Sera Turgut, M.Ed., LPC, NCC, CAS completed her Master of Education in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at the University of West Georgia, and she is fully licensed in the State of Georgia and board certified at both the national and state levels.

She is a Certified Autism Specialist (CAS) through the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards (IBCCES). She is also foundationally trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), utilizing a DBT-informed approach and incorporating DBT principles and interventions as needed, and she has worked with a broad spectrum of clients with issues ranging from mild to acute.

THERAPY APPROACH

Attachment-based, behavioral, cognitive, collaborative, DBT-informed, directive, emotionally focused, functional, holistic, humanistic, integrative, multicultural, psychodynamic, psychoeducational, and solution-focused.

THERAPY STYLE

• Free-flowing, unrushed, and flexible without a formal structure

• Direct and challenging - encouraging growth at every opportunity

• In depth and thorough - no stone left unturned

• Focused on providing perspective, education, experiential opportunities, and solutions

THERAPY SESSION

Sessions focus on empowering you with the knowledge, courage, experience, and self-confidence needed to take charge of your own health and create lasting change. This is accomplished through the exploration of beliefs, behaviors, coping skills, emotions, experiences, life patterns, lifestyle habits, relationships, traumas, and environmental factors.

POPULATION SERVED

Adults - 21 years old and up

SPECIALTIES

• All Things Related to the Self
  (self-awareness, self-esteem, self-confidence, self-assertiveness, self-love, self-worth, self-care, etc.)

• Anxiety

• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

• Autism Spectrum Disorder/Asperger’s Syndrome/High-Functioning Autism (HFA)

• Boundaries

• Changing Behaviors/Habits

• Chronic Illness/Pain

• Codependency

• Communication

• Emotion Regulation

• Feeling Stuck

• Geek and Gamer Culture

• Health and Wellness (Functional/Holistic/Integrative)

• Narcissistic Abuse

• Neurodivergence

• Non-Pharmacological Solutions

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

• Relationships (familial, platonic, romantic, professional, etc.)

• Stress
  

For a complete list of areas of support, please visit the About Therapy page.

EXPERIENCE

Anxiety disorders, bipolar and related disorders, depressive disorders, disruptive/impulse-control/conduct disorders, dissociative disorders, feeding and eating disorders, gender dysphoria, LGBTQ+, neurodevelopmental disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, paraphilic disorders, parasomnias, personality disorders, schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders, sexual dysfunctions, sleep-wake disorders, substance-related and addictive disorders, and trauma and stressor-related disorders.

CAREER

• Attento Counseling

  • Private Practice

  • Children, adolescents, young adults, parents, and adults

• Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health Georgia

  • Non-Profit

  • Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) - Secure, Level 6

  • Pre-adolescents, adolescents, young adults, parents, and families

• Cura Marriage & Family Therapy Center of Atlanta

  • Private Practice

  • Adolescents, young adults, adults, seniors, parents, and families

• Thrive Counseling

  • Private Practice

  • Children, adolescents, parents, and families

• Skyland Trail

  • Non-Profit

  • Residential Mental Health Treatment

  • DBT program

  • Young adults, adults, and seniors

• Positive Impact Health Centers

  • Non-Profit

  • LGBTQ+, HIV community, low income, and homeless

  • Young adults, adults, and seniors

TRAINING

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy Foundational Training™

  • Level 3 - Comprehensive Training in Standard DBT

  • Provided by Marsha Linehan’s Behavioral Tech

  • Trained by Adam Payne, PhD

• Emotionally Focused Therapy Externship

  • Trained by Sue Johnson, PhD, leading developer of EFT and founder/director of the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT), and Michael Barnett, LPC, founder of Atlanta Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy (ACEFT)

• Certified Autism Specialist (CAS)

  • A Certified Autism Specialist (CAS) has been verified by the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards (IBCCES) to have voluntarily met rigorous professional standards, demonstrating experience and education in autism. A CAS has a minimum of a Master’s degree and 2 years of experience or a Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of experience. The CAS obtains 14 continuing education hours in autism every two years in order to stay up to date in the field. A CAS has also passed the IBCCES Autism Competency exam.

MEMBERSHIPS

• Licensed Professional Counselors Association of Georgia (LPCA)