About Russ
Russ Sanders is a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 11 years of clinical experience in Georgia. He holds a master's degree in psychology and has worked across a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, and relationship struggles. He emphasizes a hopeful, nonjudgmental approach and meets people where they are in life.
Russ keeps sessions straightforward and practical. He uses mindfulness and acceptance tools to help people notice what matters most.
Background and approach
He also draws on client-centered and existential ideas to support self-reflection and meaning-making. In practice he helps people manage panic, social anxiety, and sleep problems while also addressing mood disorders and substance use challenges. He has experience supporting issues like attachment and abandonment, parenting strain, workplace stress, and guilt or shame.
He also offers help around self-esteem, intimacy concerns, and life transitions. Russ has provided individual, group, and family services and has a background in assessment and evaluation. He works with people coping with dual diagnosis and comorbid conditions and has focused work supporting grief and bereavement.
People can expect a guided, collaborative process that mixes practical skill-building with reflective conversation. Sessions aim to reduce distress and increase alignment with personal values. Russ frames therapy as a journey and partners with clients to find clearer direction and greater well-being.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match what matters to them. It can be useful for anxiety, panic, and motivation challenges. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and empathy, giving people space to talk things through while the therapist reflects and supports self-directed growth.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which tools to try and adjust as progress unfolds, keeping the process collaborative rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions work well when lower bandwidth or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share between sessions, fit therapy into busy days, and check in without scheduling a full call. These options make it easier to maintain regular contact and practice new skills between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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