Garrick Lawton

Garrick Lawton is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anger, low self-esteem, and coping with life changes. He frames therapy as a practical partnership and encourages clients to use their own strengths to move toward change. His approach is straightforward and focused on real-life outcomes.

With eight years of clinical experience, Garrick draws on a mix of therapy methods to match each person’s needs. He blends cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking with acceptance and commitment ideas that clarify values and action. He also uses client-centered and attachment-based ways of working to build trust and safety in the room.

Sessions emphasize concrete skills and small steps that fit daily life. Garrick often teaches emotion regulation tools from dialectical behavior therapy for managing intense feelings and interpersonal stress. He helps people set practical goals for recovery from addictive behavior and for coping after loss or traumatic events.

Garrick describes clients as the experts on their stories and aims to empower them, not direct them. He uses a conversational style that names struggles clearly while offering tools to try between sessions. His guiding motto is: Awareness Creates Change.

People seeking therapy with him should note his Georgia licensure and that sessions are conducted in English. To begin, clients use the site's Start Therapy process and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful inner reactions and focus on meaningful action. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes by clarifying what matters and taking small steps toward it. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches practical strategies to change them. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and managing strong emotions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness to help with intense feelings and relationship stress.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through what matters to the client, what has or hasn’t helped before, and try methods that fit the client’s goals and preferences. Together they will adjust methods as needed rather than sticking rigidly to a single plan.

Confirm the current session options before booking since specific formats are not detailed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing meetings from different locations. It can also support shorter check-ins when time is limited, or work well when clients prefer to avoid video by using other available options. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and homework for remote sessions so clients keep making progress between meetings.