Dr. Kathleen Smith is a licensed therapist and author of the new book, Everything Isn’t Terrible: Conquer Your Insecurities, Interrupt Your Anxiety, and Finally Calm Down, with Hachette Books. 

A graduate of Harvard University and George Washington University, she’s written for popular websites like Salon, Slate, New York Magazine, Psychology Today, Lifehacker, Bustle, Everyday Health, Psycom, Psychotherapy Networker, Psychology Today, Counseling Today, and many others.

Interviews with Kathleen have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Women’s Health magazine, Women’s World magazine, and television programs including Good Morning Washington.

She is a student of Bowen Family Systems Theory and an associate faculty member of the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family. Kathleen has a private therapy practice in Washington, DC, and is the host of the TV show Family Matters, produced by the University of the District of Columbia. 

She is represented by Jessica Felleman of the Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency. 

Kathleen writes a free, weekly therapy newsletter on managing anxiety, called “The Anxious Overachiever.” You can subscribe here.