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Finding the right path toward healing and personal growth requires a space where you feel truly seen and understood. At Roots and Branches, we provide compassionate psychotherapy and spiritual direction for adults, individuals, and couples seeking to navigate life’s complexities. Whether you are grappling with a major life transition, seeking spiritual depth, or working through relationship hurdles, our psychotherapy practice in Georgia offers a grounded, safe, and supportive environment designed to help you flourish.
Many people have questions about how to prepare for their video appointment. Dr. Felder has prepared a video to help assure your appointment will be confidential, focused, free of technology interference (barring power outages) and other distractions. The video is about 10 minutes. Please watch if you have any questions about preparing for your upcoming appointment.

Psychotherapy Practice in Georgia: Healing for Individuals and Couples

PREPARING FOR YOUR VIDEO APPOINTMENT

Healing is a journey that embraces the mind, body, and spirit. Dr. Felder brings more than four decades of clinical experience to her practice, having begun her career at the Atlanta Psychiatric Clinic, where she worked alongside Carl Whitaker, M.D.—one of the founders of Marriage and Family Therapy—and many other practitioners who helped shape the early stages of the field. In her formative years, she worked closely with Tom Malone, Ph.D., M.D., who co authored The Roots of Psychotherapy with Whitaker; and with her father, Richard Felder, M.D., who, with Avrum Weiss, co authored Experiential Psychotherapy: A Symphony of Selves. And in 1997 Dr. Felder ‘s doctoral dissertation was entitled The Use of Spiritual Exercises for Ministering to Victims of Abuse Using Jungian Psychology and Liberation Theology. As a highly experienced marriage and family therapist, Dr. Felder has devoted her life to helping individuals and couples find harmony and peace within themselves and in relationship with others. Her background is both rich and unique. She is not only a licensed therapist, but also a Healing Touch Practitioner, a retired ordained Presbyterian minister, and a trained hypnotherapist. Her leadership has included serving as Chairperson of the Atlanta Chapter of the Georgia Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, President of the Biofeedback Society of Georgia, and President of the Stone Mountain Ministerial Association. Dr. Felder is also an initiate in the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition of Shamanism and has studied with her Peruvian teacher, Oscar Miro Quesada, for more than 25 years. This long apprenticeship, combined with her clinical training, allows her to weave together psychological insight, spiritual wisdom, and energy-based healing in a way that supports deep, integrative transformation.

Meet Dr. Virginia Felder

Education

Dr. Felder graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi from the University of Georgia with a B.A. in Psychology. She continued her studies at Columbia Theological Seminary, earning a Master of Divinity, Master of Theology in Pastoral Counseling, and a Doctor of Ministry in Spirituality.
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ROOTS AND BRANCHES BILLING INFORMATION Dr. Felder uses the Simple Practice platform for her video appointments. Her license requires that clients must physically be in Georgia (not just live in Georgia) for them to be treated. Dr. Felder is no longer an insurance provider; however, she will gladly provide you with a superbill to send to your insurance company if you have out-of-network benefits. Dr. Felder accepts major credit cards and debit cards through the Simple Practice platform.
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