The Professional Corner

Trauma therapy felt like a garden where what was broken and fragmented could be mended back together.  It was gritty and felt like digging through the mud of past hurts and loss often, and yet it was also a season where new growth could come to life.  Sandy stewarded that garden with utmost care and tenderness, asking questions I desperately needed even when I didn’t feel like answering them and providing wisdom as I made sense of what He says is true of me rather than the lies I had come to believe.  I knew the Lord had forgiven me, and yet trauma therapy gave me space to explore what forgiving myself would be like and the abundance of freedom that overflows through that forgiveness. - CD

When I retired, I realized I finally had time to work on myself and look at some of the more painful things in my past that I could see affected my current relationships.  I wanted to learn and to heal. Sandy was recommended by a retired counselor who knew me well. I’ve been seeing Sandy for eight months and I have to say that I’ve learned A LOT and am growing. (It’s never too late!) Sandy is so knowledgeable about everything—communication, how the brain works, how to heal from trauma, how to recognize the lies embedded in your thinking.  Her approach is very sweet and tender but underneath is someone who is highly intelligent and skilled and will say the thing that you really need to hear and understand. She exudes the love and joy of the Lord and you feel Christ cheering you on your healing/ freeing journey through her words, her encouragement, her correction, and her prayers.  When you don’t believe in yourself, she sees the growth Jesus is doing in your life. My visits with her are both like going to the dentist (hard work and some pain) and visiting my best friend (encouraging and comforting). I am so grateful for her guidance, exhortation, encouragement, and faith.  She gives me a glimpse of Jesus’ heart for me. - Carolyn 

I can’t recommend Atlanta Wellness enough. I spent many months working through trauma therapy with Dr. Sandy after a very painful divorce. I can honestly say I am a different person now! By working through the process, I feel like my brain has been rewired to see the truth instead of the lies or false “feelings” I was believing and ruminating on.  Even after finishing the process, I still use the tools I’ve learned with Dr.Sandy and now see everything with a clearer mind and healthy boundaries. - Carey

Dr. Sandy has been part of my healing process both through traditional counseling and through trauma therapy. She created an emotionally safe place for sharing deep pain by listening well, remembering details from previous sessions, and guiding me through a process so I was able to identify the causes of hurt, betrayal, and the feeling of worthlessness I was experiencing. As a Christian, I appreciated Dr. Sandy's scriptural approach that helped me rediscover my identity in Christ and remember His great love for me. With her help, I was able to self-advocate, to set healthy boundaries, and to move from victim to victor. - Kimberly

Trauma Therapy with Sandy has had a profound impact on my healing from an abusive relationship. Although it seemed daunting to go through each traumatic event and allow myself to feel my suppressed emotions, the therapy allowed me to clearly process the events and identify the false beliefs I had developed because of the trauma. Sandy walks through the entire process with you and is a caring and insightful guide. Instead of just talking about the event over and over like many typical counselor sessions, Sandy guides you through 6 focused stages with specific personal work for each one. I have experienced so much healing and freedom after completing this therapy. I highly recommend Sandy to anyone who is in need of healing after experiencing trauma. - Bethany 

I completed the trauma counseling process with Dr. Sandy Schremmer and it has been truly life changing. Not only did Sandy remind me of the truth when I couldn’t see it, but trauma counseling has changed the lens I view the world through. What used to be confusing and unclear is now simple, more black and white and lot less gray. The process has increased my confidence, empowered me to use my voice and trust my gut. Not only do I feel the change inside of myself but the external effects are evident as well. My decisions reflect the life that I’m adjusting to and working towards rather than defaulting to old patterns. Communication is easier and offenses are received far less personally. I can’t encourage others enough to embark on the journey of trauma counseling. The benefits are beyond worth it for yourself and everyone around you!! Highly recommend. - Alex 

Sandy has had a profound impact on me and my entire family. She has counseled me, my husband, and my children through some very hard and painful times as well as some ordinary life challenges. God has truly used her as an instrument of His wisdom and healing in our lives! I’ve seen many counselors over the years, but there is no one like her. She has a unique way of speaking the truth in love with directness, yet I never feel judged or shamed. She is full of grace and acceptance - you just know she is for you and on your team from the beginning! Sandy really listens and she helps break down what seems so overwhelming into doable steps. She helps me see hardship as an opportunity to grow and walk by faith, and I always feel a sense of hope and gratitude after talking with her. While her counseling skills are exceptional, her love for Christ combined with the Holy Spirit as her guide are what truly set her apart as a counselor. I am forever grateful for her! - Amy 

When asked if I would write a testimonial, I could not pass up the opportunity to give back to Sandy just a fraction of the goodness she brought to my life. I have used Sandy as my life coach for the last 2 ½ years. During this time, she has helped me deal with a tragic injury that happened to my youngest son, a divorce after 35 years of marriage, and adjusting to life after divorce. She has helped me realize there is nothing more important than relationships. I have a very “type A,” results driven, old school, disciplinarian type personality. I “had” a heavy hand and was not ever going to back down from a fight. I met Sandy when a friend recommended her for trauma counseling for my son after he lost his eye in an accident. Then a couple of months later, a different change of events led me to start regular sessions with Sandy. I can honestly say I have measured results and definite benchmarks on progress. I have had several colleagues, direct reports, contractors, and most of all, my adult children recognize the change in me over the past 2 1/2 years. There were very dark days over the past years, but I knew Sandy was just a call away if I needed her. I have been a Christian for most of my life. Sandy has a strong belief in God and his grace was always present in our sessions. She prayed with me at the end of our session and those were the most powerful prayers I have ever heard. They lifted me up, gave me hope and the internal strength to continue. Sandy is not afraid to deliver tough messages. Once in a while she would tell me something I did not want to hear, but at the end of the day, and in retrospect, I needed to hear every word of it. I thank God she had the courage to tell me what I needed to be said. Sandy has been one of the most influential people in my life. I am a better person, Christian, manager, and most of all father, all because of her. She creates awareness in a spectacular fashion, and I use what she has taught me daily. I wish I would have met her many years ago. There are so many things I would have done differently. As I wrote this and reflected on my time, I got a couple of lumps in my throat and teared up a few times. I guess it is another benchmark in how far I have come in my journey and mostly, just now fully realizing how much I needed Sandy in my life.  - Troy 

Sandy is an incredible counselor whose wisdom is deeply rooted in biblical truth. She’s helped guide me, my marriage, and my family through some of our most pivotal moments. I’ve trusted her enough to refer dozens of others to her and every time, she’s shown up with grace, discernment, and truth. Sandy doesn’t just counsel, she restores, equips, and walks with you. She’s the real deal. - Kirk

I am forever grateful to Dr. Sandy Schremmer. God placed her in my life at exactly the right moment—when I needed strength, clarity, and healing through one of life’s toughest seasons.

Thanks to her wisdom and care, I am walking into tomorrow with renewed joy as my husband and we were able to reach and celebrate 32 years of marriage—together. 

I could never have imagined this path… but God did.

Thank you, Dr. Sandy, from the bottom of my heart. 💛 -Celeste

Sandy has been a tremendous blessing for my family and marriage!  She has served as a steadfast voice of wisdom, counsel and peace from The Lord for me, my wife and son for nearly 10 years.  I am extremely grateful for all the godly counsel, comfort and challenging she has given us through the years, which has truly made our family stronger, my marriage better and our faith in the Lord more solid than it would have been without her.  The Holy Spirit has consistently used to her to be a calm in the midst of our storms and a light in our darkness. - Shay

Grief Counseling - Loss of Young Child

Five years ago, I experienced the unimaginable—losing my youngest daughter to cancer after a short, intense five-month journey. Four months after her passing, I began a 10-week grief and trauma therapy program with Dr. Sandy at Atlanta Wellness. It became a sacred space of healing for me. Each week, I arrived with a swirl of emotions—grief, pain, confusion, shock—and Dr. Sandy, through the wisdom and presence of the Holy Spirit, helped me gently begin to process it all. Her kindness and gentleness created a safe space where I could sit in the depths of my grief and begin to untangle it. I found great value in writing out our story, letting the emotions rise to the surface, and not running from them.  Those sessions were not easy, but they were necessary—and deeply healing. I’m incredibly grateful for Dr. Sandy and the role she played in walking with me through such a painful season. Atlanta Wellness was a gift in my journey toward healing, and I will always be thankful. - Ann

 Sandy has been one of the sweetest guides in my journey of following Jesus. I started meeting with her when I was an achievement-addicted, “go go go” high school senior with lots of dreams but little ability to decipher my feelings and fears as I prepared for college. Today, it is such a privilege to share that Jesus has refined my heart into one that prizes rest as much as productivity and walks bravely enough to face my feelings and fears no matter the season. Sandy has been an integral part in this process. Sandy is first bravely obedient to Jesus and His work through her, evident in her patient listening ear and gentle heart. Secondly, she balances grace with grit, knowing when to simply hold space for me to cry and when to challenge me to believe in what God has for me versus what I believe is possible in my power. She has been a stable place to land despite difficult seasons I have walked through in the past two years. Overall, I could never thank Sandy enough or even articulate how grateful I am for the advocate she has been for me; she is truly the biggest blessing. - Cambri

When I came to Dr. Sandy, I was grieving the loss of a cherished job relationship and living in a state of confusion and hurt after experiencing what she helped me realize was spiritual abuse.  She validated my pain, but she also opened the door to understanding my role in relationships and seeing patterns of behavior I had become accustomed to but didn’t know how to address.   Her guidance led me to see that I had been holding onto my pain in fear that others in my relationships might be uncomfortable with expressing emotion and how unhealthy this behavior is in mature relationships.  Along the way, she invited my husband into my healing and gave us tools to work through my pain together, ultimately strengthening our relationship in ways that I can’t begin to thank her enough for.  She taught us the importance of clear communication, how to acknowledge our individual roles in conflict resolution, and gave us tools for setting clear expectations and boundaries.  Though my initial need in counseling was grief, Dr. Sandy was able to use that pain to reveal so much more about how my response to distress was affecting all my relationships.  I have referred her repeatedly to many friends who are looking for a therapist to help navigate a struggle occurring in any relationship.  

Dr. Sandy embodies the Spirit of Christ and lives out this scripture through her practice.  I am so grateful for her devotion to the care and comfort of other through Him. “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.  For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.  If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer.  And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.”  2 Corinthians 1:3-7  - Megan 

I have been a client of Sandy's for over 7 years. I was referred to her while going through an unexpected and devastating divorce. At first, and for many months, I saw her weekly and God used her to breathe life and faith into me to make it through the days. Sandy is full of compassion and mercy, but also unashamed and not afraid to boldly speak the truth. Her office hosts the sweet presence of the Holy Spirit and she first and foremost submits to God's word in her own life before she offers counsel. Sandy is non judgemental and has much experience in dealing with the hardships and tragedies of life. She understands human nature and is not shocked by sin, but she also knows the source of life in Jesus and will always advise and point the way toward him. I am beyond grateful for Sandy's wisdom and she has remained a mentor in my life, I make it a priority to schedule time with her at least a few times a year to maintain a healthy mindset. Her counsel has shaped my life in a wonderful way and strengthened my identity in Christ. - Kelly 

Sandy is amazing and I am grateful for all she has done for me personally as well as my family.  She has a way of making you feel comfortable as soon as you walk in to her office.  What started off as a friendly referral has developed into trusted friendship.  I never hesitate to to give her name out to someone that is looking for Godly wisdom and practical application to their day to day. - Kirk 

I have deep gratitude for Sandy Schremmer.  We came to her for couples' counseling at an integral time in our marriage.  She helped us turn false beliefs we both held into truths with practical applications. She provided a safe place for both of us to share without one feeling lesser or to blame.  We felt loved and accepted right where we were on our journey.  She was not afraid to have hard conversations wrapped in love! Her insight and strength beautifully compliment her kind, gentle spirit. - Mary Michael 

I have been a client of Sandy's for over 7 years. I was referred to her while going through an unexpected and devastating divorce. At first, and for many months, I saw her weekly and God used her to breathe life and faith into me to make it through the days. Sandy is full of compassion and mercy, but also unashamed and not afraid to boldly speak the truth. Her office hosts the sweet presence of the Holy Spirit and she first and foremost submits to God's word in her own life before she offers counsel. Sandy is non judgemental and has much experience in dealing with the hardships and tragedies of life. She understands human nature and is not shocked by sin, but she also knows the source of life in Jesus and will always advise and point the way toward him. I am beyond grateful for Sandy's wisdom and she has remained a mentor in my life, I make it a priority to schedule time with her at least a few times a year to maintain a healthy mindset. Her counsel has shaped my life in a wonderful way and strengthened my identity in Christ. - Kelly

When we came to Dr. Sandy, we were stuck in many broken places in our marriage and on the verge of divorce. We struggled to communicate our places of pain well to one another and could not heal. Dr. Sandy took time to thoroughly assess who we are as individuals; she met each of us right where we were at and taught us to see ourselves and our situation through an entirely new lens. Slowly she lifted vails on our eyes we didn’t even know were there. She equipped us with techniques for healthy communication filled with empathy and wisdom. Now, 12 years later, our marriage is stronger than we could have ever dreamed. We still visit Sandy when we get stuck on issues. These sessions are less frequent as we have learned to use the tools she gave us!  - Anonymous