Elizabeth Pfaelzer Smith, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist who practices in Natick, Massachusetts. She received her B.A. in psychology from the University of Minnesota, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Loyola University of Chicago. She completed her master's thesis on mathematical giftedness in young adolescents and her doctoral dissertation on eating disorders. Dr. Smith completed her clinical training in Chicago area hospitals, and a post-doctoral fellowship in eating disorders/obesity at Northwestern University Medical Center. Dr. Smith has worked on staff at Cook County Hospital, and Northwestern University Medical Center in Chicago, and more recently at New England Medical Center in Boston. She has been on the faculty at Northwestern University Medical School, Illinois School of Professional Psychology, and Tufts Medical School. She maintained a private practice for many years in the Chicago area, and has continued in private practice since relocating to the Boston area in 1995. Dr. Smith is trained in many modalities, and uses an integrated model, tailoring services to meet specific issues and needs of clients.
Dr. Smith specializes in working with children and adolescents, and their families, college students, couples, and adults. She provides assessment, consultation, testing, and treatment to individuals of all ages. In addition to working with more general psychological problems, she evaluates and treats people who show signs of the following:
ADHD and attentional issues
Dual exceptionality
Giftedness
Learning disabilities and learning differences
Eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating) and weight preoccupation
Obesity and weight control in both children and adults.
Dr. Smith also works and consults with Boston area schools around issues of intellectual giftedness, learning disabilities, ADHD, attentional and learning differences, and behavioral issues, and does intellectual ability testing for admission to area private schools including the Sage School for gifted children. She is a member of the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED), American Psychological Association (APA), Council for Exceptional Children: Division for Learning Disabilities (CEC), Massachusetts Association for Gifted Education (MAGE), Massachusetts Eating Disorders Association (MEDA), Massachusetts Psychological Association (MPA), National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), National Register for Health Service Providers in Psychology, and The Association for the Gifted (TAG).
Dr. Smith resides in the Boston area with her husband and three children.
