Anxiety and depression therapy in Atlanta, and online across five states
The version that keeps functioning is still worth treating. If you are hitting every deadline and still cannot get off the sofa on Saturday, that counts.
Dr. Aaron J. Kimble · PhD · MA · MBA · LPC · NCC · Georgia #LPC014380
In person in Midtown Atlanta, or by secure video in GA, FL, VT, SC and NY.
Eight years in practiceMore than 5,000 direct client hours with individuals, couples and families.
You do not have to be falling apart to qualify
The most common thing that keeps people out of this room for years is a comparison. You look at your life, notice that you are still employed, still showing up, still holding it together in front of people, and you conclude that whatever this is, it is not bad enough to take up a therapist's time.
That comparison is the symptom, not the assessment. Anxiety and depression are extremely good at hiding inside competence. Plenty of people arrive here with a full calendar, a decent job, a functioning household, and a private, constant sense that they are running on the wrong fuel. Nobody around them has noticed. That is not evidence you are fine. It is evidence you are effective.
The work is practical. We identify what the anxiety is actually protecting you from, and what the low mood is asking you to stop doing, and we test that against reality rather than argue about it. I draw mainly on cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy for this, which means you will leave with things to try rather than only things to think about.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with a PhD from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, a master's in counseling from Northwestern, and eight years and more than 5,000 direct client hours behind me. Anxiety and depression are the most common reasons people walk in, and they are among the most treatable.
You might be here because
- You are performing well and privately certain it is about to come apart.
- The worry does not attach to anything specific, it just runs.
- You wake at three in the morning with your chest already going.
- Sunday evening has a weight to it you cannot explain to anyone.
- You have stopped doing the things you used to like and have not replaced them with anything.
- Everything takes more effort than it should and nobody can tell.
- You are irritable with people you love and then ashamed about it.
- The drinking has become a nightly punctuation mark rather than a choice.
- You have been managing this for years and are tired of managing it.
- You are not sure whether this is depression or just your personality by now.
What we work on together
Generalized and situational anxiety
Worry that has no single subject, and worry that has a very specific one. We work out which mechanism is running before deciding what to do about it.
Depression, including the functional kind
Low mood that still gets to work on time. Behavioral activation, values work, and an honest look at what has quietly been dropped.
Panic and physical symptoms
Racing heart, tight chest, and the fear of the fear. Somatic work alongside the cognitive piece, because the body is part of the loop.
Sleep and rumination
The three-in-the-morning spiral. Practical work on the habits that feed it and the thoughts that keep it running.
Burnout that looks like depression
Not the same thing, and the difference changes the treatment. Common in high performers and in caregiving work.
Medication questions
I do not prescribe. If medication is worth considering, I will say so plainly and coordinate with your physician or a psychiatrist rather than leave you to sort it out.
Functioning is not the same as being well. Plenty of people manage both a full life and a quiet, constant dread, and they are usually surprised how much of it turns out to be treatable.Dr. Aaron J. Kimble
How it works
A $25 consultation
Fifteen minutes. You do not need a diagnosis, a history, or an explanation ready. Bring the thing you would say if someone asked how you actually are.
Something to try, early
This is not six months of background before anything changes. We will usually have something concrete to test within the first few sessions.
In person or by video
The Midtown Atlanta office on Peachtree, or secure video from wherever you have privacy.
What you can expect from me
- Plain language, and no jargon unless it is genuinely useful to you.
- Practical work. You should leave sessions with something to do, not only something to consider.
- Honesty about what therapy does and does not treat, including when a physician should be involved.
- No requirement to be in crisis to deserve the hour.
Fees & Insurance
$185 / individual · $220 / couples
Initial consultation $25. In network with Aetna, Anthem, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, CareSource, Cigna, Optum, and UnitedHealthcare. Sliding scale available.