Our counselors offer counseling for teens in Columbus, GA

I am a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 5 years of experience providing clinical care to children, adolescents, and adults. I work with individuals facing stress, anxiety, trauma histories, emotional regulation challenges, and strained family relationships. Many clients seek support during major life transitions or want help understanding patterns that keep them feeling stuck. My approach is practical, goal-oriented, and focused on steady progress.

I earned my master’s degree in mental health counseling from Thomas University. I use cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and a direct, structured approach. I help clients build emotional control, reduce avoidance, and shift unhelpful thinking patterns, with experience supporting trauma-related stress, anxiety, and family conflict.

You deserve support that feels steady, respectful, and focused on what matters most to you. I provide an environment where experiences are taken seriously, goals are clearly defined, and progress continues between sessions. If you are ready to work toward meaningful change at a pace that fits your needs, I welcome you to reach out and begin the work together.

Catherine Roberts is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 22 years of experience in the mental health field. She understands the unique issues of clients with different personal, ethnic, racial, and cultural backgrounds.

Catherine enjoys working with clients who are experiencing self-identity, interpersonal relational issues that affect their job and family dynamics. This is her ideal type of client to work with because there is a lot of self-exploration the client will need to work on first. Some of the issues that will come up are self-loathing, lack of esteem, shame, and poor self-image. As a clinician, Catherine provides them support and total acceptance. When the client can begin to embrace and accept who they are without judgment, they can begin to work on how they relate to other people in all areas of their life. This can be done slowly and one step at a time. The pace is usually set by the client and how they progress along in treatment as they embrace each stage of their new self.

Catherine began her career in the mental health field as a therapist in an inpatient facility, responsible for the patient's ongoing clinical progress while at the hospital. Her patients varied in ages from 10 to 12-year-old children, to 13 to 17-year-old adolescents, to 18 to 55-year-old adults, and seniors who were in crisis. She worked with patients who were diagnosed with Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, Anxiety, Major Depression, Obsessive Impulsive Disorder, ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Mood Disorder, Alcohol/Drug Dependency, Conduct Disorder, and Sleep disorder, just to name a few.

Catherine really enjoys getting to know people while working with them on their unique concerns. She offers a very supportive and client-centered environment to therapy, and she loves helping clients move toward their goals by being a partner in their journey towards a renewed self and clinically appropriate treatment. She enjoys working with clients and assigning them research-based homework activities to help them work independently on areas of concerns outside of the sessions. Her areas of specialty include cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), mindfulness, motivational interviewing, interpersonal therapy, and other researched based therapeutic approaches that are appropriate to treatment.

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with over 12 years of experience in the mental health field. Throughout my career, I have worked in a variety of settings, including correctional facilities, addiction treatment centers, school-based programs, and outpatient clinics. I support children, adolescents, and adults navigating challenges such as depression, anxiety, addiction, bipolar disorder, anger, trauma, grief, and crisis-related concerns.

I earned my master’s degree in Human Services and Counseling from Post University. My background includes working with incarcerated individuals, adults in addiction recovery, and children and adolescents in both school and outpatient environments. These diverse experiences allow me to bring a well-rounded, flexible approach to meeting each client’s unique needs.

I view therapy as a collaborative and empowering process. I value creating a safe, supportive space where clients feel heard and understood. Together, we will identify your strengths, explore your experiences, and develop meaningful goals. If you’re looking for a compassionate partner to help you build effective coping skills and create lasting change, I would be honored to support you on your journey.

Deanna Lababidi is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with over 5 years of experience in the mental health field. She is passionate about helping people with trauma find their strengths in their story. She enjoys helping people with intense emotions learn skills to tolerate distress, regulate their emotions, communicate more effectively, and become more mindful of joy in their lives. Deanna specializes in borderline personality disorder, depression, autism, and trauma.

Deanna utilizes multiple treatment approaches including dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), motivational interviewing, solution-focused therapy (SFT), strengths-based therapy (SBT), narrative therapy, and client-centered therapy (CCT).

What you may think are your greatest weaknesses may be harnessed and used as your greatest strengths. Deanna is confident that she will be able to provide a nonjudgmental space to explore any issues you bring to the table and give you the skills to cope with them and build a life worth living. If you are ready to do the work, schedule an appointment with her today!

Jabreeka Brown is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who has 13 years of experience providing a safe environment for a variety of populations of all ages including, but not limited to, adolescents, adults, and couples who are dealing with relationship issues, school or work-related stress, anxiety, depression, life transitional issues, and dysfunctional family dynamics.

Jabreeka completed her Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology at Clark Atlanta University and her Master of Arts (MA) in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a focus on Child and Adolescent Counseling at Richmont Graduate University.

Jabreeka meets clients where they are, utilizing an eclectic approach, including cognitive behavioral, person-centered, positive psychology, gestalt, emotionally-focused, and mindfulness techniques, always maintaining the creativity, flexibility, and awareness necessary to best meet the needs of every unique individual and couple. She is committed to building a relationship of trust and rapport with each client, which is essential to the counseling process. Jabreeka’s empathy and compassion help clients feel comfortable, safe, and unjudged.