Maddi Jones, m.ed., ed.s, Lpc, ncc
ADULT TRAUMA & RELATIONAL PSYCHOTHERAPISTEMAIL: MADDI@HEALATL.COM
PHONE: 833-HEAL-ATL EXT. 14
To create a therapy experience that feels holistic and individualized, Maddi also integrates complementary approaches such as somatic or body-based healing, mindfulness practices, and attachment-informed work. She paces the work with close attention to each client’s nervous system capacity so it remains tolerable, effective, and empowering. This integrated approach supports nervous system regulation, embodied healing, and healthier ways of relating to oneself and others.
A key part of Maddi’s practice is a commitment to decolonized and culturally attuned care. She centers client autonomy, offering a space that is inclusive, culturally responsive, and deeply respectful of each person’s identity and life experiences. She also openly acknowledges the impact of systemic oppression on mental health and brings that understanding into her work. Maddi is especially drawn to working with neurodivergent individuals, including those who identify as Autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, or highly sensitive. She offers affirming, sensory-aware therapy that honors the natural wiring of each client’s brain and is attuned to how they uniquely experience the world.
Sessions with Maddi are relaxed and candid, held with humor, kindness, and calm. She strives to create a safe, grounded space where clients can see themselves, listen to themselves, and uncover the answers that have been within them all along.
Outside of therapy, Maddi enjoys cozy cooking, time with her pets, watching favorite shows, and slow moments with her husband and loved ones. Having grown up in the Middle East and through her experience as a military spouse, she brings lived insight into expat life and transitions, which informs her work with clients navigating periods of change.
Maddi provides genuine, holistic, and trauma-informed therapy for deep thinkers and feelers who are tired of holding it all together. With Maddi, masking softens into safe connection, and self-trust becomes home. She is passionate about helping clients deepen self-acceptance and move toward lives that feel more aligned, confident, and peaceful. Through her work, clients often move beyond long-standing patterns, such as people-pleasing, self-doubt, overthinking, and emotional numbing, that once helped them survive chronic stress, relational harm, or trauma. Maddi accompanies clients in gently exploring the roots of these patterns, creating space for something new to emerge.Her work is grounded in understanding and addressing the root causes of suffering rather than simply managing symptoms. She works most often with complex trauma and recent traumatic events, self-criticism and shame, chronic emotional dysregulation, fear and anxiety, and relationship challenges. Maddi supports clients in reprocessing painful experiences, loosening limiting beliefs, and restoring connection to the body and the present moment.She frequently uses EMDR therapy as part of a broader, personalized approach, and has witnessed the profound ways it can help clients process difficult experiences and find true relief. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an evidence-based, internationally recognized therapy that was first developed to treat PTSD and has decades of research supporting its effectiveness. EMDR goes beyond trauma— it helps the mind and body feel safe and grounded again. Whether challenges stem from a single event or years of ongoing stress, anxiety, or emotional strain, EMDR offers a tailored approach to support healing across a variety of experiences.
Areas of Expertise:
Complex and Childhood Trauma (C-PTSD)Recent or Acute Traumatic Events
Relationship Patterns and Attachment Styles
Late-Diagnosed Neurodivergence
Nervous System Dysregulation and Chronic Stress
Confidence and Self-Trust
Anxiety, Fear, and Panic
Major Life Transitions
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
Military, Expat, and Cross-Cultural Life
Somatic and Body-Based Healing
Depression and Emotional Numbness
Grief and Loss (death, ambiguous loss, divorce, or separation)
Decolonized, Culturally Responsive, and LGBTQIA+ Affirming Care
Maddi Offers:
Individual Psychotherapy for Adults 18+EMDR Sessions for Individuals, Partners, Groups, and FamiliesRelationship CounselingOnline Counseling in Georgia, Colorado, & South Carolina
Pronouns:
she/her/hers
LANGUAGES:
English
Master of Science | Counselor Education specializing in Clinical Mental Health Counseling | Clemson University | Clemson, SCEducation Specialist | Counselor Education specializing in Clinical Mental Health Counseling | Clemson University | Clemson, SCBachelor of Arts | Psychology with a minor in Women’s and Gender Studies | College of Charleston | Charleston, South Carolina
Education
Licensed Professional Counselor | Georgia Secretary of State | LPC015804Licensed Professional Counselor | Colorado Division of Professions and Occupations | LPC.0021056Licensed Professional Counselor | South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure | LPC11284National Certified Counselor | National Board for Certified Counselors | #1654617Certified EMDR Therapist and Consultant-in-Training | EMDR International AssociationCertified Trauma Professional | Evergreen Certifications | #28565729
LicenseS & Certifications
American Counseling AssociationEMDR International AssociationLicensed Professional Counselors Association of GeorgiaColorado Counseling Association