About Greta
Dr. Greta Willoughby uses practical, evidence-based approaches to help people manage stress and anxiety. She brings 25 years of clinical experience as an LPC in Georgia.
Her manner is straightforward and focused on small, manageable steps that build confidence over time. She supports people working through relationship strain and low self-esteem. She also helps those coping with major life changes and compassion fatigue.
Her work includes helping people adjust to illness, caregiving roles, and physical limitations.
Background and approach
Greta has worked with adults across many life stages. That experience informs how she tailors sessions to each person’s needs and daily realities. She prefers clear goals and concrete tools clients can try between meetings.
Sessions often focus on identifying strengths, improving coping skills, and setting realistic routines. She talks through decisions and helps people practice new ways of responding to stress. The emphasis is on practical changes that fit a person’s life.
Her background includes long-term clinical practice and direct experience with caregiving and health-related challenges. This gives her an understanding of the emotional and logistical strains those situations create. She aims to be a steady partner while someone builds new habits and a clearer sense of purpose.
People who reach out can expect calm, direct guidance and strategies they can use right away. The process begins with small steps and attention to what matters most to each person.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Many of her sessions draw on evidence-based techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach teaches concrete coping skills and problem-solving steps to reduce stress and anxiety; it helps people break large problems into manageable tasks and practice new behaviors. Another approach centers on improving daily routines and emotional regulation, helping people build steadier moods and better responses to difficult situations.Deciding which approach to use is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, daily demands, and what feels most helpful. She adapts methods over time based on what is working and what needs adjusting, so the plan reflects the client's needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared visual work. Phone sessions can fit a short break during a busy day or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins and ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, caregiving, and health demands.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English