Nestled in the intown Atlanta neighborhood of Kirkwood, we’re a community of mindfulness-based psy
10/08/2025
Enough is enough. 💔
In the wake of too-many-to-name recent shootings, many of us feel outrage and despair.
The antidote? Community + Action.
Join us the evening of Wednesday 10/22 to:
🗣 Hear from Heather Hallett, founder of Georgia Majority for Gun Safety
✍️ Write postcards to legislators
🤝 Stand together for common-sense gun laws
🏘 Meet your neighbors
Hope is built when we take action—together. More details to come, but please mark your calendar to join us.
10/07/2025
What inspires you? How can Nature, Art, Music, and Beauty help us connect to our authentic voices? How do we stay inspired and uplifted amid turbulent times? How might creative expression strengthen our shared humanity when it’s needed most?
This 3-hour workshop on Sunday November 16th is intended for those who wish:
🌍 to make time for writing but struggle to find the space
🌎 to share their creative voice in a nourishing, supportive setting
🌏 to build confidence in writing and self-expression
🌍 to receive guidance and encouragement in their writing practice
🌎 to grow and deepen their creative community
Together, we will explore Nature, Art, and Music as sources of inspiration in creating original written pieces. Immersed in imagery and sound, we will explore that which we find to be beautiful, how it makes us feel, and how we translate that feeling into our own authentic artistic expression.
This time together will foster an open and receptive environment, a willingness to explore within, and a spirit of vulnerability, generosity, and authenticity in which one can safely access one’s own creativity while supporting others in accessing their own.
🌞 Join us tomorrow morning! Be sure to stop by Taproom on your way over - tell them you're on your way to Meditation Monday for 15% off your morning drink! ☕️
Free • Donation-Based • All Are Welcome
✨ Calm your mind
✨ Connect with neighbors
✨ Give back to the community
Join us for guided meditation plus time before and after to share tea, meet new people, and start the week feeling grounded.
🗓 Every other Monday | ⏰ 8:30-9:30 am | 📍 The Neighborhood Counseling Center
💛 Donations support Georgia Majority for Gun Safety
Come as you are. Leave lighter, calmer, and more connected. 🌿
10/04/2025
One thing we love about being The Neighborhood Counseling Center is, well, our neighborhood. Our neighbors downstairs at Dom Beijos & The Ballog are the best -- did you know they recently teamed up to support our local public school, Toomer Elementary?!
And where would we be without our friends at Taproom Coffee? Taproom has generously agreed to give YOU 15% off your Monday morning drink when you mention that you are headed over here to meditate with us. Thank you, Taproom!
Sign up for our FREE Meditation Monday offering under "Happenings" at www.nccatlanta.com
☕️☕️☕️🧘🧘🧘
(p.s. there will be no lotus position in the meditations we guide at NCC, meditation emoji notwithstanding)
10/03/2025
🌞 Meditation Mondays
Free • Donation-Based • All Are Welcome
✨ Calm your mind
✨ Connect with neighbors
✨ Give back to the community
Join us for guided meditation plus time before and after to share tea, meet new people, and start the week feeling grounded.
🗓 Every other Monday | ⏰ 8:30-9:30 am | 📍 The Neighborhood Counseling Center
💛 Optional donations support Georgia Majority for Gun Safety
Come as you are. Leave lighter, calmer, and more connected. 🌿
09/29/2025
🌞 Monday Morning Meditation
Free • Donation-Based • All Are Welcome
✨ Calm your mind
✨ Connect with neighbors
✨ Give back to the community
Join us for 30 minutes of guided meditation plus time before and after to share tea, meet new people, and start the week feeling grounded.
🗓 Every other Monday | ⏰ 8:30-9:30 am | 📍 The Neighborhood Counseling Center 💛 Donations support Georgia Majority for Gun Safety
Come as you are. Leave lighter, calmer, and more connected. 🌿
09/26/2025
Take a moment right now to fill in the blanks!
🫶 Did you know that there is clear research linking well-being to intentionally practicing gratitude?
🫶 Pausing in your day to reflect on a few things for which you are grateful (and they can be simple, small things!) actually makes you feel better.
🫶 And the more you practice, the easier it is for you to notice and appreciate the good things in your life.
We'd love to hear what you're grateful for in the comments below! ⤵️
09/24/2025
It's tough out there, y'all. There are enough harsh things in the world without you being harsh with yourself too.
Self-compassion is simple, powerful, and readily available once you learn how to access it.
If you could use some support learning to be gentle with yourself, please reach out.
09/23/2025
A happy Rosh Hashanah to all who celebrate!
09/22/2025
One month from today! Come learn from the Georgia Majority for Gun Safety how to advocate for common sense gun laws that save lives.
Sign up online at nccatlanta.com to reserve your spot. 💪💪💪
09/21/2025
Reminder to stop into tomorrow morning and mention that you're on your way to meditate with us for 15% of your drink!! And then come on by to meet some neighbors and settle your nervous systems (we can all use that!).
RSVP at nccatlanta.com
09/21/2025
🌞 Meditation Mondays
Free • Donation-Based • All Are Welcome
✨ Calm your mind
✨ Connect with neighbors
✨ Give back to the community
Join us for 30 minutes of guided meditation plus time before and after to share tea, meet new people, and start the week feeling grounded.
🗓 Every other Monday | ⏰ 8:30-9:30 am | 📍 The Neighborhood Counseling Center
💛 Donations support Georgia Majority for Gun Safety
Come as you are. Leave lighter, calmer, and more connected. 🌿
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All of us had good things going. Elizabeth Wilder Young worked in Buckhead and Dana Goldman was doing therapy in the Old Fourth Ward; Maggie Akstin was counseling in Inman Park and Emily Gosterisli was expecting a new baby. Tara Lozano had gotten used to the long commute to Alpharetta. Combined we had decades of experience doing therapy but we weren’t really looking to start a new counseling center.
And then Elizabeth stumbled into the upstairs suite at 2033 Hosea Williams Drive in the fabulous neighborhood of Kirkwood—the neighborhood that is home to three of us and close to home for the others. She fell hard and fast. The natural light! The wooden floors! The privacy and quiet! And the location, so much closer to home than Buckhead!
Soon, Elizabeth brought Dana to see the space. Dana took one look at what had been a conference room and envisioned a light-filled office close to home. Dana was sold.
Together, Elizabeth and Dana began wooing Maggie and then Emily. A year later, Tara—an old colleague of Ginny and Dana—gave up her commute to join us.
Now here we are: a group of five therapists who are committed to working hard to help our clients have easier lives and being of service to the larger communities of Intown Atlanta and Kirkwood. We’re so glad to be here, and we hope to meet you soon.
