Name what is happening
Make room for the full story without rushing to a label or a solution.
Individual counseling in Northeast Georgia
What you're carrying deserves more than a quick answer.
Therapy can be a place to slow down, understand what keeps happening, and begin making choices that fit the life you actually want.
Daniel Shepherd, APC
Providing counseling through Stepping Stones Counseling under clinical supervision.
Providing counseling through Stepping Stones Counseling under clinical supervision.
Where we begin
You do not have to arrive with the right words.
People often begin therapy because something feels stuck: anxiety keeps narrowing their life, relationships feel strained, old experiences stay close, or the same coping pattern keeps returning.
Notice the pattern
Understand the triggers, beliefs, and responses that keep the problem in motion.
Practice a different response
Turn insight into grounded choices you can carry beyond the counseling room.
The work
Practical, honest, and paced for the person in front of me.
Therapy is not a performance. You can bring the unfinished version of the story.
Sessions may address anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship strain, life transitions, faith questions, or patterns involving alcohol and other substances. The work is shaped around your needs—not a generic script.
Before you schedule
Clear details. No guessing.
LocationServing adults in Georgia through Stepping Stones Counseling.
Session fee$125 per clinical hour. Ask directly about current scheduling and payment details.
FaithFaith can be included when it matters to you; it is never assumed or required.
CredentialsDaniel Shepherd, APC, practices under clinical supervision.
“The first useful step may simply be saying what has been difficult to say anywhere else.”
Start with a conversation.
Call to ask about fit, current availability, and the next step. You do not need to have everything figured out first.