Pamela Elder, MA, LPC, NCC

About

Licensed Professional Counselor in Atlanta, GA. Works with Life Coaching, Grief and Relationship Issues. Sees clients online only. Takes Aetna, Cigna, United Healthcare and other plans. Accepting new clients.

Areas of expertise

• Life Coaching
• Grief
• Relationship Issues
• Anxiety
• Coping Skills
• Depression
• Divorce
• Family Conflict
• Parenting
• Peer Relationships
• Self Esteem
• Stress Management

Types of therapy

• Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)A structured, practical therapy that looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions affect each other, and teaches skills for changing unhelpful thinking and habits.
• Family SystemsSees a person as part of their family as a whole, and explores roles, patterns and communication across the family rather than one person's problems alone.
• GestaltFocuses on the here and now, and on noticing what a person is feeling and doing in the moment, often through experiments such as role-play.
• InterventionHelp planning and running an intervention, where family and friends come together to encourage someone, often with an addiction, to accept treatment.
• Motivational InterviewingA collaborative style of conversation that helps people explore mixed feelings about a change and find their own reasons to make it.
• Person-CenteredA warm, non-directive approach: the therapist listens with empathy and without judgment, and trusts the person to find their own direction.
• Reality TherapyFocuses on present choices and behavior, and on meeting needs such as connection and control in responsible ways.
• Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)A short-term, goal-focused approach that spends less time on problems and more on what already works and the small steps toward what the person wants.
• Structural Family TherapyLooks at how a family is organized, its roles, rules and boundaries, and helps reshape patterns that cause problems.

More details

Sessions

Online only

Accepting new clients

Yes

Specialties

Life Coaching, Grief, Relationship Issues, Anxiety, Behavioral Issues, Career Counseling, Caregivers, Child, Coping Skills, Depression, Divorce, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Dual Diagnosis, Family Conflict, Infidelity, LGBTQ+, Men's Issues, Mood Disorders, Parenting, Peer Relationships, Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum, Self Esteem, Stress, Women's Issues

Insurance

Aetna, Anthem, Carelon Behavioral Health, Cigna and Evernorth, Optum, UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH

Fees

Sliding scale available

Payment methods

American Express, Cash, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Visa

Ages

Adults

Works with

Individuals, Couples, Family

Ethnicity

Black and African American

Languages

English

Gender

Female

Education

Argosy University Atlanta

Years in practice

14

Other offices

Stockbridge, 30281

Education & qualifications