Cailey Binkley is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Georgia.  She has extensive clinical experience helping individuals recover from substance abuse, disordered eating, and traumatic stress. Cailey has a special interest in working with the LGBTQIA+ community and is especially passionate about the intersection of these communities and mental health. Her therapeutic style combines deep caring and empathy with a direct approach in working toward treatment goals. Cailey provides treatment for the following concerns: 

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• Emotion Dysregulation 

  • Mood Swings

  • Difficulties with Effective Communication

• Behavioral Dyscontrol 

  • Substance Misuse 

  • Disordered Eating

  • Harm Reduction

• Traumatic Stress

  • Unwanted Memories

  • Avoidance of Trauma Reminders

  • Traumatic Invalidation 

  • Intense Emotions

• Anxiety 

  • Chronic Stress 

  • Burnout 

  • Social Anxiety 

• Depression 

 

Cailey has a wealth of knowledge and experience in multiple evidence-based models of care, with over a decade of experience working with clients at all levels of clinical complexity. Cailey highly values thorough assessment and collaborative treatment planning. She believes therapy should be guided by mutually agreed upon treatment goals and the evidence-based approaches that are likely to be effective in achieving those goals. 

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Cailey obtained her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania and her master’s degree in counseling at William & Mary.  Cailey began pursuing a specialty in substance use disorders during graduate training, and she started a group for incarcerated women as an intern.

 

Cailey has extensive clinical experience, from outpatient to residential treatment settings, with clients at all levels of severity. She spent the first ten years of her career working in dual diagnosis treatment settings, including her role as the Program Director of a women's substance use disorders program. During this time, she became passionate about the integrated treatment of the many mental health conditions which co-occur with substance use disorders. She has sought out extensive training in the effective care of these common co-occurring conditions to better meet the needs of the clients she serves. Cailey has worked on an outpatient basis in private practice settings since 2016, seeing clients with a range of mental health challenges related to trauma, emotion dysregulation, and difficulties controlling behavior.