In-person therapy in Morningside/Atlanta · Online therapy throughout Georgia
WELCOME
At Art of Choice Psychotherapy, Bronwyn Excell LPC works with adults, executives and business leaders, and couples navigating relationships, anxiety, trauma, grief, career and parenting challenges, life transitions, and patterns that leave them feeling stuck.
You may be accomplished, thoughtful, and accustomed to figuring things out - yet still find yourself caught in the same emotional, relational, or professional patterns. Using an evidence-based, integrative approach, we’ll look beyond what is happening to understand why - exploring the experiences, beliefs, emotions, and relationship patterns that continue to shape your responses today.
The goal is not simply greater insight. It’s greater choice: building confidence in your ability to respond with intention, strengthen your connections, and create meaningful, sustainable change.
Understand the pattern. Rediscover your choices. Create change.
Maybe you're asking:
Why do I keep putting everyone else first and then end up feeling resentful?
Why do I shut down when situations
or conversations get difficult?
Why do we keep having the same argument and nothing changes?
Why do I feel like I’m never doing enough, no matter what I achieve?
How do I make a major life or career decision when there’s no ‘right’ choice?
Why does criticism or negative feedback affect me so much?
How can I stop feeling responsible
for everyone and everything?
How do we rebuild trust after betrayal when it feels impossible?
How do I stop trying to predict and prepare for every possible outcome?
How do I cope with losing a loved one
or the future I thought I would have?
How do I move forward without repeating the same relationship patterns?
How can I learn to say no and set healthy boundaries in my relationships or work?
we'll find answers through:
UNDERSTANDING
& INSIGHT
Science-based insight and education help you understand how your experiences, thoughts, emotions, relationships, and patterns shape the way you respond.
Learning SKILLS
& PRACTICE
Insight leads to change when we can put it into action. We develop practical tools and skills you can use in everyday life, then experiment, practice, and adapt to find what works best.
EMPOWERMENT
& Agency
The ultimate goal is greater choice. By strengthening your ability to recognize your options you can build greater confidence in yourself, your decisions, and your ability to navigate challenges.
SUPPORT FOR TEAMS & GROUPS
When teams or groups feel stuck or struggle to meet their goals, working with a therapist can be a powerful way to break through barriers and build momentum. Many common challenges – such as miscommunication, unspoken expectations, emotional reactivity, clashing personalities, and unchecked assumptions – can quietly undermine progress and morale. If you're a leader looking to create meaningful, lasting change within your group or team, my tailored workshops offer practical tools and strategies to improve performance, connection, and collaboration.
AREAS OF TREATMENT
Couples & Relationship Therapy
Strengthening connection in a wide range of relationship types – couples, colleagues or business partners, siblings, multiple partners, friends. Addresses a variety of relationship issues such as communication breakdowns, frequent conflict, infidelity, betrayal, sexual or emotional intimacy, consensual non-monogamy, and navigating life transitions such as parenting or blended families.
Executives & Business Leaders
Leadership comes with unique pressures. Whether you're making difficult decisions, navigating uncertainty, managing high-performing teams, or facing burnout, work-life balance, career transitions, or the impact of success on your relationships, we work together to help you lead with greater confidence, purpose, and authenticity.
Grief and Loss
Providing a space to process the complex emotions associated with bereavement, such as sadness, anger, and confusion, and relief. Helping navigate the process of grief and change, understand your unique grieving process, and develop healthy coping mechanisms. Rediscovering meaning after loss, rebuilding a sense of normalcy, and honoring what has been lost.
Mood and Emotional Concerns
Understanding emotions and learning strategies to manage mood fluctuations, for example: anxiety, depression, anger, overwhelm, impulsivity. Addressing underlying causes of emotional dysregulation, such as trauma or learned patterns, and developing alternative coping mechanisms. Guidance in developing self-awareness, emotional resilience, and healthier responses to stressors, leading to improved emotional well-being.
Family of Origin Issues
Addresses family of origin issues by helping you to understand how past family dynamics influence your present relationships and behaviors. Exploration of unresolved conflicts, attachment patterns, and learned roles, promoting healing from past traumas or dysfunction. By fostering self-awareness and healthier coping mechanisms, you become empowered to break negative cycles and establish more fulfilling relationships.
Trauma Recovery
A calm and supportive environment to process traumatic experiences and their lingering effects. Involves learning coping mechanisms to manage distressing symptoms, while also fostering self-compassion and learning self-forgiveness for any perceived shortcomings or guilt associated with the trauma. Aimed at addressing the root causes of trauma and empowering individuals to reclaim ownership of their story.
Communication Issues
Working to express yourself clearly and assertively, while also developing active listening skills and empathy to navigate conflict constructively and build healthier, more fulfilling relationships. Exploring patterns of miscommunication, such as passive-aggressiveness or avoidance, and fostering the ability to engage in open and vulnerable dialogue. May include learning strategies to regulate emotions and exploration of attachment styles.
Parenting Issues
Supporting parents by providing education and strategies to improve
communication, guidance, and structure leading to healthier family dynamics. Help navigating challenging life transitions, addressing underlying causes, and fostering positive reinforcement. Also focuses on parental well-being, reducing stress and providing individualized guidance for your unique parenting needs.
Life Changes & Transitions
Support during significant life transitions, such as navigating career changes, adjusting to parenthood, financial changes, relocation, or becoming a caregiver. Working to process the emotional upheaval associated with these shifts, develop new coping strategies, and build resilience. Guidance in redefining identity, managing stress, and fostering healthy adaptation to the circumstances.
TREATMENT APPROACHES
Emotionally Focused Therapy
EFT identifies & transforms the negative emotional patterns that keep our relationships stuck in conflict. EFT emphasizes accessing and processing the underlying emotions, like fear or unmet needs, that drive these patterns. By fostering secure attachment and creating new, positive emotional experiences, EFT helps to build stronger bonds & create lasting change in relationships.
Gottman Method
Gottman Method strengthens relationships by building a "Sound Relationship House," composed of: trust, commitment, friendship, managing conflict, supporting dreams and creating meaning. It emphasizes understanding each partner's inner world, fostering positive interactions, and developing effective conflict resolution skills. This approach aims to help build lasting connection and navigate challenges constructively.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
IFS views the mind as comprised of various "parts," each with its own unique perspective, feelings, and role. IFS aims to help individuals understand and heal these parts, fostering self-compassion and inner harmony. By accessing the "Self," a core of wisdom and compassion, individuals create healthier relationships with their parts and achieve greater emotional well-being and stability.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
CBT focuses on identifying and changing negative thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to emotional distress. It emphasizes the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions, teaching individuals practical skills to challenge unhelpful thinking and develop healthier coping mechanisms.
Schema Therapy
Schema therapy identifies and seeks to change problematic deeply ingrained patterns of thinking and behaving developed in childhood. It addresses unmet emotional needs and heals early problematic schemas through experiential techniques and a therapeutic relationship that models healthy attachment. Individuals can develop healthier coping mechanisms and improve well-being.
Reality Therapy
Based on Choice Theory, reality therapy emphasizes that all behavior is driven by our attempts to satisfy five basic human needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun. It focuses on taking responsibility for our choices and actions, as these directly impact our relationships and overall well-being. By understanding these needs and making conscious choices, individuals can create more fulfilling and satisfying lives.
GET IN TOUCH
404.692.6591 (Call or Text**)
876 Berkshire Road NE
Atlanta, GA, 30324
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