3 Atlanta Stress Therapists

When stress becomes your normal, it can be hard to recognize just how much you're carrying. Maybe your mind never shuts off, you're constantly juggling other people's needs, or you're exhausted but still feel like you should be doing more. At Steady Hope Counseling, our Atlanta stress therapists can help you understand what's fueling the overwhelm, build practical ways to cope, and create more space to feel grounded in your everyday life.

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Meet your Atlanta stress therapists

Jenny Romano, MA, LPC, NCC

Good fit for: Women, maternal mental health, grief & loss, life transitions, trauma, stress & anxiety
Credentials: Licensed Professional Counselor #013224 and National Certified Counselor #1232714
Clientele: Young adults and adults
Location: Decatur, GA
Virtual therapy: Yes (GA)

Book with Jenny

If you’re the person who seems strong on the outside while quietly carrying too much, Jenny may be an especially good fit. She works with women navigating stress alongside motherhood, grief, trauma, identity shifts, and major life transitions, using approaches that address both the emotional and physical experience of overwhelm. Her integration of IFS, somatic interventions, CBT, DBT, and attachment-informed care can be particularly helpful if stress feels deeper than a packed schedule and you want space to slow down, reconnect with yourself, and move out of survival mode.

Jessica Pentsil, MA, LPC

Good fit for: Adult ADHD, burnout, life transitions, anxiety, leadership, ministry professionals, stress management
Credentials: Licensed Professional Counselor #016838
Clientele: Adults
Location: Virtual
Virtual therapy: Yes (GA)

Book with Jess

Jessica may be a strong match if your stress comes from constantly managing responsibilities, decisions, deadlines, or other people's needs. She has particular experience supporting adults with ADHD as well as parents, students, leaders, ministry professionals, and people in service-oriented roles who may struggle to prioritize themselves. Her collaborative and practical approach can help you sort through the mental clutter, identify what actually needs your attention, set healthier boundaries, and develop realistic strategies for moving forward.

Phylicia Clemons, MBA, MA, LAPC

Good fit for: Stress management, perfectionism, trauma recovery, helping professionals & caregivers, anxiety, life transitions
Credentials: Associate Professional Counselor #APC011420
Clientele: Teens ages 12+, young adults, and adults
Location: Decatur, GA
Virtual therapy: Yes (GA)

Book with Phylicia

For stress that feels like your nervous system never gets a chance to turn off, Phylicia brings a strong mind-body perspective. With more than 15 years of experience in healthcare and training in EMDR and trauma-focused care, she offers an especially relatable space for caregivers and helping professionals who spend much of their lives caring for everyone else. She helps clients recognize fight, flight, or freeze patterns, work with perfectionism and overwhelm, and build a greater sense of calm and safety in both their minds and bodies.

Common reasons why people seek therapy for stress

You feel overwhelmed even when nothing particularly "bad" is happening.
Your mind keeps running through tasks, conversations, and worst-case scenarios.
You have trouble relaxing without feeling guilty or unproductive.
Work, school, parenting, caregiving, or leadership responsibilities leave you depleted.
You feel irritable, emotionally reactive, or more easily frustrated than usual.
You're struggling with burnout or feel like you're running on empty.
Perfectionism makes it difficult to feel satisfied with what you accomplish.
A major life transition has disrupted your usual routines or sense of stability.
Stress is affecting your sleep, concentration, relationships, or physical well-being.
You spend so much time caring for other people that you're not sure what you need anymore.
ADHD makes prioritizing, organizing, or keeping up with responsibilities feel exhausting.
You feel stuck in survival mode and aren't sure how to slow down.

How stress therapy can help

Understand what’s driving your overwhelm

Build practical ways to manage stress

Calm your mind and nervous system

Create a more sustainable way forward

Sometimes stress is about what's happening right now. Other times, current pressures activate older patterns around perfectionism, people-pleasing, achievement, responsibility, or feeling like you always need to be prepared.
Atlanta stress therapy creates space to look beneath the surface. Instead of only trying to manage a growing to-do list, you can begin noticing why certain demands feel especially difficult and what your stress may be telling you about your needs.

Insight matters, but you also need strategies you can use when life gets busy. Depending on your needs, your stress therapist in Atlanta may help you strengthen boundaries, organize competing priorities, challenge unhelpful thought patterns, develop grounding skills, or create routines that support your emotional well-being. Our goal is to help you feel more equipped to respond without becoming consumed by it.

Chronic stress doesn't only affect your thoughts. You may notice tension in your body, difficulty sleeping, restlessness, headaches, exhaustion, or the feeling that you can never fully settle.
Our stress therapists draw from trauma-informed and mind-body approaches to help clients better recognize their stress responses and practice returning to a greater sense of safety and regulation. Over time, this can make it easier to move through difficult moments without staying stuck in fight, flight, or freeze.

Many people who struggle with chronic stress are very good at getting things done. The problem is that constantly pushing through can eventually become unsustainable. Therapy for stress can help you reconsider what you expect from yourself, make room for your own needs, and develop a healthier relationship with rest, responsibility, and productivity. Rather than simply helping you squeeze more into your day, we want to help you build a life that feels more manageable and meaningful.

FAQs about stress therapy

There is no single therapy approach that works best for everyone experiencing stress. Depending on what’s contributing to the overwhelm, approaches such as CBT, DBT, IFS, EMDR, somatic therapy, and other trauma-informed methods may help you understand your patterns, regulate your nervous system, and develop more effective ways to cope. Our stress therapists can tailor treatment to your needs rather than assuming a single approach works for everyone.

If stress feels unmanageable, start by reducing what you can, focusing on your most immediate needs, and giving yourself permission to ask for support. Grounding exercises, movement, sleep, regular meals, boundaries, and talking with someone you trust can all help, but sometimes self-care alone is not enough. Therapy for stress can give you a dedicated space to understand why stress feels so overwhelming and develop strategies that fit your circumstances.

A good therapy fit involves more than finding someone with the right credentials. You should also feel comfortable enough to be honest, respected in the room, and confident that your therapist understands the concerns you want to work through.Steady Hope offers a free consultation so you can learn more about our therapists, ask questions, and explore whether Jenny, Jessica, Phylicia, or another member of our team feels like the right match for you.

At Steady Hope, our therapists are out-of-network providers, which means we don’t bill insurance directly. If you have out-of-network benefits, we can provide you with a superbill that you can submit to your insurance provider for possible reimbursement. We also partner with Thrizer, which can help manage the out-of-network reimbursement process for you. Depending on your insurance benefits, Thrizer may allow you to pay only your estimated coinsurance rather than the full session fee upfront, while also submitting superbills and helping with out-of-network processing. Because benefits vary by plan, we recommend confirming your specific coverage and reimbursement rates.

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