The “God Factor” in Abuse (ft. ATL Shrink, Claire Horner) - a podcast by Eric Skwarczynski

On this episode, your host, Eric Skwarczynski, is joined by Claire Horner.

Claire Horner is known in Atlanta as ATL Shrink and The Relationship Translator.
Therapist and advocate for clients seeking relief from sexual assault and those
pursuing healthy relationships.

She is licensed as a Professional Counselor with a dual masters. There has been so
much hurt and abuse within the Church, that she thought it best to gain particular
education in this area so she pursued a degree in Professional Counseling, but
also one that brought psychology and theology together.

Her experience growing up in a fundamentalist religious atmosphere also
provides a level of understanding that can assist those healing from doctrines that
went too far, contributed to abuse, or were potentially isolating in ways that have
made moving into adulthood... complicated. After completing the degrees by
early 2004, she became licensed on Valentine’s Day in 2007.

In the past 17 years, she has found providing group therapy, recovery from toxic
religious experiences (including abuse and sexual assault), and working with
intercultural/interracial couples to be particularly rewarding.

Her work in corrections at the start of her career fueled her passion for assisting
all people to raise their awareness of how to better care for themselves, to
reduce the stigma of mental illness, and to slow down generational traumas.

As a new endeavor in the summer of 2019, she decided to start the Atlanta Sexual
Trauma Specialist Database. The networking community serves as a resource to
one another and the community who needs access to a single place to find
providers. The services the specialists offer span psychotherapy, psychiatry,
alternative medicine, functional medicine, massage, among others, and can also
include trauma-informed businesses. As it develops, it is hoped that The STS
Database will be a source for speakers to area groups on the topic of sexual
trauma – both on the sides of prevention and healing. (A trauma-informed
business may be a salon, tattoo shop, or real estate company that has been
trained in practices that would make it easier for a person with Complex PTSD –
for example – to utilize their services in a minimally triggering atmosphere.)

The STS Database is excited to have been part of a specialist roundtable
discussion in the upcoming documentary Unlearning Sex by filmmaker and sexual
assault survivor Zahah Thirus. It is being released in educational institutions and
will be hitting the film festival circuit starting this fall.

When she’s not tending to her practice, she is likely hunting Greg Mike’s newest
graffiti masterpieces in Atlanta with her photographer mate, rewatching Chef’s
Table, planning the next Halloween creation, or tackling the technological
learning curve of becoming a voiceover artist!

The approach Claire uses in counseling stems from the following belief: “We are
not bits and pieces that work separately, but a compilation of physical body,
complex mind, emotional information center, relational motivations (or not),
sexual energy, and spiritual glue that bring together these aspects of life. These
systems break down during grief, trauma, life transitions, and other experiences
that create disturbing symptoms. The therapeutic process seeks to restore the
way these aspects work together thereby reducing the symptoms, calming
emotional storms, and providing choices for the future.”

Claire Horner:
Claire Horner, MS, MS, LPC, is nationally certified and a state licensed professional
counselor. For individual, couple, or group counseling, Claire can be reached at
ATL Shrink, Inc. by calling 404.277.6631 or via the following:
Email: clairehorner@atlantashrink.com
Website: http://www.atlantashrink.com
IG: atlshrink
LinkedIn: Claire Horner, LPC
FB: ATL Shrink
YouTube: Claire Horner

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