Therapist profile
Symphony Haynes- Adams, LPC
Georgia
Licensed Professional Counselor - Relationships and Anger
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- CredentialsLPC
- LicenseLPC, Georgia / LPC005253
- NPI1972763423
- Experience21 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationGeorgia
About
- CBT and ACT
- Emotionally-focused tools
- Skills for daily life
About Symphony
Symphony Haynes-Adams is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia with 21 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship and parenting concerns, grief, trauma, addiction, and anger among other issues. Symphony accepts international clients and conducts therapy in English.
She keeps sessions interactive and practical. She emphasizes listening first, then helps people map out clear steps they can try between appointments. Conversations focus on specific patterns - such as repeated arguments, building resentment, or trouble managing tension - and on what changes might feel doable in daily life.
Her work draws on a mix of approaches, including cognitive behavioral methods, acceptance and commitment ideas, dialectical behavior techniques, emotionally-focused work, and client-centered practices. That variety helps her shift tactics if something isn’t working and to match strategies to a person’s situation and goals.
Symphony has long experience with family of origin issues, blended family concerns, adoption and foster care topics, and caregiving stress. She also helps people contend with body image, shame and guilt, career challenges, and substance problems. Clients get straightforward feedback and concrete skills to practice between sessions.
Her style is interactive rather than didactic. People who prefer a collaborative clinician who listens, suggests behavioral experiments, and reviews what worked before the next meeting may find her approach useful. To begin, clients follow the site process to match and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and working online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without being driven by them and on taking actions that match a person's values. It can help with ongoing anger, avoidance, and decisions about how to respond in difficult moments. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks down unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teaches practical techniques to test and change them, which can reduce reactive responses and build alternative habits. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds clear skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving communication in tense interactions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods based on current problems, goals, and what feels like a good fit. That means trying approaches, reviewing how they go, and adjusting plans if needed.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm the available online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand it, and remove travel time. It also makes it possible to keep therapy consistent if someone is traveling or located outside Georgia. The therapist will discuss how to structure appointments so sessions are practical and useful for daily life.
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Experience
21+ years
Listed in
Georgia
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, relationship conflict, depression, grief, anger, and related concerns such as parenting and addiction.
How would she work with someone who snaps at loved ones?
She uses interactive sessions to identify triggers and offers practical skills to interrupt reactive patterns and practice new responses between meetings.
What is her professional background?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 21 years of experience working with adults on relationship, career, and emotional concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds an LPC credential in Georgia and practices with that license as her professional credential.
Which languages are supported and can international clients work with her?
Sessions are offered in English and she does accept international clients.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified here; please confirm current session options before booking so you know how meetings are held.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session through the site.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.