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Margaret Ast Licensed Professional Counselor in Georgia
Margaret Ast , LPC, RPT
She/Her/Hers

Licensed Professional Counselor

Kennesaw, GA

In-Person

Verified
Accepting new clients

About me

I am a licensed professional counselor and registered play therapist who works with children, tweens, teens and adult women in emotional regulation.

I was formally an elementary school teacher and home school mom before choosing counseling as my second career.I began this work as the Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) coordinator at a local mental health hospital on the adolescent unit. After five years there, I then opened my own private practice known as My Secret Garden Counseling Service in Kennesaw, Georgia.. I have been in the counseling field for 14 years. I incorporate play, art, and DBT into my sessions as well as offering traditional talk therapy. I believe healing is found in relationship; therefore, building a relationship with a person is my first goal of therapy. I use play and art as a means for children to better express themselves, and also to help people who have been traumatized. I utilize DBT for help in the emotional regulation of depression, anxiety, anger and shame. I also teach mindfulness and distress tolerance skills from DBT.

License

Education

Fees and insurance

Specialties and clinical interests

Therapy types

Faith-based specialties

Images and videos

Location

My Secret Garden Counseling Service, LLC

2959 Cherokee Street Northwest
Suite Suite 303A
Kennesaw, GA 30144 US

Directions

Licensed to see clients in

Years in practice

14

Service types

  • Therapy / Counseling

Types of clients

  • Kids & Tweens (5-12)
  • Adolescents (13-17)
  • Adults (18+)

Languages

  • English

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