Barnetta Young, LPC

Barnetta Young is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia with 25 years of experience supporting adults through a wide range of mental health and life challenges. She combines evidence-based techniques with a person-centered outlook to address issues such as depression, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, and difficulties with intimacy, sleep, or eating. Her work also covers caregiver stress, attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, communication and control struggles, and multicultural concerns.

Known for a culturally-responsive and affirming approach, Barnetta focuses on understanding each person’s unique identity and lived experience. She has extensive experience working with women, people facing workplace stressors, and those coping with social isolation or family conflict. Her therapy emphasizes practical coping strategies, emotional resilience, and gradual, sustainable personal growth.

Barnetta blends Client-Centered principles with cognitive and solution-focused methods to tailor treatment to individual goals. As an LPC she aims to create a warm, respectful space where clients can explore changes, process losses, and build skills for healthier relationships and daily functioning. She guides clients collaboratively toward clearer coping plans and meaningful outcomes.