Compassionate Addiction & Mental Health Treatment in Peachtree Corners, GA

Josh Camadeca is the Program Manager 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 help empower and support the clients he is passionate about helping. He uses his vast knowledge of resources 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 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 from 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 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. She ensures that the health and wellness of the staff team is a priority as this directly reflects in the 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 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.