Tesimonials

Eddie Reece: Thanks for the kind words. It means a lot to have a fellow therapist think so much of me.

Eddie Reece: "Finding your own truth." This is so important. My approach to therapy is "whatever works." Everyone who comes to me, even if it's for a problem I'm seen many times, requires an approach that will work for them. That's why I don't use just one way of helping people.

Eddie Reece: Two important words here. Dedicated. I do all I can to live my life in a way that will help my clients achieve the kind of life they want. I walk my talk so I can relate to their struggles. I'm not an expert as much as I am a fellow traveler. In everything I do, I explore the underlying systems that create change. When I discover something that works, I bring into my consulting room. Passionate. Like anyone who has found keys to living well, I want to share them. Inspiring others inspires me. I can't imagine a better way for me to make a living. Thanks for noticing Gmacke.

Eddie Reece: How wonderful to know I'm inspiring! Thank you. Our emotional health is the key to not only physical health, but the quality of our lives. If you're not fully satisfied with your life, take a look a how your emotional life is going. I truly believe if you improve your emotional life, the rest takes care of itself.

Eddie Reece: Here's that "what you need to hear" thing again! I sure appreciate this review. It speaks to my efforts to be honest and genuine as I sit with clients. It's often rare for someone to tell us what they really think and feel on a consistent basis. It does us a world of good compared to receiving insincere feedback. I believe being honest with my clients no matter what builds a foundation for trust.

Eddie Reece: Thanks so much! It means a lot for a client to recommend me. I appreciate it. From your headline, you are out of this world. 🙂

Eddie Reece: I sure miss teaching in a classroom. Thanks for your thoughtful words. The "giving of yourself" comment means a lot to me. What clients really pay me for is to be there for them. As in the classroom, I give my all to help bring about change. Helping someone in the way I do isn't about technique, it's about offering something that sadly is rare in this world - someone who really listens and cares in a way that helps. Good therapy, like good teaching is just that. "No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care."

Eddie Reece: This review reminds me of Fritz Perls' saying, "How you do anything is how you do everything." One of the unknown benefits of therapy is improvement in one area of your life, improves other areas. This is true because the patterns we live by are applied to everything we do. The same patterns give us the same results. When you change those patterns in one area, you get different results in other areas as well. So the good news is if you want to change a lot of areas of your life, you only need to change one pattern! The Talmud says, "We do not see the world as it is, we see it as we are."Change yourself and the world changes.

Eddie Reece: Thanks so much for the kind review of my business consulting. I have quite a passion for helping business grow by improving the relationships that are the building blocks for success. How professional does that sound huh? 🙂 Workplaces are mostly relationships and if the folks get along, the business will run smoothly. I hope I get the chance to help you with your work place!

Eddie Reece: Allow me to explain a bit about what purplehorse means by "best selves." In my approach, I see all of us as having different parts. When we struggle, it's a struggle between or among parts. If you resolve that struggle, you live the peaceful life you want. So in essence, I help not only people get along, but the parts inside us to get along. Listen to the "committee meeting" in your head and you'll hear the conflict inside you. Therapy can help quiet those voices by showing them how to work together and achieve what all of you want, a satisfying life.

Eddie Reece: Thanks Faithia for mentioning the humor! Therapy can be difficult at times, but it can also be fun. I like the drawing out the untapped potential comment. All of us believe we can live better than we do and it's true. We just need a little help and encouragement along the way. It's heartwarming for me to have the chance to provide that for others.

Eddie Reece: Teaching graduate school was such a thrill for me. What fun to read a text book and know what was going to be on the test! I hoped to be one of those professors who students remember forever. Thanks for the review.

Eddie Reece: "Getting to the heart of matters," is quite a compliment. I pride myself on making therapy as simple and straightforward as possible. Real change takes more than superficial answers. After doing this work, for so many years, I've developed easy to understand concepts to explain what's going on and change takes place.

Eddie Reece: It is so possible to be happy with your life. I'm glad you took the time to come see me and pleased our time together was worthwhile. When it comes to the satisfaction of your life, I believe there is always hope.

Eddie Reece: Thanks so much for the kind words. The benefits of therapy often seem like miracles since quite often what's needed is some information that is fairly basic to therapists. I sometimes view therapy as relationship school, since the ins and outs of how to achieve satisfying relationships aren't taught in school. What could be more basic than learning how to get along? Educated consumer brings up a good point about therapy helping you hear what you need to hear, instead of what you want to hear. Many clients begin therapy hoping to hear that very little change needs to take place or that they're right and others are wrong. I think it's important to have an honest assessment of who you are and what you're doing so the changes you make can truly help and bring about lasting results.

Eddie Reece: What a kind and courageous review! Here is an example of someone who overcame the stigma of going to therapy and like some clients, once the presenting problem is taken care of, decides to use therapy not as a fix to a problem, but as a way to explore living life to it's fullest. If going to therapy was like dance lessons, there are some students who just want to get through a recital and others who want to become ballroom champions. How would you like to use therapy?

Eddie Reece: Thank you blinker for taking another chance. It's important to find a good match when looking for the best therapist for you. In the opening session I pay particular attention to that. My desire is to have a new client end up with the best therapist for them even if it's not me! There are plenty of clients to go around, so I don't mind sharing! I encourage you if you feel skeptical like blinker to give therapy another try. Therapists are like any other service professionals. Some of us are very good with certain situations and not with others, so it is important to ensure you have a good match.

Eddie Reece: You are very welcome mayortom. I appreciate you sharing that therapy improves every area of your life regardless of which area you're focused on in therapy. There is an old saying that, "How you do anything is how you do everything." So when you correct one thing, everything is corrected. I find this very comforting if one feels overwhelmed with life and believes there is just way too much to do or change. So come and see me and let's change one thing that will change everything.

Eddie Reece: Thanks so much for this review since it speaks to what many people are thinking and feeling about coming to therapy. Most every new client is coming as a last resort since there is still such a stigma in our culture about not only asking for help, but especially from a therapist. Few of us would hesitate to contact an auto mechanic since we don't know how to repair a car, so why hesitate to contact a professional who is trained to help repair a relationship or a life? I truly hope that in my lifetime, the stigma of seeing a therapist will be eliminated. Remember, suffering is optional. 🙂

Eddie Reece: You are most welcome! I like what you say about how your therapy experience continues to bring changes. I believe that's a result of any good therapy. It keeps on giving!

Eddie Reece: This review comes from someone who attended one of my practice building workshops for therapists. Thank you for the endorsement! I have a deep passion for helping therapists have a full practice since I know therapy changes lives. I wish everyone could have a good therapy experience.

Eddie Reece: Thanks for taking the time to post this kind review. It reminds me of the saying that wisdom comes from experience and experience comes from mistakes. That's certainly true in my case. 🙂

Eddie Reece: You are very welcome! This reviewer speaks to what many of my clients and I think most of us need more of - quiet time. The world can seem to be moving too fast at times and finding a place of peace and quiet is something therapy helps everyone with, whether they come for that or not. 🙂

Eddie Reece: Thanks gr8ful1 for reiterating the compassionate, supportive and intuitive theme in these reviews. As I've written about in other replies, learning how to get along is learning to be compassionate and supportive. I'm not so sure it's about intuition. In this case, intuition comes from what I've learned. I'm a good therapist because I'm a good student. I've spent my time in therapy, in "relationship school," and now I enjoy teaching what I've learned.

Eddie Reece: Creativeguy mentions a common theme of being successful in other areas of his life, but not in relationships. Here's why; intimate relationships work from an entirely different system than everything else in your life. We're taught that to change something, do the opposite. If it's dark, turn on a light. If you're cold, turn up the heat. Doing the opposite works well with inanimate objects. You don't need to form emotional bonds with the light switch. Getting along with people requires a different set of guidelines. Here again, therapy is relationship school. Come in and learn what it takes to form those close, emotional bonds and be as successful with people as you are with those light switches!

Eddie Reece: Thanks bobbie. The subjects of love and relationships are among my favorites. Here again, we hear about putting off coming in for counseling. So often, we believe we've found a new way to make a difference in our lives only to get the same results. The sad part is how much of our lives we spend not getting what we want. Bobbie took a crash course in "relationship school" with her therapy. She then applied a different approach and got different results. You can too!

Eddie Reece: Here again we see how we're not taught how to live our lives well. We're actually taught the patterns that lead to an unhappy life. The "light" this reviewer mentions is helping my clients see the patterns that lead to unwanted outcomes. Quite often, that's all it takes to bring about change. We often know the answer to our problems, it's just that we haven't asked the right questions. I can help you ask the right questions to bring the unhelpful patterns to light so you can move toward change.

Eddie Reece: Thank you lucyjo. It's sad our culture supports a stigma about asking for help with emotional issues. It takes a lot of courage to overcome that stigma. Our satisfaction with life depends on a healthy emotional life. Given it's importance, how to get along in the world should be a regular class in school. Much of what I do as a therapist and consultant, is to teach folks how to get along. The name of my practice is Getting Along, Incorporated. Counseling is often "relationship school." The keys to improving relationships are truly simple, but that doesn't matter if you don't know them. I encourage anyone struggling with relationships to give me a call and put an end to the heartache caused not by being "crazy," but by a simple lack of knowledge.

Eddie Reece: Reviews like this is why I do what I do. There is no better way for me to make a living than making a difference in the lives of others. This reviewer brings up some good points. The first is about masking symptoms. In this fast paced world, we often look for easy answers. I have a jar in my office labeled Easy Answers. It's empty. Anything worth doing well, like living your life, takes more than quick fixes. What I offer is a way to move beyond the symptoms and bring about permanent change. I also appreciate mentioning the change in this reviewers financial life. I'm one of the few therapists in the country who specialize in the psychology of money. Looking beyond the "symptoms" will also bring about permanent change in your financial life. In today's economic times, it makes sense to have a different relationship with your money. I can help with that too.

Eddie Reece: I do my best to invite clients to give me feedback about the sessions. It's a shame when they don't and leave therapy, especially as this client did, after one session. If she had told me what she wrote in her review, here's how I would have responded - I believe your history is a key to present behavior, but when a client first comes to see me, I'm more interested in what prompted them to enter therapy at this time in their life. I think clients want to talk about their present situation in the first session and I let them. I think it'd be rude to take over the first session by taking a history, when there's so much a client wants to say. The important parts of a history always show up, when they need to. I think if a client really wants to talk about something in their past in that first session, they'll bring it up. I don't want to waste their time and money by asking questions that don't pertain to why they came to therapy. In terms of her comment about me figuring her out, I've always found it interesting that folks don't want a therapist to figure them out quickly. If someone goes to a medical doctor, dentist or auto mechanic and the problem is quickly found, folks are relieved and think, "Wow. How fortunate I found someone really good at what they do." Most anyone can figure someone out pretty quickly, in terms of recognizing broad aspects of a personality, but it's often difficult for anyone to see those traits in themselves. I did have this client "figured out," in that like so many people coming to therapy, she needed guidance in expressing her feelings (like not being pleased with the session). Like a number of highly intellectual people, she'd learn to "figure out" her feelings instead of experiencing them. It's vital to learn to live your emotions instead of having explanations for them and the kind of therapy I practice teaches that. And like a lot of people, this client turned down my invitation to live more from her heart instead of her head. I'm glad she found someone more to her liking. 

Great person to use as a tool for change

Eddie Reece: Thank you for the kind review! It's good to hear that my passion and caring for my clients comes through. Therapy is one place in the world where who you are and what you're going through really matters.

Eddie Reece: You're welcome! This is a great review for those who wonder if therapy can help. Most of the time, clients have a similar reaction to gymgirl's. Problems that seem overwhelming can have simple solutions once you get a different perspective.

Heal Thy Self....but with help

Eddie Reece: Thanks for the recommendation! I do care about my clients. I believe that caring is a central factor distinguishing good therapists from not so good ones. I'm sure this client would have made it through her crisis without my help, but the issue isn't about making it through. We all make it through. The issue is how we come out on the other side. Therapy helps guide you through in a way that brings lasting change. I'm glad I could help!

Eddie Reece: This review points out one of the most important traits of a good therapist, that of walking the talk. If you want to find a good therapist, you have to ask at least one question, "How much good therapy have you had?" The good therapists have had a lot of good therapy. That may seem strange to you in that your idea of therapy is it's only something for people with "real" problems. No. Therapy does great with everyday issues, especially those of relationships, work, parenting, money, and even the meaning of life. 

For a therapist to know how to help you, he or she must first learn how to be helped. If you want help with a particular issue, the therapist you see has to have been helped through the same kind of issues. Now that doesn't mean if you're depressed, you need to see a therapist who was depressed and got through it. It means you need to see a therapist who has suffered through dark times, struggled with finding motivation, felt hopeless and was guided through all that. Think of it this way, would you go to an auto mechanic who didn't change the oil in his own car? Why see someone who doesn't believe in their service enough to use it? I walk my talk because I believe therapy has the power to change and save lives. My life is certainly different because of my time in therapy. Yours can be too. Give me a call. 

Eddie Reece: Thank you so much for this review. I enjoy helping other therapists build their practices because it means there will be more people in therapy and the more people there are in therapy, the better the world will be. 🙂 If you're a therapist who would like to grow your practice, please contact me. I offer workshops and one on one consultations.

Eddie Reece: I like what was said about some of my advice being simple. Much of it is. Relationship classes aren't taught in school, so the basics of healthy relationships aren't common knowledge. That's why I'm in business. Like learning the basics of anything, learning the basics of a successful relationship is easy and doesn't take long. Like so many couples, this couple came in to give their marriage a "last shot." Don't wait so long to see a therapist. It's my dream that one day, seeing a therapist to help your relationship will be the first thought, not the last.

Eddie Reece: Thanks for the review! With the downturn in the economy, it's important for business owners to take this opportunity to expand the way they reach out to clients and customers. My consulting work can help reduce the fears created by our economic situation. Fear is not the biggest issue. The reaction to the fear will determines success or failure. I can help you take action that will calm your fears and grow your business.

Eddie Reece: Thanks for noticing the uniqueness of my approach. One of the characteristics that sets me apart is that I tailor my approach to match the needs of my client. I believe everyone deserves individual attention. Good therapists use a lot of different approaches. The emphasis on relationship over longevity is important here. If the goal is to make the relationship last, it's easy to lose focus on what's important, the quality of the relationship. I believe if you improve the quality, the longevity takes care of itself. Thanks for the kind review!

Eddie Reece: A new perspective is important. Many of the difficulties folks bring to therapy can be traced back to how someone sees the world. I work with my clients to see themselves and the world from a perspective that creates a fuller, more expressive life. One with more joy, peace and meaning. I hope as time goes on with this client, the value of his time in therapy can be rated 5 stars!

Eddie Reece: Thanks for taking the time to write a review. Caring - Helpful - Solutions. That sums up therapy well. The caring part is confusing for some people in that I'm paid for what I do. My answer is one of the reasons I went into private practice is so I can pick and choose my clients. I wouldn't work with anyone I couldn't care for, believe I could help or create solutions with. It's great to be my own boss.

Eddie Reece: Sports enhancement is so much fun! Just like any other counseling, there are basics. Once you learn them, the game or life is easier. And often, there are quick fixes!

Excellent!!

Eddie Reece: Issues do keep coming into our lives, over and over and over - Why? Because we're determined to learn a better way of moving through such issues. We're smarter than we think! How can you move though an issue so it doesn't repeat? Just as this reviewer said, you get a different spin. When you change the way you see yourself and others, your world is different. Counseling helps you make these changes so you get the results you want. Come see me to learn to live in a different world, a world where you can live the life you were meant to live.

Eddie Reece: This reminds me of the joke, "Doc it hurts when I do this." The doctor replies, "Well, don't do that." It's amazing that we all do the same things over and over expecting different results. I think such magical thinking is partly due to not knowing what else to do. Often, my job is to offer alternatives. You can't fix something that never worked, so clients come to me with problems they can't solve and I give them problems they can solve. If you're "stuck," contact me and let's come up with an approach that will work.

Eddie Reece: Yea! I'm so glad I could be helpful so quickly. It's a common experience that someone comes into my office with an issue they've struggled with for years and I can understand and be helpful right away. How? Like any job, if you do it long enough and learn enough, it's pretty easy at times. Although everyone is different, in so many ways people have the same issues. After 20 years of listening to folks, I hear the same stories even though there are slightly different versions. Thanks to this reviewer for noticing I have a nice office to visit. It's surrounded on two sides by the garden I nurture. Love is watching things grow. On another note, I'm not Dr. Reece, just Eddie. This reviewer also mentioned I helped her find another therapist. My job as I see it, is when someone contacts me, I want to help them find the right therapist, one who is easy to get to, can help and is affordable. So call me today. I'm happy to help!

Eddie Reece: How wonderful for you! Sometimes I can help that quickly. Often, what seems hopless to a client is what I see all the time so I can offer some quick help. You don't have to continue to struggle with what troubles you. Contact me today.

Eddie Reece: Thanks for the kind words. Listening is such a big part of my job. I think most people have a need to "feel heard." That's different from being heard. In most conflicts, if not all, someone, or no one, is listening in a way the other will feel heard. When people are in conflict, they can usually describe the other's complaint very well. That doesn't mean the other feels heard. I teach the kind of communication that promotes feeling heard. It's really a simple skill that just takes practice. Good communication replaces arguing and promotes intimacy. If you'd like help with your communication skills, call me. I'm listening. 🙂

Eddie Reece: You are so welcome! It's always a treat to hear from you. I appreciate your willingness to check in from time to time. 

As I get to know a client, it becomes easier to guide him or her through life's challenges. Sessions don't always have to be face to face for 50 minutes. Many of my clients utilize my service on an as needed basis. "Sessions" may be a few minutes on the phone, email correspondence or even texting. Each of my clients receives a personalized approach to meet his or her particular needs. 

Call and ask how I might help you navigate your individual dilemmas. I'm happy to help you find the help you need, whether it's with me or someone else. 

Eddie Reece: You're very welcome. Thanks for taking the time to write your review. You point out a vital part of what makes change happen, to move from an intellectual understanding of what's troubling you to an emotional understanding of it. If something is bothering you, it's a pretty good bet you're experiencing emotions. Most people then see those emotions as problems to be solved. They're not. The "problems" in people's lives are usually caused by trying to "solve" troubling emotions. So, as with this reviewer, self-help books are read, understanding happens and the emotions are still troubling. Trying to "solve" emotions with intellect is like trying to write literature with math formulas. 

This reviewer mentions the listening I do and the questions I ask and the realizations that result. What's he's describing is experiencing the emotional learning that happens in therapy. Navigating our emotional world takes different maps from the maps used in the intellectual world. I see my work very much as being a guide through that world. That's why often times our friends and loved ones aren't as helpful when it comes to troubling emotions, they don't have the maps either. 

It's heartwarming to read that the lessons stick. That's what I want to hear. The type of therapy I do is designed to bring about lasting change. I also like the advice this reviewer gives, to stick with it. 90% of therapy is simply showing up. When your perception changes, it means you've changed. As Gandhi said, "Be the change you want to see." 

A man once fell in a deep hole. The light shone from the opening he'd fallen into, but it was too steep to climb out and it was very dark around him. So he kept looking up towards the light. Soon a doctor passed by and looked in the hole. "Thanks for stopping by doc. Can you help me? The doctor wrote a prescription and threw it in the hole, then left. A short time later, a priest came by. "Thank God you showed up father. Can you help me?" The priest wrote a prayer on a piece of paper and threw it in the hole and walked away. Then a therapist looked into the hole. The man cried out, "Can you help me?" The therapist jumped into the hole. "What's wrong with you," the man asked in disbelief. "Now we're both stuck in here." The therapist replied, "I've been here before and know the way out." The man followed him through the dark and found his way. 

If you want some help navigating those troubling emotions, contact me. 

Eddie Reece: Thanks for the review. Most clients come to me wanting to make decisions in their lives. Life decisions involve mental and emotional input. Such decisions involve many different parts of oneself that are often in conflict. I help those parts "get along," hence the name of my company. Learning a better way to make decisions makes decision making easier. I help folks learn a better way. Most people believe that if one side of a decision can out argue another, then that's the best decision. Usually not. When competing parts (wants and desires) cooperate, better decisions are made. 

If you want some help in making better decisions, contact me. 

Eddie Reece: I appreciate your description of my approach Animalsrock1. I'm often asked what my approach is and my stock answer is, "Whatever works." I don't have a formula. I believe everyone is unique in some way even if the struggle is a universal one. People and their lives are complicated to say the least. It's a treat to be invited to help unravel the complexities and find creative ways to better live one's life. I'm so happy we did that for you!

Eddie Reece: Thank you skiman for taking the time to write the review. Like the previous review, I regret it took so long for me to respond. I thought I'd responded to all my reviews. Therapy is an investment of time and money so I do what I can to give my clients a good return on that. I work as hard as my clients will work so they get back more than they put into our time together. I want their therapy to be thought of the way I think of my own investment in my own therapy - that's it's priceless. Therapy is often an enormous investment of time and money. One way to think of it is comparatively. If you spend $20 to 40 thousand dollars on a car wouldn't it make sense to spend less than that for enough therapy to make a lasting difference in your life? What you pay for something is important. What you get in return is what really matters. It's heartwarming to know our time together was worth the investment.

Eddie Reece: Thanks so much for your review. I regret it took me so long to reply. I have a passion for helping therapists be successful in their practices. I believe if there are more therapists with full practices, that means there are more people receiving the benefits of therapy and that makes the world a better place. Being in private practice involves two jobs - one is being the therapist. The other is being a good business person so the therapist has a job. 🙂 I also consult with other businesses, so if you want to improve what you do for a living into not only something that will support you financially, but more importantly into an endeavor that brings meaning and purpose to your life, contact me.

Eddie Reece: I sure appreciate the kind words. The best of divorces are usually difficult, especially if the marriage lasted a long time. Every divorce is an opportunity to learn more about oneself and life. As with any new challenge in life, it's good to rely on guidance from folks who can navigate the territory. I'm thankful for this reviewer's trust and confidence.

Eddie Reece: What a nice review. Work is one of my many passions. My life is so much more meaningful because of my time with clients. I find my career challenging in that it pushes me to learn, change and grow. I may have said this in an earlier review - the most important variable to be considered when choosing a therapist is how much therapy the therapist has had. I truly believe that makes all the difference. So one of my passions is personal growth - mine and my clients'.

Eddie Reece: How sweet. I like the instantly part. That's not always the case. 🙂 I'll take this opportunity to say that due to the stigma of going to therapy in our culture, by the time most folks arrive in my office, they're doing it as a last resort. I do my best to help create some relief quickly, though real change takes time. In my own experience in therapy and from what clients tell me, going to therapy isn't always something to look forward to, but the benefits are worth the time and effort. Thanks so much for the review.

Eddie Reece: Thanks for the review! This reviewer mentions compassion - a central part of a well lived life. I find that when someone works through a difficulty, they find compassion - for themselves and others. Finding compassion is very much what good therapy is about.

Eddie Reece: Thanks for the compliments! I so much enjoy presenting workshops and sharing what I've learned. If you need someone to speak on communication, any aspect of relationships, addictions, sexual issues, anxiety or stress, give me a call. Here's a part of my bio: I have a passion for sharing what I'm learning in life. It some ways I'm always a student/teacher whether it's through writing, helping a client through a difficult time, or guiding an athlete to find more joy in their game. My easy going, down to earth, humorous, approach to life's most difficult questions and my love for teaching and healing, might inspire you to open your heart and mind to a different way of seeing the world. I was born, reared and still live in metro Atlanta, GA 

Eddie Reece: Thanks for taking the time to write this review! Just like I enjoy helping individuals and couples reach their full potential, I enjoy helping businesses grow and prosper. I've run my own businesses for some 30 years and know what works and certainly know what doesn't work. Learn from my mistakes! I especially like helping other therapists grow their practices. The more people in therapy, the better off we all are. Call me for help with your business.

Eddie Reece: I sure appreciate this review since I can highlight what my goal is when someone first contacts me. I will do all I can to ensure a prospective client finds a therapist who fits all their needs. It doesn't matter that much if it's me or not. I believe the world would be a better place if everyone was in therapy, so I'm thrilled when someone who contacts me meets with a therapist. So contact me even if you don't wind up in my office. I'm happy to help!

Eddie Reece: Once again, I accomplished my goal when someone calls me. My goal is to help any and everyone find suitable counseling. Finding the best counselor is not easy given so many variables and relatively little information about the profession and those who practice it. So feel free to call. I'm happy to help in your search.

Eddie Reece: What a lovely review! Thank you so much. A different perspective can make all the difference. Gandhi said, "Be the change you want to see in the world." So getting a different perspective on yourself can help bring about the changes you want in your life. In many ways, my job is helping people see things in a different light. It always makes me smile to hear someone respond to what I've said with, "I never thought about it that way." To get those different perspectives, it takes exploring my own life as fully as I can, constantly discovering and growing. That's what I really get paid for - to live in a way to learn and then share what I've learned. One of the reasons I have a concierge practice is to give myself enough free time to find and live out those different ways of being in the world. George Carlin once said something like it was easy to be a comedian because he had 23 hours a day to think up goofy stuff. I get paid to make the time in my life for self-exploration so like any good therapist, I can "walk the talk."

Eddie Reece: Thanks Eagles03! Hard to top awesome. 🙂 Sure appreciate the kind words.

Eddie Reece: Very kind of you salexander. It's a pleasure to work with you. "Open, genuine and authentic." I spent decades in my own therapy to be that way. 🙂 I've written this before, but it's worth repeating. The more therapy the therapist has, the better therapist he or she will be. Good therapy opens hearts and minds. When that happens, authenticity follows. "Forthcoming with information." Much of therapy and or consulting is about education. I see my work as learning as much as I can - all the time - and then sharing that with my clients. I have an insatiable curiosity! "Areas I had not considered." My goal is in some way to help a client come to, "Hmm.... I've never thought about it that way before." If I can do that, then perceptions have changed. When perceptions change, the world changes. "available, present and truly wanted to help." Being present takes a lot more training that one would think. 🙂 Being present and wanting to help comes from lots of personal growth and being so excited by that, I can't help but share what I know. Thanks again for the lovely review.

Eddie Reece: Thank you Michael. You're very kind to take the time to write a review. It was a pleasure talking with you. Please contact me again if my suggestions don't work out. My goal when you or any other prospective client calls is to do all I can to ensure you find a good fit for your needs. Finding a good therapist is tricky. Here's my best advice for ensuring your therapist can help. Ask one question, "How much therapy have you had?" If there's any hesitation about answering the question, call the next person on your list. Why would you want to see someone who doesn't believe enough in the service he or she provides to use it? Good therapy produces good therapists. As a therapist, I can help someone because I've been helped. I believe in the service I provide. Therapy has given me the ability to live the best life I can live. I've seen it produce significant changes in the lives of my clients. Without the experience of growing from my own therapy, I couldn't sit with a client who is struggling and know what we're doing can make a difference. It's that knowing that provides hope. Thanks again Michael for the review and the opportunity to help.

Eddie Reece: Thanks so much for the review! As a fellow money expert, this means a lot. 🙂 The stigma about going to therapy is huge. Asking for help with money issues is enormous. If you struggle with money in any way, it's a direct reflection of the struggles you have in other areas of your life. Let me show you how. There is a page devoted to money issues on my main website. The link is near the top of this page. Get past the stigma and ask for help. There's no need to struggle. Contact me today.

Eddie Reece: You are so kind Franklin. For those of you who don't know, Franklin is a highly respected therapist in the Atlanta area. If you're inside the perimeter looking for a therapist and believe Alpharetta might as well be on the dark side of the moon, call Franklin. If you're looking for help growing your business or want better employee or customer relationships, call me.

Eddie Reece: Thanks so much for the review. It's great to hear I was so helpful even though we never had a session. This review emphasizes what I've written about before in terms of what I see as my responsibility when a perspective client contacts me. With the stigma about counseling being what it is, contacting a therapist usually involves a lot of thought and internal debate. Almost always, by the time someone contacts me, whatever challenge they're facing has been going on for some time. By making contact, the debate about asking for help has, at least for the moment, landed on the side of asking for help. So I do all I can to ensure good, convenient, and affordable therapy is made available. I honestly would love for everyone to be in therapy. I think the world would be a better place if therapy was the norm. So I'm thrilled to be a part of someone finding a good therapist even if it's not me. 🙂 If you're debating about whether or not to contact me, just do it. Look at it as an experiment to just see what happens. You'll be glad you did.

Eddie Reece: Thanks for the kind review. I especially like what you wrote about my services being for "even those without major life issues." Part of the stigma of going to therapy is a belief that it is only for those with serious mental health problems. That belief causes those who face common everyday issues to fear being thought of as someone with mental illness. I work with clients who are high functioning people who want to improve their lives. They come to me for a variety of reasons. I help them have better relationships or a more relaxed lifestyle. Often clients find themselves at a point in their lives when they realize that life didn't turn out the way they hoped it would. As I've written about before, there isn't a school that teaches any of us to have lasting, intimate relationships. There are no university degrees in kindness, compassion or love, areas where we can all improve. Everyone faces challenges of a normal life, such as marriage, raising children, loss of loved ones and aging. Those types of challenges are what I can help you navigate. Don't wait until your small problems become big ones. Contact me today for a better tomorrow.

Thank you!