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Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, MS, LPC

Drew Cleary is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Roswell who works with preteens, teens and adults. He helps clients with anxiety, depression, ADHD, questions of identity, low self-esteem and the stress that comes with big life transitions, and he welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. For younger clients he also works with parents, giving them practical ways to support their child at home. His approach is evidence-based and tailored to each person, drawing on CBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, mindfulness and family systems ideas, with Christian counseling available for those who want it. He is taking new clients, offers flexible scheduling for busy families, and sees people in person in Roswell and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Ellen Zucrow is a licensed clinical social worker in Sandy Springs with more than 20 years of experience working with young and older adults across the lifespan. Her general practice has a focus on trauma, on people who have survived abuse, and on grief and loss, including the loss of a child and loss to suicide. She also helps people with depression, anxiety, mood disorders, family and relationship difficulties, and life transitions. She sees therapy as a warm, collaborative partnership that builds on each person's own strengths, and she adapts her methods to the client, drawing on attachment-based, DBT, emotionally focused, family systems, IFS and psychodynamic work. She sees clients in person in Sandy Springs and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW

Wendy Yajna Brown is a licensed master social worker in Marietta with six years in practice. She works with adults, including older adults, who are dealing with depression, grief, anxiety, trauma and exhaustion, often after long stretches of stress, loss, displacement or illness. Many of her clients live with chronic pain or chronic illness, and some are carrying the weight of cultural upheaval. Her therapy is practical and gentle, with close attention to the mind and body, and may include behavioral coaching, mindfulness, nervous-system regulation and body awareness practices. She draws on ACT, CBT, DBT, compassion-focused work, IFS and somatic methods, and offers sessions in person in Marietta and online.

Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, ACS, ABS

Samantha Heuwagen is a licensed marriage and family therapist and sex therapist in Alpharetta. She works with individuals and couples, including older adults, on intimacy, sexual concerns, mismatched desire, sexual shame, communication, boundaries and relationship patterns, as well as anxiety, depression, trauma and grief. She also supports LGBTQ+ clients and people in the postpartum and perinatal period. Sessions are paced to each client, with gentle challenges to beliefs that keep them stuck. Her methods include the Gottman Method, emotionally focused therapy, attachment-based and family systems work, and mindfulness. She is bilingual and offers therapy in Spanish or English, in person in Alpharetta and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC, CSAT, EMDR

Jermaine Sullivan is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Sandy Springs with nine years in practice. He works with preteens, teens, adults and couples facing anxiety, panic, trauma, depression, OCD, relationship distress and life transitions. He has a specialty in compulsive sexual behavior recovery and betrayal trauma, and he also helps with substance use. His approach combines EMDR, clinical hypnosis and Gottman-based couples work with other evidence-based treatments such as CBT, REBT and Internal Family Systems, with the aim of easing distress, building inner resources and improving relationships. He offers sessions in person in Sandy Springs and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Valarie Smith is a licensed clinical social worker in Decatur with 14 years in practice. She works with adults and older adults who want to understand themselves and their relationships more deeply, notice the patterns that keep repeating in their lives, and handle change with more ease. She helps with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, life transitions, self-esteem, stress, substance use and LGBTQ+ concerns. Her work explores how past experiences and unconscious thoughts shape the present, using psychodynamic, relational, attachment-based, CBT and DBT approaches tailored to each person. She describes herself as kind, genuine and a little offbeat. She sees clients in person in Decatur and online.

Counselor, MA, APC, NCC

Katherine Yates is an Associate Professional Counselor and National Certified Counselor in Roswell. She works with children, teens, adults, couples and families on anxiety, stress, perfectionism, OCD, low mood, body image and eating concerns, trauma, life transitions, faith questions and relationship problems. Her approach is holistic, attending to body, mind and spirit, and blends skills-based tools with space to process one's story. She is trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy, a trauma-focused method for reprocessing painful memories, and also uses CBT, DBT, attachment-based and Christian counseling. She offers in-person sessions in Roswell and telehealth across Georgia.

Family Therapist, MEd, MA, LMFT

Michelle Tirella Ventura is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Newton with eight years in practice. She works with adults, older adults and couples, including clients on the autism spectrum, on anxiety, stress, grief, trauma, ADHD, life transitions and relationship concerns. With couples she uses Emotion Focused Therapy and the Gottman Method to help partners communicate better and work through conflict, infidelity, parenting stress and change. Her style is warm and transparent, and depending on the client she may add mindfulness and expressive arts to more traditional methods. She welcomes people of all cultures and identities, and co-hosts a podcast called Licensed to Listen. She sees clients in person in Newton and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Casey Jane Wawro is a licensed clinical social worker in Brookline who specializes in working with athletes. Her clients range from college competitors and professional players to those facing retirement or other identity shifts beyond their sport. She helps adults with anxiety, disordered eating and body image, trauma, injury, burnout and the pressure of high expectations, especially people who have rarely been encouraged to be vulnerable or talk about mental health. Working from a psychodynamic, relational and trauma-informed lens, she helps clients build a steadier sense of self beyond their athletic role. As a clinician of color, she offers culturally informed care. She sees clients in person in Brookline and online.