Mrs. Diana Smith
Instructor
Bio
Diana M. Smith, LCSW received her BSW and MSW from the University of Southern Mississippi. She received her LCSW at Edgewood Children鈥檚 Center in St. Louis, MO. From St. Louis, she moved to Atlanta, GA, where she accepted a position of clinical therapist at a wilderness camp for adolescents in the juvenile justice system. She has received specialized training in Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT庐), which is a cognitive-behavioral group therapy and has the distinction of being a CBT Diplomate. She returned to Hattiesburg in 2005 and joined the staff at Pine Grove Behavioral Health, where she has spent the last 16 years working with multiple populations in both inpatient and outpatient settings. While at Pine Grove, she was promoted to the position of Program Director of Inpatient Therapy Services and served in that position for 7 years before joining USM.
- MSW - University of Southern Mississippi (1999)
- BSW - University of Southern Mississippi (1997)
Field Supervision Class, Advanced practice classes of Assessment with Children and Adolescents (677) and Interventions with Children and Adolescents (629) as well as, Interventions and Addiction (657). I am looking forward to teaching Psychopathology (643) this summer, 2022.
- English (Full Professional)