Therapists in Atlanta, GA

JoJo specializes in working with women who are experiencing challenges related to life transitions, grief, divorce, and parenting issues, particularly those that involve parenting a child with special needs. She is particularly sensitive to the needs of parents who are dealing with the grief and adjustment of struggling to incorporate the special needs of their child with the larger needs of the family. JoJo is also a Prepare-Enrich Facilitator. In her current practice, JoJo desires to walk with women who are discovering, or rediscovering, their true self as they navigate grief, loss, and life transitions.

Are you ready to invest in yourself? You do know that you are worth it, right? As a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 20 years of experience providing psychotherapy for adults, couples and children, I understand the benefits of taking care of self. I believe that therapy is a collaborative process between the client and therapist that involves gaining insight, learning new skills and addressing behaviors to achieve the goals of therapy.

***NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS UNTIL 2023*** Before you go any further and read anything else, I want you to give yourself a pat on the back for making it here! Whether you got here on your own or with someone’s help, consider it progress because you cared enough to try. You are probably here because you realized that it is time for things to change. As your therapist I am not here to fix it. The fear, the anxiety, the depression, the pain that you feel is not uncommon. My role is to help you heal. Together we can work on reaching your full potential and reconnecting you to the person you know yourself to be.

I believe that the foundation of therapy is trust and compassion. My therapeutic approach balances complete acceptance of you for you while also helping you make changes to bring you closer to achieving your goals. I will address the symptoms of what you’re experiencing while also assisting you to dive deeper to grow in your understanding of yourself and how you interact within your world and relationships. Many of my clients are high performers who struggle with depression, anxiety, trauma, life transitions, and perfectionism.

Since beginning my private practice in 1995, I have worked with adult individuals, couples and families who are seeking to find resolution to challenges in their lives, I strive to provide a supportive, non-judgmental environment where together we work on finding solutions to the issues that they are being confronted with. Even when we consider ourselves to be strong and independent people, we all reach a point in which life is just "too much".

PLEASE BE ADVISED ONLY VIRTUAL SESSIONS ARE BEING CONDUCTED AT THIS TIME. Please call for details——- Precious understands that life has a tendency to accelerate when we might need to PAUSE! Precious wants you to feel that it is okay to stop and tend to your emotional wellness. It is okay to acknowledge that you've been affected and that it has left a significant impression. By affording yourself the time necessary to acknowledge, process, and reconcile the emotional scarring; you are humanizing yourself and positioning yourself for lasting repair.

My ideal clients are adolescents and adults seeking to optimize intimate relationships and embrace the vitality that comes when we express our full sexual selves. I believe in the healing power of connection, self-acceptance, and authenticity. My passion and focus is working with clients to strengthen emotional and physical intimacy and healthy engagement by improving communication, building - or rebuilding - trust, releasing shame, and embracing self-acceptance. I am sex-positive, kink-, queer-, trans-, and poly-friendly. I also have experience working with neurodiverse clients.

Trauma and pain from past and present experiences can stop your life in its tracks, leaving you stuck in the same patterns, of thinking, feeling and behaving that eventually lead to building a life that is less than what you've hoped for. But with a little help, you can pause, learn tools, gain insights and figure out where and how to change your life's direction. You are not responsible for everything that has happened to you AND you are responsible for making meaning from the life you are living. How you do this depends on whom you believe yourself to be. Our work will help you to heal YOU.

I can help couples get to the root of what each person is needing from his or her partner. Common issues include: infertility, infidelity, parenting struggles, sexual difficulties, money, divorce/separation, and different relationship goals. As a trained Imago couples therapist, I have real skills to help couples learn to connect with each other in a conscious and deep way. This leads to a more satisfying relationship.

A number of benefits are available from participating in psychotherapy. Therapists can provide support, problem-solving skills, and enhanced coping strategies for issues such as depression, anxiety, relationship troubles, unresolved childhood issues, grief, and stress management, and age issues. Many people also find that counselors can be a tremendous asset to managing personal growth, interpersonal relationships, family concerns, marriage issues, and the challenges of daily life. Therapists can provide a fresh perspective on a difficult problem or point you in the direction of a solution.

Approaching therapy can be really overwhelming. In reality, therapy with me is about stripping everything down and meeting you where you are. I became a therapist because I think everything begins with looking at life through your car window, and not holding any judgment on the feelings and experiences that come from that perspective. Many times we're led here because everything in our life feels too complicated- my role involves working by your side to learn how to untangle what feels too heavy and impossible. Through the therapeutic relationship, we form I want to help you get to a place where you feel whole.

Everyone deserves the opportunity to thrive. I work to help clients achieve psychological wellness and experience their lives with a sense of peace, satisfaction, and hope. I promote clients' ability to identify their goals, achieve them, and ultimately create the life they want. I use various cognitive behavioral strategies to promote strengths, while empowering clients to recognize, understand, and adaptively manage life's challenges. I know that life is challenging - full of highs and lows. I also know that within the context of supportive relationships and with sincere efforts, people can thrive.

I think of therapy as a way of freeing ourselves from the obstacles which prevent us from moving forward in our lives. Frequently these obstacles present themselves to us in the challenges such as problems at work, difficult relationships, adapting to life changes, or in the sudden impact of a traumatic event. Sometimes what stands in the way of our freedom and happiness lies within us, as negative thought patterns, conflicting or confusing emotions, and unexpressed feelings--all of which can result in depression, anxiety, chronic illness, low self esteem--burdens we often carry alone.

Finding someone who makes you feel understood is often challenging even in a therapeutic setting. I work collaboratively with clients, and emphasize an empathic client-therapist relationship. I have a very simple approach to therapy which is to understand your dreams, together set goals with you to achieve those dreams, and to teach you coping skills to manage the difficult challenges you are facing.

My name is Kimberly Merritt. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor. I have ten years of experience. My experiences are inclusive of children, teenagers, adults, and couples. I have individual, cognitive behavioral therapy, and solution-focused therapy experience. My goal is to support you as best as I am able to in order for you to be able to give what you have been given.

There is wisdom in acknowledging the present and accepting yourself as you are today without judgement but that is easier said than done. In a world filled with uncertainty and constant change learning to adjust might be harder than before. Therapy is about creating the space to process emotions, release burdens, learn to identify behavioral patterns, set goals, reframe your thoughts, regulate emotions, but ultimately learned to adapt to the inevitable change.

I have a very warm approach to my patients and believe it is very important to have a good "match" between therapist and patient. I specialize in treating Anxiety disorders as well as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and OC spectrum disorders including Trichitillomania, Excoriation Disorder, and Body Dysmorphic Disorder.

"You just don't get it". "Forget it!" And just like that, the conversation is over. Nothing gets resolved. The "topic" is avoided. How can communicating be so difficult? After all, you all speak the same language. Somehow what you say gets misunderstood, taken personally, and what you get back is defensiveness and criticism. There's not even an attempt at understanding you. There's no interest, no curiosity. You feel lonely, discouraged. "How can I get through to you?", you wonder. You're tired of arguing. The same old bickering every time. Enough is enough! You all can learn to get out of that pattern. You just need HELP!