- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Bonnie
Bonnie McClurd is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia with ten years of experience. She focuses on practical help for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or major life changes. Bonnie welcomes conversations about parenting concerns and everyday pressures that get in the way of functioning and joy.
Her approach is straightforward and collaborative. She treats clients as the experts on their own lives and looks for strengths to build on.
Background and approach
Sessions are aimed at clear, manageable steps so problems feel less stuck and more solvable. Bonnie draws from client-centered methods that prioritize the client's perspective and from cognitive behavioral techniques that help change unhelpful thoughts and habits. She also uses emotionally focused ideas to clarify how feelings influence relationships and behavior.
These tools are applied in simple ways you can use between sessions. Typical concerns she addresses include addictions, grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, sleep and eating struggles, anger, self-esteem, and coping with caregiving or chronic illness. She also supports people navigating LGBT issues, career stress, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
Sessions can include short-term solution-focused work or longer conversations about meaning, values, and attachment. Bonnie aims to create a calm, practical space where parents and individuals can try new approaches, track small wins, and adjust plans as needed.
What Bonnie works with
Everything Bonnie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Bonnie helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Bonnie lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Bonnie’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Client-centered work focuses on listening and following what matters most to the client. In practice this means sessions begin by asking what you want to change and building on your strengths to reach those goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and replaces them with practical experiments you can try between sessions to reduce anxiety or improve sleep. Emotionally-Focused Therapy looks at patterns in feelings and interactions to help people notice and change emotional reactions that get in the way of connection.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Bonnie will talk with you about your priorities and try methods that fit your goals and preferences. You can expect to adjust the plan over time based on what is helpful and what is not.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow for fuller conversation and nonverbal cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer not to be on camera, live chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection and short updates between meetings. These options help people fit counseling into busy family and work lives.
Questions people ask about Bonnie
What kinds of concerns does Bonnie help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and family challenges, parenting concerns, and many related issues such as sleep, eating, anger, and self-esteem.
What is her therapy style like?
Bonnie uses a collaborative, down-to-earth style that emphasizes the client's perspective, clear goals, and practical steps to try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of professional experience and has worked with a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns during that time.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Georgia and practices from that state.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Bonnie offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.
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