Founder, We Climb Counseling and Consulting LLC. Avery earned a Master of Science degree in Community Counseling as well as a Post Masters of School Counseling from Columbus State University. He has completed advanced training in Collaborative Couples Training, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Suicide Prevention, Motivational Interviewing (MI), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder/Moral Injury. Avery is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Board Certified Counselor, and Certified Professional Counseling Supervisor in the State of Georgia.
Avery has over eight years of counseling experience with a wide range of clients in a variety of treatment settings. These have included providing counseling in a
psychiatric hospital, public education system K-12, inpatient, and partial hospital settings, and currently with the US Department of Veterans Affairs as well as his outpatient practice. He also is a part of his church counseling department.
Avery has a broad and unique base of experience counseling children and adolescents. Areas of emphasis with children include Mood Disorders, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Conduct Disorder, and Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder. Avery also has significant experience working with children and adolescents who have experienced developmental delays, varying degrees of trauma, various types of physical and sexual abuse, abandonment and neglect, as well as dysfunctional family systems.
