About Willie
Willie Whited is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than 31 years working in mental health. He holds a master’s degree in Guidance and Counseling and practices in Georgia. He has extensive experience helping people facing serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use concerns.
Willie has worked across clinical settings since 1980, including a decade serving children and adolescents in community programs and facilities. He has been recognized for work with co-occurring disorders and completed leadership training through the Morehouse School of Medicine Community Health Leadership Program.
How Willie works
He uses his long experience to guide people through difficult moments. Willie’s style focuses on each person’s motivations and needs. He brings a mix of approaches to match what a person is facing, with an emphasis on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Sessions are tailored to specific concerns and life circumstances. People come to him for many issues such as stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, bipolar disorder, depression, grief, anger, sleep problems, and parenting strain. He also helps with relationship concerns, intimacy issues, attachment and abandonment, codependency, and problems with impulsivity and shame.
Willie aims to help people spot the distractions that keep them stuck and to make workable changes. He describes therapy as a journey toward more satisfying daily life and clearer purpose. He invites people to take a first step and explore what change could look like for them.
Willie lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
- 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
What Willie works with
The areas below are the ones Willie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- 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
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, CSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 31 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
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Online support options
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values; it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build healthier bonds and emotional safety. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors, which can help with anxiety, mood problems, sleep, and impulses.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Willie works with each person to choose methods that match their goals, concerns, and everyday life. He adjusts plans as progress is made and invites feedback about what is or isn’t working.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share updates and get support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family routines while still using evidence-based approaches.
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