Individual Therapy

INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING

Counseling for Adults

Individual counseling, also known as psychotherapy or talk therapy, is a collaborative process focused on promoting personal growth and enhancing your overall mental health and quality of life. At Johns Creek and Alpharetta Counseling, our licensed therapists offer evidence-based treatments such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy. We provide compassionate support for a wide range of mental health concerns including grief, loss, divorce recovery, anxiety, depression, trauma healing, and interpersonal growth. To help clients access emotions that are difficult to express verbally, we also integrate creative therapies like art therapy, sand tray therapy, writing exercises, music therapy, relaxation techniques, and stress management strategies. Whether you are seeking guidance, healing, or emotional balance, our individualized counseling approach offers the right tools to support your mental and emotional well-being.

Discover How Therapy Can Help Your Teen

Individual counseling provides a safe and supportive environment where teens can openly express themselves and start healing. During adolescence, teens face many emotional and social challenges like anxiety, depression, and peer pressure. Our therapists use age-appropriate techniques to help teens build resilience, improve communication, and manage their emotions. To learn more about how we support teens through individual therapy, click here and discover the path to growth and confidence.

EXPLORE TEEN THERAPY

How Does Individual Counseling Work?

Therapy helps individuals overcome emotional and mental health barriers while fostering positive qualities like compassion, self-esteem, love, courage, and inner peace. Many clients find the therapeutic process rewarding and continue psychotherapy as a path to personal growth and self-actualization. Whether you’re grieving a loss, feeling uncertain about your life direction, or struggling in relationships, building a trusting, safe relationship with a skilled counselor can support your healing journey. At Johns Creek & Alpharetta Counseling (JCAC), our experienced therapists create a welcoming and emotionally safe environment where clients feel understood and valued. Using proven therapeutic techniques, we help clients explore challenges, process distress, and restore balance and well-being in their lives.

Explore the range of adult therapy services we offer and discover the specialized populations we proudly support below.

Specialty Individual Counseling Services

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In-Person In Alpharetta, Ga.
Online Individual Counseling in Georgia, Florida, & California

Using Individual Therapy, Talk Therapy, Psychotherapy, and More!

WHY INDIVIDUAL THERAPY WORKS

Real Support. Lasting Personal Change.

Individual therapy—also known as psychotherapy—is a one-on-one process where you work with a licensed therapist to better understand yourself, navigate challenges, and promote emotional healing. This form of therapy is highly personalized and can address a wide range of concerns, from everyday stress to complex mental health conditions. Common goals of individual therapy include: - Gaining insight into emotions and behaviors - Managing anxiety, depression, or mood disorders - Processing trauma or grief - Improving self-esteem and relationships - Creating healthier thought patterns and habits

Individual therapy is supported by decades of clinical research and is known to create meaningful, lasting change. Evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) help clients identify and challenge unhelpful beliefs, reduce emotional distress, and take actionable steps toward personal growth. Benefits of individual psychotherapy include: - Personalized treatment tailored to your goals - A safe, confidential space to explore emotions - Tools to manage stress, addiction, or trauma - Long-term strategies for mental and emotional well-being - Whether you’re facing a specific issue or simply want to improve your quality of life, individual therapy offers a proven path toward healing and personal transformation.

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Self-Help vs. Therapy: Which One Do You Need?

Finding Support That Works for YOU

Self-help can be empowering. Books, podcasts, meditation apps, and online resources can offer motivation, insight, and coping strategies for everyday stress. For many people, self-help is ...More

Consider therapy if you:
- Feel stuck despite using self-help tools
- Experience ongoing anxiety, depression, or emotional overwhelm
- Struggle with trauma, grief, or past experiences
- Need a safe space to explore thoughts and emotions
- Want guidance that’s tailored specifically to your life and needs

While self-help offers information, therapy provides transformation—with the structure, support, and accountability needed for lasting change. You don’t have to figure it all out on your own.

Your Guide to Individual Therapy

1. What Is Individual Therapy and How Does It Work?

Individual therapy, also known as talk therapy or counseling, is a one-on-one process where you work with a licensed therapist to explore thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. It helps you better understand yourself, manage stress, and make meaningful changes in your life.

2. What Issues Can Individual Therapy Help With?

Individual therapy can help with a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, low self-esteem, relationship challenges, and life transitions. It provides a safe, confidential space to gain insight and develop healthy coping strategies.

3. What Is The Difference Between Psychotherapy and Counseling?

While the terms are often used interchangeably, psychotherapy typically involves a deeper exploration of emotional issues, past experiences, and long-term patterns that affect mental health. Counseling often focuses on present-day challenges and short-term goals. Both can be effective, but psychotherapy is especially helpful for complex or longstanding issues like trauma, depression, or personality patterns.

4. Is Online Individual Therapy Effective?

Yes, online therapy is a convenient and effective way to receive mental health support. Many clients find virtual sessions just as helpful as in-person therapy, especially for managing anxiety, depression, and everyday stressors from the comfort of home.

5. How Do I Know If Individual Therapy Is Right For Me?

If you're feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or emotionally drained, therapy can help. You don’t need a crisis to start—individual counseling is a proactive step toward personal growth, emotional well-being, and lasting change.

GRIEF AND LOSS

FINDING A WAY...

When you lose someone it is hard to know what to feel or what is normal. At Johns Creek and Alpharetta Counseling, we understand that coping with grief can be overwhelming and we are here to help you find a way through your loss. Everyone's journey with grief is different. Some feel too much, some feel nothing at all, some lose the ability to function in daily life. There is no right or wrong, there is only your experience. No one can take the pain away, however we can help you find peace and hope, so that you can create meaning in your life once again. Please call to be matched with a caring therapist.

HOW COUNSELING CAN HELP

ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION

FINDING STABILITY

Anxiety and Depression are commonly used terms in our society. However, experiencing anxiety or depression is bigger than a bad day or daily stress. Depression can make getting through a day feel impossible. Anxiety can make tackling everyday challenges feel impossible. The good news is, there are real and tangible tools to learn how to manage and take control of depression and anxiety symptoms. The video to the right breaks down the difference between depression and sadness or "situational blues," and can give you direction in finding help.

Our counselors specialize in working with a wide variety of mental health issues including: depression, anxiety, OCD-obsessive compulsion disorder, specific phobias, borderline personality disorder, PTSD, and trauma related disorders. We have strong working relationships with excellent psychiatrists in the community. If you would like more information, please ask for a psychiatric referral when you call!

POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION

RECOGNIZING THE SYMPTOMS

Having a new baby brings a whirlwind of new experiences and emotions. After 40 weeks of waiting, you finally have your new sweet baby. Postpartum Depression occurs in 1 in 7 women, and can cause this joyful time to be full of fear, doubt, and sadness. However, many do not get help because they do not know, and doctors can miss the warning signs. Symptoms of Postpartum Depression are sadness, crying for no reason, difficulty finding joy in your baby, feeling scared to be alone with your baby, disrupted sleep (when you are able to sleep), among others. Click the link below to learn more about Postpartum Depression and it's symptoms.

JCAC counselor Mikayla Minehart, LPC has earned the PMH-C certification, a highly regarded post partum care speciality. We can give you tools, help you know what is normal and what is depression, and we can help your family understand and support you.

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ALL ARE WELCOME

COME AS YOU ARE

With the heavy political climate in our country, it is hard to know if you will be accepted. It is the goal of Johns Creek and Alpharetta Counseling to be above politics and to give a sense of welcome and acceptance for every person that walks into our door – regardless of any backgrounds or affiliations.

Our counselors are experienced and competent to work with all ethnicities and racial backgrounds, those of different faiths including those who are spiritual, religious, or not practicing. As well as mix race families, LGBTQ+ adolescents, trans teens, those exploring their identity, and faith. Our goal is to meet you where you are, and offer you a safe place to have a healing counseling experience.

The counselors at Johns Creek and Alpharetta Counseling are free of judgement and passionate about serving those within our community. We are here to help you walk through the darker valleys of life to achieve your best self. If you want to work with a counselor that has experience working with one of these populations, be sure to mention it as you are talking to the intake line.

YOUNG ADULTS

NAVIGATING COLLEGE AND BEYOND

Preparing for college and going to college holds expectations of fun and independence. However, many in this stage struggle with adjusting to the freedom of young adult life. Many young adults experience:

• Depression and anxiety for the first time

• Overwhelmed feelings with making life decisions such as career choices and romantic relationships that can impact them the rest of their life

• Confusion in knowing which direction to go or which major to choose

• Stress and can stumble into using unhealthy habits as coping skills such as substances and sex

Our counselors at JCAC are trained to help you discover yourself and help you decide a healthy path. Rather than leading you a certain direction, we are trained to help you discover what direction is right for you. We can help make ‘adulting’ easier.

Call us to learn more and schedule an appointment.