Kelli is a licensed marriage and family therapist and pro-neurodiversity professional with more than 10 years of counseling experience. She can quickly help identify and support your brain's unique wiring, allowing you to have better insight into how God created you and your personality. Kelli seeks to maximize your strengths. Her warmly engaging and active therapy style is a good fit for people 18 and older who are trying to cope with stress, late-diagnosis of ADD or autism (in themselves or their children), sexual concerns, or any number of relationship issues. Kelli integrates Christianity in the therapy room upon request. Premarital counseling and working with mothers bring her special joy.

Regardless of what's happening in your life, you deserve to feel understood, supported, and equipped. Maybe you've noticed you're anxious more than you're not, or you just don't enjoy life the way you used to. Maybe you've been through something awful or are grieving the loss of someone you love. I can help. I love working with people from all stages of life, including, teens, young adults, and couples. I specialize in anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, self-esteem, and relationship issues. I would love to help you navigate life's challenges and pursue growth and wellness.

Connie is the Founder and Director of New Hope Counseling Center. She has been practicing as a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Georgia since 2004. Connie and her husband, Danny, have been married for 38 years. She has a passion for helping couples, individuals, and families renew their strength and commitment to each other and live life more abundantly. She has treated survivors of trauma (childhood trauma, adult emotional and physical abuse, and PTSD). Connie believes that men and women are created in the image of God, that there is a need for an intimate connection with Him, and oftentimes deep emotional pain causes a disconnect from Him and others. Connie's desire is to help people find hope and healing through the therapy process. She believes therapy is a way to facilitate change, but ultimately the change comes from within—from the client. Her commitment is to meet clients where they are and to motivate them and help them achieve their ultimate life goals.

Austin is a licensed professional counselor who earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Georgia Southern University. He earned a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling and a doctorate in counselor education and supervision from Mercer University. Before joining Thrive Forward Therapy, Austin worked at Ridgeview Institute, where he helped individuals and families navigate mental health crises and transition from inpatient to outpatient care. As an adjunct professor at Mercer, he teaches future licensed professional counselors. Austin uses a collaborative, client-centered approach and helps guide clients toward making the changes they want for a more enriched life. To help clients find a renewed sense of self and healing, he uses integrated theoretical approaches, including Emotionally Focused Therapy and Narrative Therapy. He works with men, teens, and couples on relationship concerns, depression, anxiety, addiction, and life transitions.  Austin lives in the Atlanta area, where he enjoys live music, movies, sports, and trying new restaurants. He loves sharing quality time with his family and friends. Austin is a member of the American Counseling Association and the Licensed Professional Counselors Association of Georgia.

Does life sometimes look different than you expected it to? Do you wonder about your purpose or what gives you value? Do you feel stuck? Does your soul feel weary? Lindsay specializes in soul care, helping individuals explore areas of soul weariness that may result from anxiety, depression, questions of identity and role in the world, and restlessness about unexpected life situations. She will journey with you through the ordinary and extraordinary moments and partner with you to inspire growth through the cracks of life. As an ordained United Methodist minister and a licensed clinician, Lindsay weaves her unique knowledge of theology and counseling into her practice. She has worked with various populations, serving in both rural and urban settings as a therapist, crisis clinician, and pastor. Lindsay specializes in psychological and spiritual wellness by taking a holistic view of a person in their community.

Molly Hughes is a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 10 years’ experience. She is passionate about establishing relationships with clients so she can help them face the fears that keep them from thriving—and then make courageous changes. She loves watching people as they discover who they were made to be. Molly is especially skilled at—and greatly enjoys—working with preteens, adolescents, women of all ages, married couples, and families. Molly earned a bachelor’s degree in humanities at Bluefield State College in Bluefield, West Virginia, and she earned a master’s degree in professional counseling from Liberty University. She is licensed in the state of Georgia. Molly worked at a small nonprofit counseling center in Loganville, Georgia. Prior to joining the counseling staff at The Wings Center, she spent the last five years serving as the admissions counselor at Eagle Ranch, where she worked with hundreds of families in crisis and helped them find hope that life could be better. Molly conceptualizes the obstacles her clients face through the lens of family systems. She draws from cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma-informed care, and a person-centered approach to journey with her clients toward their goals for healing.

My mission is to provide hope to those who have lost or misplaced it. I help those who are hurting emotionally, relationally, spiritually and physically and who want to live a more fulfilled life. I work primarily with women of all ages on life issues.

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/.

Catherine specializes in self-care, relationships, and life design. She emphasizes the importance of taking care of oneself, nurturing healthier interpersonal relationships, and navigating life's transitions. Catherine's work is guided by the belief that healing takes place within the bonds formed between client and therapist. Her primary focus is on forging trusting, warm, open, and compassionate relationships with her clients. Catherine helps her clients foster their capacity for self-compassion, grace, and self-acceptance to lessen the effects that anxiety and depression hold on them and find more fulfillment in their lives and their relationships. Through her private practice in the Buckhead area, Catherine strives to help individuals, couples, and families find balance in their busy lives and refocus their energies on values that are important to them. For the ultra-busy, she offers 24/7 appointment scheduling through her website. Her experience has been gathered in a variety of settings, including an addiction treatment center, public and private schools, a non-profit youth organization, a family counseling agency, and a group practice.

Energetic, experienced, licensed professional counselor (LPC), IC&RC Alcohol and Drug Counselor, (ICRC-ADC), Certified EMDR therapist, Innovative licensed counselor with extensive training and experience in EMDR therapy, mental health, and substance abuse fields. Specialized knowledge in addiction recovery, anxiety, depression, PTSD, and trauma. Being a wounded healer himself, he has proven to be extremely effective in helping children, adolescents and adults. David is an exceptional communicator and offers effective solutions to individuals that struggle emotionally, and equips clients to gain the skills and tools they need to live successfully. If this sounds like a good fit, please reach out. Take the first step to help. Call David Hopkins– (770) 284-9092 Qualifications • Years in Practice: 10 Years • School: Palm Beach Atlantic University