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Kim Schmidt

Kim Schmidt

Thrive Forward Therapy

Suwanee, GA

Kim is an Associate Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Southern Connecticut State University and a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy at Capella University.  Kim uses integrated theoretical approaches including solution-focused, cognitive behavioral therapy, and narrative therapy to create a healing environment and help work toward each client’s desired goals. Kim is also trained in PREPARE-Enrich to help engaged or married couples develop stronger relationships. She currently works with couples, divorced adults, blended families, children, and teens. Kim lives in the Atlanta area with her husband and miniature schnauzer. She enjoys spending time with her adult children, traveling with family, long walks, and live music. She is a member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy. Kim is under the supervision of Jennifer Wilmoth, LMFT, AAMFT Approved Supervisor.

Marriage Blended Family Divorce Recovery Family Conflict Marital and Premarital
Hilary Phillips

Hilary Phillips

Collective Wellness, LLC

Atlanta, GA

Hilary uses her unique combination of experience as a counselor and background as a corporate leader to unlock the limitless potential in each of us to create the life we desire. As a survivor of the corporate hamster wheel, she specializes in helping individuals move beyond burnout to create a peaceful work-life balance and find more meaning in their careers. Hilary also works with couples to create the deep, loving connection they desire—whether they’re engaged, newly married, or stuck in a marital rut, she knows couples can get from where they are to where they want to be.   Hilary firmly believes that counseling shouldn't feel like work. She uses core concepts from positive psychology and lots of laughter to help clients take action, get unstuck, and move beyond “good enough” to flourishing!

Premarital Marriage Stress Anxiety Leadership
Dustin Ellis

Dustin Ellis

GROW Counseling

Suwanee, GA

Dustin Ellis earned a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy from Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tennessee. In his work with couples and adults, Dustin uses Emotionally Focused Therapy and Internal Family Systems to reveal and address patterns of communication and behaviors that perpetuate relational conflicts. Using this approach, Dustin’s work includes: Couples Counseling: Understanding negative communication patterns, conflict resolution, codependency, affair recovery, premarital counseling, parenting skills/strategies, and parenting a child on the autism spectrum or with ADHD Men: Work-life balance, relationship skills, stress management, career/leadership development, motivation, perfectionism, boundaries, assertiveness, pornography, retirement, trauma, anger issues, and grief Adult ADHD and Autism: Navigating workplace and personal relationships, stage-of-life changes, and anxiety Life Transitions and Athletic Performance: Develop coping skills in response to emerging needs and stress management, specifically performance pressure and external expectations

Relationship Issues Men's Issues Family Conflict Grief ADHD
Dyimond Anderson

Dyimond Anderson

Just Heal Counseling

Sugar Hill, GA

Life can be hard, but it can be navigated with a sense of peace and fulfillment by continuously caring for and connecting with oneself. The therapeutic experience should be enjoyed, not another setting where one feels pressured to be perfect or cater to the needs of someone else. Dyimond's supports clients as they do the empowering work to grow into their most authentic self. She provides a compassionate experience that encourages personal healing and wellness. She starts from a person-centered orientation and has experience with CBT, DBT, TF-CBT, expressive arts, sand-tray, and solution-focused approaches. She is fluent in English and Spanish and has more than four years of work experience with the Hispanic/Latino population. Her approach is based in theory, inspired by experience, and creatively tailored to each client. Life is hard and the work must be done; however, it can be done with grace and in freedom. Dyimond wants to help you do the work. Connect with her and get started.

Spirituality Anxiety Depression Stress Adjustment
Stacey Foster

Stacey Foster

Tapestry Associates

Marietta, GA

Stacey believes our souls long for harmony through a healthy balance of mind, body, and spirit. She takes a holistic approach in her clinical work. Believing we all have a story that matters, she focuses on helping each client find what they need by understanding and owning their life story. She utilizes somatic work to connect the body and the mind, along with attachment work and Emotionally Focused Therapy to explore how and why we move in our relationships—and to create a path of learning how to do something different. Through the power of self-awareness, healing relationships, and the truth of one’s identity in Christ, Stacey believes restoration can be found.

Women's Issues Marital and Premarital Anxiety Parenting Racial Identity
Brian Smith

Brian Smith

Hopewell Psychological Associates, PC

3 locations

Dr. Brian is a licensed psychologist who provides psychotherapy to adults, couples, college students, families, parents, adolescents, and children. He has valuable experience in addressing areas such as depression, anxiety and stress, panic attacks, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), relationships, family-of-origin issues, assertiveness, parenting, oppositional/disruptive behavior, social skills, self-esteem, anger management, trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), conflict resolution, and difficulty with transitions.Brian specializes in working with couples who are dating, engaged, or married to improve their relationship through effective communication and conflict resolution skills, and he offers a relationship assessment through the PREPARE/ENRICH model. He also seeks to understand the role that faith plays in a client's life and aims to integrate it with psychological strategies. Dr. Brian believes that everyone can benefit from psychotherapy during different seasons of their lives, whether during times of great difficulty or during times of focus on personal growth. Clients often report that they enjoy his thoughtful, caring, down-to-earth nature and his sense of humor. Dr. Brian is only offering virtual services to his clients at this time and is most accessible by email.

Anxiety Depression Marital and Premarital Infidelity Adjustment
Angela Schaffner

Angela Schaffner

Midtown Psychotherapy Associates

Atlanta, GA

Angela is a licensed psychologist and the author of Revealed: What the Bible Can Teach You About Yourself, published in February 2019. She specializes in the treatment of eating disorders. Angela is a third degree black belt in Taekwondo. Her therapeutic style is warm and collaborative, and she works to build upon existing strengths to empower clients toward change.

Eating Disorders Anxiety Depression Trauma
Nichole Walker

Nichole Walker

Simplify Life Counseling & Coaching

Atlanta, GA

Nichole Walker is a Licensed Associate Professional Counselor and National Board-Certified Counselor who has worked for 12 years with children, teens, and adults. She earned her bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from the University of South Carolina, a master of education degree in guidance counseling from Cambridge College, and a post-graduate certificate in marriage and family therapy from Argosy University. Nichole is well-versed in working with a diverse socioeconomic population and with people from different backgrounds. Her work with clients is guided by these core principles: simplify, believe, grow! As a virtual therapist who delivers healing and wellness, Nichole partners with clients so they leave their sessions feeling empowered, confident in their abilities to face life's challenges, and able to facilitate overall balance and healing from within. In essence, clients learn to live their best lives. Virtual counseling sessions are customized in a safe space for teens and adults seeking support with anxiety, stress management, setting boundaries, and establishing and maintaining healthy relationships. Nichole welcomes the opportunity to begin your journey toward growth and healing—and a better you! Schedule your free consultation at simplifylife.clientsecure.me/.

Anxiety Depression Boundaries Relationship Issues Stress
Brent Sweitzer

Brent Sweitzer

Sweitzer Counseling

Cumming, GA

Brent is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Play Therapist in Cumming GA. Since 2010, he’s been helping couples, children, teens, and individual adults improve their relationships, navigate change, and learn new ways of coping with the challenges of life. Brent works with a wide range of client populations, but a common thread through all sessions is a deep passion for enhancing relationships and communication. No matter whether a client is 3 years old or 83 years old, being able to sustain healthy relationships and communicate about needs and wants is central for happiness, success, and well-being in life. This applies in relationships with others, but also in the relationship people have with themselves. Though he considers his formal training in the mental health field to be valuable, it is his experience as a client in therapy that has best prepared him to be of help to others. Brent has experienced tremendous growth and healing through the therapy process, and it motivated him to make a midlife career change to become a therapist. Brent has been happily married since 2010 and has two children.

Marital and Premarital Infidelity Anxiety ADHD Depression
Emily Ferrara

Emily Ferrara

Simplify Life Counseling and Coaching

Atlanta, GA

Emily earned her Masters of Arts from Dallas Theological Seminary in Counseling in Dallas, Texas and her PhD in Christian Counseling from International University. These programs provided a theological and psychological integration model as many people’s understanding of God/higher power impacts how they makes sense of challenges and learn to cope during times of difficulty. She uses her past personal and professional experience to help female clients struggling with anxiety disorders.

Anxiety Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Social Anxiety Single's Issues Codependency