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Students in high-achieving schools are now named an ‘at-risk’ group, study says

By Jennifer Breheny Wallace, The Washington Post  Communities touting the best-ranked schools are often the most in-demand among families. But this competitive environment can come at a psychological cost to those attending them. Emerging research is finding that students in...

WE ARE GOLDEN…

Summit Counseling just claimed GOLD…by achieving a recognition that only 0.5% of nonprofit organizations in the GuideStar nonprofit registry achieve – a Gold Seal of Transparency. Greater transparency means increased trust for donors & supporting entities such as foundations...

Summit Counseling Partners with The SAM Foundation to Provide AMSR Training

  Summit Counseling partnered with The SAM Foundation to provided AMSR training (Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk) to 30 local clinicians. AMSR was designed to allow clinicians to challenge their personal biases, provide a framework to determine patients’ risk and to...

Changing the Way You Think About Mental Health!

Summit is grateful to Mental Health America of Georgia for training 15 of our clinicians in the 6 modules of their Outreach Wellness Learning (OWL) program. In Georgia, 2.3 million adults experience mental health disorders and approximately 1,000 Georgians die...

7 Lessons Learned Through Our Flood Disaster

Summit Counseling and Dekalb County Schools Partner to Provide School-Based Counseling Services to Students.

Because Healthy Students are Successful Students As parents, we want what is best for our children, but it is not always easy to know what type of support they need. That is why Summit Counseling has partnered with Dekalb...

Coroner, mental health officials dispel common suicide myths

  JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, yet it remains one of the most difficult topics to discuss for many. That radio silence, even with good intentions, can...

How to Prevent Overdose Deaths: 911 Good Samaritan Laws

It’s not just drug users who are scared to call but also family members who fear their brother, sister, son, or daughter could get arrested. It’s that hesitation that could cost the user his or her life. The law...

On-site Counseling Service Provides Students with Immediate Access to Therapists

Partnership with Summit Counseling focuses on prevention It is a win-win partnership for Fulton County students, and one that recently captured the attention of former NFL player Terry Bradshaw. For three years, Fulton County School’s partnership with the Summit Counseling...

Summit Counseling Center Debuts Mental Health Kiosk at the North Fulton County Mental Health Collaborative

New initiative to reduce stigma and increase help-seeking in the community Johns Creek, GA. – October 27, 2016 – Summit Counseling Center in partnership with the Will To Live Foundation, today announced that it unveiled a mental health kiosk...