Licensed to practice in Georgia and accepts 9 insurances. Specializes in Anxiety, Self Esteem, Life Transitions and 4 more.
(she/her)
New to Grow
Hiii, I'm Dr. Ibbie! I understand firsthand how exhausting anxiety, overthinking, people-pleasing, and relationship struggles can be. My interest in attachment work grew from both personal and professional experience, as I've done my own work to develop more secure relationship patterns and increase my ability to tolerate uncertainty and uncomfortable emotions. Clients often describe me as warm, relatable, and solution-focused. I balance insight with practical tools, helping you understand the deeper patterns driving your struggles while also giving you concrete strategies to create change in everyday life. My goal is to provide a supportive, nonjudgmental space where you can better understand yourself, build self-trust, and create healthier relationships with both yourself and others.
Your first session is a getting-to-know-you session where we explore what brings you to therapy, your current challenges, and the patterns that feel most present in your life and relationships. We’ll begin identifying early themes and core wounds that may be connected to how you think, feel, and respond today. By the end of the session, most clients are given a brief reflective homework exercise focused on identifying core wounds to help deepen awareness between sessions and guide our ongoing work together.
I bring a balance of warmth, attunement, and directness to my sessions. My approach blends traditional therapy with an attachment-based coaching perspective, allowing me to both hold space for emotional processing and gently challenge patterns that may be keeping you stuck. Clients often describe me as supportive and grounded, while also being honest and solution-focused when needed. I don’t just sit back and listen. I help you connect the dots, understand your patterns, and take meaningful steps toward change. My goal is to create a space where you feel understood, but also supported in doing the work required for real growth and secure relational change.
I help adults who feel stuck in cycles of anxiety, overthinking, people-pleasing, perfectionism, and relationship stress. Many of my clients find themselves constantly analyzing conversations, struggling to set boundaries, fearing rejection or conflict, or repeating the same frustrating patterns in relationships, friendships, family dynamics, and work. My approach combines attachment-based therapy with practical tools to help you understand why these patterns developed, reduce emotional overwhelm, and build healthier ways of relating to yourself and others. Together, we work toward greater self-trust, emotional regulation, confidence, and more secure, fulfilling relationships.
Other specialties
I identify as
Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
I incorporate Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients develop a healthier relationship with difficult thoughts and emotions rather than becoming controlled by them. ACT supports clients in identifying their core values and making choices that align with the life they want to build, even when anxiety, fear, or uncertainty are present. This approach helps clients move from feeling stuck in overthinking and avoidance to taking meaningful action guided by their values.
Attachment-based
I use attachment-based therapy to help clients understand how early relationship experiences may be influencing current patterns in relationships, anxiety, self-worth, and emotional regulation. Together, we explore attachment styles and recurring relational dynamics such as people-pleasing, difficulty setting boundaries, fear of rejection, emotional withdrawal, or relationship anxiety. The goal is to increase self-awareness, build self-trust, and develop more secure ways of relating to both yourself and others.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify patterns between their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Many clients struggle with anxiety-driven thinking patterns such as catastrophizing, overthinking, mind-reading, and jumping to conclusions. Through CBT and my Spiral Interrupter Method, clients learn to recognize when anxiety is taking over, challenge unhelpful thought patterns, and respond more intentionally rather than react impulsively. The goal is to reduce emotional overwhelm and build greater confidence in navigating life's challenges and relationships.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
I incorporate concepts from Internal Family Systems (IFS) to help clients better understand the different "parts" of themselves that show up in daily life. Many clients notice perfectionistic, self-critical, anxious, or reactive parts that seem to take over in certain situations. Rather than viewing these responses as flaws, we explore the protective role these parts may be serving. Together, we work to identify patterns such as perfectionism, emotional reactivity, people-pleasing, withdrawal, or overthinking, while developing greater compassion and understanding for the underlying emotions and experiences driving them. This approach helps clients respond to themselves with more curiosity and self-compassion, leading to increased emotional regulation, self-awareness, and internal balance.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Mindfulness-Based Therapy I incorporate mindfulness-based approaches to help clients become more aware of their thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations without immediately reacting to them. Many clients struggling with anxiety, overthinking, perfectionism, or relationship stress find themselves caught in cycles of worry, emotional overwhelm, or automatic patterns of behavior. Through mindfulness practices, clients learn to slow down, stay present, and respond with greater intention rather than reacting from anxiety or emotional activation. Mindfulness can help increase emotional regulation, reduce reactivity, improve self-awareness, and create space for healthier decision-making in everyday life and relationships.