Meet Our Therapists

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Meet Latoria Hairston, MA, LPC, CPCS, CMFT, CCTP, BC-TMH, NCC 

Clinical Director

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470-737-0055

Latoria is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Professional Counseling Supervisor, a Certified Marriage & Family Therapist, a Play Therapist, a Certified Counselor Trauma Professional, a Board-Certified TeleMental Health Counselor and a Nationally Certified Counselor. Additionally she is EMDR trained and a Somatic Experience trainee. She uses her education, knowledge and experiences to fully serve the needs of others. Her passion is in helping people navigate their complex lives by guiding them to use the healing power that is already within. People who truly want help, find help. She shares that her purpose in life is to be a light that helps individuals traverse the waters of life, using creative and innovative ways, while helping to transform them into their best self in the process.

A RIVER CUTS THROUGH A ROCK NOT BECAUSE OF ITS POWER, BUT BECAUSE OF ITS PERSISTENCE. - UNKNOWN


Gwen

Meet Gwen Ligon, MS, LAPC, CRC  

Counselor 

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Gwen is a Licensed Associate Professional Counselor (LAPC), a nationally Certified Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC), Certified in Telehealth Counseling, and a Certified Facilitator in Prepare/ Enrich - Pre-Marital Counseling. Gwen holds a dual Master of Science degree in Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling.  She gets excited about meeting people where they are and helping them navigate through the snares of life to find harmony.  

She specializes in working with adults (age 18+) in individual, pre-marital and marriage counseling.  She uses a combination of CBT, DBT and EFT therapies and employs some of the Gottman tools when counseling couples. 

Gwen is under the Clinical Direction of Latoria Hairston and Clinical Supervision of: W. David Lane, Ph.D, LPC, NCC, LMFT, AAMFT, CPCS

I MAY NOT BE THERE YET, BUT I AM CLOSER THAN YESTERDAY. - MISTY COPELAND


Shawnta

Meet Shawnta Clarke, LPC, Ed.S., NCC

Counselor

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Shawnta is a Licensed Professional Counselor. Shawnta also holds a Master of Science degree in School Counseling. Her professional career includes over 13 years of experience working with diverse populations with various needs. She is skilled in providing crisis management, developing, and implementing comprehensive behavioral plans, as well as providing individual and group support to clients. Shawnta is passionate about creating an environment for her clients so that they can feel free to express their innermost thoughts, while also helping her clients to develop goals so they can be successful.

GIVE LIGHT AND PEOPLE WILL FIND THEIR WAY. -ELLA BAKER



Melany

Meet Melany Ramsey, M.Ed., NCC  

Counselor 

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Melany is a Florida native but has resided in Georgia for 25 years. She and her husband Arnold have been married for 36 years and together they have built a big, beautiful family consisting of 6 boys and 2 girls. 

Melany considers herself a devoted consumer of anything natural, including soap, candles, beauty products or you name it.  If it is made of natural ingredients, she is all in.

Professionally, Melany has been employed and serving children in the public school setting in various roles and titles for over twenty years. She has a Master of Arts degree in Human Service Counseling with an emphasis in Marriage and Family.  Melany's desire and passion for working closely with children and families has led to her to obtain a Masters in School Counseling degree (M. Ed.).  She also holds a National Certified Counselor designation.


I'VE LEARNED THAT WHENEVER I DECIDE SOMETHING WITH AN OPEN HEART, I USUALLY MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.  - MAYA ANGELO


Office Hours

Monday:

9:00 am-6:00 pm

Tuesday:

9:00 am-6:00 pm

Wednesday:

9:00 am-6:00 pm

Thursday:

9:00 am-6:00 pm

Friday:

9:00 am-6:00 pm

Saturday:

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Sunday:

Closed