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Dr. Patricia S. Brawner, PhD, Licensed Psychologist, Athens, GA

I’m Dr. Patricia S. Brawner, Ph.D. I am a Licensed Psychologist and have been in private practice in Athens, GA for more than 25 years. I have Masters and PhD degrees in Counseling Psychology, an Advanced Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy, and am in the process of completing the highest level of certification in the renowned Gottman Method approach to marriage counseling and couples therapy. I also see patients struggling with anxiety, depression, ADHD/ADD, bipolar disorder, anger management, behavioral problems, emotional disturbance, infidelity, and domestic abuse. I offer testing and evaluation services including bariatric evaluations, ADHD evaluations, and pain evaluations. I also offer hypnosis for a variety conditions including phobias, weight loss, and smoking cessation.

While I specialize in marriage counseling and couples therapy, including pre marital counseling, I see adults of all ages and in all stages of life including people going through life transitions and college-age young adults. Here is a more complete explanation of the services that I offer.

My professional associations include membership in the American Psychological Association, Georgia Psychological Association and the Athens Area Psychological Association.

Sessions in my Athens, GA office or via Skype or FaceTime

Technology allows me to talk to you wherever you are, so don’t be dismayed if Athens, GA is geographically unsuitable for your conversing with me. Using FaceTime or Skype allows us to have a conversation no matter where you are (or how you’re dressed – PJs, yoga pants or shorts and T are perfectly fine). It also allows us to keep our conversation going if you travel for your work, or are on vacation.

Intensive Weekend Retreats for More Meaningful Marriage Counseling

If your marriage or relationship has entered crisis mode, or, perhaps you want to jump-start the repair and renewal of your relationship, I offer private, intensive 2 1/2 day Intensive Retreats. These have shown to be much more effective than traditional once-a-week marriage counseling due to the extended and focused time you spend working on your relationship. These are scheduled as requested. Find more info here.

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After 23 years, our marriage had imploded. I found out that my husband had been cheating on me for over a year. After the initial shock wore off, we both decided that we wanted to save our marriage, but didn’t know where to start. Every conversation ended up in the same old accusations. I found Dr. Brawner’s website and read about the Gottman Method for marriage counseling that she uses. Among other things, it focuses on new and different ways to communicate.

I wasn’t sure that we were savable. It took a lot of effort by my husband and me, but Dr. Brawner patiently and expertly guided us through the process. I can’t explain all of it, but she helped us break it down and put it back together – but in a better way. I can honestly say that we are in a better place in our relationship than we’ve been in the last 15 years. We like that we can check in with Dr. B via Skype on a regular basis, just to make sure that we are moving forward.

I can’t say enough good things about Dr. Brawner, except this: If your marriage is in peril, call her! Sally & Tom F.

Athens, GA

I went to see Dr. Brawner upon the recommendation of a dear friend. I was in a dire place – divorce, change in job status, and my youngest child had just gone off to college. It seemed that all I could do was focus on “what was,” and it was paralyzing. I would cry until I thought I was out of tears, then cry some more. I couldn’t sleep or eat. I’d lost over 20 pounds, and that’s not good for me. To say that my self-esteem was non-existent  would be putting it mildly.

I had never been to a therapist before. I didn’t know what to do when I got there, so I just cried for the first 20 minutes. That was 8 months ago. I wouldn’t say I’m perfectly OK, but I sure have come a long way! I can now look forward instead of backwards, and focus on positive things that I can make happen.

Dr. Brawner is an exceptional therapist! Her knowledge and experience combined with her personality make it easy to talk to her. She is warm, compassionate, and nonjudgemental, yet direct, and is pragmatic in helping people find solutions to their problems. Caroline M.

Athens, GA

Donald and I needed help right away. I feared we were, perhaps, a few months away from divorce. I heard about Dr. Brawner from someone she sees weekly in her office. We called Dr. Brawner, and after a few phone conversations and two sessions in her office, she suggested that an intensive weekend retreat might be what was needed to not only jump-start the process of repairing our relationship, but to also give us a road map for the future.

We loved the fact that we were the only couple there, and, that the intensive counseling over the 2 1/2 days really allowed us to move forward and resolve our issues. We also learned how to communicate with each other in the future so that we didn’t return to the awful situation that we had been in. Although we didn’t realize it at first, the follow up Skype sessions helped us from getting stuck as new problems and situations arose after we returned home.

I can say without any hesitation that it was the most important weekend of our lives. We can’t thank you enough Dr. Brawner!

Gwen & Donald T.

Atlanta, GA

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