Therapy is very personal and should be treated as so. Dr. McMillan is here to ensure her clients feel comfortable and assist them in achieving greater joy, peace, and happiness in their lives. She strives to provide an encouraging, safe, and holistic environment merging the psychological, physiological, and spiritual parts for complete wellness.
Leah McMillan, DPA, LMFT, EMDR Trained, CFRC has extensive clinical experience ranging from being a rape crisis advocate and domestic violence assessor for The Haven, to a child and adolescent therapist for BHS, an Intensive Family Intervention (IFI) team leader and clinical supervisor for Child and Family Guidance, and Interim Director/Assistant Director for the Valdosta State University Counseling Center. She has been clinically licensed as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist since 2006 and is an active member (clinical fellow) of AAMFT and GAMFT. Currently, Dr. McMillan serves as Chair of the South Georgia GAMFT Chapter.
Recently, Leah obtained her certification as a Certified First Responder Counselor (the only CFRC in our area). Her clinical path has allowed her to gain significant knowledge and experience in the field of mental health and counseling. She provides ongoing counseling in the areas of individual (children, adolescents, and adults), family, marital/couple, and group treatments with a focus on the specialty areas and psychopathology of PTSD/trauma, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, child abuse, bereavement, depression, anxiety, mood disorders, couple/marital/pre-marital, divorce/co-parenting, and compassion fatigue/secondary traumatic stress with first responders.
Dr. McMillan is a native of Miller County, Georgia. She moved to Valdosta to attend Valdosta State University where she obtained her B.A. in Criminal Justice (2000), her M.S. in Marriage and Family Therapy (2004) and her Doctorate in Public Administration with a concentration in Higher Education (2011). While enrolled in the master’s program she completed an internship and practicum at the Moore Street Clinic, a community mental health center through Valdosta State University’s MFT program and an internship and practicum at The Haven Rape Crisis Center in Valdosta, GA. After completing her Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy, Leah worked as a full-time Child and Adolescent therapist at Behavioral Health Services, a local community mental health service board, facilitating an intensive Day Treatment program for emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children and adolescents. Previously, she worked for over 9 years at the Valdosta State University Counseling Center; the university’s mental health clinic as a Senior Staff Counselor, then as an Assistant Director, and last the Interim Director. Currently, Dr. McMillan works full-time in private practice at EnSpire Counseling & Wellness, LLC (founder/owner) in Valdosta, Georgia. She has worked in private practice for over 6 years.
Leah McMillan, DPA, LMFT, EMDR Trained specializes in an eclectic modality of therapy utilizing eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), person-centered therapy, solution-focused therapy, and mindfulness. In addition to counseling, she continues to teach part-time with Valdosta State University.
She has been awarded multiple community awards from the American Counseling Association (ACA) for the Virginia Tech Pro-Boning Counseling Initiative after the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007, Service to VSU’s Division of Student Affairs in 2005, and the Rape Crisis Award in 2003. Dr. McMillan was elected as part of Leadership Lowndes in 2012 and recognized for her contributions to Leadership Lowndes in 2013.
On a personal note, Dr. McMillan is married to her best friend of over twenty-one years and has two beautiful, kind and intelligent children.