What is Harmony House?
Harmony House Counseling Site is a
cooperative effort of the
Care and Counseling Center of
Georgia and several North Fulton
churches. Harmony House provides personal counseling for people
of
all faiths as well as those who profess no religious beliefs. Supporting
churches are North Atlanta Community Church, Northminster Presbyterian
Church, and Prince of Peace Lutheran Church.
Will I meet with a psychologist?
You will meet with a pastoral counselor (a
minister educated in theology and trained in psychotherapy).
Each counselor is
certified by the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and licensed by
Georgia. CCCGA
also staffs a consulting psychiatrist,
clinical psychologist and licensed clinical social worker.
Are my visits private?
Yes. All client information is held in strict confidence.
CCCGA
honors its obligation to safeguard personal details obtained through counseling.
Do I pay by the hour?
Session fees are flexible and are agreed upon during your first meeting.
Scholarships are also available. Your pastoral counselor can answer any
questions in confidence based on your individual circumstances. Our mission is to
provide counseling for everyone regardless of financial status.
Are other services provided?
Harmony House counselors provide programming for lectures, workshops,
retreats and seminars for church groups. Subjects include marriage and family life,
relationship enhancement, stress management, communication skills, lay ministry training
and personal development.
Harmony House counselors provide additional counseling support for persons
participating in twelve step programs.
What issues are
addressed most often in counseling sessions?
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Job transitions
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Marital and Family Conflict
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Depression
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Anxiety
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Personal Relationships
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Loss and Grief
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Trauma and Abuse
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Spiritual struggles
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Problems of conscience
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Emotional problems related
to physical illness
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Emotional problems related
to aging
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Sense of failure or lack of
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Meet your pastoral counselors:
Our primary pastoral counselor
is Georgia Griffin. She also serves as director of the Perimeter
Counseling Center in Dunwoody. Georgia is a licensed Marriage and Family
Therapist as well as a registered neutral (mediator) in the State of
Georgia.
Doyle Hamilton
will be supporting
Georgia. He also serves as a satellite director at the CCCGA counseling
center located at Roswell First Baptist. He is a Fellow in the American
Association of Pastoral Counselors and licensed as a Marriage and Family
Therapist in Georgia.
More about GAPC:
The Georgia Association for Pastoral Counseling was founded in 1962 as a
non-profit, cooperative endeavor of Columbia Theological Seminary, Emory University's
Candler School of Theology and School of Medicine and the Christian Council of
Metropolitan Atlanta. GAPC provides pastoral counseling through its central office
and satellite centers. GAPC received the 1995 Distinguished Program Leadership Award
of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors.
Whom do I call?
Call
our primary counselor Georgia
Griffin at (404) 636-1457, extension 452. She will
return your call
soon
to arrange a convenient meeting time.
Directions:
We are located in a white house with green shutters next to Prince of
Peace Lutheran Church, at the stoplight where Haynes Bridge Road intersects Alvin Road.
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