Therapists in Decatur, GA

As a therapist, I specialize in helping people navigate challenges such as anxiety, perfectionism, identity exploration, and healing from attachment trauma. I especially love working with those who feel disconnected from their current lives and are exploring their identity and purpose. Many of my clients realize they need change but don't know where to start. They often have struggled with anxiety, burnout, and relational trauma, leading to repetitive painful patterns and isolation. These patterns, once protective, now cause pain and suffering. I have an affinity for working with LGBTQ+ folks and those living nontraditional paths.

Transforming your life in therapy is a bold act of self-love! Together, we can work on releasing pain and shame, building strong coping skills, developing true self-compassion, understanding yourself, and challenging limiting beliefs and behaviors. You are the expert of your life, so my role is providing a judgment-free space to figure out how you can shed the burdens that may be holding you back. I love working with neurodivergent and queer clients, and hope you'll bring your authentic, human self to my office! I have experience with anxiety, burnout, perfectionism, panic, depression, grief, body image, and relationships.

I am passionate to serve teens, kids, adults from age 5 to 70 who like to learn how to better manage emotions such as depression, anxiety, anger, ADHD, Bipolar, Trauma,Grief, Loss, Dissociation as well as improve communication and relationship between family for parents/children and couples to create abundant life. I have empowered many women men children teens and elderly to live a better life.

You do not have to have lived through something literally life-threatening to be a trauma survivor. If you didn't get your basic or emotional needs consistently met during infancy and early childhood, you likely struggle in your adult relationships. You might be overly clingy, avoidant, or self-sabotaging with your friendships and romantic partners. Or maybe, for you, it shows up as anxiety, avoidance, dissociation, low self-worth, poor boundaries, and even self-destructive behaviors. This is called complex trauma or attachment-based trauma, and it can be healed!

Finding a place where you feel genuinely heard, understood, and valued is hard. Maybe you're seeking a safe, understanding place to explore your identity or struggles with someone who "gets it." No matter what brings you here, I'm glad you're here. Together, we will create a space where your whole, authentic self is welcomed, affirmed, and valued. You won't encounter judgment or someone telling you who you "should" be in this space. Instead, I believe that you are the expert on your own life and that your experiences, relationships, and traumas have profoundly shaped you.

I specialize in child centered play therapy with young children ages 2-7 and person centered counseling for adults 20-40. I help clients navigate anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, neurodivergence, gender and sexual identity exploration, suicide, coping with oppression, and adjusting to life changes. My door is wide open to anyone in the LGBTQIA+ community, neurodivergent folks, and polyamorous individuals/families, or anyone looking to do the brave work of understanding themselves more deeply.

At times, it can be difficult to admit to ourselves when we are in need of help. It can be even more difficult to admit this to someone else. Counseling, however, creates a safe space to share struggles, fears, feelings, experiences, and more. Counseling can provide peace of mind in good times or bad. As a counselor it is my goal to provide you with a space that is warm and welcoming, and one which you can come as you are! I provide counseling services from a non-judgmental and empathetic point of view.

You're feeling disconnected, like life as you're living it has lost purpose and meaning. It's even hard to name the exact discomfort and pain. Life might look successful on the surface, but you know something feels off. Depressed, anxious, or going through normal turmoil during unprecedented collective change? You just know the way you move through the world isn't working anymore. You're ready to reconnect with who you know yourself to be. Together, we'll listen deeply to what eludes you. Making space for life—as it is in the here and now—opens a door toward a future full of vibrant possibilities, gently waiting for you to arrive.

How does safe space, acceptance just as you are, and conversation in which you feel met affect you? Do you find you are better able to say what’s really going on when carefully listened to and with no rush? I believe therapy is an opportunity to pause in the busy life we usually live to explore what we really think and feel. It is also a chance to explore your strengths, what is working, and what is getting in your way. Together we seek to hear your inner wisdom speak more and more distinctly. I am here to offer you a grounded, secure presence for the work you have come to do.

“Just because no one else can heal or do your inner work for you doesn’t mean you can, should, or need to do it alone.” -Lisa Olivera. Do you find yourself constantly worrying, stressed, or like you are trapped, and you cannot seem to escape? Do you sometimes feel like no one understands you? You do not have to struggle in silence. I am pleased that you have taken the first step in addressing your concerns. In my practice, I provide a safe and non-judgemental space for you to be able to share whatever is on your mind and where we can explore your concerns together. Let’s sit down and talk!

Welcome to the Clearing! We are a group of therapists focused on supporting individuals and families to cultivate connection, healing, and liberation. We specialize in exploring and reducing depression, anxiety, trauma, difficulties in relationships, and the impact of surviving the complications of the world around us.

Finding the right therapist is a way to practice self advocacy! I value you considering me to meet your needs! Clients often come to me to work on difficult events, such as workplace or school stress, traumatic experiences, cultural traumas, coming out, transitioning, struggling with substance misuse, or even the things that the world labels as positive, such as a new job, marriage, or graduations. I value authenticity, autonomy, and vulnerability. As a consent-based humanistic therapist, I greatly value your growth and needs. I'm here to validate your experiences and help you to move toward a healthier life with more contentment!

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.

As queer women, we often have more challenges to navigate than others and sometimes we need extra support. I can provide you with that support. I work with queer women who are struggling with feelings of stress, relationships concerns, dating, anxiety, parenting, marriage, depression, & frustration. I also help people struggling with ADHD and with grief/loss. I am a doctoral level psychologist & have graduated & trained in programs accredited by the American Psychological Association.

I am a queer therapist, I work high achieving and high functioning people of color experiencing depression, anxiety, and challenges in their relationships. I am a gender affirming clinician who enjoys working with LGBTQ+ adult clients exploring gender identity, career paths, life transitions and family dynamics. I also offer assistance with support letters for HRT and Gender affirming procedures ($200 fee) after a minimum of 4 therapy sessions to allow for proper evaluation. I look forward to assisting you on your healing journey.

In my office I offer clients a warm and supportive therapeutic environment where issues can be successfully addressed and resolved. But it is only with the client's effort and desire to change that psychotherapy is most successuful. Through the years I have found that a direct approach in therapy is most valuable as it allows us both to target those beliefs and behaviors which may require change.

It's normal to have times when you feel overwhelmed, anxious, depressed, disconnected, or like you don't measure up. We all face struggles in our lives. Regardless of what you are seeking to understand, change, or improve you don’t have to go through it alone. I feel privileged to help people tackle life’s challenges, manage anxiety & depression, build healthy relationships, bravely create boundaries, and find solutions that benefit in a meaningful way. My role is to help you navigate challenging times, tap into your innate strengths, develop self-compassion, and feel more at peace and in control.

My goal is to meet each person where they are, to help each person to feel heard, to grow in self-compassion, and learn to validate their emotions. Whatever you're struggling with, whether it's anxiety, depression, body image, trauma recovery, grief, or LGBTQIA+ and gender identity issues, I welcome the opportunity to help you to break out of stuck cycles and get in touch with your true self.

Offering phone and video sessions for individuals under quarantine due to COVID-19. In person sessions are now available. My name is Emily and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor working with individuals, couples, and families who are facing challenges related to difficult transitions. In working with my clients it's important for me to understand the social context they live and work within, in order to break down barriers and challenge distorted perceptions that may be keeping them from making the changes they want to make. Allow me to partner with you to find ways where you can manage your obligations & restore your happiness.