About Farah
Farah Southwell is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 30 years of practice in Georgia. She helps people who are struggling with anxiety, depression, stress, ADHD, relationship and intimacy concerns, and major life changes. Farah speaks English and Haitian Creole and brings a steady, calm presence to sessions.
She uses clear, practical tools to help people manage overwhelming feelings and regain a sense of control. Sessions focus on real-life problems like parenting stress, career strain, grief, addiction-related challenges, or recovery from trauma and abuse.
Background and approach
Farah works with clients to set short-term goals and try techniques between meetings. Her style is warm and client-centered. She listens closely, reflects what she hears, and partners with clients to find what feels useful.
Treatment plans may include cognitive behavioral strategies, mindfulness exercises, and acceptance-based ideas to change how people relate to difficult thoughts and feelings. Over three decades she has helped people facing complex issues such as bipolar mood shifts, disordered eating concerns, chronic pain and illness, abandonment wounds, and communication or commitment difficulties.
Her background supports attention to how life context shapes coping and recovery. Farah aims to make therapy practical and understandable. New clients can expect straightforward explanations, step-by-step skill building, and a focus on actions that fit daily life.
The work is collaborative and paced to each person's needs.
Approach-based care through online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people accept difficult feelings while taking actions that match their values. It is often useful for anxiety, low mood, and life transitions where people want clearer direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with practical strategies to reduce distress and change behavior. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and coping skills. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a supportive, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist listens deeply and follows each person's lead to build trust and insight.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. Farah works collaboratively to match methods to a client's goals, preferences, and everyday life. Together they review what is helping and adjust the plan over time so the work stays useful and focused.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and use of visual materials. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to fit brief support into a busy day or to follow up between meetings. These options give flexibility for people balancing work, family, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English, Haitian Creole
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