This article offers the authors' response to E. J. Smith's 2006 article in "Counseling Psychologist" entitled, "The Strength-Based Counseling Model." Smith's (2006) Major Contribution on strength-based counseling with at-risk youth provides counseling psychologists with a blueprint for applying positive psychology in clinical settings. Such a blueprint is long overdue, and the authors commend Smith for articulating a model that will be a great asset to practitioners who work with children and adolescents. As she argues in her Major Contribution, the need for a strength-based counseling model for at-risk youth is based on the fact that the preponderance of the psychological literature paints a grim picture of this population. This is particularly true of the literature on low-income, urban youth of color (Marsella, 1998). While the Smith makes many excellent suggestions for identifying and promoting the strengths of children and adolescents, one of the Major Contribution's most compelling aspects is the exploration of the relationship between individual resiliency and environmental factors. In this reaction, the relationship is explored in greater detail, and suggestions for including family- and environment-focused interventions within a strength-based model of counseling are offered.