Georgia Nicholson Small, PLPC
Georgia@brcounselingassociates.com
225.267.7216
I work with individuals, couples, and families ages 13 and up. Many of my clients want help with relationships such as how to be a better partner or parent. They also seek guidance with navigating life transitions and questions of who they may be in this phase of life. And others want tools to handle things such as depression, anxiety, and a variety of stressors.
I seek to understand my clients' goals and offer support in achieving them. I help clients to explore their story for clues about where they have been and where they want to go. While I think that gaining insight is an important part of therapy, I also seek to give my clients tools in each session that they can use right away to see improvements.
I hope to offer my clients a safe and non-judgmental space to process whatever they need to in sessions. I view myself as a guide who can help clients to discover new ways of viewing themselves, others, and the world that will bring them more enjoyment, peace, and fulfillment. I know that starting therapy can be hard and I appreciate the courage that it takes to make the first step. Contact me for a free consultation to see if I’m a good fit for you.
Some of my areas of interest include:
- Couple’s Counseling
- Family Counseling
- Women’s and Moms’ Concerns
- Life Transitions
- Anxiety and Mood Disorders
- Grief
- Trauma Recovery
- Church Harm/Spiritual Abuse
- Gifted Adults and Teens
- LGBTQIA+ Individuals and Families
About Georgia: Georgia is a Provisional Licensed Professional Counselor who has lived in the Baton Rouge area for most of her life. She has had a sales career in the hospitality industry, spent years as a stay-at-home mom, and then followed a passion for helping women through volunteer work into her newest calling as a mental health therapist.
The different roles that Georgia has had throughout her life give her the ability to empathize with many challenging life circumstances. She has experienced the corporate world and its rigorous demands. She has felt the challenges of being a stay-at-home mom. And she has made a midlife transition to a second career. She has also healed from past trauma and overcome other personal obstacles.
Faith has been a positive influence in her own journey. Her seminary training gives her additional insight for clients who wish to incorporate faith into the therapeutic process. However, Georgia respects clients from all lifestyles and belief systems and will only address spirituality if the client wishes to do so. As with all aspects of therapy Georgia upholds the ethical belief that her job is to support the client in their beliefs and goals- not to impose her own.
Georgia has been married for 17 years. She has a teenage daughter and son, and an adult stepdaughter and daughter in law with their first grandbaby on the way. In her free time, she loves to read, cook, travel, and spend time with her rescue dogs; Chuy and Bella.