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Support Across the Organ Donation & Transplant Journey

The organ donation and transplant journey touches many lives—and each person may carry different emotional needs along the way.

CARES Counseling & Consulting provides compassionate, whole-person emotional wellness support for:

Transplant Recipients

Support for adjustment, anxiety, identity, relationships, survivor’s guilt, and navigating life before and after transplant.

Caregivers & Families

Support for caregiver stress, changing family roles, communication, emotional fatigue, and the challenges of caring for someone you love.

Donor Families

Compassionate grief counseling and emotional support for individuals and families following the loss of a loved one who became an organ or tissue donor.

Transplant Professionals

Emotional wellness support, training, and consultation for the professionals and teams who carry the responsibility of caring for others throughout donation and transplantation.

Everyone touched by transplant deserves to be cared for, too

 

The Emotional Weight of the Organ Donation & Transplant Journey Is Real

The journey of organ donation and transplantation touches people in very different ways. Whether you are receiving the gift of life, caring for someone you love, grieving someone who gave that gift, or supporting others through the process, the emotional weight can be significant.

You may find yourself asking:

  • Transplant Recipients: How do I adjust to life before or after transplant while managing fear, uncertainty, gratitude, or survivor’s guilt?

  • Caregivers & Families: How do I continue supporting someone I love while also caring for my own emotional well-being?

  • Donor Families: How do I navigate my grief, honor my loved one, and make space for the complicated emotions that may come with donation?

  • Transplant Professionals: How do I continue caring deeply for patients and families without carrying the emotional weight of my work home with me?

Different journeys. Different experiences. But one thing remains the same:

Your emotional wellness matters, too.

CARES Counseling & Consulting provides compassionate, whole-person support for the people and professionals touched by organ donation and transplantation.

Our Counseling Practice

Our Mission

Guided by Grace, Grounded in CARE

The mission of CARES Counseling & Consulting is to strengthen emotional wellness across the organ donation and transplant journey by providing compassionate, whole-person counseling, education, and support to transplant recipients, caregivers, donor families, and the professionals who serve them.

Through practical tools, professional expertise, and lived experience, CARES helps individuals, families, and organizations navigate grief, change, stress, resilience, and life before, during, and after transplant.

Guided by Grace, Grounded in CARE.

Our Vision

We envision a transplant and organ donation community where emotional wellness is recognized as an essential part of care—where transplant recipients, caregivers, donor families, and the professionals who serve them have access to compassionate support, practical resources, and tools to strengthen resilience and promote whole-person well-being.

Our vision is to help create a culture where caring for emotional health is not an afterthought, but an integral part of the donation and transplant journey.

Because everyone touched by transplant deserves to be cared for, too.

Our Treatment Focus

Our Focus

CARES Counseling & Consulting specializes in emotional wellness across the organ donation and transplant journey, with services designed for both individuals and organizations.

Counseling & Emotional Support

Compassionate, whole-person support for:

  • Transplant recipients navigating life before and after transplant

  • Caregivers and families managing stress, changing roles, and the emotional impact of the transplant journey

  • Donor families navigating grief, loss, adjustment, and the complex emotions that may follow organ and tissue donation

  • Transplant professionals seeking confidential individual emotional wellness support

Training & Consulting

Practical, engaging support for transplant professionals, teams, and organizations focused on:

  • Resilience and burnout prevention

  • Compassion fatigue and emotional wellness

  • Communication and team well-being

  • Grief, loss, and the emotional impact of donation and transplantation

  • Sustainable strategies for caring for those who care for others

Our approach combines professional expertise, practical tools, and lived experience to support the emotional health of the entire transplant and donation community.

Guided by Grace, Grounded in CARE.

Our Client Promise

Our Commitment to You

We are committed to walking alongside you with compassion, integrity, and respect—whether you are a transplant recipient, caregiver, donor family member, or transplant professional.

Guided by grace and grounded in CARE, our goal is to support emotional healing, strengthen resilience, and provide practical tools that help you navigate the emotional challenges of organ donation and transplantation with greater clarity, hope, and support.

Counseling & Emotional Support

CARES Counseling & Consulting provides individual and family counseling and emotional wellness support for members of the organ donation and transplant community.

Support may include:

  • Transplant recipients navigating life before and after transplant

  • Caregivers and families managing stress, changing roles, and emotional fatigue

  • Donor families navigating grief, loss, adjustment, and life after donation

  • Transplant professionals seeking confidential individual support

A free 15-minute consultation is available to help determine whether CARES Counseling & Consulting is the right fit for you or your family.

Select insurance and EAP options may be available. Self-pay options are also available. Please contact us to discuss current availability and payment options.

Faith-integrated counseling is available upon request and is never required.

Training & Organizational Partnerships

CARES also partners with healthcare and transplant organizations to provide professional training, consultation, staff development, and emotional wellness programming.

👉 Healthcare organizations and leaders: Request a Training or Consultation

Support Groups

Interested in upcoming support groups, workshops, and community resources?

👉 For organizational partnerships or training requests, please use our consultation form.  https://forms.gle/9sVMfY4VzipKWCA19 

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Monica Douglas Davis is a keynote speaker, therapist, author, and consultant known for blending professional expertise with lived experience. 

Her speaking audiences include healthcare professionals, transplant teams, schools, churches, parent groups, women’s audiences, and community organizations. Monica’s presentations are heartfelt, engaging, and grounded in real-life insight that helps people reflect, heal, and take action.

Featured appearances and media include community speaking engagements, healthcare-centered presentations, and a FOX 5 Atlanta feature. 

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who we are

Monica Douglas Davis

MA, LPC, NCC, CAMS, CPCS,

Keynote Speaker and Author

Phone: (404) 578-7629

Our Founder

CARES Counseling & Consulting was founded by Monica Douglas Davis, a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 25 years of experience supporting children, families, schools, churches, and healthcare communities. Her work is uniquely shaped by lived experience as a heart transplant recipient, providing a deep understanding of both the clinical and emotional realities of transplant care.

Guided by grace and grounded in CARE, Monica brings a compassionate, ethical, and human-centered approach to emotional wellness—supporting organ transplant professionals, patients, and families through the challenges that accompany life-saving care. Her work bridges professional expertise with lived insight, helping transplant teams sustain compassion, resilience, and purpose in the work they do every day.

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