Our Approach
About the Owner
Committed to guiding clients towards mental wellness and self-sufficiency, we specialize in existential, CBT/REBT, and DBT skills acquisition approaches to address various challenges. Staying aware of how clients feel, we validate where the client is in the moment all the while helping them learn to reframe their thinking to alleviate unwanted feelings and behaviors. Empowering you to overcome obstacles and achieve emotional well-being.
After struggling with anxiety and depression for years, Pete Bush became interested in cognitive behavior techniques while an undergraduate. He began implementing the interventions and was able to alleviate his self-induced disturbances. Emboldened by the changes he saw in himself, Pete determined that he wanted to learn to help others find the success that he found. He finished his undergraduate degree and completed his master's degree in psychology at Valdosta State University in the summer of 2016. In the intervening years, Pete cut his teeth in community mental health, working with a wide variety of clients of different ethnicities, cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds. The common factor in what worked? Openness to the therapeutic experience, open-mindedness, and a willingness to put in the work - because 1. change requires change and 2. it takes discipline and work to change oneself. Pete started Arch Theory Counseling to put himself in the path of clients who have the mindset to get better and who are not afraid to get comfortable being uncomfortable.
Professional Qualifications
Training
Certified Therapists
Our therapist is a master's level counselor who developed his theories of counseling early on and has honed his techniques over his graduate school years, practicum, internships, and experiences in community mental health. Our therapist is licensed in the state of Georgia.
Experience
Trusted Expertise
Years of experience in helping individuals navigate mental health issues with empathy and expertise. We have worked in community mental health for years and have engaged with a wide variety of clients representing a litany of mental health disorders.
Specialization
Targeted Expertise
Specialized knowledge in addressing key areas like trauma, depression, anxiety, and substance use disorders. We work best with adult clients and older teens. We take on younger clients only with family involvement: children do not exist or behave in a vacuum and the influence of the family cannot be understated.
Approach
Client-Centered Care
Our approach focuses on you, ensuring a supportive and empowering environment throughout your journey. The goal is to always be encouraging while always challenging you to dispute your demand thinking so that you can alter unhealthy and unwanted feelings and behaviors,
Compassion
Empathy First
At the core of our practice is the idea of unconditional positive regard: validating your emotional experience, empathy, and meeting you where you are at while supportively guiding you to change when you are ready.
Results
Transformational Outcomes
Our goal is to help you achieve lasting positive changes, enhancing your quality of life and mental wellness. Getting better not just feeling better.