About Us
Dr. Sue McKenna
Dr. McKenna is a licensed clinical psychologist who was raised in a suburb of Chicago. She
received her Doctorate degree from the University of Arkansas in 1995. Dr. McKenna
completed her internship in 1995 at the St. Louis Psychology Internship Consortium which
included rotations at Malcolm Bliss Hospital, Hawthorn Children’s Psychiatric Hospital, St.
Louis State Hospital, and Provident Counseling. She completed her post-doctoral
fellowship in 1996 at St. Louis State Hospital. She worked for a community mental health
center in Southwest Missouri for six years before opening a private practice in 2002. She
has been in private practice in Northwest Arkansas since April of 2010. Dr. McKenna works
with individuals across the lifespan and provides individual, couples, and family therapy.
Throughout her career, Dr. McKenna has gained invaluable experience in the human
condition and the will of individuals to overcome tremendous adversity, and she has
committed her professional life helping people to find and use the power within
themselves to create change.
Professional Interests/Specialties
- Adolescents
- Adults
- Individual Therapy
- Family Therapy
- Couple/Marital Therapy
- Depression and Anxiety Disorders
- Dialectical Behavioral Training (DBT)
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Gay/Lesbian/Transgender Issues
"Change is the essence of life. Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become."
-- Author unknown
"If you don’t like something, change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it."
-- Mary Engelbreit
"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves."
--Viktor Frankl
Dr. Debbie Smithyman
Dr. Smithyman is a licensed, clinical psychologist who grew up surrounded by the beauty of
the Ozark Mountains. She earned her Doctorate of Psychology at the Florida Institute of
Technology’s School of Psychology and completed her internship at the University of
doctoral fellowship in Pediatric Psychology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences
Center. She gained tremendous knowledge and experience working at sites including the
Children’s Hospital of Oklahoma, Child Study Center, Center on Child Abuse and Neglect,
and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Upon returning to the Ozarks in
1995, Dr. Smithyman joined a community mental health center in Springfield, Missouri. She
was instrumental in the center’s efforts to improve integrated primary and behavioral
healthcare, as well as collaborative community care. She became the Assistant Director
of Children’s Services and performed administrative, training, and supervisory duties in
addition to providing direct services to both children and adults. Since 2007, Dr.
Smithyman has been in private practice and continues to effectively treat individuals,
couples, and families.
Professional Interests/Specialties
- Adolescents
- Adults
- Individual Therapy
- Family Therapy
- Couple/Marital Therapy
- Survivors of Physical, Sexual, and Emotional Abuse
- Gay/Lesbian/Transgender Issues
- Adjustment and Life Transitions
- Grief and Loss
- Depression/Anxiety/Mood Disorders
- Self-Esteem/Emotional Well-being
- Stress
- Trauma
"The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it."
- Henry David Thoreau
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
- Nelson Mandela
"Your life is what your thoughts make it."
--Marcus Aurelius
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