Our Counselors
All of our counselors at Sheltered Cove Counseling Center are licensed through the State of Georgia to provide confidential and professional counseling services.
Joseph Adams
MS, LPC, Co-Founder
Joseph Adams is a Licensed Professional Counselor and has been in private practice since 1999. He received his master’s degree in counseling from Georgia State University in 1995 and became a Licensed Professional Counselor in 1999. Mr. Adams has been the director of the Assertive Community Treatment Team in LaGrange, Georgia, where he worked intensively with severely impaired schizophrenics. He was also the Program Director at Laurel Heights Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, an intensive residential treatment facility for children and adolescents. He left Laurel Heights in 2001 to open Sheltered Cove Counseling Center with his friend and business partner, Lisa Klinger, LPC.
Mr. Adams has experience working with a wide variety of people and issues. He enjoys working with children, adolescents and their families, as well as adults suffering from depression, anxiety, stress, obsessive-compulsive disorder, ADHD and personality disorders. Other areas of expertise include parenting and anger-management.
Mr. Adams believes that counseling is an active process that requires the client and the therapist to work together to achieve specific goals throughout the counseling process.
If you wish you can email Joe at josephadams@shelteredcovecounselingcenter.com
Shireen Hunte
LPC
Shireen is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Georgia. Shireen graduated from Argosy University with a M.A. in Community Counseling.
Shireen works with a wide range of issues, including depression, anxiety, unresolved emotional issues, self-esteem/self-empowerment, grief and loss, relationship/family concerns, PTSD, anger management, behavioral disorders in children and adolescents, co-dependency issues, parenting, impulsive, obsessive and compulsive behaviors.
Shireen started her career providing mental health services to children, adolescents and adults in the community. Shireen’s experiences have helped her to gain insight to how the family system revolves around mental health problems. Shireen utilizes a variety of orientations and therapies according to the client’s individual needs which include Cognitive Behavioral, Person Centered and Solution Focused.
It is Shireen’s goal to combine her range of experience with her ability to be a compassionate and enthusiastic therapist to assist clients and families in making positive changes in their lives through self-awareness, empowerment, coping strategies a developing a positive mindset.
Syreeta Smith
LPC
Syreeta Smith started with a love of children and a heart to help others. Syreeta started her journey to help children as a volunteer at her children’s elementary school. She progressed from a volunteer, to a substitute teacher, and then moved into a student of Early Childhood Education at Mercer University. While working as a substitute teacher and a full-time student, Syreeta realized the limitations of helping students in a public-school setting. To help children, you must also help their parents. She then changed her major to Human Services with a concentration in Mental Health. Mrs. Smith went directly to Walden University to earn her master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling to gain the opportunity to help the entire family. She passed the state licensing exam and submitted all her qualifications to be licensed by the state of Georgia to practice independently. She is currently working to gain a certification to be a Registered Play Therapist.
With the heart to help others, Syreeta is on the board of three charities, co-founded an organization that feeds the homeless of Atlanta, and works for an organization once a month that helps foster and adopted teens with team building skills and self-esteem. She enjoys educating children and their parents on parenting skills, mental health awareness, and overall quality of life.
Education & Credentials Licensure: State of Georgia, 2019 M.S., (Clinical Mental Health Counseling), Walden University, 2016 B.S., (Cum Laude), Mercer University, 2012
Community Organizations
ATEAM- Therapist/Mentor
Changing Hearts Foundation- CEO
Feed My Sheep- Co-founder
SLYC- CFO
Rhonda Crouch
LPC
I am a licensed professional counselor working with a wide variety of concerns including depression, anxiety, relationship issues, parenting, career challenges, grief, etc. I do take an active role in the counseling process as I work collectively with the client to navigate the presented concerns and create tangible goals to make life more manageable. I believe we develop psychological stress due to the inability to truly be who we are due to the fear of rejection and the belief that we cannot acquire love and belonging if we are our authentic selves. That is when we experience the deepest connections.
I believe that authenticity sets us free. We are our best selves when we are in a space that allows us to be true and authentic to who we are. I will provide a space free of judgement that will allow for honest and authentic self-evaluation and exploration. This process will facilitate better understanding of yourself and allow you to love you.
Asking for help can be frightening, trust me I know, but doing it alone can feel excruciating. It takes a lot of courage to admit the need for help but with this first step you are already winning. You got this! Healing comes from within, sometimes we just need help accessing it. I am here to support and empower you to live your best life.
Damion Farrow
LPC
I am a licensed professional counselor in the State of Georgia. I received a Bachelor of Science from Xavier University and a Master of Arts in Community Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy from Argosy University. I specialize in Couples Therapy, Career Counseling, Anger Management, Substance Abuse Recovery, and Coping with Depression, Anxiety and other mood disorders,
Travis Rama
LPC
I am licensed in Georgia with 20 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, coping with addictions, family conflicts, & trauma and abuse. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage. I am here to support you in that process.