About Treva
Dr. Treva Sexton is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Georgia with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people navigate relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, addictions, mood concerns, and everyday stressors.
Her work includes support around sexual identity and sexual issues, and she accepts international clients who can work in English. Dr. Sexton takes a direct, practical approach in sessions.
She listens first, then helps people pinpoint the obstacles that keep them from moving forward.
How Treva works
Conversations focus on improving communication, managing strong emotions, and making concrete plans for change. Sessions are collaborative and goal oriented. She combines client-centered care with structured techniques when useful.
That can mean identifying unhelpful thought patterns, practicing emotion regulation skills, or using motivational conversation to build commitment to change. Mindfulness-based tools are also used to help with stress and focus. Her areas of focus include intimacy-related issues, relationship concerns, parenting struggles, adoption and foster care topics, body image, gender dysphoria, ADHD, bipolar concerns, trauma and abuse, and addictions.
She also supports people working with blended family stress, infidelity, commitment issues, and communication problems. Practical assessments such as substance use and anger management evaluations are part of the practice when needed. Dr.
Sexton describes her work as affirming for LGBT clients and for people exploring alternative kink or BDSM cultures. She aims to help people find stronger communication, healthier boundaries, and realistic plans for growth.
Treva lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Treva works with
The areas below are the ones Treva selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
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Online support options
Practical therapeutic approaches for online work
Dr. Sexton uses client-centered techniques that focus on understanding each person’s experience and priorities. That approach centers the person in the conversation and helps build trust while identifying what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; it is helpful for anxiety, stress, mood concerns, and many relationship patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, provides concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication, which can help with anger, impulsivity, and relationship conflict.Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with clients about their goals and preferences and then try methods that match those needs. Sessions are collaborative so techniques can be adjusted as progress is made or goals change.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. Video calls approximate an in-person session for deeper conversation, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone needs a shorter check-in. Live chat and messaging allow ongoing support between sessions and can be a practical option for brief updates, skill-checks, or when typing feels easier than speaking.
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