Christian Counseling in Lawrenceville, GA

Lawrenceville is a community built on faith, family, and showing up for each other — and also a community where a lot of people are quietly carrying more than anyone realizes.

Paraclete Counseling offers Christian counseling for individuals, couples, children, and families just a short drive from downtown Lawrenceville and the Gwinnett Historic Courthouse. We combine licensed clinical expertise with authentic Christian faith, so you don’t have to choose between good therapy and a counselor who shares your values.

You don’t need to be a Christian to work with us — we welcome clients of every background — but if a faith-integrated approach matters to you, it’s here, woven in as much or as little as you want.

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If You’re Coming in On Your Own

Maybe it’s anxiety that won’t let up.  A depression that’s lasted longer than it should.  A past that keeps resurfacing at the worst times, or just a sense that something is off and you can’t quite name it.

A lot of it comes down to being “on” for everyone else and never fully off the clock. Nurses and staff at places like Northside Hospital Gwinnett carry the emotional weight of caring for patients all day and have little left over for themselves. Teachers, small business owners along the historic downtown square, and ministry leaders across Gwinnett County describe the same thing in different words.  It’s stress that builds up so gradually they stopped noticing it as stress.

Individual Christian counseling gives you a confidential space to actually look at what’s going on, not just manage symptoms, but understand the roots. Depending on what you’re working through, your therapist might use EMDR to help your brain process memories that have gotten stuck, ERP or ACT if anxiety or OCD is driving the struggle, or somatic and nervous system-focused work if the distress shows up more in your body than in your thoughts.

•       Anxiety, panic, and chronic worry

•       Depression and low motivation

•       Burnout and life transitions

•       Past trauma, abuse, or painful memories

•       Spiritual doubt or church hurt

•       Grief and loss

 

Faith can be part of this work in whatever way fits you. Maybe you want Scripture and prayer woven into sessions, or simply a counselor who shares your worldview and never has to be convinced your faith matters.

If You’re Coming in As a Couple

Some couples come to us mid-crisis:  an affair just discovered or a marriage that feels unsalvageable. Others come in long before that, wanting to strengthen a good marriage or prepare well for one that hasn’t started yet.

Wherever you are, our marriage therapists work from a high view of marriage as covenant, which means we bring real hope and real clinical skill, even in the hardest seasons. This isn’t generic communication coaching. It’s getting to what’s actually driving the conflict, the distance, or the betrayal, and doing that work within a framework that takes your faith seriously.

•       Communication breakdown and recurring conflict

•       Rebuilding trust after infidelity

•       Financial stress and disagreements about money

•       Emotional or sexual disconnection

•       Blended-family and stepfamily friction

•       Differences in faith between spouses

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Premarital counseling is one of the best investments you can make before the wedding. We use the PREPARE/ENRICH assessment, a research-backed tool that surfaces each couple’s real strengths and growth areas in order  to guide honest conversation about finances, family, faith, and intimacy before those topics become conflict.

Struggling With Intimacy?

Sexual struggles in marriage are far more common, and far more treatable, than most couples realize. Corrie Brewton, LPC, LMFT is our dedicated sex therapist, working with couples on mismatched desire, the impact of pornography on intimacy, sexual avoidance, and past sexual trauma, all within a framework of Christian values and covenant marriage and handled with real care and confidentiality.

If You’re Bringing In a Child or Teen

Gwinnett County schools serve one of the most diverse student populations in Georgia, and students at schools like Collins Hill, Brookwood, Archer, Central Gwinnett, and Mountain View carry a wide range of academic, social, and emotional pressure that doesn’t always look the same from one family to the next.

 

Younger Children

Kids process the world through play long before they have the words for what they’re feeling. Our therapists use play therapy and sand tray therapy to meet children where they actually are, not where adult conversation assumes they should be.

•       Anxiety and worry in younger children

•       ADHD and attention challenges

•       Behavioral outbursts

•       Adjusting to divorce or family change

•       Defiant behavior

 

You’ll stay informed and involved every step of the way.   We see parents as partners, not bystanders.

 

Teenagers

Teens here are navigating academic pressure, social media, identity questions, and often a gap between what’s expected of them at home and what they’re actually facing at school. Our teen therapists offer a faith-sensitive space where they can finally be honest about what’s going on, using evidence-based tools like CBT, ACT, and EMDR alongside that conversation.

•       Teen anxiety and depression

•       Identity and self-worth

•       Academic pressure and ADHD

•       Faith questions during adolescence

•       School avoidance

•       Self-harm

If the Whole Family Needs Support

Sometimes the issue isn’t one person, it’s how the family operates together. Blended families finding their footing after remarriage. Parents who disagree on how to handle a child’s behavior. Households navigating a divorce, a move, or a loss together.

Family counseling helps everyone get on the same page:  better communication, clearer boundaries, and a stronger sense of being on the same team within a framework that honors your faith and values.

Men’s Counseling

A lot of men in Lawrenceville are carrying the weight of providing, and they don’t have a lot of space to talk about what that costs them. Terrence James, MFT works with men on identity, purpose, and the friction between work and home life. Seth Kemfort specializes in sexual addiction, pornography addiction, gambling addiction, video game and technology addiction, and recreational drug use, and has worked extensively with male athletes.

•       Work and financial pressure

•       Anger and emotional disconnection

•       Pornography and sex addiction

•       Gambling, video game, and technology addiction

 

Men’s counseling here is direct and practical — we meet men where they are, not where they think they should already be.

When the Wound Is Spiritual

Some of the deepest pain we see in session is connected to church:  a leader who abused trust, a theology that did harm, a faith community that wasn’t there in a critical moment. Those wounds are real, and they deserve real clinical care, not a quick return to “just trust God more.”

Our trauma-informed therapists use EMDR and nervous-system-focused work to help you process what happened, in a space that takes both the harm and your faith seriously.

Serving Lawrenceville and Greater Gwinnett County

Whether you live near Historic Downtown Lawrenceville, work close to Georgia Gwinnett College, or call one of the neighborhoods around the Lawrenceville home, we’re a short drive away. Many of our clients also come from Dacula, Grayson, Snellville, Duluth, and Lilburn.

 

Telehealth for Lawrenceville and Gwinnett County

Every service we offer, individual, couples, child, and teen therapy, is also available by secure video session, with the same clinical care and faith-integrated approach as in-person visits.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • We’re located at 3905 Johns Creek Court, Suite 260, Suwanee, GA 30024, about a 15-20 minute drive from downtown Lawrenceville via Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road. We also see clients by telehealth anywhere in Georgia.

  • No. You set the tone. Some clients want Scripture and prayer woven into sessions; others just want a therapist who shares their values.  You don’t need to be a Christian to work with us at all. We welcome clients of every background.

  • Yes. Pastoral counseling is spiritual guidance from clergy. We’re licensed clinicians trained to diagnose and treat anxiety, depression, trauma, and relational struggles, and we layer faith into that clinical work when it’s wanted.

  • Often, yes. We work from a view that marriage is a covenant, which means we believe God created marriage and can bring real hope and healing into even the hardest seasons, such as infidelity, chronic conflict, and emotional disconnection. It takes both people willing to show up to the work, but we’ve seen couples rebuild trust from places that felt impossible.

  • Seth Kemfort specializes in sexual addiction, pornography addiction, gambling addiction, video game and technology addiction, and recreational drug use, treated with full confidentiality, and with faith integration available if you want it.

  • Yes. Every service we offer, individual, couples, child, and teen therapy, is available by secure telehealth video session, with the same licensed clinical care and faith-integrated approach as meeting in person. A lot of our Lawrenceville clients meet with us this way during a lunch break or after the kids are in bed.

  • We’re a private pay practice, which means no insurance company decides how many sessions you get or what you can talk about. We will file your insurance for out-of-network benefits as a courtesy for you.  You can also use Health Savings cards (HSA) or Flex Spending cards (FSA) to pay for your sessions.  You can contact us with your insurance info, and we can check the benefits and let you know what your insurance will cover. 

Let’s Talk.

If you’re looking for Christian counseling near Lawrenceville, we’d be honored to walk alongside you.

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