Founder & Executive Director | Behavioral Health & Addiction Recovery Leadership
PhD in Clinical Psychology | Licensed Professional Counselor (Georgia) | Certified Master Addiction Counselor (CMAC)
PhD in Clinical Psychology is the academic doctoral degree. The professional licence is Licensed Professional Counselor (Georgia).
Ismail Raheem, PhD, LPC, CMAC, is the Founder and Executive Director of Therapy House, where he provides strategic, organizational and behavioral-health leadership for the development of an integrated outpatient center focused on mental health, addiction recovery, family wellness and coordinated multidisciplinary care.
Dr. Raheem holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology and is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Georgia. His professional background includes behavioral-health assessment, individual and group psychotherapy, family intervention, substance-use counseling, crisis intervention, suicide-risk assessment, safety planning, treatment planning, relapse-prevention education, care coordination and referral to appropriate levels of care.
His clinical experience has included correctional mental-health settings, community and outpatient behavioral-health services, hospital-affiliated behavioral-health assessment, and substance-use counseling. In correctional settings, his responsibilities have included mental-health assessments, Mental Status Examinations, crisis response, suicide-risk evaluation, individualized treatment planning, individual and group interventions, clinical documentation and multidisciplinary collaboration with psychiatric, medical and correctional professionals.
His outpatient experience has included behavioral-health assessment, crisis intervention, safety planning, individual, group and family treatment, and treatment approaches such as cognitive-behavioral, acceptance-based, dialectical-behavioral, rational-emotive and motivational interventions, as appropriate to his professional role and the patient’s clinical needs.
As Founder and Executive Director, his role extends beyond direct clinical service. He is responsible for helping establish the strategic direction, clinical philosophy, organizational culture and long-term development of Therapy House. His leadership focus is to build a healthcare organization with clear clinical pathways, professional accountability, reliable documentation, patient-safety systems, multidisciplinary coordination and measurable quality improvement.
Effective care begins with understanding the whole person — not simply treating a symptom. The Therapy House behavioral-health model is intended to consider psychological symptoms, substance-use patterns, family and social circumstances, physical-health concerns, safety and risk factors, functional needs, recovery supports and the patient’s own treatment goals. The purpose of assessment is not to place every patient into every available service. Instead, assessment should help determine what the patient needs, which professional should be involved, what level of care can be provided safely, and when referral to a hospital, specialist or higher level of care is appropriate.
Addiction recovery is an important part of Dr. Raheem’s professional background and the planned clinical identity of Therapy House. His experience includes substance-use counseling, psychoeducation, assessment, crisis intervention, treatment planning, individual and group counseling, family-oriented intervention and relapse-prevention work. This background informs a recovery philosophy that extends beyond simply stopping substance use, addressing the behavioral and psychological factors associated with substance use, motivation for change, family impact, relapse risk, coping skills, appropriate medical needs and the development of sustainable long-term recovery.
Therapy House is being developed around coordinated care rather than isolated departments. Behavioral Health & Addiction is intended to serve as the core clinical service, with Medical & Recovery, Nutrition & Metabolic Health, and Physiotherapy & Wellness participating according to patient need, professional scope, staffing and operational readiness. Within Therapy House, each regulated professional should retain responsibility for decisions within that professional’s own scope, while the organization creates the systems needed for appropriate communication, referral, documentation and continuity of care.
“My vision for Therapy House is to create a place where people are not reduced to a diagnosis or a single problem. We want to understand the person, identify what is contributing to the problem, connect the right professionals, and build a realistic pathway toward recovery, healthier functioning and long-term wellness.”
