Truth restored,
healing begun
Helping adults and families cope with life changes, trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, and loss.
SERVICES
Everyone deserves a safe and supportive space to explore their thoughts, emotions, and life experiences. Are you navigating stress, relationship concerns, life transitions, or personal growth?
Reaching out for help is a meaningful step toward well-being.
If you have needs beyond the listed services, I can still provide help through resource connections or referrals.
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Trauma refers to deeply distressing experiences in life that can shape how a person sees themselves, others, and the world. I help individuals process trauma by creating a safe, collaborative space to explore those experiences, understand their impact, and empower healthier emotional patterns moving forward.
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Anxiety is a heightened state of worry or tension that can affect a person’s thoughts, body, and daily functioning, often leaving them feeling overwhelmed or on edge. I help individuals process anxiety by offering grounding strategies, exploring the roots of their fears, and teaching skills that build a steadier, more empowered way of responding to stress.
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Depression is a persistent sense of heaviness, sadness, or disconnection that can affect a person’s energy, motivation, and ability to engage with daily life. I help individuals process their feelings by offering a compassionate space to explore those feelings, identify underlying patterns, and develop tools that support healing, stability, and renewed hope.
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Grief and loss describe the deep emotional pain that follows the death of someone significant or the end of something meaningful. I help individuals process it by offering steady support, helping them make sense of their emotions, and guiding them toward integrating the loss in a way that allows life to feel possible again.
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Relationship issues can include communication breakdowns, trust issues, conflict resolution, emotional distance, infidelity, dating concerns, and patterns that create stress or disconnection. I provide a supportive, nonjudgmental space to explore relationship dynamics, strengthen emotional awareness, and develop healthier ways of relating to partners, family members, friends, or coworkers. I work with clients to help them build stronger boundaries, improve communication skills, and create more fulfilling, balanced relationships.
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Family conflict may be related to communication problems, parenting challenges, boundary issues, sibling tension, caregiving stress, divorce, blended families, or unresolved past experiences. I offer a safe and supportive space to better understand family dynamics, process difficult emotions, and develop healthier ways of responding to conflict. I desire to empower clients to strengthen communication, improve relationships, and create more stable and supportive family connections.
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Healthy coping skills are essential to manage stress, anxiety, overwhelming emotions, life transitions, and everyday challenges more effectively. I work collaboratively with clients to identify unhelpful patterns, build emotional resilience, and practice practical strategies for navigating difficult situations with greater confidence and balance.
In‑office counseling creates space for deeper presence and connection. For people who value being together in person and feel grounded by a shared environment, it can be a meaningful, supportive part of therapy.
50 mins | $150 individual sessions
IN-PERSON
Online counseling across Alabama. For those seeking depth-oriented care with flexibility—when scheduling or distance makes in-person sessions difficult—secure video sessions create a consistent, connected rhythm wherever you are.
50 mins | $150 individual sessions
TELEHEALTH
Partnerships with nonprofits, churches, and welfare organizations to provide training in trauma, attachment, adoption, foster care, and marriage health.
*Licensed clinical supervision for individuals pursuing LICSW
50 mins | $150
CONSULTING
Edie Kortman
I have deep experience working with family-of-origin issues, trauma, anxiety, grief, adoption, and foster care. My therapeutic perspective is grounded in creating a safe and trusting environment where clients feel supported in exploring their experiences with curiosity and openness. I approach therapy as a collaborative process, working alongside clients to foster empowerment and meaningful change. My work is strengths-based and trauma-informed, recognizing the impact of past experiences while honoring each individual’s resilience. I incorporate evidence-based practices including motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to support clients in building insight, developing skills, and achieving their goals.
I live in Homewood, Alabama with my husband and our two children and am an active member of Christ Fellowship Church. My faith and community inform my values of compassion, hope, and resilience, and I welcome clients from all backgrounds.
LCISW — S — PIP
TRAINING & EDUCATION
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, Supervisor, Private Independent Practitioner - Alabama
Masters in Social Work – University of Chicago
B.S. in Psychology – Auburn University