About Willie
Willie Whited is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a long career in mental health. He holds a master’s degree in Guidance and Counseling and has worked in clinical settings since 1980, bringing over 31 years of experience to his practice. He practices in Georgia and speaks English.
Willie often helps people who are facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, and addiction-related struggles. He also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, grief, sleep problems, parenting strain, and ADHD.
Background and approach
He addresses relationship concerns, intimacy issues, anger, low self-esteem, and challenges around life purpose. His background includes work with serious mental illness and co-occurring mental health and substance use conditions. That work led to recognition from the NAACP and completion of a community health leadership program at Morehouse School of Medicine.
Willie’s style adapts to each person’s needs and motivations. He draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy while using an eclectic mix of methods that fit the situation. He focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions.
Sessions aim to help people notice what gets in the way of change. Willie helps clients identify patterns, practice new skills, and set realistic goals. He frames therapy as a joint process toward greater self-understanding and meaningful change.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is about clarifying values and taking small steps toward a meaningful life while learning to live with difficult feelings. It can help when worry, avoidance, or loss of direction get in the way. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and habits and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, or sleep trouble. It is practical and task-oriented. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people make different choices in relationships and closeness.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your goals, try methods that fit your situation, and adjust strategies based on what helps. This is a collaborative process where you both decide what works best over time.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to add flexibility. Video calls let you see facial expressions and body language for deeper conversation. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier for quick check-ins. Chat or text messaging can be useful for brief updates, skill practice, or when typing feels simpler than speaking. These options help therapy fit into busy days and different routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 31 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English