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Our Services Our clinicians tailor treatment to each client's unique needs, and have years of experience addressing a range of issues including: Developmental, psychological, interpersonal, or emotional challenges common to individuals who are adopted and their biological and adoptive families Trauma, including developmental / complex trauma, vicarious / secondary trauma, posttraumatic stress / PTSD, spiritual trauma, and shock trauma Struggles stemming from injuries to attachment relationships Behavioral, emotional, and relational problems of children and adolescents Anxiety disorders Grief and loss Life transitions Parenting challenges Chronic stress and burnout Depression Children's Therapy Far from just being “little adults,” children possess a developmentally unique way of understanding their world and their place in it. When they are struggling with anxiety, depression, or other mental health issues, it is important that therapy adapt to their developmental level and “speak their language” – the language of play – to be most effective. Read More Adolescents' Therapy Adolescents need developmentally attuned counseling services that treat them as neither children nor adults. First and foremost, we work with teens by offering empathy and listening to how they perceive their world – seeking to understand their experiences and their unique perspective on life. Read More Therapy For Women Individual counseling at Arbor Cove Therapy, LLC, offers women a safe place in which they can share burdens and pain, heal from wounds of the past, learn new skills for addressing the problems and challenges of life, connect with themselves and others in more fulfilling ways, and discover renewed energy and sense of purpose. Read More Adoption-Competent Therapy At Arbor Cove Therapy, LLC, our professional background includes over 50 years of combined experience working with individuals of all ages who are adopted, as well as their biological and adoptive families. Our clinical experience also extends to helping support the reunification of children and their biological family whenever possible through family counseling; supporting siblings of children who are adopted; journeying with adults who were adopted and are now navigating a search or reunion with biological family members; and facilitating training and consultation to community organizations. Read More Trauma-Focused Therapy / EMDR Therapy As a result of groundbreaking research like the CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study, we are learning more about the vital importance of looking beneath surface symptoms and conditions to treat underlying experiences of trauma in order to more effectively relieve pain and suffering. Trauma-focused therapies offer hope for healing, and at Arbor Cove Therapy, LLC, several approaches found to be effective in treating trauma are utilized. Read More Psychological Testing Watermark Psychological & Consulting Services, LLC, and Lee Anne Dickerson, PsyD, provide psychological testing services, as well as therapy, for Arbor Cove Therapy, LLC. Psychological evaluations and psychoeducational evaluations are available for children and adolescents, and pre-adoptive psychological evaluations and attachment style interviews are available for adults. Read More Groups Group therapy offers members the opportunity to share and connect with other people who share a common experience. Through these relationships can come a profound sense of being understood and safe while learning and practicing new skills. Read More Walk-and-Talk Therapy Taking therapy outdoors can be helpful to people who feel stuck, whether in life in general or in the progress they've made in therapy in a traditional office setting. Exploring psychological and emotional issues while moving physically can offer new insights that promote forward movement. Read More Speaking Engagements & Workshops Our clinicians are available to non-profit organizations, community groups, churches, schools, and professional associations looking to learn more about any of the issues we address, especially those related to adoption, developmental trauma, trauma-informed parenting, attachment, stress, burnout, play, grief, and anxiety. Read More

Notice of the Right to Receive ​a Good Faith Estimate You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining the cost of your medical services. Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the bill for medical items and services. You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency items or services. This includes related costs like medical tests, prescription drugs, equipment, and hospital fees. Make sure your health care provider gives you a Good Faith Estimate in writing at least 1 business day before your medical service or item. You can also ask your health care provider, and any other provider you choose, for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule an item or service. If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill. Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate. For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises or call (800) 985-3059. ​ You can also download a copy of this notice: ​ ​ ​ Notice of the Right to Receive a Good Faith Estimate ACT 22_01_01.pdf Usted tiene derecho a recibir un “Estimado de Buena Fe” que explique cuánto costará su atención médica. Por ley, los proveedores de atención médica deben dar a los pacientes que no tienen seguro médico o que no lo estén usando, un estimado de la cuenta por suministros y servicios médicos Usted tiene derecho a recibir un Estimado de Buena Fe del costo total de cualquier suministro o servicio médico que no sea de emergencia. Esto incluye costos como pruebas médicas, medicamentos recetados, equipos y honorarios hospitalarios. Asegúrese que su proveedor de atención médica le dé un Estimado de Buena Fe por escrito al menos un día hábil antes de recibir el servicio o suministro médico. También puede pedirle a su proveedor de atención médica, y a cualquier otro proveedor que elija, un Estimado de Buena Fe antes de programar el servicio o suministro médico. Si recibe una factura que es de $400 o más del Estimado de Buena Fe, usted puede disputar la factura. Asegúrese de guardar una copia o foto de su Estimado de Buena Fe Para preguntas o más información sobre su derecho a un Estimado de Buena Fe, visite www.cms.gov/nosurprises o llame al (800) 985-3059. ​ PDF Imprimible: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Estimado De Buena Fe En Español 22_01_01.pdf

Arbor Cove Therapy, LLC Counseling & psychological testing helping you on your journey to rediscover your whole heart, connect with community, and heal. Counseling & Psychological Testing at Arbor Cove Therapy, LLC Are you feeling weighed down by the challenges of life? You may have gone through a season, perhaps a long one, in which plans haven't worked out, you suffered great loss, or you have been left reeling from disappointment and grief. Or you may have achieved significant goals and dreams but are left feeling burned out by chronic stress or longing for an elusive sense of satisfaction and purpose, ​​ ​We all need a place to be real with someone who is safe, will listen to our story and help us make sense of it, and can offer hope, support, and fresh perspective and skills. Once we have a chance to catch our breath in that safe place, we can rediscover our strengths and feel empowered to grow. Arbor Cove Therapy exists to provide both: a resting place and haven for healing and a launching pad for new growth. We're glad you're here. Call Us: 404.394.1096 About Us Our clinicians tailor treatment to each client's unique needs, and have years of experience addressing a range of issues including: Developmental, psychological, interpersonal, or emotional challenges common to individuals who are adopted and their biological and adoptive families Trauma, including developmental / complex trauma, vicarious / secondary trauma, posttraumatic stress / PTSD, religious trauma, and shock trauma Struggles stemming from injuries to attachment relationships Behavioral, emotional, and relational problems of children and adolescents Anxiety disorders Grief and loss Life transitions Parenting challenges Chronic stress and burnout Depression Contact Us Our Services We provide in-person and online counseling services for individuals, families, and groups. We are an integrative practice using the lenses of interpersonal neurobiology (IPNB), attachment theory, and polyvagal theory as the foundation of our work. Some of the specific approaches to therapy and parent education we specialize in are EMDR (eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing) therapy, play therapy, Theraplay (R), Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) (R), expressive therapies, and trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT). ​Within our team, we have additional training in Internal Family Systems (IFS), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT), exposure response prevention (ERP), Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE), the Attachment, Regulation & Competency framework (ARC), Circle of Security Parenting (R), and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and use those approaches when appropriate to our clients' needs and development. ​In addition to our general counseling services for children, adolescents, and adults, we offer a unique specialization in issues commonly experienced by adopted individuals and their biological and adoptive families. We also provide psychological testing for parents interested in determining or confirming a child's or adolescent's mental health diagnosis, psychological evaluations for people in the adoption process, and attachment assessments for adults interested in learning more about the strengths and challenges of their primary relational style. Adoption-Competent Therapy Are you an individual who was adopted, a biological parent of an adopted child, or an adoptive parent? ​We offer individual, family, and group therapy for all members of the adoption constellation that is sensitive to and knowledgeable about the normative challenges that arise from the losses involved in adoption for each person. Learn More Children's Therapy Has your child experienced a significant loss? Are they having a difficult time adjusting to change? Are they behaving differently? Does your child seem anxious, depressed, unfocused, restless, or withdrawn? Together, we can help your child feel safer and more confident in the world around them, better regulate their emotions, and explore their creativity. You and your child can develop a stronger attachment to each other and improve your relationship. Learn More Adolescents' Therapy Is your teen dealing with the aftermath of trauma or bullying? Are they behaving differently? Do they seem anxious, depressed, isolated, lost, or withdrawn? Therapy can help adolescents express themselves more effectively, build confidence, strengthen problem-solving skills, and set attainable goals for the future. Learn More Therapy for Women Are you having a difficult time navigating life's changes? Do you feel depressed, anxious, burned out, or stressed? Are you grappling with grief, loss, trauma, or hard relationships? Our individual counseling services offer women a safe place to uncover lies they have believed about themselves, heal from wounding experiences or relationships of the past, and rediscover the life they were meant to live. Learn More EMDR Therapy Arbor Cove Therapy was created as a trauma-informed practice, meaning not only do we use trauma-focused therapies, like EMDR, but perhaps even more importantly, we understand how what happened to us can shape us but does not have to define us. We view our therapists' presence and our space as integral parts of creating the felt safety you need to be able to resolve past experiences, relieve pain and suffering, and experience a renewed sense of hope and freedom. Learn More Group Therapy Group therapy offers members the opportunity to share and connect with other people who share a common experience. Through these relationships can come a profound sense of being understood and safe while learning and practicing new skills. Learn More Psychological Testing Psychological and psycho-educational evaluations are helpful for determining or confirming a diagnosis and for providing clinical recommendations to other professionals working with an individual (school, therapists, physicians, etc). Learn More Walk and Talk Therapy Taking therapy outdoors can be helpful to people who feel stuck, whether in life in general or in the progress they've made in therapy in a traditional office setting. Exploring psychological and emotional issues while moving physically can offer new insights that promote forward movement. Learn More Speaking Engagements / Workshops Our clinicians are available to non-profit organizations, community groups, churches, schools, and professional associations looking to learn more about any of the issues we address, especially those related to adoption, developmental trauma, trauma-informed parenting, attachment, stress, burnout, play, grief, and anxiety. Learn More “Each time I experience the unseen wisdom of a person's system, it deepens my trust in the inner process unfolding and my awe at the way we are organized to be protected until the possibility of healing arrives.” Bonnie Badenoch, "The Heart of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships"

Speaking Engagements & Workshops Speaking Engagements & Workshops If your organization is looking for a mental health professional to provide training or speak to your staff, customers, or community about issues related to adoption, trauma, or any of the other mental health needs treated at Arbor Cove Therapy, we would welcome the opportunity to talk with you. Some of the topics we've previously presented on to local and national organizations include: Impacts of complex trauma and pathways to healing Vicarious trauma and self-care for parents and professionals Understanding and building attachment Coping with grief and loss Managing challenging child behaviors Depression after adoption Helping foster and adopted children through the holidays Providing support to siblings of adopted children Playful parenting Connected parenting strategies Fostering an emotionally healthy classroom Contact Arbor Cove Therapy to discuss scheduling a workshop or training on any of these topics or others based on the needs and interests of your organization.

EMDR Therapy and EMDR Intensives EMDR Therapy EMDR (eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing) therapy combines intervals of focusing on a traumatic event, upsetting memory, or physical sensation that causes distress, while at the same time engaging in some form of bilateral stimulation, typically moving eyes back and forth. This pairing of recalling the past within the safety of a therapeutic relationship and a stimuli that grounds the client in the present has been found to be effective in significantly reducing, and even eliminating, distressing symptoms of a variety of problems. Therapists use EMDR to treat a wide variety of problems. At Arbor Cove Therapy, LLC, EMDR is used to treat: posttraumatic stress / PTSD anxiety disorders, including separation anxiety, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, performance anxiety, and phobias acute stress disorder compassion fatigue / secondary trauma / vicarious trauma / burnout sleep disturbances complicated grief in the aftermath of death and other losses traumatic losses, including preverbal losses like adoption-related loss of parents in infancy or early childhood Depending on the age and need of the client, EMDR may also be integrated with other therapies, including exposure and response prevention (ERP), play therapy, sandtray therapy, Theraplay, parts work (e.g. IFS), and expressive therapies. Trauma is so profoundly disruptive that our very physiology and neurochemistry is dramatically and negatively impacted, even into adulthood. The pairing of bilateral stimulation with manageable recall of traumatic or distressing material (reprocessing) has powerful benefits, but EMDR is actually comprised of eight phases, of which reprocessing is roughly in the middle. The early phases of treatment are focused on the therapist getting to know the client and their primary concerns and the therapist and client working together to identify and develop strengths and resources within the client that will enable them to navigate the reprocessing of trauma in ways that are manageable and also teach life-long regulation skills. When the client feels ready, treatment moves into the reprocessing phase, and before treatment ends, time is also spent reinforcing and strengthening the positive beliefs, feelings, and embodied states the client wants to carry into their future. Clients often report changes that are simultaneously subtle and profound. At Arbor Cove Therapy, LLC, we have two EMDR therapists: L. Kathryn (Katie) Smith, LCSW, and Suzanne Clark, LPC. Katie and Suzanne both use EMDR therapy as part of weekly or biweekly therapy with individual adult clients, sometimes integrated with expressive therapies. Katie also frequently uses EMDR integrated with play and attachment-based work with children, and in an intensives format with adolescents and adults, providing EMDR therapy in more concentrated sessions of half-day (3 hrs) or full-day (6 hrs) work. Intensives are available for clients who are in regular therapy with another therapist who is not trained in EMDR but would like to refer the client out just for EMDR as part of a larger treatment plan under their care. The best way to determine whether, and which form, of EMDR therapy, is best suited to your needs is to schedule a 20-minute consultation. Visit the website for EMDRIA (the EMDR International Association) for more details on EMDR and free resources. The video below from EMDRIA will also provide more details on the benefits EMDR therapy offers: Contact Arbor Cove Therapy, LLC, to discuss scheduling trauma-focused therapy services for yourself or your child or adolescent. We serve the needs of Roswell, Alpharetta, Marietta, Cumming, Johns Creek, Sandy Springs, Canton, Woodstock, and the surrounding North Metro Atlanta area for counseling / psychotherapy, psychological testing, and telehealth / telemental health services. Telehealth / telemental health services are available to legal residents of Georgia (Kathryn Smith, LCSW, RPT; Lee Anne Dickerson, PsyD; Susan P. Richardson, MS, LPC, NCC; Suzanne Clark, MS, LPC), Virginia (Dr. Lee Anne Dickerson), and Florida (Kathryn Smith, LCSW, RPT). ​ Call Us to Schedule an Appointment

Adolescents' Therapy Therapy for Teens Facing the Challenges of Growing Up Adolescents need developmentally attuned counseling services that treat them as neither children nor adults. They are often initially resistant to going to therapy, especially if past experiences have been that it consists solely of lecturing or attempts to change their behavior, rather than an being an opportunity to set their own goals and express their thoughts and feelings to an objective, caring adult who sees past difficult behaviors to underlying pain or confusion. First and foremost, we work with teens by offering empathy and listening to how they perceive their world – seeking to understand their experiences and their unique perspective on life. We also give adolescents as many opportunities as possible in counseling to take ownership of their therapy, including setting treatment goals and deciding when to invite other significant people in their life into sessions. The goal is to help adolescents learn responsibility, confidence, and problem-solving skills through the therapeutic process itself. The issues we treat at Arbor Cove Therapy, LLC include: ​Adoption Anger / defiance Anxiety disorders / phobias Depression / mood disorders Difficulty adjusting to change or transition Emotional and behavioral dysregulation Grief / loss Life transitions Problems with focus, attention, and concentration Self-injurious behavior Social / relationship problems Spiritual struggles Trauma (e.g. abuse, neglect, bullying, traumatic accidents) Withdrawal / isolation Parents' Role in Their Teen's Therapy When working with adolescents, parents are an integral part of the therapeutic team. A significant degree of confidentiality is afforded to teenagers, which is vital to them feeling emotionally safe in counseling. However, we are also clear with teens and their parents about the legal limits to confidentiality and provide regular updates to parents about their teen’s general progress in therapy and feedback on changes at home that would promote their son or daughter’s progress. When appropriate, family therapy sessions are added to individual therapy to explore how each family member is impacted by, and contributing to, the issues the teen is struggling with. Contact Arbor Cove Therapy, LLC to learn more or schedule an appointment. ​​We serve the needs of Roswell, Alpharetta, Marietta, Cumming, Johns Creek, Sandy Springs, Canton, Woodstock, and the surrounding North Metro Atlanta area for counseling / psychotherapy, psychological testing, and telehealth / telemental health services. Telehealth / telemental health services are available to legal residents of Georgia (Kathryn Smith, LCSW, RPT; Lee Anne Dickerson, PsyD; Susan P. Richardson, MS, LPC, NCC), Virginia (Lee Anne Dickerson, PsyD), and Florida (Kathryn Smith, LCSW, RPT). ​

Therapy for Women Counseling for Women That Offers Hope Individual counseling at Arbor Cove Therapy, LLC, offers women a safe place in which they can share burdens and pain, heal from wounds of the past, learn new skills for addressing the problems and challenges of life, connect with themselves and others in more fulfilling ways, and discover renewed energy and sense of purpose. Areas we specialize in include: Adoption Anxiety Burnout Depression / mood disorders Grief and loss Infertility Life / career balance & transitions Parenting challenges Relational / social difficulties Spiritual struggles Stress / adjustment disorders Trauma Depending on the needs and goals of each woman, couples and family sessions take place in addition to individual therapy, to explore family dynamics and enlist the support of family members in helping you achieve your goals. For clients who look at life through a lens of faith, and want to incorporate that perspective into therapy, we are very comfortable doing so. Many clients who bring spiritual concerns or needs to counseling at Arbor Cove Therapy, LLC profess Christianity; however, we work easily with women from other faith backgrounds as well. Contact Arbor Cove Therapy, LLC, to learn more or schedule an appointment. We serve the needs of Roswell, Alpharetta, Marietta, Cumming, Johns Creek, Sandy Springs, Canton, Woodstock, and the surrounding North Metro Atlanta area for counseling / psychotherapy, psychological testing, and telemental health services. More broadly, telemental health services are available to legal residents of Georgia (Kathryn Smith, LCSW, RPT; Lee Anne Dickerson, PsyD; Susan P. Richardson, MS, LPC, NCC), Virginia (Dr. Lee Anne Dickerson), and Florida (Kathryn Smith, LCSW, RPT).

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< Back Suzanne M. Clark, MA, LPC Associate of Arbor Cove Therapy, LLC Background Suzanne M. Clark, MA, LPC has over 30 years experience working with the entire adoption constellation: birth mothers, birth fathers, adoptive parents and adopted persons. Her professional experience began while in college at Auburn University when she volunteered to work with pregnant adolescents and their families. After college, Suzanne began working as a foster care caseworker where she began to learn the lifelong effects of early trauma. Since then, she has continued to gather a wealth of insight and education that has cultivated a dynamic understanding of trauma and loss in adoption. Suzanne's work both internationally and domestically has involved adoption reunion, birth parent counseling, adoptive and foster parent training, as well as adoption competency and trauma education for professionals in the field. Suzanne maintains an intimate understanding of the wide-range of emotions experienced by all members of the adoption constellation throughout their lifetime. Her ideal client would be any adult person dealing with issues surrounding adoption grief and loss, as well as adults experiencing other losses or challenging life transitions. Currently, Suzanne sees adult clients and also offers consultative services to professionals eager to learn more about how adoption and trauma affects their clients and families. Training & Associations Suzanne received her Master’s Degree in Professional Counseling in 2003 from Argosy University and was licensed as a Professional Counselor in 2007 (#LPC004868). She has completed post-graduate training in EMDR (Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy and the Center for Adoption Support and Education's National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Initiative (NTI). She has also been a facilitator of the NTI training program. sclark@arborcovetherapy.com 404-394-1096, ext 4