Welcome Micah
Hi, my name is Micah Mabe. It is a blessing to be joining the RCA team. I’m also honored for the opportunity for you to consider me in joining you as your therapist. From continual experience, two of the most difficult and rewarding things to say are “I don’t know” and “Can you help me?” Both of these statements are ones that I believe require tremendous courage and authenticity in seeking therapy. I acknowledge and honor you in your bravery, and I desire to support you as your therapist.
Experience
As an Associate Licensed Professional Counselor, I have over a thousand hours of experience helping adolescents, families, and couples. I’ve helped clients struggling with pornography, highly conflictual relationships, family dysfunction, emotional distress, grief and loss, insecurity and shame, depression, anxiety and anger, and isolation and lack of purpose. As your counselor, I believe in the redemptive power of authentic relationships. “Hurt people hurt people, but people in healing help people in their healing.”
My Perspective
I come from a biblical understanding that we are meant to live life in connection by being in honest, authentic relationships. What this looks like is being in a relationship with our self, family, and community. This happens by being honest, vulnerable, open, and ultimately loving. Furthermore, I believe our experiences, emotions, and thoughts all shape our story and belief system. To me, this is the dance of life in order to grow in awareness and be present with who we are and what we bring to a relationship.
A big part of being aware and present is ownership or “staying on our side of the street.” However, ownership and awareness of one’s self are different for an adolescent compared to the parent of that adolescent. It is difficult to navigate within marriages or any relationship for that matter. But I believe by being in honest, authentic relationships we are better able to own and love ourselves. Therefore, we can be in a connected relationship with ourself and others.
The paradox in being in a relationship is our humanness and vulnerability to pain by being in a relationship. Unhealed wounds of past experiences fester uncomfortable, painful feelings and thoughts which can create harmful belief systems. This can lead to various struggles such as insecurity, shame, depression, anxiety, isolation, hopelessness, and anger. All of factors things can deepen the pain. We need relief from the pain of our hurtful experiences and beliefs. These factors can lead to either healthy or unhealthy coping strategies in meeting our deeper needs.
Expectations
What to expect with me as your therapist is having a place to feel safe and heard. There is peace and safety in being listened to and understood. This creates a place to feel accepted and to simply come as you are. Whether as a family, a couple, or an adolescent, I believe you know yourself better than anyone else.
A mentor of mine said, “If we stop asking questions about ourselves, we stop growing.” I believe asking questions to help you understand you and your struggles is a major part of therapy. It helps you grow in awareness of yourself. This process also helps to bring the presence of who you are in a relationship and to ultimately own and love yourself. By doing so, you are able to be yourself and impact others to do the same. Therefore, my goal is to meet you where you need to be met by listening to your story and working together as a team to assess your needs. I look forward to the opportunity to work together to own your past and your story. I desire for you to find courage and freedom and to develop life skills to live the life you desire to live.
If you would like to schedule an appointment with me, you can connect with me through email at micah@restorationcounselingatl.com or phone at 678-534-3824 ext. 158.
Written by: Micah Mabe, MA MFT, APC
Roswell Location
micah@restorationcounselingatl.com, ext. 158
Micah comes from a Christian background and enjoys working with adolescents and families, as well as couples. His focus is coming alongside families, adolescents, and teenagers who desire to find help and resolution. His other focus is helping couples who want to understand and love their partner better to enhance their marriage. He also helps couples who are in conflictual relationships that are struggling with disconnection and isolation.