Janet Fluker, M.Ed., M.S.

Licensed Professional Counselor

“Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime’s work, but it’s worth the effort” Mr. Fred Rogers

Janet provides counseling services to individuals, couples, and families. She works with adults of all ages. Her main areas in counseling are couples and families facing addiction and early recovery, parenting a special needs child, divorce, step-families, LGBTQ+, women in transition, mood disorders, and spirituality. She has advanced training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, a researched approach that provides a roadmap for couples to move from disconnection to positive connection.

Janet believes emotional healing comes through the power of relationship and strives to provide a safe and supportive space for this healing. Her main theoretical orientation is Attachment Theory. She believes that we learn how to be in a relationship in our earliest experiences with our families and develop ways to be in the world that works for us, until they no longer do, which often shows up in anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship problems. Providing a safe, non-judgmental place to examine our relationship to ourselves, others and God can bring healing and freedom.

Janet attended Stetson University and majored in Education. She then attended Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and studied Christian Education and Family Ministry. She served local churches in education and children’s ministry for several years before returning to school to receive her counseling degree at Georgia State University. Janet worked as a Pastoral Counselor with The Care and Counseling Center of Georgia for 10 years and then became the director of the Family Recovery Center at MARR Addiction Treatment Center, a local drug and treatment center. Janet left MARR in 2016 to pursue private practice with Decatur Family Psychiatry where she enjoyed working with a diverse group of clients. ‌Janet began her work with Summit in January 2021.

Janet is originally from Florida but has been in the Atlanta area for 36 years. She is married and the ‌mother‌ ‌of‌ ‌three‌ ‌adult‌ ‌daughters,‌ ‌one‌ ‌who‌ ‌experiences‌ ‌autism and‌ ‌developmental‌ ‌disability,‌ ‌and‌ ‌three‌ ‌stepdaughters.‌ She enjoys the beauty of Western North Carolina and visits as often as she can. She loves cooking, reading, and being with children, especially her grandchildren!

Education

• Master of Science in Community Counseling, Georgia State University, August 1996. Emphasis in Family Counseling
• Master of Education, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, December 1983. Emphasis in Family Ministry
• Bachelor of Arts, Stetson University, Deland, Florida, May 1979. Degree in Elementary Education

Licensure, Certifications and Professional Affiliations

• Licensed Professional Counselor with the State of Georgia, #003447
• Certified Professional Counselor Supervisor
• Advanced Training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
• National Certified Counselor for the National Board of Certified Counselors
• Member, American Counseling Association
• Member of the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy
• Member of The Atlanta Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy
• Member of The Licensed Professional Counselors Association of Georgia
• Advocate for the Disability Community
• Workshop leader on Codependency and Family Recovery, Couples in Recovery, Working with Families Affected by Addiction

Classes

• Emotionally Focused Family Therapy
• Emotionally Focused Therapy and Addiction
• DBT

Online Presentation

• Strategies for Coping: Helping Middle School Students and Families
  The City of Dunwoody hosted a virtual event on “Strategies for Coping: Helping Middle School Students and Families”. The presentation included discussions on The Impact of Trauma (Alexa Mellman), Recognizing the Signs of Anxiety and Depression (Allison Bates), Coping Skills (Heather Page), and Self-care for Parents (Janet Fluker).