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Services Offered:
Grief Therapy
Couples Therapy
Sex Therapy
Family Therapy
Teens and Family
Child Assessment and Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral
Interpersona lTherapy
Slimworks(R)
Planned Short Term

Psychological Problems:

ADHD
Anxiety Disorders
Depression
Eating Disorders
Post-Traumatic Stress
Children and Divorce
Substance Abuse

Coaching:

Academic Excellence
Dissertation/Thesis

Healthy Body, Healthy Mind for Kids and Teens:

Management Program
Behavior & Health
Ana Adelstein, PhD
Phone: 770-953-4744 ext. 47

Dr. Adelstein works with adults seeking to make their lives more personally fulfilling, including individuals struggling with depression, anxiety, grief and loss, difficult life transitions, interpersonal difficulties, and issues related to sexual orientation or gender expression. In her work with clients, she strives to understand and respect each individual’s experience, to help them draw their own meaning and strength from it, and to help guide them in using their discoveries to make positive changes in their lives.

Dr. Adelstein has specialized training and experience working with children and teenagers, as well as their families. She appreciates the challenges facing families attempting to raise emotionally strong, self-aware kids who feel good about themselves and experience success. At PFPA, Dr. Adelstein is known for her warm, down-to-earth style, as well as her effectiveness in facilitating positive changes for the children with whom she works. With young children, Dr. Adelstein often incorporates play therapy into her work. She agrees that “play is the language of childhood”—that children are better able to express more of their thoughts, feelings, motivations, and struggles through play than they are able of expressing through talk.

At times when it is not clear why a child is struggling, a psychological assessment can be very helpful. Dr. Adelstein conducts assessments that help identify the specific strengths of the child, as well as his/her specific challenges. Assessments can include an evaluation of a child’s emotional, social, behavioral, intellectual, and academic functioning. They can also be tailored to help identify strengths and weaknesses in the areas of language, attention, learning and memory, sensory perception, and motor functioning. Dr. Adelstein has training in identifying specific disorders having, or suspected to have, a neurological basis, and first seen in childhood (e.g., Autism; Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder; Tourette Syndrome).

Dr. Adelstein received her doctoral training from the University of Waterloo (Canada). She sees clients at the Marietta office.

List of PFPA Therapists:
Ana Adelstein, PhD
Susan Berel, PhD
Jeffrey Binder, PhD, ABPP
Cecilia Phillips-Binder, PhD
Gerald S. Drose, Ph.D.
Elaine Eassa, PhD
Martin Fleet, PhD
Michael Frazier, MS Ed, LPC
Abby Friedman, PhD
Jennifer Gale, PsyD
Amanda Lorenz, PhD
Steven Perlow, PhD
Carla Santiago-Barbosa, PsyD
Allyn St. Lifer, LCSW
Kimberly Smiley, PsyD
Jennifer Spring, PhD
Jennifer Swales, PhD
Dina Zeckhausen, PhD

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