Mailing Address: P. O. Box 6697
Louisville, KY 40206

Telephone: 502-216-9613
Website: www.Emerge2Day.com
Email: CharmaineSmith@Emerge2Day.com

Learning to Love Yourself: A Handbook for the African American Woman (January 2009)
Chapter 4: Relationship 101: Knowing Yourself First

Learning to Love Yourself: Self Esteem for Women (June 2009)
Chapter: Relationship 102: Knowing Your Value

EMERGE, Inspirational Spoken Word CD for Women (December 2008)

Expertise:

• Pre-Marital Counseling
• Relationship Coaching/Enhancement
• Women's Relationship Development
• Life Skills for Adolescents
• At-risk Youths
• Individual, Family, Adolescent and Couples Therapy
• Family Mediation

Seminars and topics offered:

• Extraordinary Marriage (Retreat/Seminar)
• Nurturing Parent Seminar
• Relationship Building: The 411 on Healthy Relationships
• Dynamics of Dating: Before Your Commit
• First Impressions: What is your Image GPA?
• Single and Parenting Adolescents

Additional Services:

• Wedding Coordination
• Divorce/Custody Mediation
• Youth Consultant/Speaker (Topics: 'Check Your Swagger: What Defines YOU' and 'It's Time for an Upgrade')

Charmaine M. Smith, is President and CEO of EMERGE, LLC a personal and relationship development company committed to equipping and empowering individuals through their own choices to live fuller, more productive lives, particularly in the area of relationships.

Passionate about the SELF improvement, SELF renewal and SELF discovery of women, Charmaine conducts personal and relationship development seminars for women and unapologetically engages a combination of transparency and straight talk about overcoming domestic violence in efforts to ignite women to break free of self defeating behaviors, habits and relationships. Charmaine’s motto is, “The moment you settle for less than you deserve, you will get even less than you settled for”. In continued efforts to inspire women to seek a higher level of self satisfaction and create positive change in every area of their lives, Charmaine recently produced an inspirational, spoken word CD for women entitled, “EMERGE”. CD was released in December 2008.

A Summa Cum Laude graduate from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Ms. Smith also earned a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and is an approved Marriage Enrichment facilitator by Family Dynamics, PREP and Life Innovations. As a psychotherapist with proven experience working with at-risk adolescent males and their families, Charmaine is highly in demand as she evokes a unique blend of sensitivity, insight and depth with the capacity to engage her clients in solution-focused, strengths-based, results-oriented therapeutic services.

Born and raised in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, Ms. Smith is a member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, the Kentucky Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, Phi Kappa Phi, the National Association of Female Executives (Women on the GO Network) and the Professional Woman Network (PWN).