Award Winning Therapy Services
Thrive Life Counseling Center is a warm and welcoming place, offering a wide range of counseling and therapy services. With over 100 years of combined professional experience from our team, we are committed to providing a safe and welcoming space for all different types of clients and their unique needs. We frequently work with highly motivated individuals who are seeking a professional to help guide and support them on the journey to self-discovery and growth. We believe in the power of therapy because we have had the wonderful opportunity to witness people's lives as they begin to completely change and improve themselves as they continue to grow and reach their personal & professional goals. It is our mission to provide the best possible personalized care for each client at every session.
Training & Credentials
Dr. Monette is a licensed professional counselor with extensive clinical experience and specialized trainings in many areas of mental health practice. Ever since graduating from the University of Georgia in 2007, he has been committed to staying updated with the latest research and treatment methods to ensure the highest quality of care for his clients. While finishing his doctorate program, Neil also completed an extensive clinical internship and fellowship at a private practice near Nashville, TN. After being awarded his Ph.D., Neil eventually moved back to North Georgia and began working as a therapist at a private practice in Alpharetta, GA. Neil is currently licensed as a professional counselor (LPC) in Georgia. He was previously licensed as a professional counselor in Tennessee, before finishing his Ph.D. and moving back to Georgia.
Clinical Expertise
With a strong foundation in evidence-based practices, Dr. Monette enjoys working with both couples and individual clients... often when someone is feeling overwhelmed with patterns of stress, many times they're experiencing anxiety or depression... Perhaps there is a traumatic experience from your past that is still unresolved, and with you today... Have you been having family and relationship issues? With over 15 years of professional experience, Dr. Neil can help you create a plan to change your life today! He appreciates using a collaborative approach with each client, in order to make sure that we are working towards your specific goals, and also to empower you as you begin to overcome challenges and notice real changes in your life.
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After finishing his Ph.D. program and moving back to north Georgia, he spent the next two years working at a private practice, where his team won the "Best of Georgia" award for mental health services, for two years in a row, both 2023 and 2024. Although it was a wonderful experience, and an absolute honor to have had the opportunity to work alongside so many talented clinicians at that location, Neil also wanted to fulfill his lifelong dream of starting his own counseling practice... and he is very excited about this next chapter of life. Some of the most influential experiences that Neil has had throughout his many years of school and training include his time at Clemson University, Harvard Business School, Capella University, & The University of Georgia.
Overall, it is such an honor to be a part of a client's journey as they become the best version of themselves! ​
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Dr. Neil Monette and his team at TLC are passionate about helping people change their lives. By providing psychotherapy, professional counseling, and Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), Dr. Neil is able to offer a range of services to meet each client's unique needs. Dr. Neil will also be able to soon provide professional supervision for any clinicians or grad students who are in need of an internship site to accrue the clinical hours required for licensure.
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Client-Centered Approach
Starting back in 2008, Dr. Monette has had many years of clinical experience & training in many different applications of psychotherapy, professional counseling, cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma-informed therapy, and Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), which are among some of the more common therapies that clients have seen amazing results from. Being more of an eclectic therapist can allow Dr. Neil to be able to offer a wider range of therapy interventions and services, allowing him to meet each client's specific and unique needs. He doesn't believe that there is a 'one size fits everyone' for anything in life.
At Thrive Life Counseling Center, we prioritize the unique needs and goals of each individual. We work collaboratively with each of our clients to develop a treatment plan that is right for you, based on the goals and changes that you would like to see happen in your life. Our therapeutic interventions are tailored to meet your goals, foster personal growth, increase resilience, and create meaningful life changes that quite often will begin to alter the entire trajectory for the rest of your life!
Our Team Members
Geetha Naidu
Geetha Naidu studied clinical mental health counseling at LaGrange University. She has also had the honor of serving as the Board Secretary for the Carl Jung Society of Atlanta. In addition to her award-winning trainings and her amazing personality, we are so honored to have Geetha on the team at Thrive Life!
Geetha Naidu is Psychotherapy Intern (LPC), specializing in depth psychology, psychedelic integration, and subconscious healing. She is currently pursuing her M.A. in Clinical Counseling. Geetha is currently training under Dr. Neil Monette at Thrive Life Counseling Center, where she supports KAP integration through a trauma-informed, psychospiritual and depth-centered lens.
With a B.S. in Psychology (Cognitive Neuroscience) and over 15 years of experience in education, mentoring, marketing, and creative media, Geetha brings an intuitive and deeply empathetic perspective to her training. Her modality is inspired by Jungian theory, archetypal study, dreamwork, and shadow exploration, and she has a unique ability for dancing with these patterns as they emerge as expanded states of consciousness, holding a delicate space for individuals to answer the call to profound inner change and wellbeing!
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Geetha plans to pursue her doctorate in Jungian Psychotherapy/Depth Psychology following obtaining her LPC licensure, with the lifelong vision of becoming a Jungian Psychoanalyst, and now, Psychedelic Researcher. She wishes to make meaning out of developing exploratory, integrative, models for psychedelic-assisted therapy, focusing on further exploring subconscious transformations and psyche development.
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Geetha currently serves as Board Secretary for the Carl Jung Society of Atlanta, where she promotes the expression of Jungian psychology within clinical, educational, and community spaces.
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At the heart of Geetha's work is a powerful devotion to making meaning out of suffering. She is highly attuned in this craft, as a trusted guide for self-discovery, individuation-to-integration, and unraveling attachments...resulting often in the numinous satisfaction of the soul.
Whether supporting KAP sessions, performing a dream interpretation, shadow work, administering EMDR, or, absorbing symbolic language...
Geetha is committed to honoring what arises in the depths—
and helping bring it into conscious, embodied life.
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Paige Alexander
Paige Alexander is an incredibly talented Life Coach, Business Consultant, Artist, Landscape Architect, and Interior Decorator.
Paige has studied many different areas of mental health counseling and psychology, and she also has an advanced degree in Fine Art. Ever since graduating from the University of Georgia in 2006, she has worked in countless different types of professional settings, including non-profit organizations, municipalities, and private businesses as well. This has allowed her the opportunity to help many different types of people, guiding and coaching them in several different areas of their lives. Paige's clinical expertise is focused on helping clients improve their relationships, providing couples and marriage counseling, working with parenting skills and family systems, and she is also very skilled in educating people how to know if their partner is suffering from narcissistic personality disorder. Additionally, she is also a very talented landscape architect and a highly skilled interior decorator.
In her free time, she is also an avid racecar driver, corvette enthusiast, and home rebuilder. She is an incredible asset here on the team at Thrive Life!
Compassionate, Unconditional Support
See if our team at Thrive Life Counseling Center would be a good fit for you, as you begin your journey towards healing and self-discovery. At Thrive Life Counseling Center, we are dedicated to utilizing evidence-based therapies, while providing a compassionate and non-judgmental environment, where you can explore your thoughts and emotions freely and authentically. We also enjoy working alongside each client to develop a custom and individualized treatment plan, based on each of their own treatment goals.