Randyl (Randi) Smith

Degree: Ph.D., M.S.W.

Professor

Department: Psychological Sciences

Randyl (Randi) Smith

Topics

Ethics/Ethical Studies Family Dynamics Psychology/Mental Health Social Media Social Work

Expertise

  • Mental disorders
  • Domestic violence
  • Professional ethics in mental health
  • Child abuse/neglect
  • Service-learning
  • Marital/couples communication
  • Psychological assessment
  • Homelessness and mental health
  • Ethics (especially for mental health professionals)
  • Mental health treatment
  • Supervision of mental health providers
  • Whistleblowing
  • Colleague assistance

About

Randyl (Randi) Smith, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Her areas of expertise include professional ethics, service-learning, and human sexuality.

Smith is a licensed psychologist and a licensed clinical social worker. She has been working in the mental health field since 1987, providing services in a variety of settings ranging from inpatient psychiatric hospitalization to school-based counseling to home-based family therapy. Smith has her own private practice where she focuses on adult and adolescent treatment, and on marital/couples therapy. She is the chair of the Psychologist Examiner Board for the State of Colorado. Smith has worked with various community partners since she started teaching, including Colorado High School Charter, New Foundations Nonviolence Center, the Denver Rescue Mission, Urban Peak Denver, the Karis Community and CHARG.

Smith received her doctoral in counseling psychology from the University of Denver in 1999 after completing her doctoral internship at Denver General Hospital (now Denver Health Medical Center). She also received a master’s in social work from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s in human ecology from Cornell University.

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