Hi!
Welcome to Reclaim.
I'm so happy you're here.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
EDUCATION
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Bachelor of Arts, Emory University
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Master of Social Work, University of Georgia
EXPERIENCE
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Founder of Reclaim Counseling & Community, 2024
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Founder of Tricia Anbinder Psychotherapy private practice, 2006
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Certified Member, The Menopause Society
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Co-Founder/Co-Director, Atlanta Fertility Support Alliance
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Certified Gottman Educator of the Bringing Baby Home Program
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Case Manager, Ridgeview Institute, Impaired Professionals Program (Psychiatric Services)
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Case Manager, Ridgeview Institute, Young Adult Addiction Services
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Client Services Coordinator, Jewish Family & Career Services, Independent Living Program
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Director of Communications and Legal Advocate, DeKalb Rape Crisis Center
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Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in state of Georgia (License #CSW003850)
Meet Molly!
Molly is my dog and, depending on the day, the most popular member of the Reclaim team.
Molly brings no formal credentials to the therapeutic process. Her skills include enthusiastic greetings, convincing clients to rub her bellly, and punctuating particularly meaningful moments with a well-timed snore.
Molly is often in the room during sessions with clients who don't have allergies or aversions, and she upholds all HIPPA confidentiality requirements and ethics standards (except for the aforementioned belly rubs). She will be very excited to welcome you and will likely sleep through your departure.
How I got here...
I've always had a passion for working with women.
I began my career in the field of rape crisis counseling and knew from the onset that supporting women in all stages of their healing was a calling for me. In 2006, I began building a private practice centered on women struggling with a wide range of wounds and challenges.
But, it wasn't until I endured a years-long struggle with infertility and reproductive trauma that I came to truly understand how disorienting and lonely healing can be. I longed to be understood not just in my grief and despair, but also in the self-alienation, shame, and disconnection I felt within my body. I was incredibly fortunate to find a therapist and a community that helped me understand my wounds and make meaning from my experience.
So, when the clouds parted and I felt healed enough,
I knew I wanted to provide for others the kind of support
that had been so transformative for me.
I began specializing in working with women experiencing infertility, pregnancy and infant loss, traumatic delivery, and postpartum depression and anxiety. Over time, this specialization grew to meet the needs of my clients with young children and, later, clients with teens and adult children.
I soon heard client after client describe a deep sense of loneliness, resentment, grief, and shame while they struggled to meet never-ending demands of parenting, careers, and partnerships - none of which felt fulfilling in the ways they had envisioned.
These descriptions felt uncomfortably familiar to me. Like them, I would find myself scrolling on my phone rather than nourishing myself with sleep or true connection, binge watching rather than spending time with people I enjoy, sacrificing my own outlets for fun or play to avoid feeling guilty for taking attentive time away from my kids, and feeling too resentful, exhausted, and deprived to access the sources of awe and pleasure around me.
What I didn't yet have language for, and what my clients were often missing too, was that many of us were moving through midlife. A time of profound hormonal, emotional, and identity shift that our culture rarely prepares us for and almost never celebrates. And once I could name it, I became determined to understand it.
I began focusing specifically on women in midlife transitions, bringing together the emotional, relational, and embodied dimensions of this experience. Because I believe this season of life, when approached with the right support, can be one of the most liberating of all.
All along the way, my clients have inspired me to do the work of understanding my own sense of stuckness, to seek out change, and to reclaim the awe, joy, desire, pleasure, connection, and purpose that makes healing worthwhile. It's been a winding road, but I am cherishing the journey.
TRICIA ANBINDER, LCSW
Reclaim is my passion project. My heart and soul are in this work. I wholeheartedly believe that flourishing women have revolutionary power, and that their joyful lives can light the way for meaningful, systemic change.
This "discovering a life of joy" stuff is no easy task! Most women carry years of internalized expectations, guilt, shame, resentment, and fear.
As women, we are often consciously or unconsciously living a life rooted in messages that a good mother, partner, friend, daughter is selfless, attuned to everyone else's needs, and ready to sacrifice pleasure in order to be worthy of love. Sometimes, we even feel as though finding joy for ourselves is a direct threat to the relationships and structures that make us feel safe. In my 25 years of experience of providing counseling to women, I have come to understand these struggles as universal, manifesting in deeply personal ways in our individual lives.