Play Therapy in Atlanta, GA
Candace uses play therapy, experiential therapy, and other creative approaches to help children and teens express themselves in ways that feel natural and comfortable.
Candace works with children ages 4-18 and parents in individual and group settings. She specializes in supporting kids and families navigating neurodivergence, anxiety, and grief, tailoring her approach to meet each person’s unique needs.
Candace uses play therapy, experiential therapy, and other creative approaches to help children and teens express themselves in ways that feel natural and comfortable.
Candace works with children ages 4-18 and parents in individual and group settings. She specializes in supporting kids and families navigating neurodivergence, anxiety, and grief, tailoring her approach to meet each person’s unique needs.
I practice child centered play therapy (CCPT) with kids aged 3 - 10 years old, supporting children struggling with emotional dysregulation.
I have experience working in residential and community mental health settings supporting adults and teenagers with a wide variety of concerns including complex trauma, addiction, borderline personality disorder, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, and am passionate about working with clients transitioning out of a residential level of care.
I practice child centered play therapy (CCPT) with kids aged 3 - 10 years old, supporting children struggling with emotional dysregulation.
I have experience working in residential and community mental health settings supporting adults and teenagers with a wide variety of concerns including complex trauma, addiction, borderline personality disorder, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, and am passionate about working with clients transitioning out of a residential level of care.
Every child has their own way of expressing what they’re feeling, and sometimes those feelings come out through play, behavior, or big emotions.
I specialize in working with children and families, particularly young children who have experienced trauma or adversity. I use play, creativity, and developmentally appropriate approaches to help children process experiences, understand their emotions, and build healthy coping skills.
Every child has their own way of expressing what they’re feeling, and sometimes those feelings come out through play, behavior, or big emotions.
I specialize in working with children and families, particularly young children who have experienced trauma or adversity. I use play, creativity, and developmentally appropriate approaches to help children process experiences, understand their emotions, and build healthy coping skills.
Are you ready for a change? It is not always easy to express our feelings with words alone. There are many challenges life throws at us, but sometimes we can work through them best by doing what comes naturally - creating. In my experience everyone is a born creator. I can help you use art and artistic expression to confront your deepest fears and begin the process of healing. You may be stronger than you think.
Are you ready for a change? It is not always easy to express our feelings with words alone. There are many challenges life throws at us, but sometimes we can work through them best by doing what comes naturally - creating. In my experience everyone is a born creator. I can help you use art and artistic expression to confront your deepest fears and begin the process of healing. You may be stronger than you think.
To everything there is a season and I am here to walk with you in whichever season that is... I believe that the therapy room is a sacred place for each person to learn, process and grow at their own pace. Most of my work is centered around children using non-directive play therapy, but I have a heart for all individuals or families seeking help through anxiety, depression, behavioral issues, post traumatic stress disorder, and their racial identity. I am eager to join you in the trenches and give you a safe space to process through the things that may be too heavy to hold alone.
To everything there is a season and I am here to walk with you in whichever season that is... I believe that the therapy room is a sacred place for each person to learn, process and grow at their own pace. Most of my work is centered around children using non-directive play therapy, but I have a heart for all individuals or families seeking help through anxiety, depression, behavioral issues, post traumatic stress disorder, and their racial identity. I am eager to join you in the trenches and give you a safe space to process through the things that may be too heavy to hold alone.
Drawing from play therapy, IFS, DBT, and CBT techniques, I help clients work through the things that keep them feeling stuck—like identity challenges, relationship patterns, life transitions, anxiety, and other emotional stressors.
Are you feeling stuck in your own head, exhausted from pretending everything is fine, or unsatisfied in your relationships? As a parent, are you concerned about your teen’s well-being or identity? I’m Jaime (she/her), and I work with adolescents and adults. In therapy with me, we’ll use our relationship as a “practice space” to explore patterns that keep you stuck, challenge old narratives—like “I’m too much” or “I’m not enough”—and build skills for greater balance, connection, and joy.
“We are born in relationship, we are wounded in relationship, and we can be healed in relationship. – Dr. Harville Hendrix”
Drawing from play therapy, IFS, DBT, and CBT techniques, I help clients work through the things that keep them feeling stuck—like identity challenges, relationship patterns, life transitions, anxiety, and other emotional stressors.
Are you feeling stuck in your own head, exhausted from pretending everything is fine, or unsatisfied in your relationships? As a parent, are you concerned about your teen’s well-being or identity? I’m Jaime (she/her), and I work with adolescents and adults. In therapy with me, we’ll use our relationship as a “practice space” to explore patterns that keep you stuck, challenge old narratives—like “I’m too much” or “I’m not enough”—and build skills for greater balance, connection, and joy.
“We are born in relationship, we are wounded in relationship, and we can be healed in relationship. – Dr. Harville Hendrix”
Play therapy and other expressive therapeutic modalities can help kids and their families be with their emotions in healthier ways.
We have several wonderful therapists on our team who specialize in supporting children and adolescents with neurodivergence, including ADHD and ASD, as well as those who are exploring their sexual and/or gender identities. Gaia Counseling also offers family, parent, couples and individual adult therapy as important avenues to help our clients flourish.
Play therapy and other expressive therapeutic modalities can help kids and their families be with their emotions in healthier ways.
We have several wonderful therapists on our team who specialize in supporting children and adolescents with neurodivergence, including ADHD and ASD, as well as those who are exploring their sexual and/or gender identities. Gaia Counseling also offers family, parent, couples and individual adult therapy as important avenues to help our clients flourish.
You may be feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or weighed down by experiences that are difficult to make sense of - whether that’s anxiety, past or present trauma, relationship challenges, or simply the strain of getting through each day.
I work with individuals navigating a wide range of challenges, whether finding it hard to cope, or functioning on the outside while struggling internally. Many of my clients have experienced difficult or painful life events and are seeking a space where they can feel understood, supported, and free from judgment.
You may be feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or weighed down by experiences that are difficult to make sense of - whether that’s anxiety, past or present trauma, relationship challenges, or simply the strain of getting through each day.
I work with individuals navigating a wide range of challenges, whether finding it hard to cope, or functioning on the outside while struggling internally. Many of my clients have experienced difficult or painful life events and are seeking a space where they can feel understood, supported, and free from judgment.
We know that initiating counseling services for your child or yourself can be very challenging. However, please know that you are making a positive step towards a healthy change in your life. During the counseling process, together we will identify your strengths and use those strengths to help propel you in making the necessary changes you would like to make in your life. If you want to obtain support in dealing with issues such as depression, anxiety, abuse, anger management, trauma, parenting assistance, divorce or substance abuse, I am here to help you navigate this process.
We know that initiating counseling services for your child or yourself can be very challenging. However, please know that you are making a positive step towards a healthy change in your life. During the counseling process, together we will identify your strengths and use those strengths to help propel you in making the necessary changes you would like to make in your life. If you want to obtain support in dealing with issues such as depression, anxiety, abuse, anger management, trauma, parenting assistance, divorce or substance abuse, I am here to help you navigate this process.
For children struggling with self-regulation, I offer EMDR-based play therapy.
I utilize Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and other modalities to meet the needs of individual clients.
For children struggling with self-regulation, I offer EMDR-based play therapy.
I utilize Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and other modalities to meet the needs of individual clients.
Welcome! I'm Tammy, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Board Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC), and trauma specialist. With nearly 20 years of experience, I offer a compassionate, person-centered approach to therapy. My goal is to create a safe, inclusive space where you can explore your thoughts and emotions without judgment. I work with teens and adults navigating challenges such as trauma, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and life transitions.
Welcome! I'm Tammy, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Board Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC), and trauma specialist. With nearly 20 years of experience, I offer a compassionate, person-centered approach to therapy. My goal is to create a safe, inclusive space where you can explore your thoughts and emotions without judgment. I work with teens and adults navigating challenges such as trauma, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and life transitions.
Over the years, I have worked in various mental health settings with a range of age groups, particularly children and adolescents. Common challenges that I tackle in therapy include low self-esteem, trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, mild substance use, and ADHD. I support clients through their challenges through collaboration and evidence-based interventions that'll help them meet their treatment goals. I currently accept ages 12-21.
Over the years, I have worked in various mental health settings with a range of age groups, particularly children and adolescents. Common challenges that I tackle in therapy include low self-esteem, trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, mild substance use, and ADHD. I support clients through their challenges through collaboration and evidence-based interventions that'll help them meet their treatment goals. I currently accept ages 12-21.
It is said that we rise by lifting others. This rings true as it describes why most of us in the field do the work. We want you to rise and have the self-efficacy to lift yourself. I do not believe in a one-size-fit-all approach for my clients, as I work to find the best therapeutic support for each person. I have an open-door policy and encourage you to take the lead in your healing process and path forward.
It is said that we rise by lifting others. This rings true as it describes why most of us in the field do the work. We want you to rise and have the self-efficacy to lift yourself. I do not believe in a one-size-fit-all approach for my clients, as I work to find the best therapeutic support for each person. I have an open-door policy and encourage you to take the lead in your healing process and path forward.
Are you looking for an LGBTQIA+ affirming therapist who truly understands your experiences? Whether you're exploring your sexual or gender identity, navigating life as a neurodivergent person, managing anxiety or depression, or healing from trauma, you deserve a space where you can be your authentic self. I provide compassionate, affirming, and trauma-informed therapy tailored to your unique needs. Together, we'll build practical strategies, strengthen self-understanding, and help you create a life that feels more connected, confident, and authentic.
Are you looking for an LGBTQIA+ affirming therapist who truly understands your experiences? Whether you're exploring your sexual or gender identity, navigating life as a neurodivergent person, managing anxiety or depression, or healing from trauma, you deserve a space where you can be your authentic self. I provide compassionate, affirming, and trauma-informed therapy tailored to your unique needs. Together, we'll build practical strategies, strengthen self-understanding, and help you create a life that feels more connected, confident, and authentic.
I draw from modalities including CBT, DBT, narrative therapy, and play-based interventions.
I am passionate about supporting individuals, adults, and couples as they navigate life’s transitions and emotional challenges. I have experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and couples facing issues such as anxiety, trauma, emotional regulation, and relational difficulties.
I draw from modalities including CBT, DBT, narrative therapy, and play-based interventions.
I am passionate about supporting individuals, adults, and couples as they navigate life’s transitions and emotional challenges. I have experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and couples facing issues such as anxiety, trauma, emotional regulation, and relational difficulties.
My couch sees Folx who feel that they are "too much," "too sensitive," and, my favorite, "too angry." I work with those who are growing increasingly more tired of biting their tongues and turning the other cheek. It's becoming impossible to ignore that rude comment from a month ago. You're realizing that, eventually, something has got to give.
My couch sees Folx who feel that they are "too much," "too sensitive," and, my favorite, "too angry." I work with those who are growing increasingly more tired of biting their tongues and turning the other cheek. It's becoming impossible to ignore that rude comment from a month ago. You're realizing that, eventually, something has got to give.
Alexa Ellis, Adult, Child, Teen and ADHD
Pre-Licensed Professional, Kid, Therapy
1 Endorsed
Atlanta, GA 30324
I integrate Internal Family Systems (IFS), ACT, EFT, attachment-focused therapy, and play therapy to help clients heal, understand themselves, and create healthier connections.
You’re used to holding everything together, but who’s holding you?
I work with adults, children (ages 3+), teens, couples, and families navigating ADHD, perfectionism, people-pleasing, anxiety, depression, and the pressure to always have it together. Therapy is a space where you don’t have to be “the strong one.” Together, we’ll explore what’s beneath the overwhelm, build emotional safety, develop practical coping skills, and create meaningful change, so you can feel more confident, connected, and like yourself.
I integrate Internal Family Systems (IFS), ACT, EFT, attachment-focused therapy, and play therapy to help clients heal, understand themselves, and create healthier connections.
You’re used to holding everything together, but who’s holding you?
I work with adults, children (ages 3+), teens, couples, and families navigating ADHD, perfectionism, people-pleasing, anxiety, depression, and the pressure to always have it together. Therapy is a space where you don’t have to be “the strong one.” Together, we’ll explore what’s beneath the overwhelm, build emotional safety, develop practical coping skills, and create meaningful change, so you can feel more confident, connected, and like yourself.
Hello. I am Sue. I have been in this field for about 12 years. I love my career as well as assisting other in changes with life. I have a background in Marriage and Family, Mental Health, Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Grief and Teens. It takes courage to take steps toward change.
Hello. I am Sue. I have been in this field for about 12 years. I love my career as well as assisting other in changes with life. I have a background in Marriage and Family, Mental Health, Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Grief and Teens. It takes courage to take steps toward change.
Amanda is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who works with adults, families and couples seeking clarity, connection, and meaningful change. With a warm, collaborative approach, she helps clients navigate relationship challenges, manage stress, and build healthier patterns that support personal and professional growth. Clients often share that they appreciate the ease and natural connection they experience with Amanda, allowing them to explore their concerns more openly. Amanda creates a grounded, nonjudgmental space where insight and practical strategies come together.
Amanda is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who works with adults, families and couples seeking clarity, connection, and meaningful change. With a warm, collaborative approach, she helps clients navigate relationship challenges, manage stress, and build healthier patterns that support personal and professional growth. Clients often share that they appreciate the ease and natural connection they experience with Amanda, allowing them to explore their concerns more openly. Amanda creates a grounded, nonjudgmental space where insight and practical strategies come together.
As a Registered Play Therapist, LPC, and Therapeutic Game Master, I provide a creative, exploratory, empowering, environment for kids, teens, and their families to sift through life's challenges and transitions.
Kids and teens sometimes seem to speak a different language than adults, that's where play therapy and expressive therapies come in to play! Through creativity, I meet kids and teens where they are and in their language, empowering them in creating change and finding mastery in a world where they have little control.
As a Registered Play Therapist, LPC, and Therapeutic Game Master, I provide a creative, exploratory, empowering, environment for kids, teens, and their families to sift through life's challenges and transitions.
Kids and teens sometimes seem to speak a different language than adults, that's where play therapy and expressive therapies come in to play! Through creativity, I meet kids and teens where they are and in their language, empowering them in creating change and finding mastery in a world where they have little control.
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Play Therapy
Who is play therapy for?
Play therapy is generally targeted to children between the ages of 3 and 11 who have social, emotional, or behavioral difficulties. Play therapy has also been found helpful for children who have experienced physical or emotional abuse or witnessed atrocities. Play therapy is also often recommended for children who are undergoing major medical procedures or who are suffering from chronic illness; many children’s hospitals are equipped to offer play therapy on-site. Play therapy is also sometimes used for adults; creative writing, music, and art are expressive forms that can all be adapted for therapeutic purposes.
Why do people need play therapy?
Children often do not have the language skills or words to know or to express what is troubling them. Yet they often spontaneously draw or use playthings to depict scenarios that reflect problems in their everyday life. Play therapy provides children with an array of objects and play situations to act out their feelings or experiences so that therapists can get a clear picture of what children might be struggling with and help them find solutions. In addition, play therapists are skilled at helping children understand their inner experience and find words for them, necessary steps toward helping children learn to control their own behavior and come up with solutions to problems they encounter.
What happens in play therapy?
A child enters a comfortable playroom where they are free to choose the objects they want to play with. The play therapist will typically observe how they play with the toys—whether a sandbox, puppets, dolls and action figures, trucks, costumes, drawing and painting materials, or more—because such play provides clues to a child’s family and social relationships, difficulties they are encountering in the world, and what going on inside themselves. Sometimes the therapist may ask the child to use the play objects to tell a story about their family. Using the same instruments of play, therapists can help children discover more advantageous ways of thinking and behaving.
What kinds of problems do play therapists treat?
Play therapy can help children who display destructive or self-destructive impulses; children who seem angry, sad, or fearful; children who experience frequent social, emotional, family, or school difficulty. Play therapy is often of value to children who have experienced a loss or distressing family experience, who are regularly exposed to family conflict, or who have been physically or emotionally abused. Play therapy can help children who are perpetrators of bullying as well as those who are targets of bullying. It helps children learn to identify their feelings, to express them in constructive ways, and to regulate them so they can get on with the business of development.
How long does play therapy last?
Play therapy sessions may last for 30 to 45 minutes, and they usually occur weekly for about 20 sessions. Each session is tailored to the individual child and the kinds of problems they are struggling with. Play that is highly repetitive often indicates a problem requiring further exploration. Therapists typically measure progress through session-to-session changes in play behavior.