Katie works with adolescents and young adults. She specializes in issues common to these developmental stages including, but not limited to, depression, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, and loss. She is passionate about helping people through these often difficult and transitional stages of life.  Katie knows that the relationship she establishes with her clients is fundamentally important to the success that her client’s experience within therapy. Katie graduated with both her Bachelors and her Masters Degree from UGA (Go Dawgs!). Katie and her husband live in Alpharetta and love spending their free time at the beach.

Robert is a licensed associate professional counselor at Paraclete Counseling Center in Suwanee, Georgia. He received an MA in Marriage and Family Therapy from Liberty University and a BS in psychology from Georgia College and State University. He enjoys helping adolescents and adults gain insight into how to better manage their life stressors in the areas of anxiety, depression, work, relationships, and spiritual direction.  He also enjoys working with premarital and married couples in building better communication skills, stronger relationship bonds, and shared-life meaning. He has had training in dialectical behavior therapy, emotionally focused therapy, and the Gottman Method Couples Therapy. These areas of training have helped Robert learn how to help clients build better habits of self-care and mental health so they can be more available to serve and love others that God has placed in their community.  As a result of benefiting from personal counseling, Robert’s heart is especially called to help men experience freedom and healing. As a man, he understands how difficult it can be for men to open up about insecurities and to let their guards down, but he also knows the power of forgiveness and healing waiting for these men who are willing to step out in faith to be made more complete in the image of God. To further support clients, Paraclete Counseling Center offers to file out-of-network insurance.

As a therapist, Madison is passionate about providing clients a space to feel heard, supported, and understood. She believes everyone has the ability to change as they also celebrate the life they were given. She practices therapy from a client-centered approach, as the client is the expert on their own life. Her role is to guide clients to change and gain new understanding. She enjoys working with people ages 13+ that are struggling with depression, anxiety, women's issues, divorce, blended families, transitions, self-esteem, and trauma. When working with couples, she uses interventions and techniques from Gottman Therapy by John Gottman. Her goal is to provide her clients a space where they feel comfortable sharing their stories while gaining hope, self-acceptance, awareness, and confidence.

Ross has counseled for 12+ years in churches and in private practice. He loves to help individuals, teens, and couples work through stubborn emotions and build healthy relationships. Ross is married with three young children. He loves to play the mandolin, to read out loud to his kids, and to go on runs with his dog.

Rise and Renew is a professional counseling practice specializing in couples/marriage therapy, mental health, anxiety, depression, families, addiction, and the integration of faith with psychological well-being. Counseling is provided utilizing evidenced-based approaches of humanistic, cognitive, and family systems; narrative therapy; and emotionally focused therapy. Christian counseling is provided upon request. Jack graduated with a doctorate in counselor education and supervision from Mercer University in 2020. He is a licensed professional counselor, certified professional counselor supervisor, and national certified counselor. Jack is also an assistant professor for Richmont Graduate University, where he teaches counselor education. For his dissertation, he conducted original research that established a scientific definition of self-love. His clinical experience has informed his belief that counseling is often about coming to terms with who individuals are without judgment, armed with compassion and understanding as a pathway to improved health. Therapy can be effective in a safe, unconditional, and accepting environment. Counseling is treated as a sacred space in which Jack seeks to stand beside his clients in what they are bravely confronting as a pathway to freedom, healing, and reconciliation. Counseling services are provided both in person and online. Jack has offices in the North Buckhead/Atlanta area and Norcross.

Summer is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) and certified imago therapist in Brookhaven. Developed by Harville Hendrix, imago therapy provides couples and individuals with an insightful understanding of their relationship struggles and a roadmap for practical change. Summer is passionate about helping couples move into deeper connection with one another, providing a safe space for them to learn new ways to communicate, heal from past hurts, and grow into healthier connection. In addition to couples counseling, Summer has many years of experience working with adults struggling with depression, loneliness, family of origin wounds, trauma, and individuals impacted by hoarding behaviors.

Jim understands the thoughts and feelings that occur when stress, depression, anxiety, and relationship challenges are inhibiting your decision-making and ability to take charge of your day. He will provide you with effective strategies from a Christian perspective to manage your concerns. He can assist you with understanding your relationship conflicts and provide techniques for you to create better communication and connection with those important to you. Jim can help you by listening to your story and evaluating which strategies and techniques may most benefit you. He uses recent, research-based methods to quickly move you on your path to meaning, purpose, and success at home, work, and play. Jim is an experienced licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Georgia and a nationally board-certified counselor with the National Board of Certified Counselors. He founded and currently directs Advent Counseling and Training Services, Inc., established in the metro Atlanta, Georgia area. At the beginning of his career, Jim worked as patient care coordinator, program therapist, and partial hospital director in area hospitals treating adolescents and their families.