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About Southern Live Oak Wellness
As a mental health treatment program in Atlanta, Southern Live Oak Wellness utilizes a range of evidence-based treatment modalities to help our clients understand, grow, and recover from anxiety, depression or more through symptom management, self-care practices, and the development of new life skills.
Mission & Vision
Providing quality mental health treatment in Atlanta, Georgia, to a population in dire need of being treated as equal.
Program Overview
Founded in
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Levels of Care
Residential, PHP, IOP
Housing
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Who We Treat
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Specializations
Mood Disorders, Psychosis and Thinking Disorders
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Treatments
Therapies
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Brain Mapping
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy (TMS)
Alpha-Stim
Animal-Assisted Therapy
Red-Light Therapy
Music Therapy
Co-Occurring Conditions
Anxiety disorders
Depression
Bipolar disorder
Schizophrenia
Schizoaffective disorder
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
OCD
Personality disorder
Suicidal thoughts
Self-Harm
Eating disorders
Dual diagnosis
Activities
Reiki
Cooking classes
Job coaching
Outdoor Recreation
Professional Staff
Katee Gmitro, LCSW
Executive Clinical Director
Halle Matula, M.S., LPC
Residential Clinical Director
Tatayanna Foster, MS
Primary Therapist
Jonathan “JB” Brown, MS
Primary Therapist
Dr. Panchajanya Paul, MD, ABPN, ABIHM, FAPA
Medical Director
Deanna Harder, RN
Director of Nursing
Jaymen Ritsch
Director of Admissions
Sara Schondel, CAC
Case Management
What Our Patients Say About Us
Reviews
First and foremost, I would like to say that SLOW treated my young adult child as more than just a means to earn money - SLOW cared about getting my loved one the help needed in order to get back on their feet and on their way to a successful life. The follow ups that my young adult child received after completing treatment at SLOW were beneficial to their journey. After the completion of treatment at SLOW, the help and support we have received has been above and beyond what I would have expected and appreciated more than I can put into a Google Review. I don't believe my young adult child would be with us today had SLOW not been involved in their journey.
I have a daughter that recently went into the program at SLOW. She was transferred from Ridgeview and I was a complete mess as no-one at Ridgeview would give me the time of day to even explain the expected process. Being that my daughter is 23 years old, I had no legal rights to understand what she was going through at Ridgeview or even the next steps to her road to recovery.
When I heard that Ridgeview was going to transfer my daughter to SLOW, I called SLOW to try to understand the process and Josh had answered the phone. He was so kind and understanding and explained the process of what happens next and stayed in close contact with me until she was transferred there. Her discharge was postponed twice. I honestly do not know how I would have made it through the last month without Josh’s kindness and professionalism.
He is one of the most kind, patient and understanding person that I have ever interacted with and I am so forever grateful for him and SLOW is very very lucky to have him.
I am so thankful for this place and all of the support and care I received here. The therapists and staff truly care about you and give you the tools needed to cope and heal. I highly recommend this place to anyone struggling and I feel so blessed I received care here.
My niece received much-needed, inpatient and outpatient care for her mental illness recently. She received very attentive care, and now has returned home with much-needed coping skills enabling her to function better and be happy.