Garrick Lawton, LPC

Garrick Lawton is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia. He helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, trauma and abuse, depression, anger, low self-esteem, and major life changes.

Garrick uses clear, direct conversation and practical strategies in sessions. He treats therapy as a collaborative process and supports clients in naming problems and testing out new ways of coping. He emphasizes each person’s strengths and builds on what already works in daily life.

Over eight years of work in counseling informs his approach. He combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-focused ideas, and elements of dialectical and client-centered work to match what each person needs. Sessions often include goal setting, skill practice, and steps clients can try between meetings.

People may come with a single problem or several overlapping issues, such as relationship struggles, control or commitment concerns, body image, codependency, or reactions after separation or violence. Garrick listens for patterns and helps clients break them down into manageable steps.

He accepts payment through private pay and many in-state insurance plans. The process starts by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time to meet, then shaping a plan that fits the client’s goals. Garrick’s guiding idea is simple: awareness creates change.

How Garrick’s Approaches Work Online

Garrick commonly blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) when working with online clients. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and trying new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. ACT helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to values-based actions that move life forward.

He also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at patterns in relationships and how early connections shape current reactions. Together these approaches help with stress, addictions, grief, anger, and coping with sudden changes by creating concrete steps and values-guided goals. Finding the right mix is part of therapy, and Garrick works collaboratively to tune methods to each person’s goals and preferences.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful for face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone sessions can fit quick check-ins or lower bandwidth needs, and chat or text can work for brief updates, skill coaching, or when writing helps organize thoughts. These options make it easier to fit counseling into busy schedules and allow ongoing skill practice between meetings.