Your Best Relationship Through Understanding and Managing Yourself)

This morning I spoke at Preston Trail Community Church’s marriage conference, and I had the opportunity to encourage them to think on how they approach marriage — from a coregulating/parenting dynamic, or from an emotionally self-regulating/partnering dynamic?

Many of the popular relationship books we read, the podcasts we listen to, the sermons we hear, the advice our friends give (especially in Christian communities) often promote coregulation.

In the Restoration Therapy community we believe there is a better, more empowering way to show up in your marriage, and so it was fun to help couples this morning identify their pain and peace cycles and put them into practice in the audience and on stage.

I am so grateful to be a part of the Restoration Therapy community who has taught me so much about love and trust and restoration, and has imparted the importance of ongoing practice in our personal lives and the work we do professionally.

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.

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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.