About Us

Mission Statement

Mandala Psychotherapy Associates is committed to providing quality, affordable counseling services to individuals, couples and groups. We aim to assist in the empowerment and support of the multi-cultural communities in the Atlanta Metro Area.

It is our intention to educate individuals and groups about the intra-psychic and interpersonal dynamics that impact their lives. We wish to help facilitate insight, growth and wisdom in making choices in their lives and personal relationships.

Our

Licensed

Therapists

All psychotherapy is provided by licensed, experienced, psychotherapists who are dedicated to the psychological, emotional and spiritual development of our clients.

About the Therapists:

Vanessa McAdams-Mahmoud, LCSW

(click name to go to Vanessa's Blog)

is a licensed clinical social worker with over 25 years of experience in the fields of mental health and addiction. She has had extensive experience in community mental health, couples therapy, women's issues, survivor issues and core issues in recovery from addiction.

She is a nationally known trainer and workshop facilitator. She has been a director of a college counseling center for 12 years, coordinator of family therapy on an addictions unit for seven years, and in private practice for 25 years.

She also writes and publishes in the areas of mental health and culture. She has been active in the past few years in developing culturally effective narrative techniques for interventions with multi-cultural populations.

Kenyada Duncan, LCSW

Kenyada Duncan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Georgia. Kenyada graduated from The University of Georgia with a Master’s Degree in Social Work.

Kenyada completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology at The Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Kenyada has over 8 years of clinical social work experience, specializing in substance abuse treatment and sexual trauma serving individuals, couples, groups, adults and adolescents. She is a member and CEU Coordinator of the Georgia Society of Clinical Social Workers and is a volunteer therapist with Positive Impact, Inc. She is trained in the Trauma Recovery Empowerment Model (TREM), which seeks to address trauma issues with adult women in a group setting. Kenyada believes that persons afflicted with mental health concerns can overcome them via traditional psychotherapy, psycho-education, and cultural empowerment.

On Resolving Conflict...

Conflicts occur......

it is in the resolution of conflict,that human beings stand out

Every conflict can and should be calmed

by talking about and understanding

one another's needs

and by acting with compassion

to solve the differences

This is how all people should get along

This is how we must choose to get along

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Location:

Conveniently located in Downtown Decatur, GA. Please call for directions.

Mandala Psychotherapy Associates

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