About
Lewis Smirl, MSW, LCSW
Working with adults, teens and kids.
Over 15 years working in mental health in Jackson Hole.
Supportive, empathetic, and encouraging therapy.
FAQs
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Lewis believes in the power of a counselor-client partnership to help you truly thrive. He delights in helping clients discover their own strengths and talents to navigate overwhelming or seemingly impossible situations. With over 15 years working in mental health, Lewis feels tremendous gratitude for the lessons learned from the clients he has had the chance to work with. He brings years of shared wisdom, creativity, and therapeutic tools to the table.
Lewis values a supportive, non-judgmental, and empathetic approach to counseling, while also gently encouraging change. He has a unique skill set combining compassion with problem solving in order to help you unlock the solutions you need; ultimately you know yourself better than anyone. Lewis has an ability to create a safe, comfortable space for holistic, organic conversations and healing.
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Lewis specializes in treating symptoms and diagnoses in depression, anxiety, trauma and complex trauma, substance use, as well as the myriad challenges we all encounter in life every day.
He uses a wide range of therapeutic techniques and methods to work with adults of all ages as well as adolescents, including EMDR (Level 1 and Level 2 trained), Mindfulness and Meditation, Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT), substance use support and recovery, and various trauma specialties.
Lewis has a Master’s degree in Social Work (MSW) from the University of Denver and is licensed to practice in Wyoming. He has experience working in a wide range of environments, including high risk residential youth programs, hospital emergency department psychiatric assessments, community mental health, outpatient substance treatment, and private practice.
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Whitebark Therapy is named for the Whitebark pine tree, an amazing organism that is crucial to our local ecosystem. If you have the opportunity to see one, you are probably in a very cool place. They live in high elevation, alpine and windswept environs, frequently clinging to impossible cliffs and somehow seeming to thrive. They are a resilient and hardy species, sensitive to their environment but also strong, just like us.
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When Lewis isn’t in the office, you can find him exploring long technical climbs and mountain canyons, or, more likely, two hours behind schedule trying to identify a wildflower species. He feels deeply grateful for the ability to serve the heart of Jackson Hole through therapy. He lives in Wilson with his wife and their dog, Batman.
Affiliations
American Avalanche Association (A3)
Teton Interagency Peer Support (TIPS)
American Alpine Club (Climbers’ Grief Fund)
Yellowstone Resilience Project (YRP)
Jackson Hole Gender Diversity Project (JH Pride)