Therapy for teens and young adults who are trying so hard to get everything right while still figuring out who they are.
Identity. Belonging. Relationships.
It’s hard to become more yourself when you’re worried about what that might change.
In-person in Suwanee, Georgia
Online across Georgia
Sometimes the more you understand yourself, the more complicated everything around you can start to feel.
Maybe you’re realizing that your brain works differently than you thought. Maybe parts of your identity don’t fit the expectations you grew up with. Or maybe relationships, beliefs, or communities that once felt familiar are starting to feel less like home.
That can leave you wondering how to be more yourself without losing people you care about... or whether there’s a version of you that gets to belong without constantly adjusting to fit.
You can care about your relationships and still question what works for you. You can rethink things you were taught and still appreciate parts of where you came from.
There’s room for the complicated parts, too.
Every therapist brings something different into the room. Here's a little of mine.
“Maybe you were never too different. Maybe you’ve just spent too long trying to fit where you didn’t feel understood.”
You’ve probably tried to figure it out.
Why friendships seem more complicated than they should.
Why other people seem so sure of who they are.
Why things that seem to come naturally to everyone else take so much thought for you.
Maybe you’ve learned to adjust depending on who you’re with. Keep certain parts of yourself quiet. Follow the rules even when they don’t make much sense to you. Or wonder whether life would be easier if you could just be a little more like everyone else.
After a while, it’s easy to assume you’re the problem.
But feeling different isn’t the same thing as being wrong.
Understanding yourself can change the question from “How do I get better at fitting in?” to “What actually fits me?”
That might mean noticing what you need in relationships. Understanding how your brain works. Questioning expectations or beliefs you’ve carried for a long time. Or getting more comfortable trusting what feels true for you, even when other people don’t completely understand it.
The goal isn’t to become someone who fits everywhere.
It’s to build a life where you don’t have to disappear in order to belong.
Some of the experiences and patterns that often bring people into therapy with me.
Marcie works with teens and young adults who often feel different, misunderstood, or caught between who they are and who others expect them to be. Many of her clients are navigating identity exploration, neurodivergence, LGBTQ+ concerns, relationship stress, religious trauma, or the complicated experience of trying to find where they fit.
In-person Counseling in Suwanee (Gwinnett County / North Atlanta)
Online therapy across Georgia
Intake (45–60 min): $125*
Ongoing sessions (45–50 min): $150*
*Our Intern Therapists offer a pay-what-you-can model for clients who may need additional financial flexibility while receiving thoughtful, supported care within our collaborative clinical team.
Marcie is completing her Master of Social Work at the University of Georgia and has experience supporting high school students with anxiety, family stress, peer conflict, academic pressure, neurodivergence, and LGBTQ+ concerns. She has also facilitated groups focused on emotional regulation, stress management, social skills, and affirming support.
Before becoming a therapist, Marcie spent years working in recruiting, leadership, education, and family services. That experience taught her a lot about people, relationships, work, and what life actually looks like outside the therapy room.
Having grown up in a conservative Christian environment herself, Marcie also understands how complicated it can be when faith, identity, family, and belonging begin to collide. She especially connects with people who are questioning old messages, understanding themselves in new ways, or trying to figure out what fits now.
You’ve spent enough time wondering how to fit, what other people expect, or whether it’s okay to need something different.
You deserve relationships, choices, and a life where you have room to be more fully yourself.
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Empower Counseling specializes in EMDR therapy for complex trauma, offering affirming care for neurodivergent and LGBTQ+ clients. Our therapists help smart, sensitive overachievers who feel stuck, burned out, or like something always seems to get in the way through trauma therapy, EMDR therapy, and anxiety counseling.
Areas we serve: Therapy is available in person in Suwanee, serving Gwinnett County and the North Atlanta area, and online across Georgia, Florida, Virginia, and Illinois.
Empower Counseling Center, LLC
4411 Suwanee Dam Rd, #450 | Suwanee, GA 30024
Call or Text: 770-685-6790 | Fax: 770-727-8786 | Email: hello@empowercounseling.net
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