About Philip
Philip Clary is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia. He helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship struggles, and major life changes. Philip also supports those dealing with addiction, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, career concerns, low self-esteem, and feelings of emptiness or lack of purpose.
Philip draws on more than a decade of counseling experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings. He combines practical tools with thoughtful conversation.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals, steady progress, and finding meaning in everyday life. His background includes a bachelor’s degree from Mercer University, study in Germany, and a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling from Fort Valley State University. Philosophy remains an important influence on his thinking and his counseling style.
Philip uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs. This can include existential ideas about meaning, narrative work to reframe life stories, mindfulness practices to manage stress, solution-focused steps for quick changes, and hypnotherapy when it fits the situation.
He often brings cultural touchstones into sessions, such as video games, comics, anime, and film, to make difficult topics easier to talk about. Philip aims to help people clarify how they want to live, set achievable goals, and build stronger connections with others.
How these approaches work online
Existential Therapy invites people to talk about meaning, values, and life direction. Online sessions can support big questions about purpose, midlife changes, and how someone wants to live going forward.Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple, practical practices to manage stress and strong emotions. These short exercises translate well to video or text and can be used between sessions to reduce anxiety and improve focus.
Narrative Therapy helps people reframe the stories they tell about themselves. Working over video or messaging, a therapist can guide someone to notice different plotlines and try out new ways of describing their life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences, and adjust strategies as needed over time.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make therapy flexible. Video is helpful for richer interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text let someone check in more frequently and keep notes of the conversation. These options aim to make it easier to keep therapy consistent and useful for a busy life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English