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317 W Hill Street
Decatur, Georgia 30030
(404) 975-1159 x1
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Dr. Shannon Downs is a licensed clinical psychologist, a marriage and family therapist, a life coach, a certified Reiki practitioner, a professional parenting educator and a mother of two wonderful children, a son and daughter, who are twins. With over 20 years of experience in the helping and healing professions, Shannon combines her eclectic and diverse training, skills and expertise to provide an integrative approach to therapy and life management that honors the whole of the mind, body and spirit. She aspires to always approach life and psychotherapy mindfully with a holistic and respectful vision of growth, healing and wellness. Shannon works with individuals, couples, families and new mothers to help them develop skills and formulate personalized approaches to parenting that foster healthy, loving connections. She is a certified "Simplicity Parenting" Coach and trained with "Moms On Call" and "The Happiest Baby on the Block" by Dr. Harvey Karp. Shannon's training includes traditional and experiential/humanistic approaches with specialties in Family Systems, Imago Relationship Therapy, Treating the Tough Adolescent, Parenting with Love and Limits, and Simplicity Parenting, as well as therapeutic techniques for facilitating recovery from abuse and trauma including Experiential Reframing, Integrative Bodywork, EMDR, and Hypnosis.

My Specialties
Parenting
Family Conflict
Sexual Abuse
Anxiety
Depression
Life Coaching
Self Esteem
Sex Therapy
Bipolar Disorder
Coping Skills
Divorce
Relationship Issues
Self-Harming
Trauma and PTSD
Trauma
PTSD
Dissociative Disorders
Thinking Disorders
Mood Disorders
Support for Mothers with young children