W.Scott Ragsdale LPC, Ph.D.

W.Scott Ragsdale LPC, Ph.D.

Credentials and Professional Experience:

Scott is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 18 years experience working with pre-adolescent, adolescent, and adult populations. He has three years experience as a counselor and Clinical Supervisor working in hospital settings with severely disturbed adolescents. Scott is fully trained in Marriage and Family counseling with many years experience counseling couples and families. Among the areas of special certification Scott has achieved are: Emotional Trauma and PTSD, Clinical Hypnosis, Domestic Violence, Grief and Loss, Thought Field Therapy Level II, Breath Therapy, TheoPhostic Christian Counseling, Reflexology, Reiki Level 1, Marriage Enrichment, Divorce Meditation, and Positive Parenting.

Scott holds a Masters Degree from Georgia State University in Counseling and a Ph.D. degree from La Salle University in Psychology.

Scott has 9 years experience as a full time and Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Human Development, Social Psychology, and Human Relations at Clayton State University, Chattahoochee Technical College, and Atlanta University. Scott has several years experience as a Contract Provider for the U.S. Navy working with active duty and veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). He uses the latest and most proven techniques, including group therapy, to help heal and relieve PTSD symptoms.

Approach:

Scott meets the client “where they are” with a combination of Cognitive-Behavioral and Experiential modalities. His comprehensive approach helps clients better understand their thinking patterns and assumptions, change their behavior responses, and release and heal their emotional states. Scott uses many techniques with couples to improve communication, identify fears, mediate solutions, and enhance reconciliation, which leads the couple toward a renewed and reconnected relationship. He brings experience from his own 38 year marriage to each session.

Areas of Expertise:

• Christian Counseling
• Hypnotherapy
• Adolescent Issues
• Grief and Loss
• PTSD
• Anger Management
• Couples Counseling
• Pre- Martial Counseling

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