Abby Friedman, PhD
770-953-4744 ext. 15

Dr. Friedman works with children, ages 3 and older, adolescents, and adults. She has a special interest in helping children, adolescents, and adults adjust to divorce and other experiences of loss. She helps clients process and negotiate to the normal difficulties that occur with loss, as well as other developmental changes that are difficult to adjust to, such as beginning school, becoming a teenager, starting to date, beginning young adulthood, etc. She strongly believes that, regardless of age, each person must develop an understanding of their own identity in order to manage the challenges of everyday life. To accomplish this she conducts Individual, Family, and Couples Therapy.

Dr. Friedman has extensive training in family systems therapy and child development and believes that the family in which the client lives or grew up greatly influences his or her psychological makeup. She borrows from a variety of theoretical models of psychotherapy including Psychodynamic and Cognitive/Behavioral Therapy to help clients achieve their goals. “With all my clients,” she says, “I begin therapy with an assessment of the client’s family system since our family is the “blueprint” for our relationships. I provide a safe and open environment to help clients understand themselves better and change in ways that enhance their lives.”

Dr. Friedman got her Doctoral training in Clinical Psychology at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. She sees clients at the Marietta office.