Kris Shock holds a Masters in Mental Health Counseling from Walden University and has been a Certified Addiction Counselor since 2016.  Kris has worked within the substance use and eating disorder community at all levels of care; residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient and supportive housing.  Kris has served as past president of Georgia Association of Recovery Residences and as previous Membership chair of the Georgia Addiction Counselors Association. 

 

Kris employs a humanistic approach to her counseling, believing that every person has an internal desire for growth given an environment of empathy, congruency and unconditional positive regard.  She believes in the power of gaining insight into how past experiences affect the here and now and sees the counseling relationship as the space to allow that insight to develop.  Kris desires for clients to gain self-awareness through the therapeutic relationship.