Akemi McGoogan

Akemi McGoogan is a licensed clinical social worker in Georgia who focuses on practical, goal-oriented therapy. She draws on 18 years of experience to help people managing anxiety, depression, stress, and sleep difficulties. Akemi uses clear, down-to-earth language and aims to help clients feel less stuck and more able to move forward.

She trained at North Carolina Central University for her bachelor’s in social work and earned a master’s in Direct Practice Social Work from SUNY Albany. Akemi describes herself as motivational and encourages clients to shift the thoughts that hold them back. She emphasizes simple, achievable steps and short-term goals that fit into busy lives.

Her work often centers on changing unhelpful thinking, building coping skills, and increasing present-moment awareness. She blends cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness and acceptance-based ideas to address symptoms and daily challenges. Akemi also uses client-centered and attachment-informed ways of working to strengthen relationships and self-understanding.

She writes books aimed at parents and people adjusting to life changes, including journals and guided exercises for postpartum moms. Akemi is comfortable discussing parenting challenges, career frustration, relationship strain, grief, and caregiving stress. She also notes experience with ADHD, intimacy-related concerns, and compassion fatigue.

Akemi will refer people on to colleagues when needs fall outside her scope, such as certain complex diagnoses. To begin, she asks people to consider what they want to change and to take small steps toward those goals.

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