Individual Therapy
A private, unhurried space to explore your thoughts, process emotion, and grow through life’s harder chapters.
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A Safe Place to Be Heard
You don’t have
Quiet conversations, held with care.
You don’t have
to carry everything alone.
Akea’s Heart Counseling Services is a warm, culturally sensitive practice for individuals, couples, and families. Whenever you feel ready, we’re here — ready to listen, and honored to walk beside you.
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Completely Confidential
Everything you share stays between you and your counselor. Your privacy is protected, always.
Licensed & Caring
Credentialed therapists who bring both clinical experience and genuine, unhurried compassion.
Care Made for You
No two journeys are alike. We shape every plan around your story, your goals, and your pace.
Why Akea’s Heart
“Our role isn’t to judge you. It’s to walk beside you — and to meet you exactly where you are, without you having to be anywhere else first.”
Akea Williams, LPC Founder & Lead Counselor
Areas We Help With
Wherever it hurts,
Wherever it hurts,
there’s a way through.
From quiet personal struggles to the weight relationships can carry — our counselors meet each one with patience and real care.
Couples Counseling
Rebuild intimacy, soften communication, and find your way back to each other — at any stage of a relationship.
Start hereLGBTQ+ Affirming Care
A genuinely inclusive space where every identity is respected, celebrated, and supported — without question.
Start hereFamily & Youth
Helping families heal old patterns, ease conflict, and support children and teens through big transitions.
Start hereDepression & Anxiety
Evidence-based CBT, mindfulness, and steady, compassionate support to find light on the hardest days.
Start hereCommunity Outreach
Workshops, advocacy, and wellness programs that make mental health care a right — not a privilege.
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UnhurriedWe move at the pace that feels safe for you.
Our Approach
Gentle, honest,
Gentle, honest,
and led by you.
Reaching out is the bravest step. From the first hello, our only goal is to make the next one feel a little lighter.
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A gentle first hello
A relaxed, no-pressure conversation to understand what brings you in — nothing you have to prepare for.
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Finding the right fit
We match you with a counselor whose style and specialties feel right for your story and your needs.
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Walking beside you
Together we build a plan and revisit it often — celebrating progress and adjusting whenever life shifts.
Meet Our Founder
Akea Williams, LPC
A licensed professional counselor with 6+ years serving individuals, families, and communities. Akea’s work is rooted in empathy, cultural humility, and a deep belief that everyone carries the capacity for healing.
Whether you’re navigating grief, identity, relationships, or simply the weight of daily life — she meets you with warmth, honesty, and tools that create lasting change.
- Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
- Trauma-informed & culturally inclusive care
- LGBTQ+ affirming & gender-affirming
- Telehealth & in-person sessions available
Our Counselors
The people behind your care
Experienced, compassionate, and deeply committed to showing up for you — every session, every step.
Brittany Davis, LPC
Clinical Supervisor
13+ years in mental health and addiction — helping clients transform pain into purpose through trauma-informed, integrative care.
Danielle Robinson, LPC
Therapist · Mental Essentials
18+ years serving youth, women of color, and neurodivergent clients — with a heart for fertility, postpartum, and the belief that mental wellness is wealth.
Schanté Y. Frazier, LPC
Trauma & Women’s Wellness
Faith-integrated trauma care for women of color — blending CBT, DBT, and spiritual guidance to help clients heal and flourish.
LGBTQ+ Support
You belong here —
You belong here —
fully and completely.
Akea’s Heart is an unapologetically inclusive, affirming practice. We understand the unique challenges LGBTQ+ individuals, couples, and families can face — and we hold space that honors and celebrates exactly who you are.
Gender-Affirming
Trans Inclusive
Queer-Affirming
Non-Judgmental
Family Support
Learn about our approach
Akea’s Heart Inc.
Community. Advocacy. Impact.
Beyond the therapy room, our nonprofit foundation works to expand mental health access for underserved and marginalized communities — because wellness is a right, not a privilege.
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In Their Words
Stories of quiet, real change
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This practice genuinely changed how I see myself. I walked in overwhelmed — I walked out with clarity, tools, and a hope I didn’t know I still had.
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We were on the verge of separation. After a few sessions, we finally felt heard by each other again. The couples work here is extraordinary.
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★★★★★
As someone in the LGBTQ+ community, I was nervous to seek therapy. From the first session I felt genuinely seen, safe, and supported.
Questions & Answers
Taking the first step can feel uncertain.
Here are the questions we hear most often. And if there’s something else on your mind, our door is always open.
Ask us anythingYour first session is a welcoming, low-pressure conversation. We’ll learn about your background, what brings you in, and what you hope for. There’s no pressure to share everything at once — we go at your pace.
Yes. Confidentiality is a cornerstone of our practice. What you share stays between you and your counselor, with very limited exceptions required by law (such as imminent harm). We’ll explain everything clearly before we begin.
Absolutely. We offer secure, HIPAA-compliant telehealth from the comfort of your home — all you need is a private space and a stable connection. In-person sessions are available too.
If you’ve been wondering whether therapy might help, that curiosity is already worth exploring. You don’t need to be in crisis to benefit — investing in your mental health is always worthwhile.
We accept several major insurance plans and offer private-pay options with sliding-scale fees for eligible clients. Reach out and we’ll help you navigate the process.
Yes — fully and wholeheartedly. We are a gender-affirming, queer-inclusive practice. Every identity is honored here, and you will never be asked to justify or explain who you are.
Begin a Conversation
Whenever you feel ready, we’re here.
Reaching out is the bravest thing you can do. Send a message and a member of our care team will respond within 24 hours — gently, and without pressure.
You can fill the form below to request a consultation.
Visit us2303 N Broad St, Suite 1, Colmar, PA 18915
6380 Highway 85, Riverdale, GA 30274
3651 Lenox Rd NE, Atlanta, GA
6380 Highway 85, Riverdale, GA 30274
3651 Lenox Rd NE, Atlanta, GA
Call us267-308-8902
Email usinfo@akeasheartcounseling.com
HoursMonday – Saturday · 8:00am –
7:00pm
Your healing can begin today.
You don’t have to have it all figured out. Whether this is your very first step or the next one on a longer journey — we are here, we are ready, and we are honored to walk beside you.