About Me
Hello there! Welcome to Luminous Phoenix Therapy!
My name is Katherine Twaddle, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Georgia.
I aim to provide a warm, safe, and welcoming atmosphere for all of my clients so that they can feel comfortable in being their authentic, incredible selves.
I focus on helping clients build understanding of the power of their own healing, tapping into their inner strengths/qualities, and in trusting the power, magic, and light within themselves to let shine.
As a therapist who has been through my own life and mental health struggles, I am especially passionate about helping all of my clients in finding their inner light. I specialize in seeing neurodivergent young adults, adults, and teenagers with diagnoses such as ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder- Level 1 and Level 2. Additionally, I provide trauma focused care through utilizing therapy approaches such as Internal Family Systems, Dialectal Behavioral Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy. I am currently a Certified ADHD Clinical Services Provider and working towards my EMDRIA Certification in the upcoming year.
My other specialties include primarily seeing LGBTQ+ clients, anxiety treatment and management, and couples therapy.
I do provide couples therapy in my practice for couples who are dedicated to the therapy process and open to doing the hard work, whether that's strengthening their relationship or wanting to work through an amicable separation or divorce.
I earned my Masters of Family Therapy degree from Mercer University- School of Medicine in 2018 and I have been a therapy provider since 2017. My practice is primarily telehealth at this time.
If you are interested in booking a consultation with me to see if we are a good fit for working together, please reach out to me via my contact page. Thank you so much and I look forward to hearing from you!
Services
I provide the following psychotherapy services listed below:
Initial Intake
After you are scheduled with me, our first appointment will be an initial intake session where I gather more information about you such as background history, mental health history and symptoms, family history, medical history, a review of presenting problems, and more. The session typically goes over a treatment plan at the end of session to determine what the course of therapy treatment may be. After this, further appointments may be scheduled or referrals will be provided as needed.
Individual Therapy
Individual therapy sessions typically last for 50-60 minutes, and each session is focused on addressing your treatment goals and helping you grow towards the change you are looking for. The therapeutic process can also take time, and building the therapeutic alliance (relationship between therapist and client) is most important at the beginning of therapy sessions.
Couples Therapy &
Family Therapy
As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I am specialized in evidence based therapy modalities that aim to treat family conflict and issues and address concerns that couples may face. Couples therapy sessions typically last 50-60 minutes, while family therapy sessions typically last for 60-90 minutes. Each client is an important part of the process when it comes to couples therapy and family therapy, and goals and treatment are discussed with all parties involved.
Specializing in Trauma Focused Care, Anxiety, Neurodivergence, LGBTQ+ Affirmative Care, and more
Trauma Focused Care
Anxiety
Neurodivergent Affirming Therapy
At my practice, I value helping my clients feel safe and I believe that this is essential for starting to heal from trauma related concerns. I have experience in providing trauma focused care throughout my 9 years of being a therapist and I practice from a compassionate and humanistic stance when addressing trauma in therapy.
I am currently pursuing EMDRIA Certification in 2027 and provide EMDR therapy at this time for clients with trauma related conditions.
LGBTQ+ Affirmative Care
One of my passions as a therapist is being a strong ally to the LGBTQ+ community and this is near and dear to my heart. As someone who has several loved ones in my life who identify as LGBTQ+, I recognize that having support in working through the societal stigmas that affect the community daily is so important. As mentioned above, I practice from a compassion based and evidence-based approach when talking about stressors that affect the LGBTQ+ community.
Anxiety is one of the most diagnosed mental health conditions in the United States and impacts millions of people daily. I have experience in treating a wide range of anxiety disorders, including Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, and more. I implement therapy treatments such as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Internal Family Systems to help in alleviating symptoms and to assist my clients in learning about what helps them in managing anxiety over the long term.
Couples Therapy
I have extensive experience in providing couples therapy throughout my career and have helped many couples in healing their relationship through learning effective communication skills, increasing intimacy, and making steps to build trust and commitment again. I have also helped couples through separation and divorce while coaching them through ways to build healthier communication and boundaries. I utilize an attachment based approach with a combination of Gottman Couples Therapy or Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy when seeing couples therapy clients.
In our society, dealing with the social stigmas against neurodivergence can be very challenging. I have learned so much in the past 5 years about neurodivergence from my clients and in my continuing education opportunities. I strive to provide affirming therapy that helps my neurodivergent clients explore their strengths and true qualities that come from their neurodivergence. My therapy stance is person centered and I aim to help in addressing concerns from symptoms of ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder as well to help clients in being their authentic selves.
Teen Therapy
I absolutely enjoy seeing teens for therapy and have built significant therapeutic alliances with my teen clients throughout my time of being a therapist. When seeing teens, I treat a wide variety of presenting concerns and I also like to incorporate creative interventions such as drawing, writing, music, and more when I feel that it may help with engagement and building healthy coping skills. I do value collaborating with parents/caregivers on what can best help their teen and providing family therapy if needed to help through the treatment process.