Therapy for Teens and Young Adults in Atlanta, GA

Helping Teens and Young Adults Struggling with Impulsivity and Anxiety

Are you worried that your teen or young adult is struggling?

You want them to be emotionally healthy and succeed in school, sports, and friendships, but you see signs that concern you—impulsive behavior, moments of withdrawal, or even anxiety.

They seem to have it all together at times, but you wonder if they’re masking deeper struggles. You’ve tried to help them on your own, but it seems like you’re hitting a brick wall.

Hi, I’m Ash Blanton.

For years, my life motto was “work harder and don’t ask for help.” I struggled with perfection, anxiety, and the overwhelm of feeling like I had to have it together all of the time.

I became a therapist to help young guys like myself have a space where they could talk about the struggles that they face and solve their problems by building on their strengths and skills. I care about building a connection with you or your teen because therapy works best when there is a real relationship and you feel comfortable opening up.

My goal is to help you or your teen find solutions to life’s biggest problems.

What’s the Ember Counseling Difference?

Connection

Therapy works best when we’re on the same team and connection is essential. I care about learning what you are interested in, whether it is music, sports, or art and incorporating them into therapy.

Experiential

Our experiences shape us. Talk therapy can be great and useful, however it more impactful to incorporate it into the real world. Therapy can be done in the office or we can go for walk and talks, meet for coffee, or by throwing the baseball.

Support

Our goal is to provide both your teen and your family with the support that your teen needs. It is crucial that teens feel supported. In addition, we offer parent coaching as a way to help your teen implement the things they are learning through therapy.

Our Services

Therapy for Young Adults

Therapy designed to help you launch into adulthood.

Teen Counseling

Therapy focused on helping adolescent boys gain the developmental skills to successfully launch into adulthood. Teen therapy helps young men define their values and learn necessary skills to successfully navigate life.

Therapy Intensives

Imagine the progress you could make spending 12-15 dedicated hours with a licensed therapist and certified coach. Intensives are focused therapy experiences uniquely designed to help you reach your goals faster than weekly therapy.

Ready to get started?

1

Book a Discovery Call

The first step is booking a discovery call. The purpose of this call is to make sure that we are a good fit for each other and that our work can help you reach your goals.

Schedule an initial appointment

2

If both of us feel like we would work well together then we will schedule your initial appointment. This appointment helps us experience what it is like to work together and get clear on your direction and goals.

Experience real change from doing the work.

3

Whether working in an intensive or in a more traditional format, we will spend time working on achieving the outcome you desire.

You deserve to feel confident and hopeful about your future again.

 FAQs

  • Our rate is $200 per session.

  • As is the case with other extensively trained and highly qualified therapists with many years of experience, I am not on any insurance panels and my clients pay privately for my services. This gives you several important advantages, including protecting your privacy (the insurance company does not have access to your diagnosis or what was discussed in our sessions) and control of our work together (you and I determine the length of therapy, what you want to cover in therapy, and the type of treatment that you find is effective and works, not the insurance company). This provides you with the best experience and services.

  • Yes, many clients use their HSA’s and FSA’s.

  • Yes, parking is available and free of charge.

  • Once we schedule our first appointment, we will email you New Client Intake Paperwork for you to read and sign electronically. It is also important to be thinking about your goals for our time together.

  • Yes, we offer sessions through zoom.

  • We typically say high school and up. This helps us maximize therapy according to important developmental milestones. Middle school clients and below can often benefit from a child or family therapist.

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