“But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.”
Our Team: Back left: Kelley Delchamps, Dr. Meg Barnett, Alex Middleton, Houston Stowell. Middle row: Katie Herzer, Elizabeth Bowen, Kathryn Paull, Megan Pollard, Cat Moon, Austin Hunter, Laura Tapscott. Back right: Joy Cauley, Abbie Becker (Not pictured: Julie Justus)
How We Can Help
Do you constantly feel overwhelmed by your emotions? Are you ready to finally experience peace from your past? Are you looking to share your story and be met with compassion?
If you are ready to create a more loving relationship with yourself and make concrete changes in your life, we would love to work with you. Through therapy at East Atlanta Counseling Services, you can expect to have healthier relationships with yourself and others and find relief from symptoms of anxiety, depression, emotion dysregulation and trauma.
We believe that every person has the ability to heal. We would be honored to work alongside you in your healing process.
Methodologies
dialectical behavior therapy
Dialectical means that life isn’t always black and white. More often, we find wisdom is somewhere in the middle — somewhere in the gray between two extremes. DBT teaches skills to concretely change behaviors and learn to cope with out of control emotions. It also helps us create balance so we can see ourselves not as perfect or as failures; we learn to accept our imperfections and find we are “good enough.”
eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
EMDR is a type of therapy that processes traumatic memories. When a traumatic event happens to a person, their brains and bodies change physiologically. These changes then cause the person to feel constantly on high alert to avoid reminders of the painful event, and often they re-experience the event as if it just happened. EMDR allows us to heal and put the past where it belongs — in the past.
History & Space
East Atlanta Counseling Services opened in the Spring of 2018. Named “East Atlanta Counseling Services,” our practice has a chill, inclusive, progressive vibe with lots of character, just like the Eastside of Atlanta. And kind of like the people we find ourselves drawn to work with.
Our mission is to create a safe space for our clients to look honestly at themselves and understand why they do the things they do — then make the necessary changes so they can have the life they truly want. We value the therapeutic relationship as the true change agent, so we believe connecting with your therapist is vital.
Our main offices are located in a gorgeous building in serene Oakhurst surrounded by many other therapists, so the environment is quiet and calming.
Our practice has expanded to serve clients across metro Atlanta, specifically on the Westside of Atlanta. Our Westside office is located in Smyrna and our providers, Kelley, Houston, and Megan offer the same warm, inclusive, cozy vibes of our original space. We’re still working on what in the world to name this location.
Video therapy services are available for those who reside in Georgia.
We would be honored to work with you.
