- Years in practice
- 30
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Georgia
- Languages
- English, Haitian Creole
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Farah
Farah Southwell is a licensed professional counselor with 30 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting challenges. She works with individuals facing relationship struggles, grief, addiction, trauma, and major life transitions. Sessions are offered in English and Haitian Creole to reflect cultural needs and communication preferences.
Farah uses straightforward, practical methods to help clients notice what matters to them and try new behaviors. She draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and client-centered work to tailor each plan.
Background and approach
Expect a calm, respectful space where your concerns are heard and next steps are concrete. Her background includes three decades of clinical practice in Georgia as an LPC, which informs a flexible style that blends skills training and focused conversation. Common themes she addresses include parenting strain, communication problems, self-esteem, and coping with illness or chronic pain.
Farah often helps people work through challenges linked to family dynamics, abandonment issues, blended family concerns, and commitment or control worries. She also supports those dealing with eating issues, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and intimacy-related struggles. Practical tools such as mindfulness exercises, behavioral experiments, and motivational interviewing are part of sessions when useful.
The work aims to build everyday habits and clearer choices rather than quick fixes. Farah encourages ongoing collaboration so goals evolve as progress is made.
What Farah works with
Everything Farah lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Farah helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Farah lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions in line with those values. It often helps with anxiety, depression, parenting stress, and major life changes by shifting focus from avoiding feelings to building a meaningful routine.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses practical exercises and behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and improve communication skills useful in family and relationship contexts.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, try methods, and adjust the plan together. That collaborative process helps align techniques with the person’s preferences and daily life demands.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy days. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more interaction is helpful. Phone sessions are a lower-bandwidth option when a camera isn’t possible. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework support, or scheduling differences. These options give flexibility for different needs, routines, and comfort levels.
Questions people ask about Farah
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, grief, and addictions among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is calm and practical, combining listening with action steps. Sessions focus on clear skills, mindfulness, and values-based choices.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 30 years of clinical experience as a licensed professional counselor practicing in Georgia.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Georgia licensed professional counselor listed as LPC and practices from Georgia.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Haitian Creole.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does scheduling and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time; getting started requires completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling.
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