Melinda Hawley, LCSW

Melinda ('Doc') Hawley is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who has been in private practice since June 2005. The practice, Awareness to Wellness Counseling, is located at The Athens Center for Emotional Healing. 

Her work is collaborative and guided by client strengths, values, and perspectives. Primary treatment areas: anxiety (panic, worry, phobias, obsessions and compulsions), stress reduction, relationship dynamics (including couple/partner therapy), impulse-control difficulties,substance abuse and related family issues, trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder, mood(instability, depression), and sleep disturbance. She also specializes in working with students, teachers, and faculty, having nine years of experience as lead therapist and director of a college counseling center. 

Therapeutic approaches include Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Mindfulness Based Relationship Enhancement (MBRE), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), biofeedback (clinical application of emWave), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Melinda assists individuals in making a "personal paradigm shift" -- a transition to less stressful and more centered living. 

To schedule an appointment with Melinda please call (706) 256-8269, utilize the form below, or email awareness2wellness@gmail.com.