3015 Piedmont Road Northeast, Atlanta, Georgia 30305, United States
Our Providers
Linda Pak, Ph.D.
Most of Dr. Pak's work involves increasing self-awareness while decreasing self-criticism. Self-awareness is the foundation for mindful living, but increasing mindfulness can be difficult in the face of criticism. She works with clients to identify and learn more functional ways of living. Many of the people she works with feel overwhelmed by stress, have lost sense of meaning in their lives, or feel out of control. They repeat the same life patterns again and again. Clients may have focused on the opinions of others more than their own, entered relationships/jobs they never wanted, or feel generally unfulfilled. Her clients want to learn how to be happy again or for the first time.
Her therapeutic style builds on client self-acceptance, empowerment, and coping skills. She works together with her clients to help gain control over decisions, values, and communication styles.
Carol Matheson, Ph.D.
Dr. Matheson specializes in working with children and adolescents providing parent coaching, counseling and comprehensive, psycho-educational evaluations. She specializes in ADHD, learning differences, behavioral issues, anger management, depression, and anxiety. If your child receives a psycho-evaluation, you will be provided information regarding your child's unique learning style and strategies to help them reach their academic potential. She works with children in a respectful, warm and relaxed manner She utilizes a holistic approach, depending on the child's unique personality and needs, but typically incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She worked at The Westminster Schools as the Consulting Psychologist and Learning Strategist for the Lower and Middle Schools for over 10 years. She received her undergraduate degree at Texas A&M University and her PhD in School Psychology at Pennsylvania State University. She has worked with children and adolescents for over 25 years.
Janet Patton, Ph.D.
Dr. Patton is a graduate of the University of Georgia’s counseling psychology program. She also completed a two-year fellowship in pediatric and child psychology at Yale University. Dr. Patton specializes in comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation, child/adolescent, and adult therapy. Dr. Patton specializes in a variety of issues that individuals seek services for including: anxiety (including OCD, panic, separation anxiety, and phobia), relationship difficulties, depression, parenting concerns, stress, identity issues, adjustment concerns, ADHD/executive functioning weaknesses, and family dynamics. Dr. Patton is dedicated to providing scientifically supported therapy techniques in a compassionate manner designed to meet each client and family's specialized needs. Her treatment perspective incorporates cognitive-behavioral (CBT) and family systems theories with specialized work when needed in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) approaches and Exposure with Response Prevention (E/RP).
She also offers psycholoeducational evaluations addressing possible ADHD, learning disabilities, processing deficits, dyslexia, autism spectrum disorders, and/or emotional/behavioral issues to best determine your learning profile and specific strengths and weaknesses to aid in intervention.
Catherine Hawkins, M.Ed, LAPC
Catherine believes that the most successful therapy integrates the individual within the family system. She specializes in working with families and couples on their unique needs, including communication issues, attachment difficulties, and social or emotional concerns. Catherine has training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) which is an attachment-based approach designed to help couples form a better understanding of their patterns, particularly the negative patterns that may cause disconnection and dissatisfaction in their relationship.
Catherine especially enjoys working with families who have children navigating ADHD, anxiety, depression, or learning disabilities. Catherine’s goal is to help the family system see each other more clearly and to connect more deeply. As a therapist, Catherine brings warmth, genuine curiosity, and a purposeful desire to connect into the therapy space.
Catherine grew up in Atlanta and is a graduate of The Westminster Schools. She has taught in the middle school and college classroom and has also worked as a Learning Specialist in the Lower School at Pace Academy. Catherine lives with her husband and her two young daughters.
Catherine is practicing under the supervision of Jeanine Rousso, LPC 006071 and CPCS 596.
Kim Dobson-Callahan, MD
Kim Dobson-Callahan,MD is a board certified Child and Adolescent psychiatrist who brings over two decades of extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of numerous disorders of emotion and behavior.
Dr. D-C, as her patients prefer to call her, believes that psychotropic medication is only a part of an otherwise comprehensive treatment approach. She will prioritize inclusion of therapeutic providers, medical concerns, family, school extra curriculars and other vital parts of patients’ lives. She strongly supports use of Mind -Body interventions as well ,to complete a holistic approach to well-being.
Dr. Dobson-Callahan is also a dedicated clinician educator. The recipient of multiple awards in teaching and mentorship, she is adjunct Faculty at Emory University, School of Medicine.
Chandra Brock, M.A., CCC-SLP
Chandra earned a Bachelor Degree in Speech Pathology from Grambling State University and a Master’s Degree from Louisiana Tech University. She has over 20 years of experience as a speech-language pathologist. Chandra’s experiences include working in public schools systems, private centers, early intervention programs, and rehabilitation hospitals. Chandra’s responsibilities have included evaluating, diagnosing, and developing appropriate plans of intervention, both within private practice and school settings; reading intervention; and parent and teacher education.
Chandra is proficient in working with children ages 4 – 18. She has extensive knowledge and experience in diagnosing and treating articulation, phonology, language, and language-based learning disabilities. This includes targeting reading comprehension, phonological awareness, written expression, and receptive/expressive language. Chandra also works with students in regards to supporting retention and recall of verbal information, such as teacher lecture and text. Additionally, Chandra has received Orton Gillingham, Teacher Training 1 and is currently pursuing further training/certification.
Paul Smith, Ph.D.
Dr. Smith assists clients through a variety of life transitions in order to feel more empowered and hopeful about the future. He works with adolescents over 14 and adults. He specializes in the areas of grief and loss, career exploration, mood disorders, attentional issues, relationship concerns, and various issues impacting boys and men.
Dr. Smith aspires to provide a caring and therapeutic environment that empowers his clients to explore themselves and life circumstances in new ways. He strives to help them develop new insights and seek creative solutions to help get “unstuck” wherever they are in their lives. He draws from a diversity of theoretical perspectives to cater the counseling experience to their needs and context (e.g., client-centered, existential, narrative, and cognitive-behavioral).
Outside of his work at Mindset, Dr. Smith is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Georgia in their counseling master’s program. He graduated from Wake Forest University (B.A. and M.A.) and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Ph.D., Counseling and Counselor Education). He lives in Brookhaven with his wife and two daughters.
Alisha Williamson, Ed.S.
A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Alisha Williamson has served youth in various capacities as a school psychologist, special education teacher, and behavior interventionist for 15 years. She is also the recipient of the O. Wayne Rollins Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching while working at Westminster Schools as a learning strategist. Alisha is a dedicated mother and educator with a passion for supporting youth and families. She earned a B.A. in psychology from Spelman College and an Ed.S in school psychology from Auburn University.
Alisha specializes in working with children and families providing comprehensive, psycho-educational evaluations.
Lauren Klebek, LMSW
Lauren is committed to helping individuals navigate through difficult emotions, develop healthy coping mechanisms, improve self-esteem, foster self-awareness, and make meaningful changes in their lives. Eclectic in her practice, Lauren utilizes a strengths-based and person-centered approach to address each of her client’s unique needs and goals. Though she typically draws from therapeutic modalities including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral (DBT) informed therapy, Mindfulness-based techniques, and Motivational Interviewing. Lauren believes in a collaborative therapeutic process between therapist and client, where she works alongside her clients to build resiliency, explore challenges, and identify strengths and strategies to overcome obstacles in their life.
She enjoys working with children, adolescents, adults, and families presenting with a range of concerns. Her areas of special interest include mood and anxiety disorders, stress, life transitions, and interpersonal issues.
Lauren received her Masters in Social Work degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago and completed two years of clinical internship working with diverse populations impacted by anxiety, depression, trauma, psychiatric crisis, and behavioral issues.
Lauren is supervised by Melissa Z. Williams, LCSW, #CSW004357