Frequently Ask Questions

FAQ

What types of therapy do you offer?

We believe in a personalized, holistic approach to wellness! We utilize many different treatment modalities, combined with the power of the 12 Steps to support you in achieving your goals. We offer three different levels of care, and make recommendations based on individual needs.

Call us! Substance Use Disorders can be tricky to navigate, and our team is looking forward to speaking with you. We will conduct a phone assessment to determine if treatment is appropriate for you.

Call now for a personalized phone assessment

The hardest part of this journey is picking up the phone to start your recovery. Our licensed staff will take you through an assessment process, and set you up with the best level of care according to your needs. We will surround you with an expert clinical treatment team to help heal you physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Once you’ve completed a program with us, we will set you up with a phenomenal aftercare plan, and keep you connected in our wonderful alumni program. We’re here to make this process as seamless as possible for you.

We believe in a personalized, holistic approach to wellness! We utilize many different treatment modalities, combined with the power of the 12 Steps to support you in achieving your goals. We offer three different levels of care, and make recommendations based on individual needs.

If you’re asking this question, it’s likely you’re noticing some progression in your drinking. Call us for an assessment. We would love to hear what’s on your mind, and help you realign yourself with where you want to be.

We believe strongly in removing barriers to care. That means we work with many insurance policies, and will do whatever we can to ensure you get the support you need.

If you or a loved one need help, call us now.

We support those who want to be sober, healthy, and fulfilled. Using highly effective methods, as well as a non-directive approach, we’ve helped hundreds of Georgians and their families. We’d love to help you and yours, too.

Josh Camadeca, CARES, CPS-AD, CPS-MH, RCP (he/him)

Program Manager

Josh Camadeca is the Program Manager and a group facilitator at Atlas Behavioral Health. He is a Certified Addiction Recovery Empowerment Specialist (CARES), a Certified Peer Specialist in Addictive Diseases (CPS-AD), a Certified Peer Specialist in Mental Health (CPS-MH), and a nationally Certified Recovery Coach Professional (RCP). As a person in long term recovery, he has personally been working with mental health therapists for 25 years and has over 10 years in recovery from a substance use disorder. Josh uses his unique lived experience in effective recovery coaching; mentoring others in finding health, wellness, and discovering their own personal recovery pathway. Josh has adopted a lifestyle of mental health recovery and has a passion for sharing his lived experience to help others. His abilities of empathy and connection helps empower and support the clients he is passionate about helping. He uses his vast knowledge of recourses to assist linking clients and their families with said resources and communities helping them foster the connections needed for sustaining long-term recovery. He considers it a privilege to inspire wellness and support clients into a life of meaning and fulfillment. Josh understands the importance of social connections and uses his hobbies of hiking, biking, exercise, watching football, and collecting sneakers/streetwear to connect with people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures.

Julie River, M.S., LPC, NCC, CPS-MH, RCP, EMDR Trained (She/her)

Clinical Director

Julie River is the Clinical Director at Atlas Behavioral Health. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), National Certified Counselor (NCC), Certified Peer Specialist in Mental Health (CPS-MH), Recovery Coach Professional (RCP), and an EMDR trained psychotherapist. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Human Services from Kennesaw State University and holds a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling form Capella University. Her specialty is working with those struggling with trauma, addictions, adoption, and identity challenges. She is a postmodern inclusive and affirming non-traditional psychotherapist who understands the intersectionality of identity and culture. She incorporates holistic and systems approaches into her integrative therapeutic modalities helping clients form in-depth understanding of themselves beginning in childhood. Julie has over a decade of experience in the mental health field is in all levels of care and includes psychiatric hospitalization, wilderness therapy, art therapy, out-patient treatment for addiction and eating disorders, trauma therapy, private practice, and peer support. This extensive background fostered her knowledge and vision of ensuring Atlas provides evidenced-based, client-centered, culturally competent, identity-affirming treatment at Atlas. She ensures that the health and wellness of the staff team is a priority as this directly reflects in quality of services provided. She is passionate about anything related to psychology, neurobiology, and sociology – in her free time you will find her reading or in a training related to these fields of study. If she’s not continuing her education, you will find her training for a marathon or some random 50k trail race. She loves international travel and couch-surfing her way across different countries while hiking, learning, and making friends along the way.