Depression Therapists in Flowery Branch, GA
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Ivie M Hall
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Flowery Branch, GA 30542
Life can be overwhelming and challenging. With support and encouragement from a therapist you can trust, positive change is possible! I help people navigate the difficult and challenging experiences that everyone encounters at some point in their lives: stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, relationship difficulties, and major transitions or losses. I provide individual therapy for teens and adults who want to lower stress, increase self-esteem, and develop a diverse toolbox of adaptive coping skills. I believe that a strong and collaborative therapeutic relationship is essential to a client's success.
Life can be overwhelming and challenging. With support and encouragement from a therapist you can trust, positive change is possible! I help people navigate the difficult and challenging experiences that everyone encounters at some point in their lives: stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, relationship difficulties, and major transitions or losses. I provide individual therapy for teens and adults who want to lower stress, increase self-esteem, and develop a diverse toolbox of adaptive coping skills. I believe that a strong and collaborative therapeutic relationship is essential to a client's success.
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Denice Crowe Clark
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Flowery Branch, GA 30542
Major life transitions can leave us feeling out of sorts. Maybe you have unexpectedly encountered loss or grief. Or maybe you chose, or are entertaining, a positive life change such as starting a new job, entering a new relationship, or relocating. Any life transition or new phase of life creates new challenges. As we are adapting to inevitable change we may find ourselves feeling anxious, depressed, stuck, or stressed. I believe therapy is a safe space to process our thoughts, feelings, and actions in order to restore healthy boundaries and balance for overall wellbeing.
Major life transitions can leave us feeling out of sorts. Maybe you have unexpectedly encountered loss or grief. Or maybe you chose, or are entertaining, a positive life change such as starting a new job, entering a new relationship, or relocating. Any life transition or new phase of life creates new challenges. As we are adapting to inevitable change we may find ourselves feeling anxious, depressed, stuck, or stressed. I believe therapy is a safe space to process our thoughts, feelings, and actions in order to restore healthy boundaries and balance for overall wellbeing.
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Tonya L Shuman
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, CCATPCA, CPCS
Verified Verified
Flowery Branch, GA 30542 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I've worked successfully with children experiencing ADHD and social skills deficits as well as children, adolescents, and adults dealing with anxiety, depression, sexual trauma, physical and emotional abuse, self-esteem and self-image issues.
Are you looking for a therapist who listens without judgment, guides, encourages, supports and helps you discover your inner strengths? Our goal at A Beautiful Exchange Counseling is to provide a safe, supportive and nonjudgmental environment for you to process hurts from the past, build healthy relationships, increase your self-awareness, expand your capacity for self-love, improve self-acceptance, develop a greater capacity to love others and expand your love of life.
I've worked successfully with children experiencing ADHD and social skills deficits as well as children, adolescents, and adults dealing with anxiety, depression, sexual trauma, physical and emotional abuse, self-esteem and self-image issues.
Are you looking for a therapist who listens without judgment, guides, encourages, supports and helps you discover your inner strengths? Our goal at A Beautiful Exchange Counseling is to provide a safe, supportive and nonjudgmental environment for you to process hurts from the past, build healthy relationships, increase your self-awareness, expand your capacity for self-love, improve self-acceptance, develop a greater capacity to love others and expand your love of life.
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Hello, my name is Haley Peck. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 4 years of clinical experience guiding and helping individuals and minors facing Anxiety, Depression, Domestic Abuse/Violence, Eating Disorders, Trauma, and PTSD. I utilize a combination of Attachment-based, Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), EMDR, Client-Centered Therapy, and Trauma Focused therapies during treatments with my clients. It is of the utmost importance to me that we focus on your progress along the way, as well as self-encouragement during the hard times to remind you why you started therapy and all of the positive outcomes to look forward to.
Hello, my name is Haley Peck. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 4 years of clinical experience guiding and helping individuals and minors facing Anxiety, Depression, Domestic Abuse/Violence, Eating Disorders, Trauma, and PTSD. I utilize a combination of Attachment-based, Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), EMDR, Client-Centered Therapy, and Trauma Focused therapies during treatments with my clients. It is of the utmost importance to me that we focus on your progress along the way, as well as self-encouragement during the hard times to remind you why you started therapy and all of the positive outcomes to look forward to.
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Spring is here. Is your energy ready? Is your mood ready? Maybe you had a "bump on the head," and headaches afterward? Anxiety, poor concentration, depression, and poor sleep can be helped with a "brain tune up." This is a non-invasive, non medication approach to making thing better.
Spring is here. Is your energy ready? Is your mood ready? Maybe you had a "bump on the head," and headaches afterward? Anxiety, poor concentration, depression, and poor sleep can be helped with a "brain tune up." This is a non-invasive, non medication approach to making thing better.
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Emily Stevens Brown
Counselor, PhD, LMHC, LPC, MCAP
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Flowery Branch, GA 30542
For over 30 years I have been working with children, adolescents, adults and families who are struggling with an array of stressors and challenges in their lives. I focus on helping my clients produce measurable changes in their lives and paths to success and healing. As a psychotherapist, I specialize in emerging brain-based research, dual diagnosis and clinical approaches into a comprehensive approach to treatment. I specialize in providing a comprehensive approach to treatment by combining psychotherapy with state of the art brain-based therapy to treat Addiction, depression, anxiety, OCD, ADHD, dual diagnosis and trauma.
For over 30 years I have been working with children, adolescents, adults and families who are struggling with an array of stressors and challenges in their lives. I focus on helping my clients produce measurable changes in their lives and paths to success and healing. As a psychotherapist, I specialize in emerging brain-based research, dual diagnosis and clinical approaches into a comprehensive approach to treatment. I specialize in providing a comprehensive approach to treatment by combining psychotherapy with state of the art brain-based therapy to treat Addiction, depression, anxiety, OCD, ADHD, dual diagnosis and trauma.
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I am passionate about working with women who feel stressed, overwhelmed, or are going through transitions in life. I often work with teen and adult women who experience self-doubt and school, work, or relationship-related anxiety and long to learn healthy ways to cope with difficult feelings. I have over six years experience working with people dealing with anxiety, depression, ADHD, OCD, grief, relationship and family stress, religious trauma, and more. I have also worked with clients who are simply looking for a safe place to process life and better understand themselves with a neutral and non-judgemental person they can trust.
I am passionate about working with women who feel stressed, overwhelmed, or are going through transitions in life. I often work with teen and adult women who experience self-doubt and school, work, or relationship-related anxiety and long to learn healthy ways to cope with difficult feelings. I have over six years experience working with people dealing with anxiety, depression, ADHD, OCD, grief, relationship and family stress, religious trauma, and more. I have also worked with clients who are simply looking for a safe place to process life and better understand themselves with a neutral and non-judgemental person they can trust.
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Sherri Carter
Licensed Professional Counselor
Verified Verified
Flowery Branch, GA 30542 (Online Only)
Hi my name is Sherri Carter. I am Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Georgia. I have been licensed since 2014; however, I have been working in the behavioral health community since 2000. I have. Extensive work in crisis counseling and working with patient with depression and anxiety. I have work in the emergency room, inpatient behavioral health facility, and private practice. I have vast knowledge of therapeutic concepts for client to help client improve their mental health.
Hi my name is Sherri Carter. I am Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Georgia. I have been licensed since 2014; however, I have been working in the behavioral health community since 2000. I have. Extensive work in crisis counseling and working with patient with depression and anxiety. I have work in the emergency room, inpatient behavioral health facility, and private practice. I have vast knowledge of therapeutic concepts for client to help client improve their mental health.
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Kiera Raven Smith
Pre-Licensed Professional, MS
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Flowery Branch, GA 30542
Are you experiencing incessant worry and difficulty managing your emotions? Do you struggle with feelings of shame, self-doubt, and confusion? Are you searching for ways to cope more effectively? Together, we can work through anxiety, depression, codependency, trauma, emotional abuse, and other stressors that life throws your way. If you are ready to reclaim your sense of self, I provide a safe space to explore and process your struggles, fostering healing and understanding.
Are you experiencing incessant worry and difficulty managing your emotions? Do you struggle with feelings of shame, self-doubt, and confusion? Are you searching for ways to cope more effectively? Together, we can work through anxiety, depression, codependency, trauma, emotional abuse, and other stressors that life throws your way. If you are ready to reclaim your sense of self, I provide a safe space to explore and process your struggles, fostering healing and understanding.
JTL Counseling Services
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, CPCS
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Flowery Branch, GA 30542
We have experience working with many significant life issues, such as; anxiety, depression, work issues, relationship issues, sexuality, grief, major life changes, and trauma work, among others.
There are so many factors that play a role in our happiness and we are here to assist you in dealing with problems so that you can create a unique, meaningful life that encompasses your values and wishes. As therapists we believe that all people need a safe, non-judgemental space where they are allowed to work through issues/challenges with unconditional support, while also being challenged and held accountable in a respectful and compassionate manner. Our practice encompasses a holistic perspective focusing on the mind, body and spiritual wellness, according to the client's wants and needs.
We have experience working with many significant life issues, such as; anxiety, depression, work issues, relationship issues, sexuality, grief, major life changes, and trauma work, among others.
There are so many factors that play a role in our happiness and we are here to assist you in dealing with problems so that you can create a unique, meaningful life that encompasses your values and wishes. As therapists we believe that all people need a safe, non-judgemental space where they are allowed to work through issues/challenges with unconditional support, while also being challenged and held accountable in a respectful and compassionate manner. Our practice encompasses a holistic perspective focusing on the mind, body and spiritual wellness, according to the client's wants and needs.
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Randall A Scott
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Flowery Branch, GA 30542
I enjoy working with couples and families but also with individuals who have relationship concerns, depression, addiction, anxiety, or want to focus on job clarification. Most couples will eventually work at communication and conflict resolution, but the emphasis varies from diversity of faith in the home to parenting, finances, managing with extended family, sex and intimacy, organization, and power. I also have experience in assisting couples in healing after and affair, grieving after a loss, and negotiating various challenges in parenting, whether young or late adolescent.
I enjoy working with couples and families but also with individuals who have relationship concerns, depression, addiction, anxiety, or want to focus on job clarification. Most couples will eventually work at communication and conflict resolution, but the emphasis varies from diversity of faith in the home to parenting, finances, managing with extended family, sex and intimacy, organization, and power. I also have experience in assisting couples in healing after and affair, grieving after a loss, and negotiating various challenges in parenting, whether young or late adolescent.
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Regina Perez
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, LAC
Verified Verified
Flowery Branch, GA 30542 (Online Only)
“Some beautiful paths can't be discovered without getting lost.” - Erol Ozan. There are many struggles in life that can lead us down a dark path desperate to find a way out. Broken relationships, trauma, loss, anxiety, depression, addictions, just to name a few. You may feel hopeless, like all is lost, and fear you will never be able to find happiness. You deserve to be inspired to find the pathway that brings you abundance of life, peace, and joy! I would love the opportunity to come alongside you and inspire you to find that path.
“Some beautiful paths can't be discovered without getting lost.” - Erol Ozan. There are many struggles in life that can lead us down a dark path desperate to find a way out. Broken relationships, trauma, loss, anxiety, depression, addictions, just to name a few. You may feel hopeless, like all is lost, and fear you will never be able to find happiness. You deserve to be inspired to find the pathway that brings you abundance of life, peace, and joy! I would love the opportunity to come alongside you and inspire you to find that path.
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I have experience working with adolescents (15 and up), men, women, singles, couples, parenting, homeless, and families of all races, ethnicities, and marginalized populations. My passion is for those that have experienced trauma. I also work with client’s addressing issues including, but not limited to, relationship stressors, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, grief, and life transitions such as loss, death, and career change. My approach seeks to help facilitate increased self-awareness, resilience, encourage emotional growth, and enhance relationships with one's self and with others and healing wounded parts.
I have experience working with adolescents (15 and up), men, women, singles, couples, parenting, homeless, and families of all races, ethnicities, and marginalized populations. My passion is for those that have experienced trauma. I also work with client’s addressing issues including, but not limited to, relationship stressors, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, grief, and life transitions such as loss, death, and career change. My approach seeks to help facilitate increased self-awareness, resilience, encourage emotional growth, and enhance relationships with one's self and with others and healing wounded parts.
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Lloyd A Looney
Marriage & Family Therapist, LPC, LMFT, NCC
Verified Verified
Flowery Branch, GA 30542
If you struggle to communicate effectively with your loved one(s), if your marriage needs to recover from an affair, if you have sexual concerns, are wanting to effectively deal with anxiety or depression or substance abuse, I can help. I am also trained to deal with other mental health concerns. My clients tell me that they like the way I work with them. I will work along with you to achieve the goals we establish. With a name like mine you know I had to be serious about my education and training to become a therapist.
If you struggle to communicate effectively with your loved one(s), if your marriage needs to recover from an affair, if you have sexual concerns, are wanting to effectively deal with anxiety or depression or substance abuse, I can help. I am also trained to deal with other mental health concerns. My clients tell me that they like the way I work with them. I will work along with you to achieve the goals we establish. With a name like mine you know I had to be serious about my education and training to become a therapist.
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Suzie A McGarvey
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Flowery Branch, GA 30542
I specialize in relationship issues, childhood issues, depression, anxiety, school issues, women's issues and sexual abuse.
I have provided counseling services in several different settings since 1996. I began my career as an Elementary School Counselor, I have worked as a Family Counselor in an addictions program, and as a Child and Adolescent Counselor in a community mental health center. I took some time off in order to be with my two children full-time. After my children entered school, I decided to resume my professional career and went into private practice.
I specialize in relationship issues, childhood issues, depression, anxiety, school issues, women's issues and sexual abuse.
I have provided counseling services in several different settings since 1996. I began my career as an Elementary School Counselor, I have worked as a Family Counselor in an addictions program, and as a Child and Adolescent Counselor in a community mental health center. I took some time off in order to be with my two children full-time. After my children entered school, I decided to resume my professional career and went into private practice.
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Lisette M Infante
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
Flowery Branch, GA 30542 (Online Only)
I also have experience working with Mood disorders such as Bipolar disorder, Anxiety, and Depression.
My approach to helping people is first trying to really get to know someone and understand what may not be working for them in their lives. We have all been there where sometimes we just don't know what is going on, all we know is that something is not in sync with what we want it to be. I am going to be honest and genuine during our time together and help you move towards changes you want. I love humor so prepare for us to have a few laughs during our sessions while we work together.
I also have experience working with Mood disorders such as Bipolar disorder, Anxiety, and Depression.
My approach to helping people is first trying to really get to know someone and understand what may not be working for them in their lives. We have all been there where sometimes we just don't know what is going on, all we know is that something is not in sync with what we want it to be. I am going to be honest and genuine during our time together and help you move towards changes you want. I love humor so prepare for us to have a few laughs during our sessions while we work together.
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Heather Mainard
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CRC, NCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Flowery Branch, GA 30542
Have you been feeling worried, unmotivated, or overwhelmed? You are not alone, and therapy can help you find relief. I specialize in supporting women who are struggling with the impacts of stress, trauma, and grief. Ongoing stress and unresolved trauma can lead to anxiety, depression, addiction, and chronic illness.
Have you been feeling worried, unmotivated, or overwhelmed? You are not alone, and therapy can help you find relief. I specialize in supporting women who are struggling with the impacts of stress, trauma, and grief. Ongoing stress and unresolved trauma can lead to anxiety, depression, addiction, and chronic illness.
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Mary E Bowman
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Flowery Branch, GA 30542
I have experience with depression, anxiety, PTSD, trauma, grief, recovery from codependency and addiction.
I am a Marriage and Family Therapist with Seen and Known Counseling in Oakwood, GA. What a privilege to help clients experience being fully seen, fully known, and fully loved. Therapy is a wonderful tool for healing and beginning to believe in yourself again. Anxious or depressed and need guidance? Struggling in a relationship? You will learn some tools for caring for yourself, as well as tools for better relationships. You can have the love you want.
I have experience with depression, anxiety, PTSD, trauma, grief, recovery from codependency and addiction.
I am a Marriage and Family Therapist with Seen and Known Counseling in Oakwood, GA. What a privilege to help clients experience being fully seen, fully known, and fully loved. Therapy is a wonderful tool for healing and beginning to believe in yourself again. Anxious or depressed and need guidance? Struggling in a relationship? You will learn some tools for caring for yourself, as well as tools for better relationships. You can have the love you want.
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ARC Counseling works with clients of all ages, I lean toward cIients 13 and older primarily doing individual counseling. However I also love working with couples and families. With over 20 years in trauma related industries, I work with trauma, anxiety, depression, domestic violence, personality disorders, family and/or relationship issues, divorce, and more.
ARC Counseling works with clients of all ages, I lean toward cIients 13 and older primarily doing individual counseling. However I also love working with couples and families. With over 20 years in trauma related industries, I work with trauma, anxiety, depression, domestic violence, personality disorders, family and/or relationship issues, divorce, and more.
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North Point Lighthouse Cindy Homel Stoerchle
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
Flowery Branch, GA 30542
We work from a systems perspective with specialties including; Depression, Anxiety, Grief, Trauma, Marital Therapy, Pre-Marital, Parenting Challenges, Anger, ADHD, Social Skills and Conflict Resolution.
Welcome to North Point Lighthouse Counseling! NPLC is a Christian counseling center that provides both faith based and non-faith based counseling to meet the needs of All of our clients. We provide in person Psychotherapy & Tele-therapy services at our offices in Oakwood Georgia. We are determined to meet our clients and their needs with empathy and genuine compassion at their most difficult crossroads, where they face burdensome challenges, through cultivating hope with them and encouraging change.
We work from a systems perspective with specialties including; Depression, Anxiety, Grief, Trauma, Marital Therapy, Pre-Marital, Parenting Challenges, Anger, ADHD, Social Skills and Conflict Resolution.
Welcome to North Point Lighthouse Counseling! NPLC is a Christian counseling center that provides both faith based and non-faith based counseling to meet the needs of All of our clients. We provide in person Psychotherapy & Tele-therapy services at our offices in Oakwood Georgia. We are determined to meet our clients and their needs with empathy and genuine compassion at their most difficult crossroads, where they face burdensome challenges, through cultivating hope with them and encouraging change.
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What is the goal of therapy for depression?
Therapy for depression has several major goals. One is to relieve the mental pain of depression, which distorts feeling and thinking so that sufferers cannot see beyond their current state of mind or envision feeling better. Another is to give people the mental tools to recognize and correct the kinds of distorted thinking that turn a problem into a catastrophe and lead to despair. Therapy also teaches people how to process negative emotions in constructive ways, so they have more control over their own emotional reactivity. And it helps people regain the ability to see themselves positively, the motivation to do things, and the capacity for pleasure.
What happens in therapy for depression?
Perhaps most important, no matter the type of therapy, patients form an alliance with the therapist; that connection is therapeutic in itself, plus it becomes an instrument of change. Patients learn to identify and to challenge their own erroneous beliefs and thoughts that amplify the effects of negative experiences. They learn to identify situations in which they are especially vulnerable. And they learn new patterns of thinking and behaving. They may be given “homework” assignments in which they practice their developing skills. In addition, good therapists regularly monitor patients to assess whether and how much the condition is improving.
What therapy types help with depression?
Several types of short-term therapy have been found effective, each targeting one or more areas of dysfunction. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps clients challenge their negative thoughts and beliefs, learn new behavioral strategies, and curb reactivity to distressing situations. Behavioral activation (BA) is a form of therapy often used in conjunction with CBT; it focuses on engagement in rewarding activity as a pathway to changing negative feelings and disturbed mood. Another widely used approach is interpersonal therapy (IPT), which targets the social difficulties that both give rise to and get exacerbated by depression. Therapists may combine approaches as needed.
Can therapy for depression be done online?
Studies have found that online therapy can be highly effective for treating depression, although it may be more challenging to build a good therapist-patient alliance on screen than in person—at least at first. However, online therapy can offer considerable advantages. Accessibility and convenience are tops among them. Some people actually find it easier to talk about problems online than in person. While online therapy typically limits visibility of facial expression and body gestures that give important nonverbal cues to a patient’s state of mind, it can give therapists a glimpse into a patient’s world and life, providing information that can be highly useful in guiding therapy.
How effective is therapy for depression?
Many studies show that therapy is highly effective provided that patients complete the prescribed course of therapy, commonly 16 to 20 sessions. Over the long term, it is more effective than medication and the effects are more enduring. As a result, psychotherapy has the power not just to relieve current suffering but to prevent future episodes of the disorder. Therapy reverses the dysfunction in neural circuitry that disposes individuals to a negative view of themselves, the world, and their future and they acquire coping techniques, problem-solving skills, and understanding of their own vulnerabilities that are useful over the course of a lifetime.