Christine Smith
Part-Time Instructor
Dr. Christine Smith is a part-time lecturer in counseling psychology at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She also maintains a private practice, where she provides psychotherapy to individuals and couples, with expertise in eating disorders, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, mood disorders, grief, relationship concerns, and body image.
She has taught at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels, holding adjunct faculty appointments at William James College and previously at Bentley University. She has published scholarly work in both a textbook and a peer-reviewed journal, with her research focusing on the experiences of women in STEM fields. Dr. Smith also consults with clinicians on the treatment of eating disorders and has delivered numerous presentations and trainings to healthcare and corporate audiences.
Before becoming a psychologist, she worked for six years as an engineer in the biotechnology field and earned her bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Villanova University.
pronouns: she/her
Education
Fellowship
Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry
McLean Hospital's Klarman Eating Disorders Center
APA-accredited Internship
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, White River Junction, VT
Degrees
Doctor of Psychology, William James College
MA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, William James College
BS, Chemical Engineering, Villanova University
Courses
CE840 Psychodynamics of Marriage and Family
Selected Publications
Smith, C. R. (2024). Why (and how) do women engineers stay?: A positive psychology approach to understanding the career sustainability of women in engineering. In Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 30(3), 99-122. doi: 10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.2022040353
King, K., & Smith, C. R. (2021). Resilience, need fulfillment, and well-being in older workers. In Handbook of aging and work. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Selected Presentations
Smith, C. (2025, June). Controlling the Controllables. Invited speaker for a corporate health and safety initiative for engineering and general staff at Haley & Aldrich, Burlington, Massachusetts.
Smith, C. (2024, October). Treating Grief and Loss. Invited speaker at a Didactic Training Seminar to clinical staff and trainees jointly at the East Boston Neighborhood and Southend Community Health Centers in Boston, Massachusetts.
Smith, C. (2024, January). Treatment of Insomnia Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I). Invited speaker at a Didactic Training Seminar to clinical staff and trainees jointly at the East Boston Neighborhood and Southend Community Health Centers in Boston, Massachusetts.
Smith, C. (2022, November). Psychological Assessment and Treatment of Eating Disorders. Invited speaker at a staff meeting to outpatient clinical staff at True North Therapy, LLC in Westford, Massachusetts.
Lemish, E. & Smith, C. (2022, August). Treatment Considerations in Co-Occurring Eating Disorders and Trauma. Presented at a Staff Education Hour to clinical staff and trainees at McLean Hospital’s Hill Center for Women in Belmont, Massachusetts.
Smith, C. (2022, March). Psychological Assessment and Treatment of Eating Disorders. Invited speaker at a Clinical Training Seminar to clinical staff and trainees at White River Junction VAMC, White River Junction, Vermont.
Smith, C. (2020, October). The Relationship of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder to End-of-life Care Received by Dying Veterans. Presentation of article by Bickel et al. (2019) given in National Center for PTSD Journal Club at White River Junction VAMC, White River Junction, Vermont.