Georgia Addiction Center Team

John, aka  “Cookie” as he is affectionately known, is a Neurobiofeedback Technician working with clients who suffer with anxiety.  Neurobiofeedback,  “push-ups for the brain”, is a drug-free, reward-based training system that teaches your brain how to identify adverse brainwaves and replaces them with balanced, beneficial brain activity patterns.

Cookie has been with our company since September, 2021.  Prior to joining our team at Southeast Addiction, he was a high school science teacher.  Cookie spent 22 years in education gaining experience with assessing individual’s needs, administering caseloads and implementing diversified learning strategies to help thousands of students. Cookie brought his expertise in the sciences forward and transitioned into the addiction field and is currently finishing up his Addiction Counseling Certification with the goal of becoming a CACII.

Attending Carson-Newman University, Cookie graduated with a B.A. in Biology.  He also attended Tennessee Technological University where he received his Master’s degree in  Curriculum and Instruction.  Cookie is also a certified Neurobiofeedback technician.

Cookie is a person in long term recovery whose passion is assisting and educating others to live their best lives. He loves sharing his inspirational story and is the embodiment of hope and humility in recovery.  One of Cookie’s favorite quotes he lives by is, “Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.”- Theodore Roosevelt. 

Cookie’s goal is to assist and support clients, who suffer with anxiety, through “brain training” to restore neuroplasticity to the brain. He also enjoys leading recovery groups focusing on: using the Feelings Wheel, Codependency, and the Science of Addiction.

Living his best and full life for Cookie is making people smile, spending quality time with his family and friends, baking, and using his creative side as a Maker.