Autism Therapists in Decatur, GA
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Dr. Susan Byers
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC, CRC, ACS
Verified Verified
Decatur, GA 30030
Life transitions and struggles offer the opportunity to find greater clarity of purpose, more meaningful relationships, increased confidence, and personal satisfaction. To be human is to feel emotion, both the highs and the lows. We are all connected through not only these experiences, but through the relationships with those around us. Therapy is a unique and personal journey built on mutual trust and respect. My perspective is strengths-based, LGBTQIA-affirmative, and integrative. I work with individuals of all backgrounds, bodies, and beliefs. My approach is individualized and collaborative.
Life transitions and struggles offer the opportunity to find greater clarity of purpose, more meaningful relationships, increased confidence, and personal satisfaction. To be human is to feel emotion, both the highs and the lows. We are all connected through not only these experiences, but through the relationships with those around us. Therapy is a unique and personal journey built on mutual trust and respect. My perspective is strengths-based, LGBTQIA-affirmative, and integrative. I work with individuals of all backgrounds, bodies, and beliefs. My approach is individualized and collaborative.
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Maureen P. Nolan
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MACC, NCC
Verified Verified
Decatur, GA 30030 (Online Only)
Is your attention scattered? How is your decision-making? Some of your thoughts may be scattered. Your daily routines may still be new, or they need stability and have limitations. Find your place of strength in your body. Breathe and believe in your abilities. Experience compassionate healing. I guide you to process thoughts and emotions for personal growth, recovery, and change. Discover your personal sense of grounding. It is available to every person, in every situation. Have you discussed organization issues? body issues? anxiety? trauma? Trauma in life disrupts your thoughts and emotional management. This can be healed.
Is your attention scattered? How is your decision-making? Some of your thoughts may be scattered. Your daily routines may still be new, or they need stability and have limitations. Find your place of strength in your body. Breathe and believe in your abilities. Experience compassionate healing. I guide you to process thoughts and emotions for personal growth, recovery, and change. Discover your personal sense of grounding. It is available to every person, in every situation. Have you discussed organization issues? body issues? anxiety? trauma? Trauma in life disrupts your thoughts and emotional management. This can be healed.
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I am a Licensed Psychologist who has spent the last 30 years helping people transform their lives. Using a multi-faceted approach, therapy is tailored to the needs of the person or family, in order to bring the most meaningful and lasting change. I offer support, compassion, practical techniques, and persistence in my work – along with a good dose of creativity and life wisdom. In life, there are times when we feel strong, and other times when we feel broken. Psychotherapy is an interesting process, because the point of entry can happen at either time and be successful. No matter what, it takes courage to start the process.
I am a Licensed Psychologist who has spent the last 30 years helping people transform their lives. Using a multi-faceted approach, therapy is tailored to the needs of the person or family, in order to bring the most meaningful and lasting change. I offer support, compassion, practical techniques, and persistence in my work – along with a good dose of creativity and life wisdom. In life, there are times when we feel strong, and other times when we feel broken. Psychotherapy is an interesting process, because the point of entry can happen at either time and be successful. No matter what, it takes courage to start the process.
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Does it feel challenging to advocate for yourself, or to voice your needs/desires? Maybe you’re even thinking: “What are my needs or desires?” Does people-pleasing show up when you’re anxious or unsure? Maybe you consider yourself a helper (socially or vocationally!), or maybe you just haven’t had the time or space to consider yourself, your thoughts, or your feelings. My passion lies in sitting with you through your current challenges, centering your lived experiences, and building your toolbox for honoring and moving through your emotions. You deserve kindness, warmth, and a loving relationship with yourself.
Does it feel challenging to advocate for yourself, or to voice your needs/desires? Maybe you’re even thinking: “What are my needs or desires?” Does people-pleasing show up when you’re anxious or unsure? Maybe you consider yourself a helper (socially or vocationally!), or maybe you just haven’t had the time or space to consider yourself, your thoughts, or your feelings. My passion lies in sitting with you through your current challenges, centering your lived experiences, and building your toolbox for honoring and moving through your emotions. You deserve kindness, warmth, and a loving relationship with yourself.
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I am a therapist with a passion for helping individuals navigate their unique journeys and learn how to be kind and compassionate with themselves. I have a particular affinity for working with individuals who identify as kinky, LGBTQIA+, polyamorous, neurodivergent, and/or Black/people of color. I have a soft spot for the nerdy community. Whether you're into video games, pop culture, anime, or any other special interest, I believe these passions can be a powerful tool in therapy. I enjoy integrating these interests into our sessions, making therapy a more engaging and relatable experience. I strive to create a safe and inclusive env
I am a therapist with a passion for helping individuals navigate their unique journeys and learn how to be kind and compassionate with themselves. I have a particular affinity for working with individuals who identify as kinky, LGBTQIA+, polyamorous, neurodivergent, and/or Black/people of color. I have a soft spot for the nerdy community. Whether you're into video games, pop culture, anime, or any other special interest, I believe these passions can be a powerful tool in therapy. I enjoy integrating these interests into our sessions, making therapy a more engaging and relatable experience. I strive to create a safe and inclusive env
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Hi! I'm Laura Joplin, LMSW, and my foundational therapeutic philosophy is that we don’t need to be fixed, but seen. I believe that the integration of somatic tools like yoga and meditation with classical talk therapy gives us room to understand this key truth. Sessions with me are a place to land amidst the swirl of life, develop skills for self-regulation and empowerment, form goals and intentions, and receive kind accountability around it all. I show up to session relaxed (comfy pants and flowy clothes!), warm and personable, humorous and acutely aware of the challenging environmental and structural circumstances we all face.
Hi! I'm Laura Joplin, LMSW, and my foundational therapeutic philosophy is that we don’t need to be fixed, but seen. I believe that the integration of somatic tools like yoga and meditation with classical talk therapy gives us room to understand this key truth. Sessions with me are a place to land amidst the swirl of life, develop skills for self-regulation and empowerment, form goals and intentions, and receive kind accountability around it all. I show up to session relaxed (comfy pants and flowy clothes!), warm and personable, humorous and acutely aware of the challenging environmental and structural circumstances we all face.
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Amy Wagner
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, CCTP
Verified Verified
Decatur, GA 30030 (Online Only)
You are not what happens to you. Crisis, transition, and past suffering can be overwhelming, and are even more so when you try to navigate them alone. You may find that now you are dealing with chronic fatigue, chronic pain, brain fog, and more. Therapy is an invitation to step into a safe and nurturing environment to explore and resolve difficult challenges in your life. With safety and presence, tending to and healing past wounds is possible. The things that have happened to you can become one part of your legacy, not the biggest part. You are not your suffering, you are so much more than that.
You are not what happens to you. Crisis, transition, and past suffering can be overwhelming, and are even more so when you try to navigate them alone. You may find that now you are dealing with chronic fatigue, chronic pain, brain fog, and more. Therapy is an invitation to step into a safe and nurturing environment to explore and resolve difficult challenges in your life. With safety and presence, tending to and healing past wounds is possible. The things that have happened to you can become one part of your legacy, not the biggest part. You are not your suffering, you are so much more than that.
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Hi! I'm glad you found your way here. Reaching out can be difficult. Often filled with anxiety, fear, and self-doubt. I've been there. Along the way, I've experienced how essential it is to talk with someone eager to listen deeply, respond compassionately, and support journeys of healing in creative and thoughtful ways. Whether you're facing a point of challenge, a period of crisis, or a chronic issue, I welcome the opportunity to bring my experience and training alongside your experience, values, and goals. Together, we can make something decent of this strange, messy, and perhaps even beautiful world.
Hi! I'm glad you found your way here. Reaching out can be difficult. Often filled with anxiety, fear, and self-doubt. I've been there. Along the way, I've experienced how essential it is to talk with someone eager to listen deeply, respond compassionately, and support journeys of healing in creative and thoughtful ways. Whether you're facing a point of challenge, a period of crisis, or a chronic issue, I welcome the opportunity to bring my experience and training alongside your experience, values, and goals. Together, we can make something decent of this strange, messy, and perhaps even beautiful world.
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Sophie Newman
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, BS, LAMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Decatur, GA 30032
Welcome to the start of your therapeutic journey! As your guide, I will use an active, creative, directive, & systemic approach to help you access healing. I seek to empower clients to author and share their own meaning of life’s experiences, while challenging them through compassion, curiosity, & humor. I hope to be a resource and collaborator each step of the way. I work with a variety of concerns/populations — specializing in working with individuals/relationship systems that struggle with desire, intimacy, and sexuality.
Welcome to the start of your therapeutic journey! As your guide, I will use an active, creative, directive, & systemic approach to help you access healing. I seek to empower clients to author and share their own meaning of life’s experiences, while challenging them through compassion, curiosity, & humor. I hope to be a resource and collaborator each step of the way. I work with a variety of concerns/populations — specializing in working with individuals/relationship systems that struggle with desire, intimacy, and sexuality.
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I am a licensed psychologist who has spent the last 30 years helping people transform their lives. Using a multi-faceted approach, therapy is tailored to the needs of the person or family, in order to bring the most meaningful and lasting change. I offer support, compassion, practical techniques, and persistence in my work – along with a good dose of creativity and life wisdom. I specialize in therapy with teens and young adults aged 12-25, the parenting of young children, and couples and family therapy.
I am a licensed psychologist who has spent the last 30 years helping people transform their lives. Using a multi-faceted approach, therapy is tailored to the needs of the person or family, in order to bring the most meaningful and lasting change. I offer support, compassion, practical techniques, and persistence in my work – along with a good dose of creativity and life wisdom. I specialize in therapy with teens and young adults aged 12-25, the parenting of young children, and couples and family therapy.
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C. Richardson Counseling and Consulting
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CRC, ACS, NCC
Verified Verified
Decatur, GA 30030
At times, life can be challenging, frustrating, and complex. As we head into our "new normal," you may notice you are experiencing fear, worry, or angst. Or perhaps you may experience being overwhelmed with feelings of sadness, hopelessness, or despair? You may often feel down and unmotivated, making it challenging to get through your day? If you are experiencing these difficulties, as you return to work in-person or virtually, have challenges identifying a more satisfying career, or lack the confidence to obtain a new role at work, I want to help you to the other side of your journey!
At times, life can be challenging, frustrating, and complex. As we head into our "new normal," you may notice you are experiencing fear, worry, or angst. Or perhaps you may experience being overwhelmed with feelings of sadness, hopelessness, or despair? You may often feel down and unmotivated, making it challenging to get through your day? If you are experiencing these difficulties, as you return to work in-person or virtually, have challenges identifying a more satisfying career, or lack the confidence to obtain a new role at work, I want to help you to the other side of your journey!
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One of the hardest parts of therapy is making that first call. You’re realizing that something needs to change in your life or maybe you’ve been thinking about therapy for a while and now you’re having to find that right fit on your own. It can feel difficult to make those moves, especially when you’re feeling down or lost. You deserve to feel heard, held, and empowered. Often, we find ourselves in patterns that we desperately want out of. I work with individuals who struggle to cope emotionally.
One of the hardest parts of therapy is making that first call. You’re realizing that something needs to change in your life or maybe you’ve been thinking about therapy for a while and now you’re having to find that right fit on your own. It can feel difficult to make those moves, especially when you’re feeling down or lost. You deserve to feel heard, held, and empowered. Often, we find ourselves in patterns that we desperately want out of. I work with individuals who struggle to cope emotionally.
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My name is Dakota and I provide teletherapy in both the states of Georgia and Florida -- Finding our way through life’s journey can become overwhelming at times. We may reach stages where we feel out-of-touch, out-of-place, and out-of-sync. One method of addressing these bumps on our path is recalibrating how we understand ourselves and others. Learning new ways of handling and adapting to all of life’s changes can be revitalizing. I would be excited to be there with you on your path as a co-journeyer and as a provider of objective, researched-based counseling.
My name is Dakota and I provide teletherapy in both the states of Georgia and Florida -- Finding our way through life’s journey can become overwhelming at times. We may reach stages where we feel out-of-touch, out-of-place, and out-of-sync. One method of addressing these bumps on our path is recalibrating how we understand ourselves and others. Learning new ways of handling and adapting to all of life’s changes can be revitalizing. I would be excited to be there with you on your path as a co-journeyer and as a provider of objective, researched-based counseling.
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Seeking and engaging in therapy can be a daunting task for most people. Many of us invalidate our problems and fault ourselves for not fixing them or feeling better immediately, yet we are lost in the distress of our issues and symptoms. If this is the case, then I commend you for seeking support! I believe in talk therapy because it provides you the space to find needed perspective on your life, and from there, you can take actionable and brave steps towards healing. My goal as a therapist is to provide you that space, understand your life and the issues that brought you here.
Seeking and engaging in therapy can be a daunting task for most people. Many of us invalidate our problems and fault ourselves for not fixing them or feeling better immediately, yet we are lost in the distress of our issues and symptoms. If this is the case, then I commend you for seeking support! I believe in talk therapy because it provides you the space to find needed perspective on your life, and from there, you can take actionable and brave steps towards healing. My goal as a therapist is to provide you that space, understand your life and the issues that brought you here.
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You deserve to feel validated and supported as you are. My goal as a LGBTQIA2S+, neurodiverse, larger bodied therapist, is to provide an inclusive environment for individuals of all sexual identities, genders, abilities, races, ages, and body size. I foster a warm & open space free from judgment. You are the expert on your life, and I am here to walk beside you on your journey. My approach to counseling is to support you as a whole person navigate the systems that are affecting you. While much of my work includes art therapy and a holistic approach, we will work together to find what will work best for you.
You deserve to feel validated and supported as you are. My goal as a LGBTQIA2S+, neurodiverse, larger bodied therapist, is to provide an inclusive environment for individuals of all sexual identities, genders, abilities, races, ages, and body size. I foster a warm & open space free from judgment. You are the expert on your life, and I am here to walk beside you on your journey. My approach to counseling is to support you as a whole person navigate the systems that are affecting you. While much of my work includes art therapy and a holistic approach, we will work together to find what will work best for you.
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Alexa Burdick
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Decatur, GA 30033
Waitlist for new clients
Virtual and in office sessions available! I really enjoy working with clients who are addressing confidence, self-esteem and intimacy concerns. I am sex positive, kink-friendly and affirming. I have experience working with adults to address self-esteem, relationship issues, communication barriers and boundaries, in addition to other emotional concerns. I am also comfortable addressing anxiety and depressive symptoms. I have training in processing trauma narratives and am working toward becoming a Certified Sex Therapist.
Virtual and in office sessions available! I really enjoy working with clients who are addressing confidence, self-esteem and intimacy concerns. I am sex positive, kink-friendly and affirming. I have experience working with adults to address self-esteem, relationship issues, communication barriers and boundaries, in addition to other emotional concerns. I am also comfortable addressing anxiety and depressive symptoms. I have training in processing trauma narratives and am working toward becoming a Certified Sex Therapist.
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Sara Zambo
Associate Professional Counselor, MS, LAPC, NCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Decatur, GA 30030 (Online Only)
Not accepting new clients
I have experience working with childhood trauma, grief, anxiety, perfectionism, LGBTQIA+ concerns, ADHD, and autism.
I often work with people who are feeling stuck and disconnected from themselves and their loved ones because of past experiences that continue to impact them in the present. You may notice that strategies you developed to survive those periods of your life no longer serve you, but are unsure how to change. Taking the first step to get help and approach the thoughts, emotions, and events that have felt too difficult to touch can be intimidating and anxiety provoking. As your therapist it is my goal to provide a safe, nonjudgmental, and accepting environment for you to process your past and find new ways of caring for yourself today.
I have experience working with childhood trauma, grief, anxiety, perfectionism, LGBTQIA+ concerns, ADHD, and autism.
I often work with people who are feeling stuck and disconnected from themselves and their loved ones because of past experiences that continue to impact them in the present. You may notice that strategies you developed to survive those periods of your life no longer serve you, but are unsure how to change. Taking the first step to get help and approach the thoughts, emotions, and events that have felt too difficult to touch can be intimidating and anxiety provoking. As your therapist it is my goal to provide a safe, nonjudgmental, and accepting environment for you to process your past and find new ways of caring for yourself today.
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Stacia King
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Decatur, GA 30030
Not accepting new clients
Dealing with unexpected challenges and difficult behaviors can leave parents feeling frustrated, upset, and isolated. Whether you are dealing with a family transition, processing a loss or trauma, navigating mood or behavioral challenges, or facing other challenges, support is available. Through integrative play-based interventions, I help children and families find new ways to communicate and manage life stressors to get the family life they desire. I work to create an open, supportive environment where children and families are able to express themselves freely and learn new ways to cope and interact.
Dealing with unexpected challenges and difficult behaviors can leave parents feeling frustrated, upset, and isolated. Whether you are dealing with a family transition, processing a loss or trauma, navigating mood or behavioral challenges, or facing other challenges, support is available. Through integrative play-based interventions, I help children and families find new ways to communicate and manage life stressors to get the family life they desire. I work to create an open, supportive environment where children and families are able to express themselves freely and learn new ways to cope and interact.
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Jacklyn Joy Byrd
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Decatur, GA 30030
Not accepting new clients
Do you feel like you are on auto-pilot? Are you constantly disconnected from your body? My job is to hear you and witness your story. Know that you are not alone. Together we can support you in reconnecting to your body and feeling more safe in the world. We will embark on this journey together to get you from surviving to thriving.
Do you feel like you are on auto-pilot? Are you constantly disconnected from your body? My job is to hear you and witness your story. Know that you are not alone. Together we can support you in reconnecting to your body and feeling more safe in the world. We will embark on this journey together to get you from surviving to thriving.
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Shana Wright Wood
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, SEP, MPA
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Decatur, GA 30030
Not accepting new clients
Using a holistic and somatic Attachment-based approach, I help people who are feeling anxious and overwhelmed experience relief. Are you so worried about how you’re living your life that you’re not living it? Motivated to be your true self, but are not sure who that is or how to get there? I work with sensitive systems that are seeking balance, relational healing, and a sense of identity. Together, we can slow down to begin moving through the anxiety and start placing yourself within your own story. Therapy with me is a gentle and collaborative process that nurtures unseen parts in order to release your creative energy.
Using a holistic and somatic Attachment-based approach, I help people who are feeling anxious and overwhelmed experience relief. Are you so worried about how you’re living your life that you’re not living it? Motivated to be your true self, but are not sure who that is or how to get there? I work with sensitive systems that are seeking balance, relational healing, and a sense of identity. Together, we can slow down to begin moving through the anxiety and start placing yourself within your own story. Therapy with me is a gentle and collaborative process that nurtures unseen parts in order to release your creative energy.
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