The man behind
the Method

Thirty years in front of people who couldn't see themselves clearly.

For three decades, Dr. Alfred E. Smith held a position that most people would describe as spiritual — and that he would describe as psychological. As a pastor, he spent thirty years watching how people understand themselves, limit themselves, and occasionally, break through to something larger.

He held a Master of Divinity. He studied scripture seriously — not devotionally, but as a body of ancient wisdom about human behavior and identity. He used it in his teaching, his writing, his platform work. He still does — because wisdom doesn't expire.

From the platform to the research lab.

What began as pastoral observation became academic inquiry. Dr. Smith pursued a PhD in Organizational Leadership, focusing on the behavioral and psychological structures that determine how people perform — in business, in relationships, under pressure.

He added DISC Human Behavior Specialist certification and John Maxwell Team certification because he needed tools that could show people what he was observing in them.

The Self-Image Method™ — 9 steps. No shortcuts.

The Method didn't emerge from a whiteboard. It emerged from observation — thousands of hours watching what actually moves people, what doesn't, and why. It is a 9-step system to identify your current self-image, understand how it formed, and systematically rebuild it from the inside out.

The life behind the work.

He has been married for 20 years. He raised six children. He has buried a wife. He has skydived. He has stood in rooms where he was the most educated person and rooms where he was starting over.

He is a researcher who happens to be funny. He is a teacher who pushes back. He is a coach who will not tell you what you want to hear — because that is not what moves people.