As a mental health counselor, Johanna strives to help you achieve your goals and the life you desire and deserve. Johanna creates a comfortable, safe environment where you can collaborate with her to identify the root of a difficult issue, whether it be anxiety, a stressed relationship, or a stressful work environment. Johanna teaches coping techniques and strategies critical to treating your concerns, helping you uncover practical, effective methods that appeal to your strengths and preferences so you can move toward healing.     She views therapy as a way for individuals to discover blind spots. Johanna has been where you might be now—feeling like all hope is lost and things could never get better. A therapist changed Johanna's mind when he helped change her life; Johanna has been dedicated to the mental health field ever since.    Johanna knows that counseling can point the way toward self-improvement, enhanced coping skills, and holistic well-being and happiness. Though they wouldn’t have imagined it possible, clients who suffered from severe anxiety disorders have overcome their fears working with Johanna. She’s also helped clients overcome severe depression, suicidal thoughts, and eating disorders. Johanna's desire is to work with clients on their journey of self-improvement and life-changing  transformation. 

You may look like you have it all together, while inside you feel anxious, overwhelmed, stuck, or exhausted from overthinking. Relationships feel harder than they should, work or school may feel increasingly stressful, and past experiences may continue to affect you, even if you have never thought of them as trauma. Michele works with teens (ages 13+), adults, and couples who want to better understand what is happening, feel more in control, and make meaningful change. She has 21 years of counseling experience and a Ph.D. in counseling, and uses evidence-based approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and brainspotting. Michele’s style is warm, practical, and collaborative. Therapy is not about simply thinking positively. It’s about understanding patterns, developing useful tools, and creating changes that actually fit your life. She helps clients with anxiety, depression, trauma, overthinking, perfectionism, stress, relationship concerns, difficult life transitions, self-confidence, chronic illness/pain, and postpartum concerns. Michele currently offers in-person counseling in Cumming and telehealth throughout Georgia. She is accepting new clients and offers a complimentary 15-minute consultation to help you determine whether you’re a good fit.

You work hard to hold everything together for everyone else, yet internally feel anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected from yourself, or unsure of who you are outside of your roles and responsibilities. I work with women in their 20s–40s navigating anxiety, postpartum and perinatal challenges, relationship and betrayal trauma, family-of-origin wounds, life transitions, faith struggles, people-pleasing, low self-esteem, and identity loss. Many of my clients are high functioning and insightful but emotionally exhausted from constantly caring for others while neglecting their own needs. I use a trauma-informed, interpersonal, psychodynamic approach and am trained in EMDR. Together we build coping skills, self-trust, boundaries, and reconnect with identity beyond roles.  My approach is compassionate, collaborative, and grounded in helping you feel emotionally safe, understood, and empowered to create a life that feels more authentic and fulfilling.

Courtney is a licensed professional counselor and an intensively-trained dialectical behavior therapist who practices individual, couples, and family therapy. She holds a master's degree in marriage and family therapy from Richmont Graduate University and a bachelor’s degree from Southern Methodist University. Courtney specializes in the support of both adolescents and adults who may struggle with mood instability, interpersonal problems, behavioral dysregulation, or difficult life circumstances. Courtney often integrates dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills into therapy with the goal of empowering individuals to manage the inherent challenges of life, decreasing personal suffering, and creating a fulfilling "life worth living." Her therapeutic approach is strength-based, collaborative, relational, and authentic.

Eyrika believes in a holistic approach to healing. She spent 10 years as a pediatric nurse in a hospital setting, is a certified Dr. Sears L.E.A.N. coach, and specializes in holistic allergy elimination. She became a counselor to complete her training in healing through the mind, body, and soul. Eyrika is trained in treating complex trauma in children and adults and is honored to be a part of each client’s journey toward wholeness. She is culturally sensitive and enjoys working with a diverse population. Eyrika’s person-centered or child-centered approach offers empathy, unconditional acceptance, and walking alongside her clients to discover the strength and resilience that lies within them. Eyrika earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing at the University of Cincinnati and a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling at Colorado Christian University. She has obtained certificates in trauma counseling, Gottman levels 1 and 2 marriage counseling, Dr. Sears L.E.A.N. Nutritional Counseling, and NAET (holistic allergy elimination). She is working toward certification to become a registered play therapist and is under clinical supervision with Trudy Post Sprunk.  Eyrika’s passion for healing and empowering people has led her to work with a variety of populations, including foster-care children and foster parents and survivors of human trafficking. She is a wife, mother, beach lover, and yogi. Eyrika loves a good story, whether fictional or the stories of peoples’ lives.

Megan is an Atlantan transplant originally from Milwaukee, WI. Though a midwestern girl at heart, a growing curiosity of people, the prospect of change, and the enticing opportunity to learn led her here. It's also kept her here. Megan is continually curious about the mystery of the human condition. She helps her clients understand the roles of history, family, attachments, experience, spirituality, culture, and more in their lives. She creates space for pain and strives to empower, encourage, challenge, and stand alongside her clients as an empathetic, authentic presence. Megan values mindfulness practices and mind/ body connection and awareness, and she brings this insight and experience to her sessions. Couples and individuals experience Megan as warm, inviting, non judgmental, and compassionate. She's collaborative in her work and often works alongside her client's greater support network of any additional therapists, psychiatrists, acupuncturists, coaches, or other wellness practitioners. Megan approaches her therapy- and life in general- with the belief that every human has the full potential to live a whole and healthy life in mind, body, and soul. She believes that change is possible, though also empathizes and understands being in a place where it's hard to grasp the potential for change. Megan believes that therapy is one of the many possible spaces that we can become more present, more conscious, and therefore, more alive. Megan received dual graduate degrees and is a graduate of Mercer University School of Professional Counseling & McAfee School of Theology. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (License #LPC008487) in the state of Georgia.

Vickie is a licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed professional counselor, certified sex therapist, a nationally-approved AAMFT supervisor, and a nationally-approved clinical supervisor (ACS). She has a master's degree in counseling from Georgia State University and a master’s degree from Richmont Graduate University with a specialization in sex therapy. In addition, she has completed marriage and family training from the University of Georgia. Vickie has been counseling, teaching, and consulting with several organizations since opening her practice in 1984. During her 35 years in the field, she has gained extensive experience in couples therapy, sexual issues, addiction, abuse, men's and women's issues, and spiritual issues. For 27 years, Vickie has supervised graduate students in counseling, postgraduates, and licensed therapists to teach and grow them in the field of counseling and marriage and family therapy. She is in good standing with several professional associations in the field.

Do you struggle with anxiety that affects your day-to-day life? Do you feel overwhelmed by your relationship and worry you’ll make the wrong decision? Have you had life changes that have been difficult to accept? You’re not alone. While you may feel isolated, you’re not the only one experiencing anxiety and uncertainty. And things can get better. I help clients learn healthy coping skills to explore and manage anxiety, life changes, and relationship issues. I use mindfulness techniques (breathing skills), CBT, and narrative therapy. For every session, I seek to create a warm and inviting space where clients feel at ease to be vulnerable and discuss and explore change. It’s important to me to provide a safe place for cultural diversity and differences in gender and sexual orientation.  I believe that anxiety doesn’t have to control your life or change your dreams. If you’re ready to take the next step, reach out today for your first appointment!

Since 1998, Tatiana Matthews has been sharing hope, humor, and professionalism with her clients. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) in Georgia and North Carolina. She is the clinical director of Atlanta Specialized Care. Mrs. Matthews obtained her master of science from East Carolina University, where she majored in clinical rehabilitation counseling with a specialty in addiction and mental health. While acting as a consult liaison in the main medical hospital, she completed her clinical internship in the alcohol and addiction program and the psychiatric unit at Duke University Medical Hospital. Following her internship, Mrs. Matthews practiced privately with East Coast Counseling in Greenville, North Carolina. In addition, she served as research director for a “Brief Intervention” study conducted through the East Carolina Injury Prevention Program at Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville. In 2000, Mrs. Matthews moved to north Georgia and worked on a contractual basis for Ridgeview Institute’s mobile assessment team in Smyrna. She was one of the founding partners of North View Counseling & Recovery, Inc., where she practiced for almost 10 years. After retiring from North View in August 2010, Mrs. Matthews began practicing independently in Alpharetta. Mrs. Matthews addresses the mind, body, spirituality, family systems, vocation, and hobbies. When requested by a client, she can integrate a Christian perspective into the therapy process. She is client-centered and develops a series of interventions that are challenging without being shaming. Mrs. Matthews provides individual, family, and group therapy to adults and adolescents. She has extensive experience in the areas of addictions, co-dependency, trauma, mood regulation, ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, and learning disabilities. Mrs. Matthews has specialized training in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), as well as dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT). EMDR is a therapeutic technique used to address trauma, while DBT teaches emotional regulation. Mrs. Matthews is also the author of Fred the Fox Shouts “NO!”, an adult’s guide to speaking to children about sexual abuse prevention. Fred the Fox helps parents and caregivers introduce the concepts of “private parts” and safety with people we know. With the help of illustrations by Allison Fears, Fred the Fox helps children learn to recognize and avoid sexual abuse and helps protect them by teaching them what to do. Fred the Fox Shouts “NO!” is available for purchase at Amazon.com.

Dr. Lori is a clinical psychologist and licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who specializes in the effects of anxiety on individuals as well as relationships. She helps clients find the ways that they are disconnected, which lead to depression and other health issues. With over 25 years of experience, Dr. Lori has worked with hundreds of clients both domestically and internationally to improve the quality of their lives. Her clients include CEOs and high-level executives of multi-billion-dollar companies, foreign diplomats and royalty, professional athletes, and Emmy award-winning producers. As a therapist, Dr. Lori is dedicated to joining you on a journey to improve your life and relationships. She compassionately walks beside you and guides you to wellness. As you discover your unique truth, Dr. Lori helps you find ways to connect with your deep wish for belonging and happiness within yourself so you can function as you were meant to. Dr. Lori authored The Effects of Texting on the Marital Relationship and writes a weekly blog. In addition, she contributes to countless magazine articles and appears on podcasts to encourage others to be engaged and connect with others.