Jeffrey L. Binder, Ph.D., ABPP770-953-4744 ext. 42
Dr. Binder has been practicing individual psychotherapy and couples therapy for thirty-five years. Over this period of time, he has worked with adolescents and adults of all ages. He has experience in private practice, medical school outpatient and inpatient settings, community mental health centers, and private psychiatric hospitals. Currently, he works with adults in all stages of the life cycle. He has treated a wide variety of symptoms (such as anxiety, tension, and depression) behavioral problems, and relationship issues. However, Dr. Binder always attempts to understand how each person’s difficulties are influenced by and, in turn, influence his or her most important interpersonal relationships. He believes that for a person to feel truly happy and fulfilled, that person must have satisfying human relationships, in which he or she feels accepted. Dr. Binder’s approach to treatment involves establishing a productive working relationship by identifying one or more central issues that the individual agrees should be the focus of therapeutic work. Then, through a detailed collaborative examination of the circumstances that contributed to the development and perpetuation of the problems, strategies for modifying or resolving them are developed. These strategies involve new ways of understanding, reacting to, and managing the previously confusing and distressing circumstances (whether involving symptoms, behaviors, relationships, or life realities).
Dr. Binder is an internationally recognized expert in time-limited psychotherapy, having trained psychotherapists at four universities and conducted research for a decade in psychotherapy process, outcome, and training. He has coauthored a classic text on brief psychotherapy, as well as authored an acclaimed new book on brief psychotherapy. He has published and presented extensively on the subjects of time-limited psychotherapy and psychotherapy training.
Currently, Dr. Binder is Professor of Psychology at the Georgia School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University/Atlanta. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Michigan. He is boarded in clinical psychology as well as a Fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Psychology. He is available to see clients at the Buckhead office.