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NOTE: Lets have a conversation. At Creative Connections Sharron Cross and her team provide mental health services to individuals, couples, and families tailored to meet an individual's needs with "just a conversation" in a "non judgmental" zone for breakthroughs and personal growth. We believe that a practice with therapists qualified to meet varying needs is an essential component to servicing the community. We at Creative Connections like to think of our time together as self care. Whether you are struggling with life's challenges, need a little encouragement or a place to share testimonies of personal growth we are here for YOU!

Do you ever feel like time is moving so fast? And you don't even know who you are anymore or what you want. Yosheika's mission is to provide you with a space where you can pause, reflect, and process the experiences that life brings, whether it's the events of a day, a month, a year, or a lifetime. At Balanced Embodiment, you can simply be yourself, and find the serenity you seek. Yosheika specializes in person-centered care that allows for your therapy to be individualized. Yosheika is passionate about serving parents/caregivers, individuals that identify as BIPOC and 2SLGBTQ+ and provides a space where it's safe to fully exist.

Life can leave us feeling disconnected from ourselves, family, friends, and everything we care about. As your therapist, my job is to provide a safe place where you can reconnect with yourself and your life. I am passionate about working to serve the target demographic of BIPOC (Black, Brown, & Indigenous People of Color) adults and helping them to navigate through life. Also, I welcome LBTQIA+ and non-binary individuals.

If something feels off, but you're unsure what it is or you know exactly what it is but are afraid to confront it, I can help. I enjoy working with people who feel stuck and want to break out of long-standing unhealthy patterns that lead to frustration in relationships.

I am interested in working with individuals, families, couples, and groups, across the lifespan, who are experiencing major life transitions. Such transitions can include divorce, child custody changes, transitioning to college or graduate school, empty nesting, widowhood, career changes, aging, and grieving. With my background in family law, I am especially adept at working with adults going through divorce and their adolescent children, either individually or together in family counseling. I also offer coparenting counseling to assist parents in creating healthy coparent relationships.

My clinical specialty embraces adults who come from difficult childhood experiences and dysfunctional family relationships, and are now realizing how this impacts their present adult life. Together, we can explore parental hurt (mother/father wound), generational patterns, developmental and relational trauma, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), family dynamics, innerchild work, and reparenting. My clinical focus includes depression, anxiety, trauma and stress, self-esteem issues, attachment injuries, grief, relationship and family challenges, workplace wellness, burnout, personal development, and life transitions.

I value honest and thoughtful communication, which means I communicate in an attentive, supportive, compassionate, empowering, and non-judgmental manner while being authentic, direct, and transparent. I utilize validation and humor in therapy to foster connection and to create space for healthy, long-lasting change. I seek to help my clients deeply accept and understand their own thoughts, emotions, actions, and experiences so they can more effectively navigate their relationships with self and the world.

I offer different types of therapeutic avenues to explore, rework, release and address challenges old or new. We decide the timetable and scope of therapy together whether very focused change is desired or more in depth reworking is wanted. Some people also use therapy to maintain positive gains and have a unique place to speak/ find the truth in a safe, trusting environment. The focus is on enhancing and building on strengths to realize potential based on needs. I use brainspotting, polyvagal informed therapy (Unyte/ILS listening system) and IFS(Internal Family Systems) to deeply and often more rapidly release blocked/frozen issues

Reaching out to a therapist is hard. So first, take a moment to commend yourself for prioritizing your wellbeing - it is difficult, even for me as a therapist! I believe that we all have a desire for genuine relational connection. However, our past experiences (eg. oppression, trauma, relational disconnections) inform our strategies of survival (eg. perfectionism, addiction, avoidance), which paradoxically leave us feeling dysregulated, isolated, or stuck in painful relationships. I see therapy as a space where you and I can co-create an open & authentic relationship, which will help us explore and heal your current life stressors.

Everyone deserves a safe and supportive environment that allows exploration of the true self. My goal as a therapist is to create trusting relationships where health and healing can grow. I’m passionate about facilitating self-discovery in an environment where children, adolescents, and young adults can build their social skills and strengthen their confidence. I craft positive connections in a fun and active environment through the incorporation of art, games, activities, and conversations.

I have a general private practice seeing adolescents and adults in individual, couples and family therapies. Among my areas of work are: couples transitioning to parenthood, working with women who are experiencing prenatal and postpartum issues, families having young children with disabilities, parenting difficulties, relationship problems, adolescents and young adults struggling with life transitions, and general stress, anxiety and depression. My approach to psychotherapy is integrative, drawing from many sources particularly psychodynamic and relational principles. As a psychotherapist, my goal is to be present with you, providing a safe space to explore what emerges during the therapy sessions.

April is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 14 years of experience. I specialize in supporting relationships. I work with couples feeling disconnected/unheard and longing for a change. I walk along side each partner to understand where and why you keep getting stuck (ie having the same, repetitive argument). I will teach you how to exit those patterns and gain the skills to hear each other in those moments. With individuals, April specializes in: Young adult issues/ life transitions, Mood regulation (Anxiety and Depression), Self-esteem/Identify development, Perfectionism/ Burn out, Poor/ineffective boundaries with

Amy Howard is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice in the Buckhead area of Atlanta. She is also certified as a Sex Therapist by the American American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT). Amy completed her undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia majoring in Child and Family Development. She earned her Masters of Science degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Auburn University. Amy completed a masters thesis on the topic of married women’s sexual satisfaction.

I adhere to the philosophy that relationships are at the core of the human experience, yet there are times when healing can't be done alone. My work is fundamentally relational. I help people overcome trauma, anxiety, depression, and relationship issues, with an understanding that these issues can overlap or involve additional problems impacting other areas of life. I am warm, relatable, active, and flexible, balancing exploratory work with directness. I have over 15 years of experience with a diverse body of clients. I divide my time between clinical work, teaching, and research.

Asking for help can be difficult especially when you pride yourself for being an independent person. When the uncontrollable aspects of life emerge and stick around it can often lead to feeling out of control, stuck, or unproductive even for someone that is usually successful. The truth is that life happens no matter the best of our own intentions and that is where I can work with you to reclaim your ideal life and achieve your goals.

Compassion and collaboration are key elements in growing through any life circumstance. Together, we can build a foundation to move forward with insight, hope, and change. I believe therapy is a collaborative process that brings your unique life circumstances and experiences to a safe and warm environment. While growth and change are a life-long process, each challenge can be addressed within a supportive counseling relationship to bring awareness and change. In working from a client-centered perspective, my goal is to work side by side and help you achieve the life you desire.

We will begin therapy by talking about the concerns that are troubling you the most. My intention is to provide attentive and empathetic care so that you feel comfortable during therapy. I check in regularly for feedback to make sure you are feeling good about our time together. I would love to connect with you and discuss your goals. Interventions and techniques may include mindfulness, motivational interviewing, play therapy, and solution-focused counseling. My style is warm and supportive, but I am ready to provide an extra push if you need it.

It’s not always easy to be vulnerable or trust someone new, so it’s my main priority to make the space as safe and healing as possible. I will provide empathy, warmth, and non-judgmental support, so that we can build a trusting, nurturing relationship. It is my belief that therapy should be a collaborative effort between therapist and client, and I value making you feel heard and understood in hopes that you can show up authentically. Together, we will work as a team to help you reach your goals and grow into a flourishing version of yourself.

I work with women who may be struggling with anxiety, depression, postpartum, managing cultural dynamics, relational/family stress, career transitions, etc. As a wife and mother, I truly understand the various challenges faced by other women in regards to their career, family, relationships and self-love. In addition, I specialize in psychological assessments for ADHD, reality TV/casting, diagnostic testing, personality, disability, working closely with your providers to determine the best course of treatment. I also serve as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Psychiatry at the Emory University School of Medicine