Melissa Light holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Emory University. She received her Master's Degrees in Elementary Education from Southern Connecticut State University and in Mental Health Counseling from Georgia State University. Melissa completed her practicum and internship at Ray of Hope, providing play therapy for children and individual and couples counseling for adults. She has worked with individuals to address mood and anxiety disorders, grief, and relationship issues. In addi...
I consider therapy a collaborative practice in communication and connection, and work with couples and individuals. My open-minded and accepting approach to therapy helps people heal trauma, process loss, manage stress, make strong decisions and better understand relationships. I draw from many different disciplines to treat the whole person. Welcoming and practical, my approach doesn’t depend on any specific philosophy—I get to know you, your needs and your goals—then tailor the experience t...
Welcome to Hypnosis 2 Change private practice! We are here to help you to make your world a better place! We specialize in anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, insomnia, self-esteem, relationships, weight loss, and quit smoking. Please contact us for a free 15 minutes consultation!...
(At this time, all sessions are video connected.) I seek to share the best brain-based information with students during your college years. You are creative, resourceful and whole. One sign of being whole is asking for help, academically or therapeutically. Together, we will rediscover your success in the challenges you face today. We will heal and reframe the executive function challenges you have face. We will rewrite your future success story by changing your habits and providing new self-ca...
You want to "feel more like yourself" at school, at work, in your intimate relationships. You want to love freely, find balance, or prepare for a change. We can explore the WHYs or focus on the HOWs. I can help you understand in consultation, coaching, or psychotherapy the repeating patterns that impact your wellbeing and gain new skills to create and discover choices. We will talk about relationships, intimacy, sexuality to understand how you relate and connect (family, friends, colleagues, pa...
Available Online! COVID 19 has brought a new level of stress that we have never dealt with before. If you need additional support, I am here to help you! As a Young Adult (YA) do you wish your family and friends understood the stress you deal with, never mind the pressure you put on yourself and the feeling of being overwhelmed? Do you want to understand the root cause of the problem and then learn how to manage feelings, behaviors and to find balance in your life and relationships? If yo...
Working with a psychologist should be a positive and beneficial experience. Not only do I believe in supporting my clients through successes and challenges, I love my work and am very dedicated to those I work with. In my practice, I specialize in providing comprehensive psychological assessments and therapy with individuals. I conduct comprehensive evaluations, aimed at evaluating possible learning disorders, attention regulation concerns (ADHD), dyslexia, processing deficits, and behaviora...
I provide therapy to young adults who are coping with the stressors of college. I routinely help people who are coping with depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and impulse control problems. In addition to my general practice, I specialize in helping people who have a history of sexual abuse and/or sexual acting out. I also conduct psychological evaluations that can assist with understanding the root of the problem and can clarify a person's diagnosis, which can help with determining what type ...
Our counseling practice sees life's challenges as opportunities to understand ourselves more fully. Our therapeutic process is collaborative; we will honor your journey with non-judgment, confidentiality, and respect. You have likely found yourself in search of a therapist because something in your life is asking to be explored and shifted. You may be searching for a way to handle life stressors with more mastery, heal from past wounds, create stronger and more fulfilling relationships with y...
I get it. You can’t eat. You can’t sleep. Your heart feels like it is beating out of your chest. You feel alone. You put everyone else first and wonder when it will be your turn. You don’t even like the person in the mirror, so how can you hope to find acceptance from anyone else? Is your main concern your body size or shape? Your sexual orientation? The role others expect of you? You are overwhelmed by feelings you don’t even understand. You wonder if you will be stuck like this forever. You w...
It takes courage to be open and vulnerable. I cherish the moment a client decides to share their vulnerabilities with me, or when a child invites me to play along. I know these moments bring about trust, and a client’s trust means everything to me. My overall goal with each session is to provide a safe and accepting environment while empowering clients to become the best versions of themselves. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Play Therapist. Additionally, I have complete...
I work with individuals and families to resolve past issues, to obtain a sense of peace and control over their current experience, and look to the future with hope and excitement. I have 11 years of experience with family life-transitions including infertility, parenting, relationships, divorce. As I walk alongside individuals, we conquer identity development issues, adjusting to college, divorce, and other issues facing us across our life. I am credentialed as a telemental health counselor, mea...
My passion centers around guiding clients throughout the journey of life while assisting them in the cultivation of their dreams, ambitions, and goals. My approach to treatment begins through a compassionate lens of “person-in-environment”, the idea that an individual, couple, or family cannot be understood fully without respect for the various aspects of their social, familial, temporal, spiritual, economic, and physical environments. I enjoy working with a variety of populations: late-adolesc...
Managing school coursework, social commitments, family obligations, and future life planning can be a lot. College years can be really wonderful but can also become quite overwhelming at times. If you're finding it difficult to manage it all, let's talk. You've set out to better your life by earning a degree and you don't have to struggle through the experience. I work with clients attempting to manage increased feelings of anxiety and depression. Sometimes these feelings are due to the ...
We are a group of highly dedicated and trained clinicians with a commitment to providing culturally relevant, comprehensive, and collaborative services in order to help our clients create a balanced life. We provide individual, group, couples and family therapy to adolescents and adults. Within our practice we seek to address a range of emotional and behavioral issues providing services that span from therapy for depression and career counseling to relationship concerns, family conflict, and bey...
I believe real behavioral changes can be accomplished while developing insight about your belief systems and way of being in the world. I utilize a myriad of modalities to address trauma, crises of meaning and purpose, and difficulties with life transitions. I approach treatment with beliefs in Adlerian Psychology and Psychodamic Psychology. Students experience a unique time of their lives that can be fulfilling, intense, and even a little fun. However, there exist challenges during this per...
Sometimes we feel stuck. Sometimes we feel overwhelmed. Sometimes we feel bad and we don't know why. My goal is to help you trailblaze through the forest of life with an improved sense of self and sense of direction. To facilitate this process I use a variety of self-assessment tools and provide self-care education. Sessions will involve talk-therapy and may include use of worksheets, journaling, charting, and art-based interventions. I also incorporate the healing power of humor, when approp...
Hi I'm Alison Cross! I am a psychotherapist, and I provide both in person and virtual services in Georgia and North Carolina. It’s important to have an idea of what feels like the right fit when you’re looking for a qualified person to talk to. The problem is, how do you know? So here's what it looks like with me. When my client leaves our session, my goal is for them to feel heard and respected. I want my clients to feel like they’re talking to a real person. How else can trust be built? My s...
Hi! I'm Courtney a licensed marriage and family therapist and certified sex therapist. I work with clients of all sexual orientations and identities including LGBTQ, kink, and the fetish community. I also work with monogamous and poly relationship structures. My main goal is to create a safe and supportive environment for you to talk about sex, sexual health, and relationships. Although I specialize in sexual health and relationships, I also treat other mental health concerns including anxi...