Catherine Moon, LCSW

(*Currently not accepting new clients)

I’m the therapist who created East Atlanta Counseling Services.

As a DBT and EMDR therapist, my passion is to help people move from shame to self-love. Consistently, I am drawn to work with people who have experienced complex trauma — or the experience of many, often relational heartbreaks that lead to feeling disconnected from oneself. I love to come alongside someone and help them see themselves, and their story, with compassion and understanding.

Meeting with clients, I primarily use EMDR and a DBT-informed approach to give my clients concrete tools to regulate their emotions in the present while healing past wounds. I also incorporate other treatment modalities into my therapy, including CBT, Trauma-Informed, Post Induction Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Attachment-Based, Ego-State and Emotionally Focused Therapy theories and techniques.

I have previously worked as a DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) Primary Counselor at Skyland Trail, one of the top ten psychiatric residential facilities in the U.S, where I trained with Behavioral Tech to become foundationally trained in DBT.

From there, I joined Lullwater Counseling, where I deepened my work as a therapist to treat an issue that almost every person that I loved working with had — trauma, and was trained by the EMDR Institute in EMDR.

I created East Atlanta Counseling with the hopes that it would be a place for clinicians and clients alike to feel safe, understood, and treated with dignity. Read more here.

Currently, I live in Kirkwood with my husband and two wild, loving sons. I was born and raised in Macon, GA, and I received a bachelor’s degree in English Literature and a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Georgia.

When I’m not working, I’m at the YMCA Peloton-ing with Emma Lovewell, eating through Atlanta’s list of Michelin-recommended restaurants, listening to podcasts (ask me for recommendations!), or laughing and getting messy outside with my boys.

I feel immense gratitude for the work that I get to do every day. There is quite frankly nothing I’d rather do.

Relevant Training

I am EMDR Certified and an EMDR Consultant-in-Training by EMDRIA under Amy Robbins. I am currently undergoing training to obtain the Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS) credential, and I am a Certified Clinical Supervisor by the Essential Soul Care Academy by completing 30 hour Clinical Supervision Series Part 1 by DeeAnna Merz Nagel; I am currently in process of completing Clinical Supervision Series Part 2.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) – Foundationally Trained by Behavioral Tech, September 2016
EMDR Basic Training – EMDRIA Institute, June 2016; Completed July 2018
LivingWorks ASIST Suicide Risk Assessment and Prevention Certified, November 2021
Intensive 2-Day Course: Clinical Supervision-Confidently Address Difficult Issues and Build a Foundation for Success, PESI, March 2021
LivingWorks Suicide to Hope Clinician, November 2022
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) - Evergreen Certifications, November 2024
Post Induction Therapy (PIT) CORE Trained - The Meadows - March 2025
Certified Clinical Supervisor by the Essential Soul Care Academy by completing 30 hour Clinical Supervision Series Part 1 by DeeAnna Merz Nagel, April 2025
EMDRIA EMDR Certification, May 2025
EMDRIA EMDR Consultant-In-Training (CIT), June 2025
In process: Clinical Supervision Series Part 2 by DeAnna Metz Nagel
In process: Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS) Credential

I am qualified to supervise in the following clinical areas:
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Trauma, PTSD, complex trauma, developmental trauma, and dissociative disorders (EMDR and Post Induction Therapy)
- Attachment-Based therapy
- Internal Family Systems (IFS) and ego state therapy
- Mood and anxiety disorders
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Families of Loved Ones with Borderline Personality Disorder
- Suicidality and crisis intervention
- Practice development and business strategy

Credentials:

Master of Social Work (MSW)– The Graduate School of University of Georgia, May 2014
Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), State of Georgia - License #MSW006498, June 2014
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), State of Georgia – License #CSW006203, September 2017
TLHT Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), State of Florida - License #4099, May 2024

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at Cat@eastatlantacounseling.com, 404-482-2048 or book services now. Cat is located at our Decatur location for in-person sessions and telehealth.