LICENSED THERAPIST SPECIALIZING IN GRIEF, TRAUMA & ANXIETY IN MARIETTA AND ATLANTA
Helping adults who’ve walked through the fire, find their way back.
Laura offers individual counseling in Atlanta, Marietta & online for adults navigating grief, trauma, anxiety, low self-esteem, cancer, and recovery from toxic relationships.
Carmody Counseling exists to offer adults a safe, compassionate, and non-judgmental space to process what they've been carrying — and to discover the strength and clarity waiting on the other side.
Laura's work is rooted in deep respect for each client's unique journey, a genuine belief that insight and healing are always possible, and an unwavering commitment to walking alongside people with honesty and care as they become more fully themselves.
Her approach is collaborative and client-driven, blending evidence-based modalities including Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and attachment-informed, trauma-focused care to meet each client exactly where they are.
Laura offers in-person therapy in Marietta and Atlanta — including Smyrna, Sandy Springs and the surrounding neighborhoods — as well as online therapy throughout Georgia.
MEET THE FOUNDER
LAURA CARMODY
Laura Carmody, LCSW, MS is a licensed clinical social worker, ART-certified therapist, and founder of Carmody Counseling — a private therapy practice offering individual counseling and trauma therapy to adults in Metro Atlanta and virtually throughout Georgia.
But before she was a therapist, she was a caregiver, a grieving daughter, and someone who had to find her own way through some of the darkest seasons of her life.
Laura's path into this work began long before graduate school. After earning her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Presbyterian College and her Master of Social Work from the University of Georgia, she began her career in HIV/AIDS case management at AID Atlanta — where she learned what it truly means to offer non-judgmental, compassionate care to marginalized groups who have rarely experienced it.
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Then her world fell apart.
Both of her parents were diagnosed with terminal cancer, back to back. Laura stepped away from her career to become their caregiver — and then to grieve, and grieve again. What followed was one of the hardest chapters of her life: complex grief, PTSD, anxiety, and the slow, intentional work of rebuilding — experiences that now shape every session she holds.
CERTIFIED ART THERAPIST &
LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER
Laura holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Presbyterian College and a Master of Social Work from the University of Georgia, with a concentration in Clinical Social Work. She became a Certified Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) Specialist in September 2025 — a fast-acting, evidence-based modality she describes as nothing short of remarkable.
Along the way, she also navigated her own complicated chapter in dating and relationships — making the mistakes, learning the hard lessons, and figuring out who she was and what she actually wanted. She knows firsthand what it feels like to be lost in all of it — and to find the way through.
Her lived experience is the foundation of everything she brings into the room. She doesn't just understand grief, trauma, or relationship patterns from a textbook. She's been there.
Today, Laura specializes in grief counseling, trauma therapy, anxiety, low self-esteem, cancer support and life after diagnosis, and recovery from narcissistic abuse and toxic relationships.
In September 2025, she became a Certified ART specialist — an evidence-based, fast-acting trauma modality she describes as nothing short of remarkable. She's also facilitated support groups through Northside's Cancer Support Community, working with patients in active treatment and those navigating life after diagnosis.
Laura is a proud LGBTQIA+ ally and welcomes clients of all backgrounds, orientations, and identities. She considers it a genuine honor to walk alongside clients as they find their way back to themselves — and she can't wait to meet you.
I know what it feels like to feel lost, hopeless, and overwhelmed by grief — and I found the way through.
If you're carrying something heavy right now — grief that won't lift, patterns you can't seem to break, a version of yourself you barely recognize anymore — I want you to know that you are not alone in this. That heaviness has a name, and it has a way through. I've lived it. And it is the greatest honor of my life to sit with you in yours.
