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 concrete tools to help them regulate their emotions in the present while healing past wounds. I also incorporate other treatment modalities into my therapy, including CBT, Trauma-Informed, Interpersonal, 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 and where I am pursuing certification.

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, two wild and loving sons, and golden retriever. 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.

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.