Give Into Love Therapeutics

03/20/2025

Have you ever heard of NONCARCERAL care and approaches?

If you haven't, noncarceral is, "harm-reduction based, fully voluntary, accessible, culturally appropriate, community-based responses fully disconnected from the criminal legal system in terms of surveillance, administration, staffing, funding, and consequences of any kind from the criminal legal system apparatus, including, but not limited to, law enforcement, criminal courts, prosecution, mandated treatment, programming, probation departments, family separation, child welfare services, and community supervision." - https://www.lawinsider.com/dictionary/noncarceral

One of the things that was the most important to me when opening Give Into Love Therapeutics was to ensure that all my clients knew this was a "noncarceral practice". What does that mean? It means that we prioritize independence and care away from the dangers of understaffed, potentially traumatizing institutions. Many people are afraid to open up to their therapist about their feelings and internal thoughts because of the fear of institutionalization. And guess what that is not going to be helpful for - trauma recovery and healing! We have to be able to talk about the deepest and darkest parts of ourselves to better understand what is causing our traumatic pains to linger.

That is why I fully endorse services such as Thrive Lifeline who are working to ensure that folks have a safe number to contact at any hour and don't have to fear someone showing up at their house. A number where folks are densely educated on intersectionality and how all of the different parts of ourselves can change the ways we experience a situation.

So go ahead and open up your favorites and put Thrive in there. You may not ever need it but you never know if a friend will. Keep the number somewhere it is easy to find because we have less access to the ability to do complex texts when we are in crisis.

https://thrivelifeline.org/

Text "THRIVE" to 313-662-8209
Available 24/7/365

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03/17/2025

Have you ever walked into a therapist's office and immediately felt a cold chill and a feeling of judgement before you even met the therapist?

At Give Into Love Therapeutics, we actually hope that you forget that you have just walked into a mental health appointment for a second. Gone are the days of cold, bland walls, cheesy HomeGoods art and a therapist barely looking at you because they're writing in their notebook all their thoughts about you. We want you to feel like you are just hanging out with a trusted friend in their super cool maximalist, nerdy decor-ed home. We want this to be your space and sit wherever you want, have the lighting and colors that feel the most comfortable, play your favorite music or show in the background for grounding, work on a craft if you want to, fidget or stim as needed, play your favorite video game or cozy up to Snickers (the shih tzu and undefeated snuggle champion) who is always happy to sit with you throughout the session. The more comfortable and grounded you feel, the better chance we have at you being able to work through the discomfort of trauma healing and staying in your window of tolerance where the growth and recovery happen.

03/13/2025

Happy to say Give Into Love Therapeutics, my private practice focused on trauma therapy and healing, is officially open in Chamblee, GA!!! I am currently accepting new clients in the state of Georgia, ages 15 and up (private pay only at this time) and have openings Monday - Saturday both virtual and in person. I am also open for & readings and can do those no matter your location! A little bit more about me - I identify as an , ***r, , , , Kink/Poly/Sex Work affirming, Mental Health Therapist, Christian-Influenced , Intuitive Tarot/Oracle Reader, , and Minister who earned their Master of Social Work from the School for Social Work at Smith College and their Master of Divinity from Candler School of Theology at Emory University and completed clinical chaplaincy training with Emory Midtown Hospital, Grady Memorial Hospital, and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Additionally, I spent many years working in disability justice and education with the Statewide Independent Living Council of Georgia and as a youth and campus minister in the Atlanta area. Prior to my time in Atlanta, I worked full time as a performance artist and earned my Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Theater from Columbia College Chicago. Equipped with my expertise in the arts and years of clinical and spiritual training experiences, I love to partner with clients and their families around the intersections of trauma, religion, spirituality, dissociation, depression, and anxiety providing a "safe enough" space for exploration, questioning, healing, and transformation. I have worked in a variety of diverse settings including Positive Impact Health Centers and the Trauma Recovery Program at the Atlanta VA, and have vast experience in +, , and community issues, childhood abuse and sexual trauma, personality disorders, , , military trauma and moral injury, religious/spiritual trauma and related issues, grief/death, psychosis, experiences of exclusion and marginalization, and alcohol and substance misuse disorders. I am trained in Cognitive Processing Therapy ( , Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE), Attachment Based Family Therapy ( ), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy ( ) as well as , , and theories. In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my family, caring for our two dogs, performing with the Freedom Bands, gaming, and reading. Kelly is being supervised by Melanie Storrusten, LCSW.

11/26/2024

Exciting news!!!! Give Into Love Therapeutics, LLC will officially be open for business this coming Monday, December 2nd.

If you are looking for someone who specializes in the treatment of trauma, dissociation, 2SLGBTQIA+ issues, experiences of marginalization and exclusion, spirituality, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and self harm and are in the state of Georgia, I would love to work with you!

Sessions are available either in person in Scottsdale, GA at Blue House Wellness or virtually online through SimplePractice.

Thank you all for your love and support as I worked to make this dream of owning and running my own private practice a reality!

If you want to learn more about me and my practice, please check out my website at

Q***r, neurodivergent therapist specializing in sexual, complex, & religious trauma, dissociation, spirituality, and LGBTQ+ issues