Madison Bentley, LPC

Madison Bentley is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor in Georgia with 21 years of clinical experience. He focuses on issues such as depression, anxiety, trauma and grief, and works with people facing relationship and family stresses, parenting concerns, and major life changes.

He helps adults who are managing stress, identity questions, or the practical problems of merging households. Sessions often involve clear goal-setting, improving communication, and building strategies to cope with strong emotions. Madison also addresses addictions, intimacy-related concerns, and workplace stress in straightforward ways that people can use day to day.

His approach blends client-centered listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. He uses EMDR for trauma work when appropriate and brings existential ideas when clients are sorting through meaning or life transitions. The work is collaborative and focused on skills and understanding rather than labels.

Madison has a history of supporting people from LGBT communities, caregivers, and those coping with illness, loss, or complicated family arrangements including blended family issues. He pays attention to attachment and abandonment concerns that often come up when households combine.

People can expect direct, plain conversation and concrete tools to try between sessions. He emphasizes short-term coping strategies alongside longer term changes in thinking and behavior. To begin, clients complete a brief questionnaire and schedule a first session to set goals and plan next steps.