Ash Blanton is passionate about helping teens/adolescents, college students, and men thrive in all areas of life! Specializing in helping clients with anxiety, depression, addictions, and self-esteem, Ash believes that counseling is for anyone who has a problem and wants to see improvement in their life. He works with parents to find the best care for their sons and wants to see young men empowered to be all they can be.   Ash earned an education specialist degree in professional counseling from the University of West Georgia. He is a national board certified counselor and a guide for Onsite Workshops. Ash is a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist Candidate (CSAT-C). He is trained in experiential therapy, psychodrama, cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), and is internal family systems (IFS) informed.

Marissa Mundy, LPC, CPCS is the Clinical Director for Restorative Counseling Services, where she serves as the resident couples and family therapist. Clients appreciate her warm and empathetic nature paired with her direct and clear approach. Many couples come to work with Marissa when they are experiencing high levels of conflict, arguments become explosive, and they don’t know how to stop the hurt. Other couples seek help because they find it hard to speak openly with their partners and have fallen into a pattern of avoidance. Whether your marital distress is very loud or painfully quiet, counseling can help. Marissa uses an approach called Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to help couples increase their attachment bond, reduce conflict, and increase intimacy. Additionally, Marissa regularly works with couples to repair relational wounds that threaten to end the relationship, including affairs, betrayals, addictions, and trauma.  For family therapy, Marissa applies the same principles of EFT to help all family members thrive. She works with families with adult children who seek to create a healthier dynamic now that all members of the family system have “flown the nest." Sometimes the entire family will come to therapy, and sometimes Marissa works with a dyad, such as a mother and adult daughter or father and adult son. She also works with adult siblings at any stage of life to create closer bonds.

Robby has been in practice as a minister, pastoral counselor, and marriage and family therapist for 35 years. He has trained in many counseling perspectives including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), the Enneagram, 12-Step Recovery, attachment therapy, hypnosis, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), Developing Capable Young People, alcohol and drug intervention, couples communication, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, mindfulness, Circle of Trust approach, trauma resolution therapy, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR).

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.

Noushine Navabi is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Sandy Springs who specializes in trauma and anxiety. Noushine also has extensive experience working with clients who struggle with depression, substance abuse, life transitions, and much more. Outside of private practice, she has worked as a clinician in crisis stabilization and long-term residential treatment for survivors of sex trafficking and at an outpatient substance abuse treatment facility. Noushine likes to provide a nonjudgmental and compassionate environment. She is trained in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and also utilizes a combination of evidenced-based therapeutic approaches, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), somatic psychotherapy, and mindfulness. She works collaboratively with clients to find and target root issues. Noushine has an empathetic and calm approach. She provides individualized treatment by honoring clients’ needs and goals at their preferred pace, in order to facilitate the most meaningful change. She understands that the past can’t be undone but that reparative experiences can be healing. Noushine is determined to help her clients connect with the best versions of themselves so they can be present for the people and things they love most in life.

Kelli has more than 19 years of experience in the behavioral health field working with people from various backgrounds. During 13 of those years, she has worked as a counselor. Kelli enjoys working with individuals, couples, and families. Kelli believes that the client is ultimately the agent of change, and she is simply the guide on their journey to wholeness. Together you will identify your goals, and, through your work together, Kelli will help you reach them. She works with a wide range of concerns, including marital and family conflict, depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, trauma, faith and spirituality issues, and more.

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!

Katie grew up in the suburbs of Atlanta and studied business at the University of Georgia. She began her career as a campus recruiter at a public accounting firm. It was quickly apparent that she enjoyed the relational aspect of recruiting far more than filling her hiring goals. As a result, she decided to earn a master’s degree in counseling. Katie has since worked in residential treatment as well as intensive outpatient addiction therapy.  Katie seeks to provide a safe and welcoming environment for clients to pursue insight, hope, and healing through introspection. She approaches counseling holistically and believes in using her authenticity and empathy to foster the client-counselor relationship. She recognizes that making the choice to attend counseling is not an easy one and is honored to offer care.

Brittny has a heart for helping individuals discover more of their true selves, assisting couples in learning how to get to “know” each other as God intended by design, and building cohesion in families. Brittny's approach to counseling is holistic, person-centered, solution-focused, cognitive-behavioral, systemic, and structural (i.e., cycles, systems, and boundaries). She enjoys teaching clients about their symptoms, thought processes, emotional responses, and behavioral and social patterns. She also values learning from them about what they need most as indicated through the therapeutic relationship. The goal is to help clients discover new ways to express their needs, practice gratitude and self-care, and set healthy boundaries to cultivate and maintain wellness. When working with couples, for example, Brittny may utilize PREPARE/ENRICH, Gottman Method, and/or Woodfellow’s Love Cycles/Fear Cycles model. She joins with them as they learn how to highlight their strengths, communicate effectively, rebuild trust and intimacy, and share their deepest desires and dreams. And because she believes that mental health derives from one’s soul health, she integrates spirituality into the healing process, as guided by the client. Brittny navigates her life with a Christian compass, but she welcomes her clients’ beliefs and positions on spirituality and in no way tries to impose her beliefs on them. Brittny's style of therapy involves homework (i.e., journaling, reading, completing worksheets, practicing coping skills, and utilizing support) to keep clients engaged in the healing process, so be prepared to get to work! Homework teaches clients how to practice new skills and cope independently between sessions to become advocates for their own healing. With a combination of collaborating with Brittny, God’s wisdom and guidance, and your commitment to the process, nothing less than transformative possibilities await you. Are you ready to do this good work?

Sarah Palmer is the clinical supervisor at Goshen Therapeutic Services. She is a licensed professional counselor and has worked in several areas of child welfare including case management, assessments, training, and therapeutic services. Sarah has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in mental health counseling.    Sarah began working at a child advocacy center where she provided play therapy to children and teens who were the victims of physical, sexual abuse, and/or traumatic grief. As a result of this experience, Sarah focused on trauma and healing those affected by traumatic life experiences. She is trained in several areas of trauma including play therapy, TF CBT, motivational interviewing, level I and II addiction treatment, facilitating bonding and attachment after trauma, parent education and support, group therapy, and other trauma responsive interventions, such as increasing affect education, developing coping skills for anxiety and depression, and treating root causes of addiction.    Sarah encourages the processing of traumatic experiences through connection and the development of coping strategies. She has extensive experience in the required assessments such as FAST, substance use, DV, parental fitness, trauma, CCFAs, and has completed the DFCS training for facilitating FTMs. Sarah is a TBRI practitioner and often incorporates the principles in her therapy and to support foster and biological parents. She is available to provide TBRI training for members of the community and those who serve the children, teens, and families who have been impacted by trauma. Sarah has been married to her husband, Joel, for more than 24 years. They have four beautiful daughters, one amazing son, and welcomed a precious granddaughter in 2019.