Debbie Atkins, LPC

Debbie Atkins, LPC, Director of Crisis Coordination, Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD).  She is responsible for the broad oversite and system improvement of the DBHDD Crisis system.  This includes implementing national best practice, implementing training for the system and the development of and enhancements to the Georgia Crisis and access line and referral system as it relates to the crisis system. Prior to this role, she served the DBHDD as a Regional Services Administrator for Behavioral Health managing the 31 counties in North GA.  She has 20 years of clinical and administrative experience in the Behavioral Health Field. Debbie received her Master’s in Counseling from Covenant Theological Seminary in 1996 and has been a licensed professional counselor since 2005.