Emily Giattina Schneider, LCSW. PMH-C

Emily is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C) provider who offers individual and couples psychotherapy with a compassionate, evidence-based approach. Her work centers on helping women and couples identify the patterns that keep them stuck, develop understanding and compassion for what’s no longer serving them, and build new skills to create meaningful change.

Emily has extensive experience addressing perinatal mental health concerns, identity development, relationship stress, recovery from substance use disorders, shame resilience, perfectionism, and the pressures of high-demand careers. She also specializes in helping clients process relational or vicarious trauma, as well as grief following the loss of a loved one to suicide or unintentional overdose.

In her work with couples, Emily supports both premarital and established partnerships through a strengths-based, relational lens. As a Certified PREPARE/ENRICH Facilitator, she integrates practical tools to improve communication, deepen connection, and navigate conflict with care and intention.

Following her passion for wanting to serve others, Emily graduated from the University of Georgia with her Masters in Social Work and has worked in a variety of clinical settings in the Atlanta area.  Upon graduation, Emily worked at Ridgeview as an admissions counselor. She then transitioned to MARR and worked as a primary counselor where she honed her expertise and passion for addiction and recovery.  Before transitioning to private practice, Emily served as the Dual Diagnosis Assistant Director at Skyland Trail where she worked with individuals who have a substance use disorder as well as a co-occurring diagnosis like major depression, generalized anxiety, schizophrenia, and trauma. At Skyland, Emily also provided supervision to therapists.

Emily brings warmth, insight, and deep respect for each client’s unique story. She strives to create a safe, collaborative space where healing and growth can unfold. Through values exploration, mindfulness, meaning-making, cognitive exercises, and nonjudgmental curiosity, she helps clients find freedom from old patterns that have left them feeling stuck or unfulfilled.

Outside the therapy room, Emily enjoys spending time in nature with her husband, daughter and two dogs, exploring local coffee shops in search of the perfect latte, and trying out new recipes.