Carleen is a Licensed Professional Counselor who enjoys working with adult and adolescent individuals, families, and couples. She is the former Director of Clinical Services for the Summit Counseling Center, a Certified Professional Counseling Supervisor (CPCS), and a nationally Accredited Counseling Supervisor (ACS). Carleen finds it an honor to help her clients define their goals, find their inner compass, and create the life they have always imagined. She believes that we are all looking for love and belonging and that we are innately driven toward positive growth. Her goal is to walk beside her clients as they move toward increased hope, enhanced life satisfaction, greater spirituality, and sustainable peace. She specializes in helping clients manage life transitions, as well as in the treatment of anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and loss. Carleen is a Certified Daring Way Facilitator specializing in the work of Brene Brown. She is also a trained DBT therapist who works extensively with dysregulated emotions, self-harming behaviors, and suicidal ideation. She sees couples for premarital counseling, marriage counseling, and discernment counseling. The InnerCompass Counseling Center is in Alpharetta. 

Here at Towler Counseling LLC, we strive to put our clients first. We believe in mindfulness in the counseling setting, we works with children to adults utilizing Cognitive Behavior therapy, EMDR, person centered therapy and play therapy to assist the client in exploring the root cause of the behavior problems, low self-esteem, and peer relationships. We are here to help is the first step towards a healthier, more balanced life. Towler Counseling LLC, in addition to individual therapy we offer we work with women who have experienced pregnancy loss, life after a baby, and termination of pregnancy. We work with you to builds a personalized treatment plan and takes you through the process at your own pace.

In Mark’s clinical practice, he prefers to work from a cognitive behavioral approach, helping individuals, couples, and families identify and change the causes of dysfunctional thinking and behavior in order to make more balanced and realistic appraisals of themselves, their world, and their future. He wants to help them enjoy more satisfying relationships and improve their communication and problem-solving skills. He works well with people of all faiths, and is able to integrate spirituality and clinical practice, while respecting the individual wishes of each client. Mark provides effective psychotherapy and counseling to individuals struggling with issues such as acute stress, bothersome levels of anxiety, persistent depression (which may be due to difficult family situations), challenging career choices, stalled personal growth and development, and the need to balance family/work concerns. He is a trained clinician in the application of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), effective in treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and psychological consequences of adult or childhood trauma, accident, loss, or abuse.

Licensed Professioal Counselor in practice for 37 years. Schooling from Georgia State and Richmont (a Christian graduate training program in counseling). I have worked in several inpatient and outpatient settings and am a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors.

Like everything else, over time relationships can take a lot of wear and tear. What was once a close, fulfilling relationship can end up being very painful. Whether the relationship is a marriage, a romance, with a friend, with a relative, or with a coworker, there is help available. Linda is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) and a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT). She has a Master of Science and, during her 30 years of practice, has been helping individuals, couples, and families navigate challenges and recover the joy and contentment they once enjoyed. Linda has been trained in emotionally focused therapy (EFT)––a counseling technique pioneered by Susan Johnson, Ph.D. The focus of EFT is to help clients identify their negative cycles that keep them stuck. Once they begin to see these patterns, Linda is able to help them access the core emotions that need to be expressed and cared for by their partner. This is done in a caring, nonjudgmental environment, which allows new, safe emotional connections to develop and healing to take place. Linda specializes in affair recovery, parent/child relationships, teenagers, PREPARE/ENRICH premarital assessments, and career assessments using the Highlands Ability Battery (HAB).

Dr. Cheryl Gibson is a Licensed Professional Counselor with Care and Counseling Center of Georgia. Working primarily with young adults ages 17-25, although her practice also includes adult individual and couples counseling. Her clinical focus is based on a holistic model of mind, body and spirit using CBT, DBT and psychoanalysis. With an earned doctorate in Counseling in 2012 and a Masters in Social Work in 2003 she delivers compassionate and professional services to a diverse a population.

Rick is a licensed psychologist with 20 years of experience. He provides individual counseling services for commonly presented issues such as relationship issues, family issues, and career concerns. In addition, he offers support and counsel for clinical symptoms such as anxiety and stress, depression, self-esteem, anger, poor sleep, etc. Rick has a background in performance and sport psychology.

Sandy believes life is difficult and the decision to come to counseling is a courageous one. Her passion is to walk alongside and help clients who are dealing with challenges or isolating from others because of a distressing experience. Over the years, she has treated individuals with painful, intrusive thinking; rumination; nightmares; and flashbacks. Sandy believes her integrated counseling approach can heal these painful memories, leading to a life of renewed hope. Trained and certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) under the EMDR Institute, she has seen people’s “negative, stuck thinking” healed with EMDR and watched them overcome discouragement and fears and improve their relationships. Sandy works with adult men and women who faced childhood abuse or neglect and are now motivated to experience change. Sandy is also passionate about working with individuals, couples, and families affected by drug or alcohol dependence. 

Joy has a bachelor's degree in education and psychology along with a master's degree in counseling psychology. In her private practice of 34 years, she has worked through a variety of issues with her many clients. Most people experience painful losses as well as childhood wounds that occur within their family of origin. We find that patterns repeat, no matter how hard we try to break them. By creating a safe, accepting environment in which you are able to freely share, Joy will help you find not just insight but also healing from wounds and freedom from recurrent patterns. She considers it a blessing to be a part of your healing journey.

Carroll Coplin is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has been an educator, author, and therapist for more than 20 years. She enjoys working with singles, couples, families, and groups to help heal and equip. Carroll specializes in a wide range of issues including lifestyle transitions, relationship challenges, grief, anxiety, depression, and discouragement. She is comfortable with hard topics, and she’s open-minded. Her style is collaborative and holistic. She’s excited to help you find solutions that strengthen and encourage you. In her own life, Carroll has navigated divorce, betrayals by loved ones, the death of a spouse, parenting in a high-octane culture, the challenges of being a working mom and a stay-at-home mom, single life after 50, and much more. Carroll was married for 23 years before losing her husband to leukemia. She has three adult children.