Hadley is a licensed clinical social worker with a Masters of Social Work from the University of Georgia. She works with young adults, individuals, and couples experiencing life transitions, identity awakenings, and mental and behavioral health, such as depression and anxiety. Hadley has a passion for supporting people entering motherhood and fatherhood. She works with pregnant people in the tender perinatal and postpartum stages and caregivers transitioning to parenthood — with all the joy, chaos, and stress it includes.
Caroline graduated from the University of Georgia with a Master's in Social Work and a Graduate Certificate in Gerontology. She is especially passionate about talking about trauma, disassociation, death, aging and grief. Caroline is the facilitator for Athens' first in-person deATH Cafe. Caroline pursued EMDR training and PSI's perinatal mood disorder training to be equipped to work with and support parents as they navigate the challenges of parenting and the unique way that parenting can bring trauma to the surface. Additionally, Caroline enjoys working with parents through loss and birth trauma.
Brendan Stephens is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Athens native with over 10 years of professional experience across a number of settings with adolescents and adults. He brings a strengths based client-centered, interpersonal, and experiential approach to this work and enjoys incorporating nature, expressive arts, and other creative means to facilitate awareness, understanding, and healing. Brendan often operates from an internal family systems framework and is also trained in EMDR, both of which are trauma informed modalities that place an emphasis on reconnecting people with their own innate wisdom and resources.