About Garrick
Garrick Lawton is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anger, and low self-esteem. He works with clients who need practical help coping with life changes and painful events. Garrick uses straightforward, goal-focused sessions.
He listens first, then helps people name what matters most and build steps toward it. He encourages clients to notice strengths they already have and to use those strengths in day-to-day life.
Background and approach
His approach mixes talk therapy with practical skills. He draws on methods that help people change unhelpful thoughts, manage strong emotions, and build healthier habits. Sessions also look at relationships and attachment patterns when those affect a person’s wellbeing.
Garrick has eight years of professional experience and holds an LPC credential in Georgia. He has worked with people coping with substance issues, trauma, grief, and intense emotional reactions. He frames challenges as problems to solve together rather than as fixed labels.
People who choose Garrick can expect a calm, respectful space to talk through difficult moments. He aims to support and empower clients as they try new ways of thinking and behaving. His motto is: Awareness creates change.
Online approaches that focus on values, skills, and relationships
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when emotions are strong. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting patterns of thinking that keep problems going and practicing new behaviors to change daily life. It often helps with anxiety, mood challenges, and managing reactions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and emotional responses, and it can help when trust, closeness, or relationship pain fuel stress or distress.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Garrick will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. He mixes techniques as needed and checks in regularly to see what is helpful so the plan can change over time.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls let people work face-to-face from different places, phone sessions can be a simpler option with lower bandwidth needs, and chat or messaging can support shorter check-ins or between-session contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives while keeping focus on progress and practical skills.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English