Margaret Smith, Ph.D. Assistant Professor School Medical School Department Family and Community Medicine You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Maggie Smith is a couple, marriage, and family therapist who provides integrated behavioral health services within our family medicine clinics as well as researches the role of family in body image and sexual identity development and health. Specifically, she researches the family's capacity to protect against the harmful effects of weight stigma and sexual and gender discrimination. She also investigates how family-based interventions in integrated primary care settings can improve biopsychosocial outcomes for both sexual and gender minorities and those at risk of weight stigma. In her free time, you'll find Maggie reading, unpacking the latest Taylor Swift news, or cheering on her Auburn Tigers. Education Graduate School EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (2019), Marriage and Family Therapy Graduate School Texas Tech Health Sciences Center (2022), Marriage and Family Therapy Research Interest Families, weight stigma, and biopsychosocial health Family-based interventions in integrated primary care for body image and sexual identity development Sexual and gender minorities, family support, and biopsychosocial health Publications Featured Publications Body Image and the Gay Community: Adaptation of Emotionally-Focused Family Therapy for Gay Clients with Negative Body Image Smith, M., Wilson, K., Janes, E., Goodloe, J., Guzman, A., and Sisemore, 2022 The Effect of Parental Attachment on Risky Alcohol Use and Disordered Eating Behaviors in College Students Smith, M and D'Aniello, C Contemporary Family Therapy 2021 Results 1-2 of 2 1
