Summit Counseling Center

About Summit Counseling Center

The Summit Counseling Center is a nonprofit mental health organization based in North Metro Atlanta, providing compassionate and professional counseling services since 1990. Its mission is to care for the whole person—body, mind, spirit, and relationships—through individual, couples, and family therapy, as well as specialized services such as addiction recovery and school-based mental health programs.

 With multiple office locations and online therapy options, The Summit partners with local schools, faith communities, and organizations to make quality mental health care accessible to children, teens, adults, and families across the community.

 In fiscal year 2024/25, 40+ therapists are projected to provide 23,000+ clinical hours to 2,800+ individuals, couples, and families at 7 offices and 32 school-based locations. 

Creating Hope in Our Community

By removing barriers, implementing prevention, and providing assessments and therapy, the Summit is striving to remove the stigma surrounding mental health in our community. 

Removing Barriers	Implementing Prevention	Providing Assessments & Therapy
• Removing financial barriers by raising Client Assistance Funds (CAF)  to subsidize counseling for those in need • Removing barriers to accessibility by expanding community locations beyond our 7 office locations,  32 Summit On-Site school partnerships,  and telehealth  • Removing barriers of stigma  by providing education through  our Mental Health Awareness Program	• Offering confidential, free online  screenings to help identify signs of  behavioral health concerns and refer  those in need to resources • Providing free trainings to equip  our community with the tools needed  to recognize signs of suicide and  respond with care • Facilitating group therapy for  at-risk youth  \	• Providing individual and group  therapy to children, teens, adults,  and seniors • Offering couples and family  counseling led by professional,  caring clinicians • Conducting suicide risk crisis  assessments to students at risk of  harming themselves and providing  assistance to help keep them safe

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Client Impact Story: A Lifelong to Healing

Before coming to Summit Counseling, I was drowning in depression and PTSD. Most days felt impossible, and I didn’t know how to keep going, for myself or for my family. When I learned about the DBT program, I wanted to believe change was possible, but our financial situation made it feel out of reach.
Thanks to the generous funding Summit provided, I was able to complete the full DBT program, individual sessions, group work, and even maintenance support. Each part helped me learn how to respond instead of reacting to the intense stressors in my life.I’ve gained tools to face overwhelming emotions without shutting down or lashing out, and I’ve started to move forward with more clarity and purpose.

Things are still hard some days, but I now have something I didn’t before: hope. I feel stronger, more grounded, and more capable of showing up for myself and the people I love. Summit didn’t just offer me therapy, they gave me a lifeline. I’m deeply grateful.

Client Impact Story: Building a Strong Foundation

When we first came to Summit Counseling, our marriage felt broken. Trust had been shattered, and every conversation felt forced and icy. We were barely connecting; emotionally, physically, or even as partners trying to navigate life and parenting together. We didn’t know if healing was possible, but we knew we couldn’t keep going the way things were.

Our therapist helped us slow down and really see what was underneath the surface, what each of us was scared of, what we were holding back, and what we needed to feel safe again. Week by week, we learned how to validate each other’s experiences, how to listen with compassion, and how to express what we needed without fear or blame.

 It wasn’t easy. Some weeks felt like progress; others felt like setbacks. But over time, something shifted. We started communicating more openly, showing up for each other in ways we hadn’t before, and rebuilding trust, not just with words, but with actions.

Eventually, we moved from weekly sessions to occasional check-ins. And now, we can honestly say we’re in the best place we’ve ever been in our marriage. Summit didn’t just help us repair what was broken, they helped us build something stronger than we had before.

Thank you for your generosity!

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