Rena Diamond, MS, LPC, NCC, CCH

Adult & Couples Psychotherapist
​Email: Rena@healatl.com
​Phone: 833-HEAL-ATL ext. 9

Rena Diamond is a trauma-informed psychotherapist who utilizes a strength-based, integrative perspective to focus on the entire individual (body, mind, and spirit). Rena’s approach is down-to-earth, authentic, warm, insightful, humorous, and compassionate. She works collaboratively with clients to increase their self-compassion, find meaning, build resiliency, gain insight, decrease suffering, and facilitate joy and growth.

Rena’s areas of specialty include anxiety, depression, discrete and complex trauma, family of origin issues, relationships, life transitions, parenting, illness, grief, disordered eating, sexuality, giftedness, attachment issues, shame, body image, OCD, and the intersection of mental and physical health. Rena uses evidence-based modalities in her practice, such as mindfulness, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). In addition to her graduate studies, Rena has pursued additional training in traumatology, DBT, ERP, Internal Family Systems, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, somatic based interventions, eating disorders, grief, and polyvagal theory. She is also a certified yoga instructor and long time yoga practitioner, with extensive training in mindfulness and mind-body techniques. In addition, she is a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist (CCH).

Rena welcomes clients from all racial, cultural, religious, spiritual, and ethnic backgrounds, and is LGBTQ+ affirming. Prior to becoming a therapist, Rena worked in the non-profit sector for many years on health and mental health issues before taking a professional hiatus to have children (now adolescents). Born and raised in New York City, Rena moved to Atlanta in 2007, after having lived for many years in California, Mexico, Guatemala, England, and Italy. In her free time, she loves to do yoga, run, cook, eat, travel, hike, bike, and spend time with family and friends, including her dog Miele.

Rena Offers:

• Individual Psychotherapy for Adults 18+

• Couples Sessions

• Hypnotherapy

Education

• Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling | Georgia State University

• Masters in Medical Anthropology | University College London

• Bachelors in Cultural Anthropology | University of California, Berkeley

Licensing / Certifications

• Licensed Professional Counselor | Georgia Secretary of State | #LPC014451

• Nationally Certified Counselor, National Board for Certified Counselors | #1598551

• Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, The Knowledge Tree

Additional Training

• Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

• Mindfulness Fundamentals, Mindfulness Educator Essentials

• Mindful Communication

• Difficult Emotions

• 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training

• Trauma Competent Counselor Training

• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

• Bottom-Up Sensory Approaches to Healing Trauma and Eating Disorders

• Polyvagal Theory and Trauma

• DBT and Advanced DBT

• Grief and Loss

  Languages

  English

  Pronouns

  She/Her/Hers