Dr. Kia Silva, Atlanta Prosper Psychological Services

11/04/2025

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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

10/28/2025

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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.

08/27/2025

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Goodnight & Sweet Dreams ���

08/16/2025

Great blog post by Midtown Psychotherapy’s very own Dr. Drew (we actually have two of our very own Dr. Drews😊)! Adult & Teen ASD skills groups starting soon!

Accessible, research-based articles on autism, psychological evaluation, identity, and mental health.

08/16/2025

A note on shame:

Unaddressed shame can be lethal and I don’t mean by suicide although of course that is a real concern for some. I’m referring to the behaviors someone has to engage in and the stories one has to tell to keep shame at bay. Whether you find yourself avoiding friends, your doctors, time without screens or substances, or the truth, shame will trigger behaviors that unravel the central thread of your life. Shame associated behaviors will sometimes kill your body, but they almost always kill the parts of you that make you feel like yourself. What I find particularly sad is that if you’re really good at masking, you will go on about your daily life and no one will realize you died. It’s never useful to obey shame or believe the harsh criticisms that creep up in your moments of solitude, but it is useful to listen to what shame is telling you about what you need to face in order to love yourself again. Even if you don’t remember self love, you definitely didn’t enter this world with self loathing. For those who have done the deep dark shadow work and released attachments and bared your soul, you are not exempt. You will be called to confront yourself again and you probably won’t want to because you did the hard work and you thought you were done and my god you are so so tired. It’s okay to be tired. It’s okay to feel done even when you have more to do. Although it might feel like you’re being punished, you’re not being called to the principal’s office, you’re being called home to yourself. In this home, the house of the true self, there is endless love, compassion, and forgiveness and it’s a good thing because you’ll need all of it. From one soul to another from the light days to the dark nights, hear me when I say I know shame is scary, but please don’t turn away for too long. I’ll keep the light on for you.

11/04/2024

Sometimes I get bored with posting or I run out of words or my battery dies (phone and/or emotional), but I try my best to chime in with birthday reflections each year. This year feels different, yet here I am, here I go…

A couple of weeks ago I was in my mother’s bedroom packing her things, a task that anyone who has experienced loss understands is filled with a range of emotions. Thankfully I had the luxury of taking my time to pause and look through pictures and choose sentimental items that my brother and I could keep and some we could share with loved ones. Somehow even at my slow pace, I managed to knock over a glass decoration filled with marbles. As I watched the shards of glass and marbles crash to the floor, I figured I could either collapse in tears or I could just start cleaning up, so naturally I did both! As I reflect on my birthday today I think this is, like everyday since my fun-loving, hilarious, opinionated, sweet mom transitioned in September, another chance to choose both! I will grieve with my whole body and soul AND celebrate all of the beautiful, messy, sometimes blissfully uneventful days that I get to live. I’ll do it for my mom, for myself, and for all of us living with grief! Life is fleeting, love is eternal!

P.S. I took the first picture as I was cleaning that day because I noticed I was wearing my mother’s peace bracelet and I laughed thinking that it was a true illustration of making peace with losing my marbles!