The Summit Counseling Center Celebrates 30th Anniversary at Hotel Avalon with Guest Performer Amy Grant
JOHNS CREEK, GA. FEBRUARY 27, 2020 On Saturday, February 15th five hundred community leaders and Summit supporters celebrated the joy of generosity, a passion for community, and a commitment to support mental wellness at the Summit Counseling Center’s 5th...
How Does Sleep Affect Your Emotional Life?
Rebecca L. Marshall , Ph.D.
Parents of adolescents often tell me that their children stay up too late, usually on electronic devices, and that they are sleep-deprived during much of the school year. Most parents assume that poor or insufficient sleep is impacting their...
Learning to Grieve Well
Grieving affects all aspect of our life, and getting through a day, can seem overwhelmingly complicated. Paradoxically, finding a way to live with the pain of grief enables us to heal. Effectively coping is to alternate between enduring the pain...
Suicide Prevention
Suicide is an epidemic that has been impacting our nation and community. It’s important to take some time to touch on this difficult topic. A big part of this is learning to be intentional about noticing things in your...
Coping with the Anxiety of IVF
Research indicates that around 1 million babies were born in the United States between 1987 and 2015 through the use of IVF or other assisted reproductive technologies. These procedures have given couples new hope; infertility and IVF treatments cause...
The Perfectionist and Procrastination
Perfectionism is defined as striving towards the impossibly high goal of perfection. The trap that exists with this type of standard is that the perfectionists can never be good enough – if it isn’t perfect, it’s horrible. Unfortunately, perfectionism...
Body Appreciation and How to Compliment Others
How do we show our appreciation for our children? We may show up to support them at their softball games and chorus recitals, give hugs and pats on the back after they’ve had a long day, or express words...
Embracing the Changes, Challenges, and the New
Summer is gone, and by this time of the year your kids are settling into the new school year. A new school year can bring about a variety of emotions for your student and for you as a parent....
If You Are on The Fence About Counseling…
Since becoming a counselor, it has continued to surprise me how many misconceptions there are out there about counseling and mental health care. In fact, one of the very first clients I ever had asked me if he had...