Individual therapy for adults and adolescents (ages 13 and up) navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, substance use, life transitions, and more.
There’s a version of therapy where the therapist acts as an authority — diagnosing what’s wrong, prescribing the fix, and measuring your progress against their expectations. That’s not how I work.
My role is to provide the space and the relationship in which you can do the harder, more meaningful work: figuring out what you actually want for yourself and how you might be getting in your own way. Or figuring out how to carefully and effectively navigate the obstacles in your life. I’ll offer perspective, information, and evidence-based tools when they’re useful. I’ll push back when that’s warranted. But I won’t author your life for you — I don’t have that authority, and I wouldn’t want it.
Everything I do clinically starts with Person-Centered therapy — the idea, explored by Carl Rogers, that the therapeutic relationship itself is the primary vehicle for change. Motivational Interviewing grew directly out of that tradition, and it’s been the bedrock of my work since I first encountered it. It isn’t a set of techniques to apply to someone. It’s a way of being in the room together: genuinely curious, non-judgmental, and deeply respectful of your right to make your own decisions about your life — even the ones I might disagree with.
That relational foundation also significantly amplifies whatever else I bring to the work. The specific tools — Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Prolonged Exposure, Community Reinforcement Approach — are more effective when they’re delivered within a relationship where you’re feeling heard and understood.
I’ll be transparent about fees, consent, and how I work — I don’t assume people have read the fine print or find it comfortable to ask. We’ll talk about what brings you in and what you’re hoping for. At the end of the session, you decide whether to continue. No pressure either direction.
I’m not interested in open-ended therapy for its own sake. We’ll establish what we’re working toward and check in on it regularly. When the work is done, we’ll plan a thoughtful ending.
Some people want to move quickly. Others need to go slowly. That’s not something I decide for you.
The most common reasons people seek therapy — and ones I take seriously rather than treating as routine. We’ll work to understand the patterns that maintain your symptoms and develop practical skills for managing them.
I am trained in Prolonged Exposure (PE), one of the most well-researched treatments for PTSD. I also hold CAPS-5 assessment training for trauma-related presentations and have clinical experience across a range of trauma histories.
I spent several years as an addiction counselor within Emory Healthcare’s intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs. I bring the Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) — a behavioral, positive-reinforcement model with strong research support — to individual work with clients navigating substance use.
For family members of people who are struggling, I work with Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT): a structured model for supporting a loved one without losing yourself in the process.
I served on active duty from 2008–2012, including a deployment to Afghanistan, and in the Georgia Army National Guard through 2017, where I was honorably discharged at the rank of Captain.
Some things don’t need to be explained. If you’ve struggled to find a therapist, reach out.
I work with teenagers and young adults across a broad range of presentations. Adolescent work involves its own structure around consent, confidentiality, and the parent relationship, which I outline clearly at the outset.
If what you’re dealing with isn’t listed here, that doesn’t mean I can’t help. Reach out and let’s talk.
I accept Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, BCBS of Georgia, and Cigna/Evernorth. For self-pay clients, fees are set collaboratively — I find that a rate we arrive at together reflects your actual circumstances better than a fixed published number. Your fee will be documented in a Good Faith Estimate as required by federal law.
If cost is a concern, please reach out before assuming it’s a barrier.
The first step is a conversation — no commitment, no pressure. Reach out by phone, email, or through the contact form on the home page.