Creating an environment of warmth and safety, Jessica encourages her clients to draw on their strengths to navigate the issues they face. You might find yourself overwhelmed with anxious thoughts or fatigued with making life decisions. Perhaps you struggle with ADHD, burnout, or keeping up with your responsibilities. Jessica extends a compassionate approach with the goal of helping her clients reach a point of clarity about their current situations and an understanding of themselves as individuals. Jessica integrates different therapeutic modalities to meet the specific needs of each client. She believes in her clients’ abilities to creatively approach their problems with meaningful solutions. With her experience in various service-based roles, Jessica uses her skills to teach clients how to effectively identify their needs, manage and cope with daily stressors, and implement boundaries. She acknowledges the complexities of how a person’s values, experiences, and beliefs shape the person they are becoming, and she guides clients into embracing the fullness of their story.

Courtney is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who received her Master of Arts in clinical mental health counseling from Richmont Graduate University and her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Courtney has served in a wide range of clinical settings, including an inpatient unit for trauma and eating disorders; residential programs for sexual exploitation, human trafficking, and addictions; and private practice.Courtney works primarily with individual women, men, and teens. She specializes in complex trauma: sexual, physical, and emotional abuse; post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); commercial sexual exploitation and human trafficking; addictions (both substance and process); life transitions; family of origin issues; eating disorders; and co-dependency.Being an artist herself, Courtney has an affinity for the pressure unique to artists and people whose livelihoods are based on their creative endeavors. Working from an eclectic perspective enables her to address the unique needs of each client. Courtney thinks holistically and systemically and is trained in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). Her approach is compassionate, genuine, and direct.

For the last 15 years, Phil has worked in clinical psychotherapy with adolescents, adults, and couples through private practice work and as the director of counseling at The HopeQuest Ministry Group, Inc. He is one of the few in the state to be both a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT). Phil has received master-level professional certifications as a Certified Sexual Addiction Therapist (CSAT), a Certified Multiple Addiction Therapist (CMAT), and a Certified Professional Counselor Supervisor (CPCS). He also holds a Master of Divinity degree and is a licensed and ordained minister. He served previously for 10 years as a youth pastor, pastor, and church consultant. These ministry experiences give Phil a unique perspective as an integrated therapist with dual areas of professionalism as a Christian counselor. Using a collaborative approach, Phil incorporates several techniques to help clients reach their counseling goals, including family systems theory and cognitive behavioral approaches. Phil is married with four children.  You can reach him via Google Voice at 404-458-7523.

Nicole is a Licensed Professional Counselor who specializes in working with people facing anxiety of all kinds, mood disorders, perfectionism, rumination, spiritual concerns, and life transitions. Nicole also has experience supporting individuals or families impacted by substance misuse, divorce, grief and loss, aging, work stress, and obsessive-compulsive behaviors. Nicole is honored to empower clients to reclaim a sense of worthiness, self-compassion, and peace. Nicole works with adult women of all ages. Nicole earned a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy from Richmont Graduate University. Nicole has worked at Skyland Trail in Atlanta since 2018, where she most recently served as assistant director of the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Recovery Track. In this role, Nicole worked with individual patients, led daily group therapy, supported families in crisis, and provided supervision to interns and other therapists. Nicole has worked with individuals with presenting concerns including grief, bipolar disorder, panic disorder, substance use disorders, disordered eating, codependency, people-pleasing, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, and on the autism spectrum. Through her role at Skyland Trail, Nicole received training or gained experience with Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD, Rumination-Focused ERP, etc.  Nicole was inspired by her foundational training for depression and suicide from the Beck Institute, and she’s passionate about helping clients build insight around which narratives and behaviors are no longer working for them. Through creating a safe and respectful space, Nicole hopes to encourage clients to clarify their values, explore their identity, and use their voice to cultivate a life of meaning, connection, and joy.   Nicole loves calling Atlanta home. When she is not being a therapist, she enjoys hiking, cooking, reading, and cuddling with her cat, Lady.

Emily is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who specializes in working with women of all ages on concerns related to identity development, relationship challenges, recovery from substance use disorders, shame, perfectionism, high-demand jobs, relational or vicarious trauma, or life transitions. She also has experience working with individuals navigating the recovery process of a partner or adult child with a substance use disorder or mental health concern. Additionally, Emily works with clients grieving the loss of a loved one from suicide or unintentional drug overdose. Following her desire to serve others, Emily graduated from the University of Georgia with a master’s degree in social work and has worked in a variety of clinical settings in the Atlanta area. Upon graduation, Emily worked at the Ridgeview Institute as an admissions counselor. She then transitioned to Metro Atlanta Recovery Residences (MARR) and worked as a primary counselor with addiction and recovery. Before transitioning to private practice, Emily served as the Dual Diagnosis assistant director at Skyland Trail, where she worked with individuals who have a substance use disorder as well as a co-occurring diagnosis like major depression, generalized anxiety, schizophrenia, complex trauma, or disordered eating. At Skyland, Emily also provided supervision to therapists. Emily’s goal in therapy is to help create a safe place where clients can show up authentically and explore parts of themselves they’ve kept hidden. It is her hope that through values exploration, mindfulness, meaning making, and cognitive exercises, clients will begin to experience freedom from old cognitive and behavioral patterns that have kept them stuck and feeling unfulfilled.  Emily considers herself a lifelong learner; in her free time she is often exploring new interests and hobbies—or going on adventures with her pup, Lucy.

The vision of loving one person for a lifetime seems easy when you are in the early stages of love. Most couples along the way, however, hit one or many bumps that may leave them questioning their decision to marry and doubting whether a lifetime commitment is truly possible. Dana is a therapist who believes in marriage. She works with her clients to establish a strong connection. It can be confusing to be successful in your career and education but still feel like you are not measuring up in your marriage. Many young couples today want better relationships than their parents had, but they need role models and skills in order to build lasting marriages. You are not alone! When it comes to adding to the family, couples may unexpectedly face trauma, feelings of depression, or anxiety around the time of a child's birth. Dana is available to walk with you through this, too. Whatever stage you are at in your relationship, Dana helps couples restore peace. Many minority and biracial couples as well as Christian clients find themselves at home with her, though all are welcome. Feel free to call Dana to talk through any questions you may have. She is seeing clients virtually. 

Amelia specializes in working with women on anxiety, depression, trauma recovery, self-esteem, identity development, young adulthood transition, and relationship concerns (including unhealthy patterns and covert narcissistic abuse). She is inspired by helping women recognize their worthiness by healing past wounds and strengthening their authentic selves. Amelia enjoys working with college-aged and young adult women to navigate the challenges that come along with burgeoning independence, changing relationships, and major life transitions.

Sarah is a Licensed Professional Counselor specializing in working with women on identity formation and development, building healthy relationships with others and self, life-stage transitions, spiritual concerns, and grief and loss. Sarah’s work with clients centers around exploring and strengthening the foundational relationship with the self, to include: identity formation and personal growth, building self-trust, and the integration of faith/spirituality as desired. Sarah supports her clients in bringing their lives into greater alignment with their personal values so they may feel more at home within themselves and more empowered to express themselves authentically. She listens for the wisdom in her clients’ experiences and empowers them as active participants in their growth process. Sarah assists clients with values clarification, identifying and expressing emotions, establishing and maintaining boundaries, exploring purpose and meaning, self-esteem/self-worth, living and communicating authentically, codependence recovery, and developing personal agency.  Sarah’s personal and professional identity has been shaped by her dual training in mental/emotional health and spiritual health. She earned a Master of Divinity from Candler School of Theology at Emory University. Sarah previously worked as a Board-Certified Chaplain (BCC) in the fields of palliative care, hospice, and mental health. She earned a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from Mercer University. Sarah gained experience in acute mental health treatment, substance abuse recovery, and group counseling prior to transitioning into private practice at Cultivate Counseling in Buckhead. 

Mazi is a licensed professional counselor in Atlanta who specializes in helping women discover their true voice as they navigate self-worth/self-esteem challenges, relationship concerns, life stage transitions, and recovery concerns. She is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and has a Master's degree in Professional Counseling from Georgia State University. As a Certified Daring Way Facilitator, Mazi integrates the research of Brené Brown into her therapy work to help individuals address lingering struggles with shame and insecurity as they learn to live bravely and practice vulnerability. In addition to her work as an Atlanta therapist, Mazi maintains an active speaking schedule, presenting workshops on topics such as women's issues, healthy relationships, self-worth, personal growth/development, leadership development, living out your purpose, life stage transitions, and motherhood. Mazi is the Founder/Director of Cultivate, an organization and counseling center that helps women cultivate joy, courage, and freedom in their lives. Prior to becoming a therapist, Mazi taught history at Marist School. Her private practice is currently located in Buckhead.

The safe and non-judgmental space I have experienced in my own therapy is the same space I now strive to create for my clients. It is my goal to help build hope as clients go through the ups and downs of the healing process. I am passionate about helping clients heal from trauma, navigate challenging relationships, or overcome anxiety. I hope to partner with you on your healing journey. I seek to understand your personal narrative and how your family and early relationships are impacting you in the present—and to instill hope that you can have the future and relationships you desire for yourself.