Meet Dr. Aaron Smith
Therapist, educator, and consultant dedicated to empowering individuals and organizations through expertise and innovation.
With over a decade of experience in education and psychotherapy, Dr. Smith has worked with institutions across Canada, presented at global conferences, and contributed to leading publications. He specializes in public speaking, consulting, and professional training.
Services to Empower and Inspire
Dr. Aaron Smith offers a range of professional and customized services designed to support growth, learning, and well-being across diverse settings.
What People Are Saying
Insights from clients, colleagues, and participants inspired by Dr. Smith’s expertise.
Aaron is very student-centered, positive, and open to feedback and change. He is an excellent facilitator and a very fair evaluator. I find his feedback positive, thoughtful, and helpful for making changes for improving future assignments. He has been flexible and accommodating. One of my best professors. Thank you Aaron.
Anonymous workshop participant
A great strength of yours as an instructor is your ability to use significantly varied methods of learning (lectures, videos, readings, role-plays, etc.), which incorporates different learning styles. I feel that this demonstrates a tendency to think outside of the box as an instructor. You also consistently demonstrate sensitivity toward the differences, such as learning styles, of each student.
Anonymous workshop participant
It is SO clear to see how much you care, how available you are for us, how proud you are of us - which makes me/us feel an even greater sense of pride too!
Anonymous workshop participant
I can't express enough how much I loved your class. It was nuanced, thoughtful, and encouraged compassion in the midst of complex situations. I appreciate your kindness, humour, and intellect and how you made the class so enjoyable to participate in.
Anonymous graduate student
I just wanted to thank you for your role in my journey. You have no idea how vital it was for my experience to have you as a professor. Seeing someone in the field who is passionate, goofy, tattooed, honest, awkward, humorous, rabbit-trailing, not stale, etc. has been so important because that is me. One of our roles is to make people feel seen and heard, and just by being authentic to yourself, you have made me feel that way
Anonymous graduate student
(The participants) had nothing but good things to say about your presentation last week, with loads of appreciation for your humour, your approachability, your examples, your humility, your pragmatic presentation and the variety of methods you used to deliver it. They were pumped!
Margaret Notar, MSW, RSW, Instructor at University of Waterloo
Dr. Smith, thank you SO MUCH for an amazing course. You provided such a safe, warm, and impactful learning environment. This has been fundamental in my developing into the professional I’ve envisioned, and you played a part in that.
Anonymous graduate student
Some profs make the 7 wonders of the world sound like toilet water. You've made toilet water sound like the 7 wonders of the world.
Anonymous graduate student
Aaron, it has been an absolute pleasure learning under you this term. Your enthusiasm and pragmatism is welcomingly refreshing, and your heart for us students shows through more than any other quality; and for that I say thank you!
Anonymous graduate student
Aaron is as kind and humble as he is talented and educated. I have had the privilege of working with Aaron as a colleague and I have recommended both his clinical abilities as well as his public speaking services to others and he has never disappointed in either regard. In addition to being well-educated and experienced, he possesses a gentleness and humility that make him inherently approachable and likeable. I would not hesitate to recommend Aaron for any role within his large scope.
Anonymous graduate student