Beauty For Ashes Counseling and Mental Health Services, LLC is a mental health private practice in Brunswick, GA owned and managed by Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Erika L. Turner.

The term “Beauty For Ashes” is a biblical reference from the scripture Isaiah 61 “to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair”. In ancient biblical culture, people often covered themselves in ashes when they were experiencing sadness, loss, anguish, or despair. The ashes represented the hurt, pain, and brokenness that they were feeling inside. In today’s modern world, we too cover ourselves with intangible ashes that can look like anger, envy, depression, fear, and anxiety. The premise of Beauty For Ashes Counseling and Mental Health Services, LLC is to help every client receive emotional healing from past and/or current abuse, trauma, neglect, grief, and loss, and to usher them into a life of beauty that is full of love, peace, balance, kindness, happiness, and forgiveness.

Erika L. Turner, LCSW has over fifteen years of experience providing counseling services to adults, children, and families. She received a Masters of Social Work degree from Howard University in 2007, and she has worked in a variety of settings including residential treatment facilities, community mental health, medical facilities, military bases, and private practice. She has experience providing individual, couples, family, and group counseling. In addition, Ms. Turner has received the credential of Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP).

Ms. Turner provides counseling from a variety of therapeutic modalities including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing). She is particularly passionate about using evidenced-based therapeutic interventions to address traumatic stress symptoms, life transitions, and stress management. In addition, she offers Christian counseling when desired by the client.

Ms. Turner feels that her purpose in life is to use her natural gifts and academic training to help hurting people heal, learn, and grow through their experiences. She has a strong belief that a healthy mind leads to happy feelings and productive living. Many of the interventions that she utilizes challenge the client to replace negative and false beliefs with healthy and positive thinking. She is dedicated to using her experience and expertise to help others achieve emotional healing, self-discovery, and empowered living.