Wayne Smith is a wise and masterful teacher, clinician and researcher who is retiring from our faculty after a career that spanned over four decades. He began his career at UW as a clinical psychology intern and subsequently participated in clinical research in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). He played a major role for many years in both clinical supervision and care at Harborview’s DBT program. His expertise in DBT paired with his research skills made him a valued research and clinical consultant to many interdisciplinary projects within our Department as well as other Medical School departments that valued his expertise.

Dr. Smith’s contributions to our Department’s capacity to implement exemplary clinical care to individuals whose mental health challenges have ranged from those with severe depression to individuals who experience significant substance use to adolescents and their families who have been ensnared in the juvenile justice system. He has championed the use of empirically supported cognitively behavioral treatments for both adults and adolescents. During the last ten years, Wayne has been the lead training coordinator for the Family Integrated Transitions (FIT) program in the Division of Public Behavioral Health and Justice Policy. His contributions to training and program development have been essential to this program achieving national recognition for improving the lives of youth with serious psychiatric disorders who are involved in the juvenile justice system. We wish Wayne a terrific journey as he moves into the next phase of his life.