Dr. Staci Bolton is a Clinical Psychologist who specializes in psychological and psychoeducational testing of children, adolescents, and adults. She also provides therapy for children, teens, and families with difficulties such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, behavior problems, learning disabilities, life transitions, adjustment issues, illness, and religious/spiritual concerns. When requested, Dr. Bolton intentionally integrates biblical theology and psychology to provide spiritually-oriented treatment interventions from a Christian counseling perspective. Dr. Bolton seeks to provide comprehensive care for children, adolescents, and their families by offering diagnostic assessments, treatment planning and referrals, and ongoing therapy services. Evaluations include objective, scientific tests to assess personal strengths and weaknesses related to intellectual potential, academic achievement, emotions, behavior, and interpersonal relationship skills. Once difficulties are identified and solutions are recommended, Dr. Bolton connects her clients with a range of multidisciplinary professionals to provide the appropriate resources and support to address any concerns.

Jackie works with couples, individuals, and families. Her specialties include relationship struggles, grief and loss, blended families, addiction, boundaries, and launching young adults. She is experienced in helping clients successfully navigate the challenges that may be encountered during life's struggles. Life transitions can be difficult. These stages may include marriage and remarriage, family creation and blending, young adult children who are launching and becoming independent, parents struggling with how to fill their "empty nest," and adult children caring for their elderly parents. Jackie is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Georgia and holds a master’s degree in family therapy from Mercer University School of Medicine. Additionally, she is a Gottman Level 3 trained couple's therapist and a Gottman 7 Principles Educator™. Clients find her to be empathic, collaborative, understanding, and perceptive. Jackie is originally from Western Pennsylvania but has made Metro Atlanta her home. She is a member of the Georgia Association of Marriage and Family Therapy and American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy.

Madelon enjoys walking alongside people to help resolve trauma and a deep sense of shame due to experiences in life.  She specializes in EMDR, adults, adolescents, sexual trauma, sexual addiction, spouses of sex addicts, anxiety, depression, and intimacy concerns.  She is an LPC, Certified Sex Addiction Specialist and Certified Partner Trauma Therapist.  Madelon received her undergraduate degree from Randolph-Macon Woman's College , her Master's in Community Counseling from Georgia State University, and a diploma in Christian Counseling from the Psychological Studies Institute (now known as Richmont Graduate University). 

Relationships are not easy. Whether it’s trying to begin, continue, or end a relationship with an individual or multiple people, the process is challenging. Sometimes the relationship is worthy of celebrating. Sometimes it is one to nurture. But sometimes there are relationships that you are faced with ending, by your choice or necessity. Regardless of the scenario, relationships are an integral part of our existence. Whether it’s a relationship with Jesus Christ or another individual, it needs the opportunity to grow and develop through time, attention, and communication. Some people experience Christ in their lives in a definitive manner. Others are searching for this type of experience. Still others have opted to bypass a relationship with Christ for one of their own choosing. Wherever you are, if you are stuck and want to move forward beyond present concerns, lingering problems, or an unhealthy past, Priscilla is here to partner with you in helping you find resolution. She is warm, nurturing, empathetic, and actively in pursuit of drawing close in her relationship with Jesus Christ. Call, email, or text, and she will be glad to meet with you to see if it is a good fit.

The desire to help others, modeled by my parents, took me to Wartburg College, where I earned a bachelor’s degree in social work in 2010. Afterward, I advanced to the position of program director at a community-based agency providing mental health support services to adults with chronic mental illness. In 2013, I earned a master’s degree in social work from the University of Northern Iowa. I then became a medical social worker for a large home healthcare provider. From 2017 to 2021, I worked for the Veterans Health Administration, serving veterans and their spouses and caregivers. While at the VA, I counseled those living with PTSD, anxiety, depression, substance abuse disorders, and physical disabilities, providing them with patient advocacy, group therapy, individual therapy, and couples’ therapy. I am trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and in the treatment of addictions. I am currently pursuing training and certification in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). As a therapist, I am grateful to come alongside people in their journey for change while applying interventions to support their recovery, restoration, and healing. Being raised in a Christian household laid the foundation of my relationship with Jesus Christ. Still, it was not until college that I truly depended on the Lord for my mental, physical, and spiritual strength and experienced the healing power of his grace. Scripture reminds me that all relationships with self and others improve through faith and love. Self-love and loving others are navigational tools we can use amid any storm we face. My hope is that every person I encounter experiences a caring, empathetic, nonjudgmental spirit from me, no matter their individual faith background. I welcome all clients from any faith or with no faith background at all.  My goal is to encourage children, adolescents, adults, and couples by focusing on their strengths while empowering them to build upon interventions and coping skills. With a warm and attentive approach, I encourage mutual feedback, believing this keeps the therapeutic relationship honest and helpful. I realize that reaching out for counseling is difficult, but the fact that you are reading this indicates you are ready to make a change. Call me at Family Renewal Counseling at 678-631-7639 to schedule an initial consultation.

Jim brings a rich blend of life and professional experience to his practice to enhance his ability to walk alongside people facing difficult challenges. Jim particularly has a heart for couples that lack the deep connection they long for. He has completed training and has experience in Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples (EFT), which is an approach to couple counseling that has been proven to help couples deepen the bond between them. Furthermore, Jim has experience working with couples whose relationships have been injured by infidelity or betrayal. As a PREPARE/ENRICH facilitator, he enjoys working with premarital couples that desire an enriching experience as they prepare for life together. In addition to working with couples, Jim has extensive experience working with individuals, both adults and adolescents, who find themselves distressed or impaired because of anxiety, depression, grief, or traumatic events. He has training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), a highly effective therapy to help people impacted by trauma in their lives.

Debbie is a marriage and family therapist and enjoys helping individuals, couples, and families discover new pathways of change. She believes that when people understand how they’ve learned to attach to others, it makes their change more transformational than behavioral. Debbie is PREPARE/ENRICH certified and level 2 trained in Gottman method, both excellent models for couples. Because of the unique needs of step-families or blended families, Debbie has completed advanced training in step-family therapy with Ron Deal, nationally known expert on this population which allows her to understand and treat the needs of these families. Unique pre-marital counseling for these couples is also available.  With her specialized training from Postpartum Support International, she also seeks to walk alongside women who are struggling emotionally with the changes that occur in pregnancy and afterward. Debbie is also trained in IFS therapy, a model used for many issues including trauma and gentler than EMDR. Recognizing spirituality is vital to growth, Debbie encourages any level of faith integration of which the client is comfortable. She has been walking with the Lord for over 40 years and received her master’s degree from Richmont Graduate University, a Christ-centered counseling program.

Chase grew up in a house full of guys, and he and his brothers spent their days playing sports, eating anything their mom cooked, or in the great outdoors hunting and fishing with their dad. As a former college athlete, Chase values a team approach, which is easy to see and experience through his counseling and coaching perspectives. Chase's clinical background is in marriage and family therapy, and his skills have been sharpened by his work at an inpatient hospital, a private practice, and independent school settings. Chase enjoys spending time with his beautiful wife, his kids, and his dog as well as coaching high school sports, being outdoors, and trying new restaurants.

Laura is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She is a graduate of The Ohio State University where she received her B.A. in Psychology from the Honors Program. She then moved to Atlanta and earned her Masters of Family Therapy degree from Mercer University. She gained extensive experience in her clinical work at Laurel Heights Psychiatric Hospital where she worked with children and adolescents as well as their families in an inpatient setting. She also has specialized training that helps her work with people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities from the Nisonger Center at The Ohio State University. She is comfortable adapting the therapy to the appropriate developmental level of the child or adolescent as well as including art therapy and play therapy techniques into her sessions.

When I was a teenager, I was influenced by the work of Torey Hayden who was a teacher that worked with children with mental health needs. When I attended college, I did become a teacher, and I then taught private school and homeschooled my three children. I also taught various age groups at the different churches I attended. As my children grew older, I yearned to go back to what I had originally dreamed of doing – counseling people that were hurting. To that end, I attended Richmont University, a unique graduate school that combines psychology with spirituality. I also pursued becoming a registered play therapist. During my internship, I worked at a psych hospital on the adolescent unit, focusing on teens with mood problems and self-destructive behavior. Upon graduating, I received training in DBT – Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and I became the coordinator of the program at the hospital where I had done my internship. Currently, I am working as a play therapist with young kids, and applying DBT principles with teens and adults at my private practice. Those are the facts of my career – but my experience and my compassion come largely through the painful things that I have been through. It is those things that have taught me the most and equipped me with the tools that I have to help others.