Counseling With You In Mind.
Sometimes life seems stormy and we feel lost. You don't have to navigate it alone. Debbie Turner, LPC specializes in Gottman Level 2 Couples Therapy, Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), and IFS Internal Family Systems to bring clarity, emotional restoration, and lasting connection.
Debbie Turner, LPC, NCC
Licensed Professional Counselor & Couples Specialist
"I am passionate about helping individuals and couples experience grace for themselves and others."
Compassionate, Experienced Guidance for Healing & Restoration
Debbie Turner, LPC, NCC is a Licensed Professional Counselor and National Certified Counselor specializing in couples counseling, trauma resolution, and individual growth. She earned her Master's in Marriage and Family Therapy from Richmont Graduate University in 2014 after completing her B.S. in Psychology at North Georgia College & State University.
Debbie brings extensive clinical experience from private practice, inpatient work at Ridgeview Hospital, adolescent programs, and group therapy. She works with adults, couples, and families who are seeking emotional healing, renewed trust, and healthier relational dynamics.
Her therapeutic heart centers on creating a safe, grace-filled space. She utilizes an Attachment-Based model alongside Internal Family Systems (IFS) to help clients understand their internal "parts" and unburden emotional patterns that keep them stuck.
In addition, Debbie has personal empathy and special clinical interest in adult autism and how neurodivergence impacts relationships, following her own family's journey with adult misdiagnosis.
Practice Location
Beyond Today Counseling Center
327 Dahlonega St, Suite 1902B, Cumming, GA 30040
Telehealth Option
Secure online video counseling sessions from the comfort and privacy of your home across GA.
Specialized Therapies & Areas of Help
Debbie integrates evidence-based assessment tools with deep empathetic listening to address individual, marital, and family needs.
Restoring emotional intimacy, communication, and trust through evidence-based Gottman research and compassionate guidance.
Key Elements:
- Communication & conflict resolution strategies
- Prepare-Enrich assessments for pre-marital & married couples
- Step-family & blended family counseling (Ron Deal trained)
- Affair recovery & emotional trust rebuilding
- Intimacy & emotional connection restoration
A fast, highly effective eye-movement therapy that delivers rapid relief from trauma, anxiety, PTSD, OCD, and grief without talking endlessly about painful past details.
Key Elements:
- Rapid resolution of trauma & painful memories
- Effective relief for Anxiety, Depression & PTSD
- Voluntary image replacement through eye movements
- Typically produces dramatic results in 1 to 5 sessions
- Helps with OCD, panic attacks & phobias
Discover compassionate internal unity by understanding your protective parts and healing underlying wounds to foster healthier external connections.
Key Elements:
- Uncover protective parts and internal patterns
- Heal root emotional burdens & anxiety
- Develop self-compassion and emotional clarity
- Fosters internal calm for better relationship harmony
- Reduces self-criticism and internal conflict
Empowering adults to navigate life transitions, relational strain, anxiety, depression, and personal healing in a safe, grace-filled environment.
Key Elements:
- Anxiety, stress & mood management
- Navigating adult autism / neurodivergent family dynamics
- Boundary setting & self-worth recovery
- Life transitions & identity exploration
- Spiritual integration upon request
Certified support for mothers and fathers navigating perinatal mood changes, postpartum depression, anxiety, intrusive thoughts, and parenting transitions.
Key Elements:
- Perinatal mood & anxiety disorders (PMADs)
- Postpartum depression & intrusive thoughts support
- Support for both mothers and fathers
- Adjusting to new parenthood & identity shifts
- Compassionate, non-judgmental atmosphere
For clients seeking to integrate faith and spirituality into therapy, offering a grace-filled, respectful framework for holistic healing.
Key Elements:
- Faith-integrated therapeutic exploration
- Grace for self and grace for others framework
- Healing spiritual fatigue, doubt, or religious trauma
- Optional upon client request
- Respectful of individual belief journeys
Enhancing & Restoring Relationships Through Couples Therapy
Whether you are preparing for marriage, navigating communication gridlocks, healing from affair betrayal, or adjusting to a blended family, Debbie provides structured, research-backed couples therapy.
Gottman Method Couples Therapy (Level 2 Trained)
Based on over 40 years of empirical research by Drs. John and Julie Gottman. Helps couples build friendship, manage conflict constructively, and create shared meaning.
Prepare-Enrich Assessments for Pre-Marital & Marital Growth
Customized relationship assessment tool that pinpoints unique relationship strengths and growth areas for engaged couples and long-term marriages.
Specialized Step-Family / Blended Family Counseling
Advanced step-family training with national expert Ron Deal. Addresses the unique dynamics, parenting alignment, and boundaries essential for blended families.
"Healing is possible when both partners are given a roadmap."
Debbie Turner, LPC • Couples Specialist
Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) & IFS Wounded Parts Healing
Do you feel weighed down by distressing past memories, panic, or persistent anxiety? You do not have to spend years recounting painful trauma.
Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)
ART is a specialized, Level 2 evidence-based therapy that utilizes voluntary eye movements to rapidly reprogram how distressing memories are stored in the brain.
- Rapid results: Noticeable relief often achieved in just 1 to 5 sessions.
- No homework or detailed talking required: You keep painful details private if desired.
- Treats PTSD, Panic Attacks, Anxiety, Grief, OCD, Phobias & Addiction triggers.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
IFS helps clients understand that our mind is made of different "parts" (e.g. protective managers, firefighters, wounded exiles). By meeting these parts with self-compassion, we bring internal harmony.
- Non-pathologizing approach: every part has a protective intention.
- Fosters deep self-worth, emotional regulation, and inner peace.
- Translates directly into healthier marital and interpersonal boundaries.
What Clients Experience With Debbie
Real care, evidence-backed tools, and an inviting, non-judgmental environment.
"Debbie helped my husband and I find our way back to each other when we were ready to give up. Her Gottman assessments gave us clear insights, and her warmth made it safe to open up."
"I was skeptical about ART eye movement therapy for my severe anxiety, but after just 3 sessions I felt a massive weight lift. Debbie is truly gifted and compassionate."
"Debbie’s IFS approach helped me understand why I reacted so strongly in my relationship. Learning to have grace for my internal parts changed everything."
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Cumming, GA Office
327 Dahlonega St, Suite 1902B
Cumming, GA 30040
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