I hope you will find the information inside helpful in your search for healing and wholeness. I am a licensed therapist in Atlanta & Decatur, Georgia, in practice for over 30 years. I offer both traditional talk psychotherapy and body-focused psychotherapy, a more holistic and mindful approach to therapy. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who specializes in body-focused psychotherapy, integrating talk therapy and body-focused therapy into my practice.
It is a holistic approach calling on us to mindfully attend to our thoughts, our emotions, and our bodies in order to heal. After 30+ years in practice in the Decatur & Atlanta area, my commitment to and enthusiasm for my work continues to deepen and grow. Every day I get to draw from all that I have learned, blending it together in a unique way that allows me to attend to you as the individual that you are.
She has a gentle and kind spirit that approaches therapy from a place that feels nurturing and safe. Deb is a seasoned professional, an attentive listener who was willing to challenge my thinking when needed.
It is a holistic approach calling on us to mindfully attend to our thoughts, our emotions, and our bodies in order to heal. After 30+ years in practice in the Decatur & Atlanta area, my commitment to and enthusiasm for my work continues to deepen and grow. Every day I get to draw from all that I have learned, blending it together in a unique way that allows me to attend to you as the individual that you are.
She has a gentle and kind spirit that approaches therapy from a place that feels nurturing and safe. Deb is a seasoned professional, an attentive listener who was willing to challenge my thinking when needed.
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I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who specializes in body-focused psychotherapy, integrating talk therapy and body-focused therapy into my practice.
After 30+ years in practice in the Decatur & Atlanta area, my commitment to and enthusiasm for my work continues to deepen and grow.
Every day I get to draw from all that I have learned, blending it together in a unique way that allows me to attend to you as the individual that you are.
Because I believe that therapy is about our mind, our body, our emotions and our spirit, I have studied a wide array of body-focused practices in addition to my traditional training in talk psychotherapy.
After 30+ years in practice in the Decatur & Atlanta area, my commitment to and enthusiasm for my work continues to deepen and grow.
Every day I get to draw from all that I have learned, blending it together in a unique way that allows me to attend to you as the individual that you are.
Because I believe that therapy is about our mind, our body, our emotions and our spirit, I have studied a wide array of body-focused practices in addition to my traditional training in talk psychotherapy.
We all want to live our lives with relative ease, feeling strong and confident in ourselves, knowing we can manage whatever stress shows up in our lives on any given day.
We want our relationships to be safe and satisfying.
We want our work to have meaning and our lives in general to have purpose and be fulfilling.
We want to be honest and authentic, and we want to live our lives in a healthy, balanced way.
But sometimes, life being life, we find ourselves struggling in one, or a few, of these areas.
We want our relationships to be safe and satisfying.
We want our work to have meaning and our lives in general to have purpose and be fulfilling.
We want to be honest and authentic, and we want to live our lives in a healthy, balanced way.
But sometimes, life being life, we find ourselves struggling in one, or a few, of these areas.
I am a body-focused psychotherapist who integrates body, mind and emotions into the healing process.
I combine traditional talk psychotherapy with a body-focused approach.
I believe that the body is intricately linked to our thoughts and to our feelings.
Because they are interwoven, the body cannot be ignored or left out of the healing process.
If you would like to better understand this connection and how this process works, please keep reading.
But it is often not enough because our minds can do only part of the healing.
I combine traditional talk psychotherapy with a body-focused approach.
I believe that the body is intricately linked to our thoughts and to our feelings.
Because they are interwoven, the body cannot be ignored or left out of the healing process.
If you would like to better understand this connection and how this process works, please keep reading.
But it is often not enough because our minds can do only part of the healing.
When we experience stress, distress or trauma, our bodies respond with a fight, flight or freeze response.
We fight for our lives, we flee to safety, or we freeze until it is over.
Our bodies can get stuck in these high levels of arousal, especially when the "danger" is repetitive or traumatic.
We learn to live in a ready state to fight, flee or freeze.
This "ready state" gets stored in our body and becomes our "new normal."
In order for trauma to be healed, it must be attended to on all levels - body, mind, emotions and spirit.
We fight for our lives, we flee to safety, or we freeze until it is over.
Our bodies can get stuck in these high levels of arousal, especially when the "danger" is repetitive or traumatic.
We learn to live in a ready state to fight, flee or freeze.
This "ready state" gets stored in our body and becomes our "new normal."
In order for trauma to be healed, it must be attended to on all levels - body, mind, emotions and spirit.
In talk psychotherapy you tell your story to someone who, with wisdom and a compassionate ear, can help you sort things out.
You identify old beliefs, feelings and behaviors that are not working for you.
Once you see these old patterns more clearly, it is easier to stop yourself from repeating them.
You are more awake and conscious.
You then can decide what new beliefs, feelings and behaviors you would like to replace them with, ones that feel more in alignment with who you really are and how you really want to be in the world.
You identify old beliefs, feelings and behaviors that are not working for you.
Once you see these old patterns more clearly, it is easier to stop yourself from repeating them.
You are more awake and conscious.
You then can decide what new beliefs, feelings and behaviors you would like to replace them with, ones that feel more in alignment with who you really are and how you really want to be in the world.
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