Author Archives: Krista Smith

About Krista Smith

Krista Smith is the co-founder of Centered Recovery along with her husband Reed. She serves as CEO of this nationally acclaimed drug and alcohol addiction treatment center, and also teaches interpersonal neurobiology to its clients on a regular basis. Krista has a Master's Degree in Behavioral Psychology and works in conjunction with Dr. Ellen Langer's Mindfulness Lab at Harvard University. Krista is the author of "Transformational Recovery, A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Substance Abuse Recovery" in conjunction with clinically proven MBCT, MBRP, behavioral psychology, and cutting edge neuropsychology. She also serves as a business consultant for Georgia area treatment facilities who wish to gain licensure or CARF accreditation. 

  • What is Trauma-informed Therapy?
    Sunday, June 7th, 2026

    What is Trauma-informed Therapy?

    What Is Trauma-Informed Therapy? A Comprehensive Guide to Healing Through Safety, Awareness, and Connection Trauma-informed therapy has become one of the most important developments in modern mental health treatment....
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  • What is Interpersonal Therapy?
    Thursday, June 4th, 2026

    What is Interpersonal Therapy?

    What is Interpersonal Therapy?  Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) is one of the most well-researched yet underutilized evidence-based treatments for depression. While CBT often receives the most attention, IPT has decades...
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  • Hidden Risks of Kratom
    Tuesday, March 17th, 2026

    Hidden Risks of Kratom

    The Hidden Risks of Kratom: What You Need to Know If you have been inside a gas station or grocery market recently, chances are you have seen small bottles,...
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  • Why wouldn’t you choose mindfulness?
    Friday, February 20th, 2026

    Why wouldn’t you choose mindfulness?

    Long-held prejudices may prevent understanding how effective mindfulness truly is When Centered opened in the metro Atlanta area in 2017, the founders had already been using mindfulness-based CBT and...
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  • Why use mindfulness?
    Tuesday, November 25th, 2025

    Why use mindfulness?

    Why Centered uses mindfulness to transform addiction recovery When we first opened Centered Recovery in the metro Atlanta area in 2017, other treatment providers didn’t quite know what to...
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  • Taking stock of how you are
    Tuesday, November 25th, 2025

    Taking stock of how you are

    How are you doing? You probably get asked that question all the time. It’s a typical way to start a conversation, and most of the time we shoot back...
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  • Doorbells and Anxiety
    Monday, November 18th, 2024

    Doorbells and Anxiety

    When my kids were a bit younger, we lived in a pretty big neighborhood with lots of fun, mischievous kids who would often play a game called “ding dong...
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