R&R: Relationships & Recovery

About the Group: This group is group is for clients who are new to recovery from drugs and/or alcohol and would like to strengthen their relationships to support their long-term recovery. This group is virtual and available to clients in most states.

About the Group Leader: Dr. Casey is a licensed psychologist in Marietta, Georgia with over a decade of experience providing care to individuals, couples , and groups. She specializes in working with clients impacted by substance use disorders. She’s down-to-earth, compassionate, and inspired by the resilience of the human spirit.

Dr. Casey is a clinical psychologist with over a decade of experience. She has served in leadership roles within large healthcare organizations and university counseling centers. She draws upon her education, training, and years of experience when providing therapy to individuals, couples, and groups. She founded Spring Psychological Services in 2020 out of a desire to be more intentional in her work as a psychologist and to provide the type of care she knows her clients deserve.

Dr. Casey views counseling as a collaborative process. She understands that some clients prefer a conversational approach whereas others value structure and guidance. Dr. Casey sees the benefits of both, and she meets her clients where they are. Rather than dictating the process of change, she helps her clients look within to clarify what’s causing them distress and pursue growth in ways that feel meaningful to them.

Dr. Casey approaches therapy from an integrative perspective. This means she doesn’t rely on one theory, but is knowledgeable and well-practiced in a variety of approaches. For example, she understands how psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, and emotion-focused therapies compliment one another and how, when practiced integratively, can amplify her clients’ progress.

While Dr. Casey integrates several evidence-based approaches in her work, her sessions do not feel stiff or confined. She is her genuine self when meeting with clients. She listens well. She is warm, empathic, and compassionately direct when needed. She bears witness to her clients' suffering, heartache, and fears as well as their moments of insight, hope, and perseverance. She believes we are more than the sum of our parts and that human life - heartaches, hopes and all - deserve to be taken seriously.