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Vanessa Snyder

Vanessa Snyder

Resilience Source, LLC

Roswell, GA

Dr. Snyder is a Georgia Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor, American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT) Approved Supervisor, Certified Professional Counselor Supervisor (4422), Certified Sex Therapist, Certified Master Traumatologist, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, and a Green Cross Certified Trainer.  She founded Resilience Source, LLC, a counseling collective in Roswell, Georgia. Resilience Source exists to counsel, consult, and train in the areas of acute and complex trauma, sexual issues, marriage and families in crisis, addiction, trauma-informed care, compassion fatigue, and organizational trauma with a special focus on Dr. Snyder’s Compassionate Recovery model of care. Her research and training include trauma, addiction, complex traumatic stress reactions, dissociative disorders, victims of commercial sex trafficking, organizational trauma, secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, and burnout, specifically those who serve traumatized populations both nationally and internationally. She is an Associate Professor at Denver Seminary for the Ph.D. program in Counselor Education & Supervision and also an adjunct professor at Richmont Graduate University in Atlanta, Concordia University in Irvine, California, and the Institute for Sexual Wholeness. Dr. Snyder earned her Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from Regent University. She holds her Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy with a specialization in Christian Sex Therapy from Richmont Graduate University. She is clinically trained in Eye Movement and Desensitization and Reprocessing (Level 2+), Trauma-Informed Hypnosis (Level 2), Sex Offender Treatment (ITTI), Internal Family Systems (Level 2), Certified Sex Addiction Therapy (Mod 1, 2, 3, & 4), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment, Regulation and Competency (ARC) Framework, Gottman Couples Therapy and Prepare-Enrich. She is currently training in neurofeedback certification, Functional Nutrition & Sleep Recovery, the Revised NICHD Protocol for forensic interviewing, and sex offender treatment (SOTP).  Dr. Snyder resides in Roswell, Georgia, with her husband Mark, four children, five grandchildren, and two pups.

Family Conflict Marriage Sex Therapy Sexual Addiction Trauma
Gwen Falkowski

Gwen Falkowski

Abiding Hope

2 locations

Gwen is an Associate Professional Counselor with a calm, accepting presence and over 20 years of experience in ministry and counseling. She holds a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Richmont Graduate University and works with individuals, couples, and families. Gwen’s background as a youth leader and director for women’s and children’s ministries gave her the privilege of walking with families through both joy and hardship—offering guidance, deep listening, and unwavering support. Her work as a wedding coordinator provided her with unique insight into how relationship stress can surface even during joyful milestones, and how important it is to support couples early on. As a wife and mother of grown children starting their own families, Gwen understands firsthand the challenges of family life and the healing power of grace and connection. Her personal and professional journey fuels her passion to help others find restoration, hope, and healing. She believes no one should have to walk through life’s struggles alone. Gwen takes a holistic approach to therapy, believing that mind, body, soul, and spirit are deeply interconnected and essential to well-being. Her Christian faith shapes her understanding of others and informs her work with compassion and humility. Her relationship with God has taught her to honor and respect all belief systems, and she seeks to meet each client with openness and grace.

Anxiety Depression Marriage Women's Issues Childhood Abuse/Neglect
Christie Poole

Christie Poole

Is your marriage strained? Has your spouse had an affair and you need help picking up the pieces? Are you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or depressed? Are you getting a divorce and want to make sure your kids are okay? Are you having trouble relating to your older kids or teenagers? Have you lost someone dear to you? As a marriage and family therapist, Christie helps people find strength while supporting them through the pain. She has worked with clients dealing with recovery from a divorce, an affair, or an abortion. Christie also has experience in marriage and family conflict, parenting, peer relationships, and premarital counseling. In addition to her work regarding life transition issues, coping with illness and menopause, and spiritual abuse, she also works with clients who are struggling with anxiety, depression, grief, loss, miscarriage, self-esteem, and self-worth. Christie has her degree in marriage and family therapy and is trained in emotionally focused therapy (EFT), the number one treatment for marriages and relationships. If you are hurting, please call to find a resolution that brings relief and peace.

Marital and Premarital Infidelity Anxiety Depression Women's Issues
Rachel Dorneanu

Rachel Dorneanu

Sage Counseling and Wellness

Cumming, GA

Rachel Dorneanu, LPC, CST, BCC, RYT-200, is an individual and couples psychotherapist. She works with ages 16 and up.    Her specialties include: anxiety, boundaries, highly sensitive people (HSP), perfectionism, and sex therapy. Rachel also has a special place in her heart for highly sensitive people and neurodivergent individuals. She believes a nervous system wired for depth and sensitivity isn't something to fix — it's something to understand and honor. She helps clients make sense of sensory overwhelm, social exhaustion, and the unique challenges that come with navigating relationships and everyday life when they experience the world more intensely than most. Rachel’s goal is to help clients build genuine confidence and connection — learning to trust how they're wired rather than constantly fighting against it.     Rachel offers both in-office and outdoor walk-and-talk sessions in Cumming, GA, as well as online sessions for residents of Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida.    Rachel makes therapy convenient and easy to fit into your busy life. Clients who work with her appreciate her humor and straightforward, adaptable approach. They value her ability to meet them where they are and partner with them to work on their goals 

Sex Therapy Anxiety Prepare-Enrich Inventory Relationship Issues Women's Issues
Michael Kanner

Michael Kanner

Anchored Mind

Roswell, GA

Michael and his wife, Kristen, co-founded Anchored Mind Counseling + Nutrition—a multidisciplinary private practice that seeks to invest in the lives of their clients and community. Located in historic downtown Roswell, they aim to establish roots by partnering with local organizations, offering group experiences, and building a culture of growth and generosity. Michael received a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from Richmont Graduate University. He is certificated in marriage and family therapy and trauma counseling. Michael has pursued additional relationally focused training through the highly regarded Gottman Institute and is a certified facilitator of Prepare/Enrich relationship assessments. Michael works with adults and couples to address a wide range of concerns, including men’s issues, relationship dynamics, life transitions, stress, anxiety, depression, sexual identity, spiritual formation, and career counseling. He seeks to create a safe and collaborative space for clients to move toward hope and healing. Michael’s approach to the therapeutic process is best expressed by the words of Jon Kabat-Zinn: “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn how to surf.” Before his career in counseling, Michael earned a bachelor’s degree in business from Kennesaw State University and spent several years working for Apple Inc. as a manager and trainer. Throughout high school and college, he worked as a martial arts instructor, a pursuit he credits with cultivating an appreciation for mindfulness and a continued enthusiasm for physical fitness.

Men's Issues Marital and Premarital Spirituality Life Transitions Career Counseling

Kiki Leonard

Waystone Therapy

Roswell, GA

Kiki is devoted to treating every client with kindness and compassion, creating a warm, caring, and nonjudgmental environment where you can feel free to move toward healing and wholeness. Because healing and growing is often just as painful and confusing as it is beautiful, having a guide with a flashlight and a map to walk with you is invaluable. Kiki would be honored to journey alongside you.  She is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT) under the supervision of Lauren Dack, holding a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling with a certification in Marriage and Family Therapy. Her therapeutic approach is person-centered and attachment-based, incorporating Internal Family Systems (IFS), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), and Brainspotting (a mind-body approach for processing deep emotions). Trained through the IFS Institute (Level 1), she is equipped to help clients “unburden” their parts, which leads to powerful healing and freedom. She is also trained in Brainspotting (Phase I, Phase II, and advanced BSP with Parts) and EFT.  For individual therapy, Kiki supports adolescents (ages 16+) and adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, neurodiversity (ADHD, Autism), relational distress, addiction, premarital and marital concerns, codependency, grief, self-esteem, and identity. She loves working with couples to help them overcome the obstacles that prevent connection and unity. This includes repairing past hurt, establishing healthy boundaries with each other and with family, learning effective communication skills, and overcoming individual and joint trauma. She is certified in PREPARE/ENRICH for premarital couples. Kiki also collaborates with other therapists to support the whole family system in family therapy (ages 14+).   Outside of work, Kiki enjoys going to fan conventions, teaching aerial silks, and reading anything and everything by Brandon Sanderson. 

Trauma Relationship Issues Brainspotting Adjustment Anxiety
David Fisk

David Fisk

Renovating Hope Counseling, LLC

Roswell, GA

David is a licensed associate professional counselor who received his master’s degree in counseling psychology from The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology. He also earned a master of divinity degree in 2010 and was an ordained pastor for 13 years.  David brings empathy, curiosity, and support to those struggling with the effects of trauma, depression, anxiety, chronic health issues, perfectionism, and church hurt. He also has significant experience working with athletic perfectionism. Above all, David counts it an honor to sit with folks who are hurting. David uses psychodynamic therapy through the lens of development to best help his clients achieve their goals. He holds certificates in narrative-focused trauma care and is also trained in story work, which is particularly helpful when addressing the effects of trauma. He also has had extensive training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), which helps clients identify and understand their cycles of conflict and heal the emotional injuries that occur during those cycles. EFT is considered the gold standard in working with couples and is also highly effective when working with individuals. David desires to create a safe, welcoming space for clients to feel comfortable sharing their lives. He works with adults, couples, and adolescents at the Renovating Hope Counseling, LLC office as well as via telehealth. In his free time, David enjoys sports, playing his guitar, and spending time with his wife and daughters.

Marital and Premarital Depression Anxiety Chronic Pain College and Student Affairs

Valorie Freeman

Renovating Hope Counseling, LLC

Roswell, GA

Valorie earned a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from Grand Canyon University. Prior to pursuing counseling, Valorie spent over a decade coaching soccer collegiately and professionally in various states and abroad. Her transition from coaching to counseling reflects her deep desire to tend to others’ hearts well.   Valerie loves learning what makes people come alive, bearing witness to the pain of being human, and joining others as they discover and become who they are meant to be. Her energetic and direct, yet curious and empathetic demeanor invites clients toward building lives of connection, hope, and wholeness.  Valorie enjoys story work and has completed the Certificate of Narrative Focused Trauma Care Level II through the Allender Center. She primarily uses relational psychodynamic therapy, attachment theory, the Allender theory, and a system theory framework to collaborate with clients. She believes holistic care, especially for those with experiences of trauma, moves us toward the wholeness we are meant for. Valorie works with individuals aged 15 and older and with couples.  Valorie enjoys rollerblading, moving her body outdoors, and reading in cozy spaces. She lives with her husband and rescue dog, Jinx. As we all navigate the heartache of living outside of Eden, Valorie would be honored to join you on your journey.

Life Transitions Trauma Relationship Issues Childhood Abuse/Neglect PTSD
Becky Philo

Becky Philo

Restoration Counseling of Atlanta

Roswell, GA

Becky Philo earned her Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Richmont Graduate University in May 2025. She began serving at Restoration Counseling of Atlanta during her internship in May 2024 and was subsequently hired as an Associate Professional Counselor the following year. Becky is passionate about supporting individuals and couples across all ages and stages of life, helping clients pursue emotional healing, personal growth, and greater freedom in their mental and emotional well-being. In addition to her counseling work, Becky has served as a Renew caregiver at North Point Community Church since 2018, where she has valued the opportunity to walk alongside others through mentorship and support. She is deeply committed to creating a compassionate and hope-filled environment for individuals who may feel discouraged or overwhelmed by life’s challenges. Becky also earned a certificate in Trauma Counseling from Richmont Graduate University. Using a trauma-informed approach and integrating techniques from a variety of therapeutic modalities, she seeks to understand each client’s unique experiences, needs, and goals. Becky is dedicated to helping clients navigate their healing journey with compassion, clarity, and hope.

Trauma Marital and Premarital Life Transitions Women's Issues Prepare-Enrich Inventory
Drew Cleary

Drew Cleary

Reflections Counseling and Coaching

2 locations

Drew has been working with youth for nearly 10 years. He has experience as a teacher and taught English in South Korea for 7 years and taught middle school and high school in Georgia for 2 years. He recently made the transition to mental health as a therapist and works with teenagers in the Alpharetta area. Drew focuses on anxiety and depression in teenagers. He also focuses on the LGBT population, especially those teenagers and families who are also Christian and struggling with the two identities. 

Anxiety LGBTQ+ Depression ADHD