Serving Kennesaw, Cobb, Paulding, Cherokee and surrounding

Professional Counseling and Psychotherapy From a Secular Perspective

At Waypoint, we believe that effective therapy begins with understanding the individual. Our therapists are scholar-practitioners who combine specialized training, scientific curiosity, and genuine compassion in their work. We are an independently owned private practice. Each therapist has been carefully selected for their training, intellectual rigor, warmth, authenticity, and commitment to counseling from a secular perspective. We have built a culture at Waypoint based on these principles, and we invite you to get to know us.

OUR SPECIALIZATIONS

Trauma & PTSD

Anxiety Disorders

Trauma can be "simple" (distinct emotionally-charged events that left you feeling dysregulated) or it can be "complex," (years, even decades, of continuous abuse, neglect, shame, manipulation, head games, and/or other forms of mistreatment). Trauma rewires your neural circuitry in ways that leave you wondering why you do the things you do, and if you will ever feel whole again.

Anxiety is the over-estimation of threat. It springs from our natural fight-or-flight response and our tendency to worry about things that could potentially go wrong. We evolved these functions to keep us safe. In anxiety disorders, these natural responses are exaggerated until they are self-defeating. Anxiety can be experienced as dread, procrastination, avoidance, an obsessive need for certainty, social paralysis, and full-blown panic.

Narcissistic Abuse

Narcissistic abuse often overlaps with complex trauma, but it deserves its own mention because it is often so subtle that we don't recognize it. When someone central to our lives is pathologically self-absorbed - whether they are grandiose, or needy and self-victimizing - the effect can be that our sense of self and of reality become distorted. The narcissist may have "trained us" to serve their emotional needs while ignoring our own, and we may carry this habit forward into other relationships.

Couples Counseling

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy

Perinatal Counseling

Gottman Method therapy for couples (provided by Dana) is the gold standard for evidence-based couples and relationship therapy. Based on decades of research by Dr. John Gottman on what makes relationships succeed or fail. (Note: most insurance plans do not cover couples counseling)

Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) combines the therapeutic effects of ketamine with professional psychotherapy to help individuals explore difficult emotions, challenge entrenched patterns, and develop new perspectives. At Waypoint, we offer KAP through a collaborative model involving medical evaluation and prescribing by qualified medical providers, along with preparation, therapeutic support, and integration. KAP may be particularly helpful for individuals struggling with depression, trauma-related symptoms, and persistent patterns that have been difficult to change through conventional therapy.

Pregnancy, childbirth, and the transition to parenthood can bring unexpected emotional challenges. Perinatal counseling provides support for individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, emotional distress, relationship changes, and difficulties adjusting during pregnancy or after childbirth. At Waypoint, we offer compassionate, evidence-informed counseling that recognizes the unique psychological and emotional experiences of this period of life. Our clinicians help clients navigate these transitions, strengthen coping skills, and find greater confidence and stability.

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