Individuals, Teens (14+), Athletes (14 - 22), Adults (25-35)
Cassidy Gaillard, MA
Licensed Associate Professional Counselor
My overall desire is to help clients learn to live more authentically and wholeheartedly with a greater capacity for connection, joy, resilience, and hope.
Hello! My name’s Cassidy, and I provide therapy for teens and adults. I’m passionate about working with two types of clients in particular: athletes struggling with performance pressure or injury recovery, and adults stuck in patterns of over-responsibility and self-sacrifice. Therapy with me is collaborative, and I work best with clients who are ready to talk, slow down, reflect, and engage in the process.
Meet Cassidy
You’re an athlete with skill, ability, and potential, but lately, you’re freezing up and underperforming. Your body knows what to do but your mind is getting in the way. You keep overthinking moments that used to feel natural, and you’re wondering whether you should just quit. Maybe you recently suffered a season-ending injury, and you feel lost, uncertain, and depressed. You don’t know who you are without your sport or whether you’ll be able to get back to the player you were before. If this is you, we’ll work on managing anxiety and pressure, rebuilding confidence, bouncing back from injury, and exploring who you are both inside and outside your sport.
The clients who come to me are high school and college athletes struggling with performance anxiety, sports-related trauma that has led to mental blocks, or injury recovery. They have typically be successful in their sport but are now facing a setback they haven’t been able to overcome on their own. They come to therapy to understand what’s happening, play with more confidence again, and strengthen the mental side of their game.
Therapy for Sports Performance & Injury Recovery
I was born and raised in Georgia, and I grew up in a big sports-oriented family full of Clemson fans. I went to UGA for college, creating a fun family rivalry. After graduating, I started a career in Human Resources before deciding to return for my Masters in Mental Health Counseling. I’ve been able to combine my love for sports with my career by specializing in mental health for athletes.
In addition to being a therapist, I’m also a former basketball and volleyball player, and I love to stay active and engaged in the sports world. I enjoy working out and running, snuggling with my rescue dog Reese, reading, baking, and listening to podcasts.
More about me
Under the direct supervision of: Dr. Laura Land, LPC, LPC010913
Individuals
Teens (14+)
Athletes (14 - 22)
Adults (25 - 35)
Who I help:
Sports Performance & Sports Injury
People - Pleasing Behaviors
Anxiety & Depression
EMDR for Trauma and Performance Enhancement
Relationship Issues
General Stress
Life Transitions
I specialize in:
Licensed Associate Professional Counselor (LAPC)
National Certified Counselor (NCC)
EMDR trained through EMDRIA
Sport Psychology & Athletic Counseling Course
Shame Certification Training
Certified ADHD Professional
M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a Certificate in Trauma Counseling from Richmont Graduate University
B.S in Psychology, B.A in Sociology, and Minor in Spanish from the University of Georgia
My education + certification:
Contact me:
cassidy@resiliencesource.com
770-765-3039 (Direct)
Outwardly, you’re the dependable, caring, and easy-going one, but lately on the inside, you feel anxious, tired, and lost. You may overextend yourself in relationships, overthink and second-guess yourself, avoid conflict, or silence your needs out of fear of upsetting others. If this is you, we’ll work on understanding your relational patterns, taking up space, finding your voice, and showing up in relationships more securely. The goal isn’t to stop caring, but to care for yourself with the same energy and commitment you’ve always given to others.
The clients who come to me are adults who often self-identify as ‘people-pleasers,’ which at its core is a relational strategy rather than who they are. These are adults who learned to minimize their needs to maintain closeness and connection with others. They grew up being responsible, agreeable, and self- sacrificing, often at their own expense, and now live with constant pressure to be good, easy, or enough for the people in their lives. They come to therapy because they realize how exhausted they are at maintaining this relational strategy and how small they’ve become in the process.
Therapy for Self-Sacrificing Adults
“Wholehearted living is about engaging in our lives from a place of worthiness. It means cultivating the courage, compassion, and connection to wake up in the morning and think, No matter what gets done and how much is left undone, I am enough. It’s going to bed at night thinking, Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn’t change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging.”
— Brené Brown