Since 2009, Sean has been sharing hope, humor, and authenticity with his clients. He specializes in serving teenagers and adults to help deal with depression, anxiety, anger, and addiction issues. Additionally, he has extensive experience in counseling with Veterans and first responders with unique trauma experiences. Sean is highly effective in helping people heal hurts they have carried and often have kept secret or hidden from others. Sean’s passion is seeing people develop new chapters in life-to the point that those closest to them take notice-as they broaden their understanding of themselves and others. Sean treats those who are struggling with: depression, social and performance anxiety, anger, relationship issues, trauma, post-traumatic stress, addiction recovery, substance abuse, grief and loss. Sean’s inclusive counseling approach draws from a variety of psychological, behavioral, and spiritual approaches to address the unique needs of each client. He is client-centered and develops a series of interventions that balance challenging thought processes without feeling shame. Beyond doing talk therapy, Sean has advanced training in EMDR, which specializes in treating issues related to trauma, PTSD, anxiety, and loss, often more quickly than traditional talk-therapies. EMDR allows for healing from “triggers” that lead to trauma symptoms and emotional distress, by resetting them to bring about neurological and emotional healing. People experiencing intense emotions, losing energy or “oomph,” or feeling overwhelmed and pulled a million different ways, find that EMDR provides lasting changes to handle the stressors of everyday life without the same difficulty as before. ADDITIONALLY Prior to private practice, Sean worked as a clinical director for Veteran’s Affairs in the PTSD clinic. Sean has also worked as a clinician and director for individuals working toward addiction recovery in South Florida, as well as in community mental health working with teenagers, young adults, and their families. ​Sean and his wife, Stevie, have been married since 2014 and enjoy traveling (especially anywhere with a beach), searching for the best local food and coffee spots, going for excessive amounts of walks as well as learning to cook new meals together.

Barbara works with adults on a number of issues such as anxiety, depression, grief/loss, trauma, divorce recovery, chronic illness, work situations, relational challenges, and family struggles. Everyone experiences stress in life, and professional, competent counseling can help. She is relational and collaborative and finds great satisfaction in helping clients experience effective change for personal and spiritual growth. Barbara specializes in spiritual integration and is a nationally board certified counselor and a licensed professional counselor (LPC) of Georgia. She has been in private practice supporting the metro-Atlanta community for 15 years. Barbara has been married for 40 years and has two adult children and two grandchildren. She enjoys reading, writing, painting, travel, and the great outdoors. She is passionate about serving and loving the body of Christ.

Lindsey has a passion for helping people build happy, healthy lives and relationships. She believes in taking a holistic approach to counseling, incorporating spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical well-being. She works with couples experiencing marriage difficulties, including navigating finances, parenting, communication, and betrayal. She also has a passion for helping women who are experiencing postpartum depression and anxiety. Having experienced it herself, she understands the darkness that can come in a time that is supposed to be so joyful. She has experience working with adults facing many difficulties, including anxiety, depression, grief, loss of identity, and divorce. Lindsey can provide a faith-based approach to those who seek it.     Lindsey has completed Level 2 of Gottman Method Couples Therapy and continues to learn best practices in the field of couples counseling. She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Georgia and a master's in clinical mental health counseling from the University of North Georgia. She uses a cognitive behavioral approach and incorporates mindfulness and DBT skills in therapy. She is a licensed associate professional counselor and works under the supervision of Rachel Menzoian at Refuel Counseling in Cumming, GA.     In her free time, Lindsey enjoys spending time with her husband and three children, playing pickleball with her neighbors, and visiting family. She loves baking and watching her favorite shows on repeat. 

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.

Simone Cox is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Licensed Professional Counselor in Georgia. She is a Certified Professional Counselor Supervisor (CPCS), Approved American Association for Marriage and Therapy Supervisor, and Board Certified Telemental Health provider. She is passionate about serving others. Simone seeks to journey with you as you discover increased self-awareness, personal growth and self-acceptance. Simone views counseling as an investment that can yield long-term rewards to influence healing, intimacy and wholeness.

Palmer is an associate professional counselor who provides counseling services to individuals at Midtown Psychotherapy Associates in Atlanta. He helps people with a wide range of issues, but many of his clients are adolescent and adult men who struggle with anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. As a clinician with an educational background in theology as well as mental health counseling, Palmer integrates faith and spirituality into counseling sessions when desired by clients. His approach is informed by Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and other theories of psychotherapy. Palmer ultimately seeks to cultivate a warm and safe therapeutic relationship with all of his clients. 

Dr. McKinney is a licensed psychologist working in the Atlanta area. She believes that psychological assessment can be the cornerstone of the therapeutic process. She conducts assessments on children, adolescents, and adults to help determine functioning and to drive treatment planning. Dr. McKinney is experienced in assessing disorders of attention-deficit/hyperactivity, behavioral and emotional functioning, cognitive or academic abilities (including learning disabilities), autism-spectrum, trauma impacts, and personality. Her experience in these areas offers her clients a comprehensive evaluation with extensive recommendations for how to manage any diagnoses discovered throughout the evaluation process.

Relationships can be a great source of joy and connection. They can also be really tough. When we get stuck, feelings of hurt, frustration, and loneliness can overwhelm us so much that it seems impossible to get back the sense of closeness and safety we long for. Ellen specializes in helping people work through these tough relationship issues and stresses related to change. As a certified emotionally focused therapist, she is committed to listening to her clients’ concerns and helping them heal and rebuild; cope with the stress and depression that often accompany relationship problems; and become more aware of how they may undermine what they want for their life and those they share it with. Ellen is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) and founder of Relate Counseling. With over 13 years of counseling experience, she is an EFT Supervisor Candidate ; a Certified PREPARE/ENRICH Facilitator; and has additional training in the Enneagram, the Gottman Method, human attachment, human sexuality, and trauma recovery. Ellen favors emotionally focused therapy, the Gottman Method, and the Enneagram, which are all research-based and/or spiritual approaches that have been proven to help couples and individuals.

Dara delights in assisting couples and individuals in challenging situations. She enjoys working with couples as they prepare for marriage as well as couples confronting crises who require more than mere skill building for an enduring solution. Problems such as recovering from an affair or betrayal or overcoming the effects of pornography and compulsive sexual behaviors can destroy a marriage without guided intervention, but Dara is available to join a couple in the fight to preserve their marriage and establish a more intimate and satisfying partnership. To facilitate her goals with couples, she has received advanced training in emotionally focused therapy (EFT), earned a specialization in Christian sex therapy, and received training to become a certified sex addiction therapist (CSAT). Her plans are to complete the final module of CSAT training in August 2019. In individual therapy, Dara assists those who have experienced loss, abuse, trauma, or relational problems. She has received training in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and internal family systems (IFS). She particularly enjoys working with those suffering from betrayal trauma.

After graduating from Liberty University with a Master of Arts in Counseling, Mary went into community mental health for two years, working with the chronically and severely mentally ill. Since then, she has been in private practice. She really enjoys working with couples and also counsels individuals dealing with depression, anxiety, OCD, grief, life transitions, family of origin pain, and parenting issues, among other things. She mainly counsels adults but will also work with older adolescents. She was an Air Force wife for many years, and she enjoys working with military couples and individuals. She has been married for over 45 years and has raised four children. There are not many issues in marriage and parenting she has not encountered either personally or professionally. Her undergraduate degree is in Education and she taught middle school for a couple of years before returning to school to study counseling. Before that, she did considerable volunteer counseling at a pro-life counseling center. She has been a follower of Jesus for most of her life and tries to live and counsel with His grace and love. She considers it a sacred privilege to be a part of each client’s journey to healing.