Midtown Psychotherapy Associates

11/07/2025

This Native American Heritage Month, MPA is celebrating the contributions of Native American leaders to the field of mental health.

Today, we are highlighting Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart, Phd. A Hunkpapa and Oglala Lakota social worker, researcher, and community healer, Dr. Brave Heart has devoted her life to understanding how the pain of the past continues to shape Indigenous wellbeing today.

She is the first person to develop the theory of historical unresolved grief, and she describes historical trauma as “the cumulative emotional and psychological wounding over one’s lifetime and from generation to generation following the loss of lives, land, and vital aspects of culture."

Through her scholarly work, and as the founder of Native nonprofit the Takini Institute in 1992, Dr. Brave Heart has shown that healing is not only personal but also intergenerational, cultural, and communal.

To read more about the work Dr. Brave Heart and her model of historical trauma, see this presentation she delivered for the Smith-College School of Social Work: https://youtu.be/RZtCS1362UI?si=OVKc_FmU4yj1Au7A

If you are interested in exploring therapy to unpack the effects of trauma on your own life, we would be honored for you to visit us at MidtownPsychotherapy.org

11/05/2025

The Healing Power of RO-DBT". Shaina Gordon, LCSW, shares how Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy has helped many people, including herself, become more open and connected in an increasingly isolated world.

Read now at: MidtownPsychotherapy.org/Blog

11/03/2025

Join us in welcoming the newest member of MPA, Brittany Matthews, Phd!

Dr. Matthews comes to us from the Atlanta VA Healthcare System, where she interned following her graduation from New York University. She specializes in clients suffering from sleep disturbances and insomnia, anxiety and depression, as well as parents navigating behavioural changes with their children. She is especially passionate about serving the BIPOC and LGBTQIA communities, veterans, and clients who exist at the intersection of multiple cultural identities. She is trained to administer culturally-integrative comprehensive psychological assessments.

In Dr. Matthews' own words: "I strive to create a space where clients feel safe, understood, and empowered to explore the ways identity, culture, and lived experience shape their well-being."

To learn more about Dr. Brittany Matthews, and all our other talented clinicians, visit: MidtownPsychotherapy.org

10/31/2025

10/31/2025

If you've experienced intrusive thoughts that felt confusing, upsetting, or completely out of character, you are not alone.

That's why Kaitlin Lowey, APC, recommends the book, "Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: A CBT-Based Guide to Getting Over Frightening, Obsessive, or Disturbing Thoughts" by Sally M. Winston, PsyD, and Martin N. Seif, PhD. to many of her patients.

Read more about Lowey's thoughts on this book at: MidtownPsychotherapy.org/Blog

10/27/2025

You're Invited: Crush the Scale: Unweigh Yourself – A Celebration of Body Kindness!

Join us for a powerful, fun-filled fall event where we smash diet culture—literally! At Smash the Scale, we’re making space for body kindness, self-compassion, and joyful rebellion against harmful beauty standards.

🎯 Smash a scale.
🎨 Create body-positive art.
🎶 Enjoy music, snacks, and community connection.
💛 Explore resources for eating disorder recovery and healing.

Whether you're on your own journey or showing up in support, all are welcome. Come cozy, come curious, and come ready to leave shame at the door and celebrate you—exactly as you are.

Let’s break what’s broken and build something beautiful.

10/24/2025

Psychotherapy is a process of self-exploration that helps you understand and resolve internal conflicts, paving the way for a healthier and more fulfilling life. In the safe space created by you and your therapist, you can work through your deepest challenges and move forward with a newfound sense of resilience and clarity.

To learn more and make an appointment, visit MidtownPsychotherapy.org

Or call us at 404-685-1600

10/22/2025

READ NOW! MPA's Sarah Young, MFT, explains some of the ways individuals can respond to negative emotions without blaming their partner for how they feel.

Check it out at MidtownPsychotherapy.org/blog

Sarah Young, LMFT is a couples therapist with Midtown Psychotherapy & Associates. She will be leading a one-day Couples Communication Workshop on Saturday, November 15th, from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm.

10/20/2025

Join us for a social skills group that rewards players with level ups, loot, epic swords and tons of
fun as we play Dungeons and Dragons! Group members meet for 75 mins. weekly for 12 weeks
to create characters with special powers and abilities and engage in a team-based, structured
role-playing game with other adventuring peers. Facilitated by three clinicians (Drew Phillips,
Emmy Hendrix, & Drew Dixon Karris) playing as the Dungeon Master and guide, group
members get to solve complex problems, strategically plan their combat, and creatively use their
characters’ unique abilities while being challenged to work together, or perish! Listening skills,
patience, turn taking, flexibility, critical thinking, consequences, empathy, and communication
will be exercised in an exciting and motivating way as their characters come face to face with
rewards, consequences, dungeons and (of course) dragons!

From Oct. 30th - Feb. 5th
Meeting for a total of 12 sessions (off Nov 27th, Dec 25th, and Jan 1st )
Time: Thursday from 4:30pm - 5:45pm
Cost: $90 dollars per session

Midtown Psychotherapy Associates, Suite
199 Armour Drive
Atlanta, Ga 30324

Contact Drew Phillips for more details and registration: Drew@DrewPhillipsTherapy.com
or visit MidtownPsychotherapy.org/Groups

For more information on how Dungeons and Dragons is being used in a therapeutic setting all
over the country, visit:
http://kotaku.com/therapists-are-using-dungeons-dragons-to-get-kids-to-1794806159

10/17/2025

Sarah Young, LMFT is a couples therapist with Midtown Psychotherapy & Associates. She will be leading a one-day Couples Communication Workshop on Saturday, November 15th, from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm.

To learn more and register, check out MidtownPsychotherapy.org/Groups

10/13/2025

Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day! We here at MPA would like to acknowledge that we operate on the traditional land of the Myskoke (Muscogee/Creek) and Tsalaguwetiyi (Eastern Cherokee) Peoples at our Atlanta office, and S’atsoyaha (Yuchi) People at our Athens office.

We remember and honor the people who were here first. And we hold the complicated duality of gratitude for our homes and grief for the way our cities were colonized. Native people have been here, are still here, and will continue to be here.

For more information about the native tribes of the state of Georgia, please visit the Georgia Indian Council at:
https://GeorgiaIndianCouncil.com/Georgia_Tribes

Midtown Psychotherapy Associates values the health of each and every mind. To learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion, visit us at: https://www.
MidtownPsychotherapy.org/Atlanta-Therapist