Lee Bob Smith, M.S.

, LMFT, CCSOTS
NC 27539 | M: (561) 289-9813 Email: LeeBobSmith@aol.com |https://www.linkedin.com/in/leebobsmith
Profile
Senior manager of professional development and clinical delivery. Expert supervisor with 13 years experience in
diverse organizations. Co-Founded Evidence Based Practice of Family Centered Treatment.
All of which increased tenure, reduce turnover, increase leadership abilities and increased revenue.
Licensed Marriage and Family
Leadership Training
Therapist
In-Home Family Therapy
15,000+ clinical hours
Foster/Adoptive Parenting issue &
Clinical Certified Sex Offender
Attachment issues
Treatment Specialist
Sexual Abuse issues
AAMFT Approved Supervisor, 2002
Medical Family Therapy
Training and Development
Management & Leadership issues

Career Experience
Director of Training and Development
Institute for Family Centered Services a partner of the MENTOR network

Launched and Researched the Family Centered Treatment model.

o Developed Supervision/Management model of Family Centered Treatment .

o Achieved Evidence Based Practice for Family Centered Services as of 2009.
o Implemented method to measure model drift and fidelity & corrections.
o Presented over 80 workshops nationally to promote agency and model to market services.
o Saved 1.2M yearly by creating and implementing e-learning system. Designed & manage on-line
system and training program with over 5000 staff enrolled.
o Developed an original Domestic Violence Model of Family Therapy treatment enabling agency in
securing contracts.
Reduced turnover by 20% by developing a hiring matrix, on-boarding process & training program.
o Analyzed data of hiring practices that maximized impact of hiring matrix.
o Saved turnover cost by accelerating identification of staff that were not a fit for agency.
Designed & launched new electronic practice management software, Mindflash & Sales Force.
o Tracked billing, Admissions, Assessments, Progress notes & Discharges data.
o Streamlined Scheduling, Supervision, Service Plans Authorization management, incident reports &
referrals. Designed reporting for managers to make key decisions.
Supervise 42 managers in the company in 7 states.
o Provided clinical support in challenging or high profile cases, assisted in increasing reputation.
Supervised staff for licensure increasing reputation and quality of services offered.

North Carolina Clinical Director

2010-2011
Raleigh, NC

Institute for Family Centered Services

2007- Present
Raleigh, NC

Supervised managers of front line staff of 189.

Hired and trained regional trainers for 7 programs sites.
Managed implementation, best practice standards and quality control of 7 programs.
Trained all front line staff weekly.
Coordinated clinical staff and management.
1
L B Smith, M.S.LMFT CCSOTS

Project Director/Principal Investigator for Safe Start Initiative

2007- 2010
Institute for Family Centered Services.
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Directed federal grant of $840,000 to reduce the effects of children exposed to violence studied in a
random controlled trial.
Corrected mismanagement of grant in particular the engagement rate from 20% to 80%.
Acted as liaison with national recognized personnel from Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
protection & RAND personnel who gather, analyze and report on data.
Ensured Clinical Quality of 8 therapists delivering treatment to families.
Coordinated technical assistance from Family Violence Prevention Fund and Safe Start Center.
Managed and marketed 200 + referrals for grant.

Prior Experience
Private Therapist

1998 - 2013
Florida & North Carolina

Practical Solutions
Provided therapy to families and couples for a broad range of issues.

Family Service Coordinator

1994- 2000
Wilmington, NC

Institute for Family Centered Services (IFCS)

Intervened directly with families in crisis on a 24/7 hour basis.

Residential Counselor/Case Manager

1993 -1994
Wilmington, NC

Yahweh Center
Provided residential care for sexually traumatized children and their families.
Habilitation Assistant

1992 -1993
Southeastern Mental Health
Wilmington, NC
Implemented therapy care pans in a residential setting with developmentally delayed adults.
Ran adult male schizophrenic group.

Counselor I

1993 -1994
Adolescent Psychiatric Unit, Brunswick Hospital, Brunswick Shores
Wilmington, NC
Provided crisis management, lead groups and created recreational activities in an in-patient setting.

Case Worker

1991- May 1992

Newport, RI
Provided crisis counseling, self-help and independent living skills to schizophrenic patients.

Riverwood Rehabilitation

Alcohol Peer Educator

.

1990 -May 1992

Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI
Supervised 7 student staff in facilitated alcohol awareness workshops. Implemented designated
driving programs on college campus.

Education
Master of Science, Marriage and Family Therapy
East Carolina University

Bachelors of Science, Psychology

Roger Williams University

May 1997
Greenville, NC
May 1992
Bristol, RI

2
L B Smith, M.S.LMFT CCSOTS

Publications & Research

Smith, L. B. & Painter, W. (2015) Family Centered Treatment Supervisory Model; The Family Centered
Treatment Foundation, Charlotte, NC [On line training platform]
Smith, L. B., Mixon, K., & Thomason, A. (2014). Family Centered treatment: Domestic Violence training,
The MENTOR network, Boston, MA [On Line Training Modules]
Smith, L. B., Painter, W. & Wood, T. (2009) Family Centered Treatment The Wheels of Change; The Family
Centered Treatment Foundation, Charlotte, NC [On line training modules]
Cohen, E. & Smith, L., B., (2009) Child Welfare innovation in Domestic Violence; Safe Start Center SelfPublished
Cavaleri, M. A., McKay, M, M.,& Smith, L, B., (2008) Barriers to Child Mental Health Services and
Interventions to Enhance Engagement, Safe Start Center. North Bethesda, MD.
Safe Start Promising Approaches Communities: Working Together to Help Children Exposed to Violence.
Safe Start Center, 2007. North Bethesda, MD. Download

Presentations
Family Therapy
Traps and Tips of Empowering Families
How to Manage a Family Session
Family Systems Theory
What did you SAY? Effective Communication
Tools Training
What happened to Enactments?
Staying Systemic!
Crisis Management
Life Space interviewing
De-escalation Training
Intensive In-Home NC State Training
Use-of-Self
Use of Self as a therapist
Secret ingredient of effective treatment
Effective Outcomes
Person of the therapist training
Oppositional Defiant Youth
Oppositional Defiant Youth new process
orientation
Oppositional Youth: Techniques for the parents
Tips for parenting of oppositional Youth
Family Centered Treatment (FCT)
Family Centered treatment
Wheels of Change on line Training Curriculum
What the Tech!: Using technology to train.
FCT Assessment tools
Re-envisioning the Family Life Cycle
Supervision from an FCT perspective Engaging
Resistant Families

Trauma
Sensory Based Systemic treatment of Trauma
Sex Offender Family Assessment (SOFA)
Juvenile Sex Offender Treatment
Treating the family of Juvenile Sex offenders
Neurobiology of Change
Foster/Adoptive Parenting
A foster parent treatment modality with children
of domestic violent homes
Placement Stabilization
Remove or Reunification! Balancing the decision
making process.
Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence in an in-home setting
Best practice guidelines for in-home DV
treatment.
Safe Start Reducing the effects of Children
exposed to violence.
Domestic Violence How to assess the batterer
for potential for Treatment
Treating Children who have seen too much!
Working with DV from a systemic lens
Working with military families that batter
Ripple Effects: impact on families experiencing
Domestic violence.

3
L B Smith, M.S.LMFT CCSOTS