Licensed to practice in Georgia and accepts 47 insurances. Specializes in Couples Counseling, Trauma and PTSD, Women's Issues and 10 more.
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Embrace Life Consulting & Wellness is a private practice offering counseling through Tele-mental health. I specialize in issues pertaining to first responders (i.e. police officers, military, EMTs, medical personnel, and GDC employees) such as workplace traumas. I also specialize in areas requiring individual and/or family counseling stemming from life transitions such as separation/divorce, narcissistic abuse, grief, marital/family discord, and co-parenting/parenting support as well as many other life defining moments. Located in Atlanta, GA, my practice is here to help you take control of your life to gain contentment again. Let's connect today!
All paperwork, especially the intake and safety contract must be completed prior to the first session. Clients can expect to meet with a very compassionate, warm, and welcoming professional eager to listen to their most pressing concerns without judgment. Furthermore, I will also ask questions related to your mental health to gain further clarity and assess for strengths, weaknesses, and blind spots. We will also identify goals which will be utilized as key markers to help us remain focused, and celebrate your psychological, professional, and personal victories.
In a world of transactional relationships and dynamics, my clients have continuously praised my commitment to remaining constant, consistent, and responsive during our therapeutic alliance. They agree that it is my unwavering empathy, compassion, attentiveness, and ability to relate to them in a non-judgmental capacity that they enjoy most during our time together. Moreover, clients have repeatedly noticed that the space that we create together is unlike any other dynamic that they've experienced in their lives. Clients comment on how they feel heard, seen, and validated after each session. Likewise, they have emphasized that no matter what they disclose, they do not feel judged, condemned, or criticized. Because of this, clients have identified that our therapeutic alliance plays a major role in helping them to feel safe and secure enough to begin making hard decisions; some of which they admit, they had avoided making throughout their lives. Moreover, clients have acknowledged that the decisions they make during and even after counseling are authentic and genuine propel them forward in life. With that being said, clients also notice a newfound confidence from which they are frequently able to manifest very real and tangible rewards in their lives--both immediate and long term.
My ideal client is one who is highly motivated and/or wants change. They believe that there is something more to life, but they're unsure of what. They're tired of living the same old boring life, repeating the same dull behaviors every day, and getting the same boring results. Ideal clients are those who are moving into a new phase in their life, but have not yet learned how to cope with it. They could be contemplating this or having one foot inside of their new life and one foot outside of it. Everyone becomes scared of the unknown at one point in time, and even though their steps might be a little slow, they're still making them. Other ideal clients might be those who are having a hard time dealing with life due to life transitions. They could be transitioning out of marriage into divorce, going from couple to single or vice versa. They could even be leaving for college or returning to college and/or working towards a second career. Some ideal clients might be empty nesting, experiencing job/vocational loss or upheaval, have a desire to age in place, or taking care of elderly parents while be sandwiched between raising children. They may be preparing to welcome a new baby or enduring the loss of a spouse or family member. Ideal clients may be experiencing marital/family discord, wanting to repair strained, distant, nonexistent, or estranged relationships with family members. Moreover, they could want to learn how to get more joy out of life as a single man or woman. I also see clients who have family members who are imprisoned as well as those who have just re-entered society. Lastly, but not least, I also see first responders who experience PTSD. No matter what each client enjoys confidentiality with me.
I use a myriad of treatment modalities which help to not only provide the client with resolution, but also decreases the client's likelihood of becoming stuck.
Everything starts with your childhood, therefore we will examine how the bond with your parents has impacted your romantic and social relationships w/others. Do you often find yourself in relationships where you are cheated on, the pursuer, or feel anxious or avoidant? Your attachment style will have everything to do with the dynamics between yourself and others.
Every person has a foundational dysfunctional thought from which they operate and interact with others. It is "I am inadequate," "I am unlovable," or "I am inadequate and unlovable." Which one are you?
Discover the beauty and support that comes with building a healthy therapeutic alliance, which can encourage you to feel safe to confront daunting issues, practice new behaviors, and provide a corrective emotional experience that will help you blossom into a happier person.
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March 11, 2025
I was able to open up and be honest about my situation. Thanks to Martina Watson.