Joy Mitchell is a Psychotherapist with a focus in Anxiety, Depression, Conflict management, Life transitions, Trauma, Women issues, and Post-partum treatment. She works with young adults, teens, families and couples. She is passionate about helping her clients navigate challenging times, discover their purpose, work through grief, figure out school/work and life balance, and develop healthy relationships.

As a Psychotherapist, she has had a lot of success helping her couples learn to fight fair, develop new tools to communicate, and rediscover what it’s important in the relationship. No topics are off-limits for her when it comes to talking with her patients and getting to the root of their situations and issues.

Joy Mitchell is committed to making sure each patient she works with gets the help they need, and the treatment knowledge that can help them along the way. Therapy alongside other treatments such as Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and esketamine can help give patients a wide variety of options in order to find what works best to help them as an individual.

Dr. Bakari Vickerson is a board-certified psychiatrist from Atlanta whose goal is to see every patient significantly improve. He first studied at Morehouse College before completing his psychiatry and integrative medicine residencies at Emory University. He fell in love with psychiatry during medical school as he began working with patients. To him, time stood still while he was able to talk with patients and get to know them, and that connection allowed for the most cohesive treatment plans.

Dr. Vickerson believes in holistic treatment. Treatment options such as psychotherapy, medication management, and other therapies are only one piece of the overall puzzle. For these treatments to succeed, he believes the patient’s lifestyle must work in favor of healing. Alternative treatments such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapy and esketamine are other options that work alongside the patient.

To Dr. Bakari Vickerson, working with psychiatry patients is all about evidence-based treatment and resources. Mindful Health Solutions works with this evidence-based philosophy, which relies on patient-first care, science, and the expertise of our clinicians. Practitioners such as Dr. Vickerson are eager to work head-on with patients to create a treatment plan that works to ease the suffering of each individual.

Dr. Brian Cooke is a board-certified psychiatrist who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders. He is focused on telemedicine appointments, which he finds patients appreciate for the flexibility and convenience, enabling them to receive treatments from where they are.

His favorite part of psychiatry is listening to his patients, which helps him work with patients and formulate a treatment plan. He has seen how untreated symptoms of mental illness can interfere with all the aspects of a person’s health. He finds it amazing to help patients recover and return to normal functioning. 

Dr. Brian Cooke views the doctor-patient relationship as a collaboration. For him, this is the foundation of clinical care and can have a profound impact on a patient’s recovery and relief from suffering. With a strong academic background, he can educate a patient on their treatment options and work with his patients to make positive changes. 

While focused on telepsychiatry and treatments utilizing medications, he recognizes not all patients will respond to medications alone or may struggle with side effects. He sees Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and esketamine nasal spray as two treatment options for depression that have proven effective for the right patients. 

Katie Noll is Licensed Clinical Social Worker working with our Marietta clinic as a Psychotherapist. She likes to utilize Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Mindfulness, and Reality Therapy modalities to work with adults with depression, anxiety, PTSD, and other mood disorders. She is also certified in Critical Incident Stress Management where she specializes in providing psychological first aid for first responders and other frontline workers.

Her therapeutic style is empathetic, energetic, relatable, approachable, and passionate. She knows therapy can be scary, so she tries to create a safe and positive environment. Clients will feel that she is truly in their corner while not shying away from pointing out blind spots to aid in their growth. Her ideal patient is someone who truly wants to break cycles, heal, and do the work to feel better holistically. 

As a Psychotherapist, Katie Noll focuses on the collaborative and progressive components of the practice. Mindful Health Solutions uses cutting-edge treatments, such as TMS therapy and esketamine treatments, for mental health disorders while prioritizing the patients and collaborating with the treatment team to ensure their patients get the most comprehensive care. To her, MHS is truly a practice where patients can get what they need to heal all in one place. 

Jasmine Kincaid is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, joining Mindful Health Solutions as a Psychotherapist. She specializes in working with teenagers and addressing adjustment, Depression, Anxiety, and Mood disorders with them. She approaches her style of therapy as a caring, warm conversation and activities to break up the conversation so that patients can grow in a different (and more creative) way. She is person-centered and strengths-based in her approach to therapy. She strives to be right beside each individual on their journey to increased mindfulness and growth. She utilizes cognitive-behavioral therapy, solution-focused therapy, mindfulness-based counseling, and attachment theories in a relatable and more digestible context.

As a Psychotherapist, she believes that therapy is something that people need alongside whatever treatments they’re currently doing or starting to receive for their conditions. In her eyes, a collaborative approach to mental health when needed is the best way to go about treatment, because no one should settle with “almost” feeling better. In her experience, she learned “cold-turkey” medication use is not best for everyone, and alternative treatments like Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) therapy and esketamine treatments, alongside therapy, provide the best results when working as a combination of treatment methods.

To Jasmine Kincaid, the ideal patient would be willing to build a therapeutic alliance to develop new skills and insights into their life, because they are the experts. They are willing to grow and implement change not only for each one-hour session but in day-to-day life where change matters. She hopes to work on a one-on-one basis with each patient, and ensure they have the tools they need, and that work best for them as an individual.

Dr. Gowri Padma Thummala has been interested in psychiatry since medical school. During her studies, witnessed those around her struggle with mental health and class with the stigma around these disorders. As a result, she became passionate about helping others through those dark times and wanted to make a change in the mental health field herself. She specializes in a wide variety of disorders, including unipolar depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, PTSD, schizophrenia, and schizoaffective disorder.

Dr. Thummala joined Mindful Health Solutions because of our evidence-based treatments. While in school, she developed a profound interest in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) therapy and esketamine treatments. She has read about and seen positive results from these treatment options in numerous studies. She’s excited to explore these alternative treatments with her patients and find a path that works for them.

As a psychiatrist, Dr. Gowri Padma Thummala wants to work in collaboration with her patients. Her goal is to guide them through the best treatment options for them so they can find relief. She believes in each patient having a unique path, and wants to work with people who are hopeful to find a way toward healing.