Alan Behrman, Ph.D

Dr. Behrman earned his PhD from Auburn University in 2004. He began his career in Birmingham, AL before moving to Atlanta in 2007. In 2011, he opened Alan Behrman & Associates, PC. Since then, his practice has grown to over 20 therapists and 3 psychiatriatric medication providers and 4 offices (Marietta, Alpharetta, Duluth, and New Orleans, LA). Dr. Behrman has been able to connect and earn the respect of the Atlanta, East Cobb, North Fulton, Gwinnett, and New Orleans communities and is so proud of the trust that that the schools and school counselors, pediatricians, psychiatrists, OBGYNs, primary care doctors, cardiologists, urologists, other therapists, and especially current and previous clients have given him and his staff over the years. He works primarily with high school age through adults. He has seen pretty much every issue over his 20 years in practice, but especially enjoys working with anxiety (of all kinds), athletes/performance enhancement, parenting, life transitions, life coaching, relationships and relationship issues, athletic performance, self-esteem, but never backs down from a challenge of any kind with regards to disorders or psychological issues. He generally uses a cognitive-behavioral approach with a huge helping a philosophy, neuro-linguistic programming, a deep understanding of cultural and societal issues, as well as a breadth and depth of knowledge about many areas of life to be able to help clients make the changes they want in their lives.

Dr. Behrman is also the sport psychologist for Atlanta United FC (MLS). Dr. Behrman has a long history of working with elite collegiate athletes from a number of Division 1 universities as well as current and former athletes in the NFL, CFL, MLB, PGA, and WTA. He was also the sport psychologist for Auburn University from 2004 – 2006. Many of his athletes have gone on to win All-American honors in college and had long, successful careers at the professional level. He provides a dual role with offering performance enhancement consulting as well as being able to provide psychological services to help his athletes perform on the field and be successful humans off the field.

Dr. Behrman is married with 1 current student-athlete in college, 1 former student athlete who is now in graduate school, and a son with a master’s degree from the University of Chicago. He also has 2 Siberian Huskies. He played football at North Carolina State so he’s an avid Wolfpack fan. He thoroughly enjoys college football, Atlanta United soccer, and Braves baseball and is an avid athlete still (long after his college playing days are over). He generally exercises to stay in shape 5 days a week, runs obstacle courses races of many distances, and recently ran several half-marathons. He loves to read books to increase his knowledge for therapy purposes, but also reads biographies, philosophy, and history.

In addition to seeing clients in person at the Marietta office, he also has a license to offer virtual sessions to clients residing in almost every state in the country.