All of the GCDA counselors and career specialists offer various specialties. Be sure to read ALL of the biographies below to make the best decision. As with any service, feel free to contact more than one counselor to ensure that you find one that best fits you and your needs.

 

Janis Ashkin, M.Ed/NCC/ NCCC
Ashkin Counseling and Training
678.319.0297
jashkin@bellsouth.net

As a nationally certified career counselor, I provide services that include career counseling, career assessment, career planning, resume services, interview and job search assistance and deliver career development workshops to large and small companies. I have special expertise with the Telecommunications Industry and Federal Government. 

 

Deborah R. Brown, SPHR, MBA/MSW

D&B Consulting, Inc.
3355 Lenox Road, Suite 750
Atlanta, GA 30326
office - 404.504.7079 
fax - 678.530.0661

debbie@dandbconsulting.com

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Are you dissatisfied with your career? Let me help you reinvent a career and life you can enjoy through a proven process of career assessment (take the latest assessment tools online), strategic planning, goal setting and job search. My approach assists individuals with immediate career decisions and long-term career planning. I help entrepreneurs and small business owners set goals and grow their businesses. I also provide outplacement, executive coaching, and leadership development services to organizations. I work with all industries and levels but specialize in work with executives and managers

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Debi C Buckland, MS, LMFT,LPC
Marriage and Family Therapist/ Career Counselor

2801 Buford Hwy T-60 Atlanta, Georgia 30329

404-842-0696

dbuckland@theatlantacg.org

http://theatlantacounselinggroup.org/
http://www.linkedin.com/in/debibuckland  

"As a Career Changer myself, I recognize the importance of letting go of who you were, celebrating who you are today, and allowing yourself the gift of exploring what is waiting for you in your future. I look forward to traveling along with you on that journey".

Specialties: -Job Transition -Identifying transferable skills to match new interests/opportunities -Life Enrichment -Couples Counseling -Individual and Family Therapy -Career Therapy -College to Career Exploration and Coaching -Career to Retirement Counseling -Workshops for Spouse/Partners during transition -Workshops for Personality/Exploration/Encore Career -Downsizing

 

Hallie Crawford, Founder and Certified Coach
Create Your Career Path Career Coaching
877-298-6444
www.halliecrawford.com  

Hallie Crawford is a certified career coach, speaker and author from Atlanta whose coaching company, Create Your Career Path, helps people identify their ideal career path, navigate their career transition and nurture their careers. Create Your Career Path is a boutique career coaching firm known for their personal attention, commitment to clients and a blend of dreaming and being practical in achieving career goals. Collectively in the past 9 years, Crawford and her team of coaches have helped hundreds of clients all over the world find and succeed in their dream job.

 

Elaine Damon, LPC
455 E. Paces Ferry Rd. NE
Ste #203, Atl, GA 30305
678.665.4001

www.synchronicity-at-work.com

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Lanie Damon provides individual and organizational career consultations. She employes a holistic approach, helping clients integrate profession, education, leisure, and family activities. Sunny Hansen's Integrative Life Planning, the Highlands Company Ability battery, and Health Realization are major resources providing the foundation of Lanie's work. 

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Sherjuana Davis, PhD

Performance Consultant and Career Development Professional

P.O. Box 161046
Atlanta, Georgia 30321
404-671-9472

drdavis678@yahoo.com

Dr. Davis provides services to help individuals achieve career success, teams operate more effectively and organizations improve performance. She is an experienced user of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), DISC, Conflict Dynamics Profile (CDP),  Keirsey Temperament Sorter, Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode, and a host of other instruments.  Dr. Davis has a successful track record of providing workshops, working with individuals and groups.

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Maci Daye
LifeWorks LifeWorks Seminars and Counseling, Inc.

Lifeworksdecatur@earthlink.net 

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Connie DeSanto
CED Associates, Principal
www.cedleadership.com  
info@cedleadership.com  
678-677-1399

CED Leadership partners with students and business professionals, guiding their career journeys with a focus on personal goals and fulfillment. Whether one is at the beginning of their career; wants to identify/learn more about their innate strengths; or finds themselves in transition for any reason, we can help. With our personalized service, we create a detailed, customized plan that will ensure our client is on track to reach their goals. 

 

Dr. Mark L. Fisher
Fisher Educational Consultants
10 Glenlake Parkway-South Tower-Suite 130
Atlanta, GA 30328
678-222-3444
Fax: 404.636.3337
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Fisher Educational Consultants offers educational and career counseling to individuals from high school age to young adults. Through individual interviews and a battery of inventories, one learns about their educational and/or career interests. For college students, this includes determining college majors. For high school students, this includes college selection. 

 

David Harris, MTS, MS
2215 Cheshire Bridge Rd NE
Atlanta GA 30324
404.816.7171 x18
dharris@fmc3.org
www.InterCounseling.com

 
Whether you are looking for a first start or a fresh start, I will provide a positive and enlightened approach to working with your struggles and your dreams. I invite you to email or call me so we can talk for a few minutes and discover how working together can benefit you.

 

Andrea Holyfield, MS, NCC
Live Well Counseling and Professional Development Services 
2801 Buford Hwy, Suite T-60
Atlanta, GA 404-969-2321
www.livewellcps.com  

Live Well CPS, is a specialty counseling and career development practice that focuses exclusively on therapeutic work with adults. Many of our clients are budding entrepreneurs, newly credentialed professionals and others inspired to find balance, meaning and purpose in their lives. Our focus is on assisting you in finding a life’s work that contributes to your overall wellness. If you are angry, overwhelmed, stressed or otherwise ready to transition into another role, we’re here to help.
"Uncover Your Path, Discover Your Passion"

 

Carol J. Kem, EdS, MRC, LPC, NCC, MCC
Life Horizons
Atlanta, GA
678.772.2400
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http://www.lifehorizons.com/ 
 

Carol is a credential career professional with over 20 years' experience as a Career Counselor / Coach / Consultant. She has experience working in education, business and government sectors. Carol has a successful track record working with adults of all ages and from different backgrounds, cultures, and employment levels. She is certified and experienced with the MBTI and other instruments. Client appointments are flexible and primarily by phone in order to accommodate client work, home and school schedules.

 

Patrick Lynch, President
The Frontier Group
Career Coaching and Consulting
4360 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30341

Tel: 770.455.1244   x 313

www.frontiergroupusa.com

The Frontier Group works with mid and senior level professionals and executives to provide career transition strategies, outplacement services, and executive coaching.

 

Mary Jane Murphy, CRC, LPC, NCC
M.J. Murphy Counseling Services, Inc.
678.793.5014
Fax: 404.315.9235

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M.J. Murphy has over 20 years experience as a Career Counselor and therapist. Visit her web site at www.murphycounseling.com or see her profile on Pyschology Today's web site at www.psychologytoday.com 

 

Linda Robinson, M.Ed
First Choices - Career Choices for Young Adults (A Subsidiary of L.J. Robinson & Assoc)
2489 Manor Walk
Decatur, GA 30030
404.377.3861
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First Choices provides career services to young adults (high school to post college) to assist them in making meaningful choices at the start of their career. Services include Career Assessment for selection of a major, educational selection, alternatives to college and occupational choices. 

 

Phil Rockwell, M.A., M.S., NCC
Career Conversations
770.365.1316
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I enjoy working with displaced workers, career changers and individuals transitioning from the military. My emphasis is on understanding of self and the realities of the world of work. Your resume and the marketing of yourself is very important and I will help you do that in a realistic and powerful way. 

 

Richard A. Van Haveren, PH.D/PC
3534 Old Milton Parkway
Alpharetta, GA 30005
678.462.3833
http://www.careernavigator.net
 

I provide career counseling to adolescents and adults. The process begins by exploring variables such as your occupational interests, skills, personality, values, and decision-making style. From there we determine goals for yourself and devise strategies to help you achieve those goals. Individual services or programs for organizations are offered. 

 


 

Terry L. Wynne, Ed.S/LPC/NCC/NCCC/MCC
The Professional Edge
Tucker, GA
770.939.4367

www.TheProfessionalEdgeAtlanta.com
tlwynne@bellsouth.net

Don't know what you want to be when you grow up? The Professional Edge addresses your specific issues including identifying your interests through interest inventories, determining your values and goals, making decisions and overcoming your fears, help in creating a competitive resume, learning interviewing techniques, obtaining job search strategies, and pursuing higher education.