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Johns Creek and Alpharetta Counseling (#JCAC) is a warm and family orientated counseling practice in Alpharetta, Ga. We offer online counseling services in the states of Georgia and Florida. We offer in-office counseling service at our Alpharetta office which is conveniently located to serve Johns Creek, Milton, Roswell, and Cumming, Ga.

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In this video, Alice Hamrick, Counselor with JCAC, discusses one type of Grounding. You will learn 7 ways how to focus your mind using Soothing Grounding. These include thinking about your favorite things, repeating inspiring quotes to yourself, and practicing selfcare. Check out our previous videos on Mental and Physical Grounding to learn how to calm your mind using techniques such as imagery, reading, mental games, stretching, breathing, and more.

Johns Creek and Alpharetta Counseling (#JCAC) is a warm and family orientated counseling practice in Alpharetta, Ga. We offer online counseling services in the states of Georgia and Florida. We offer in-office counseling service at our Alpharett...

In this video, Alice Hamrick, Counselor with JCAC, discusses one type of Grounding to help with Anxiety. You will learn 5 ways on how to focus your mind using Mental Grounding. These include imagery, reading, or playing mental games. Stay tuned for future videos that discuss Physical and Soothing Grounding.

Johns Creek and Alpharetta Counseling (#JCAC) is a warm and family orientated counseling practice in Alpharetta, Ga. We offer online counseling services in the states of Georgia and Florida. We offer in-office counseling service at our Alpharetta office which is conveniently located to serve Johns Creek, Milton, Roswell, and Cumming, Ga.

For our website be sure to Click Here

To schedule, a...

Anxiety Series Catch Up

Missing Family During The Holiday

The holidays is a wonderful time of the year when family and friends, are able to get together and share moments. However, due to the pandemic, some individuals can't participate in seeing their loves ones due to the fear of exposing their family to the virus. The virus being a major obstacle for some families, is not the only obstacle. There are other obstacles such as family members being separated due to military deployments, passing, distance, financial, and even the lack of a support system due to personal beliefs and de...

Being Kind To Me

By: Chloe Gabrielle Harper, Clinical intern at JCAC

Let this blog be a reminder to water yourself throughout the week! Take the time to tune in and become more present with yourself. Sometimes with the hustle and bustle of life, when tend to forget to check-in with ourselves to see if we are doing okay. For some extra help tuning in, I have found a great self-care action plan to help you assess what you need to do. The self-care action plan starts out by asking about what your signs of burnout are. Burnout is a term used to refer to when someone is overall exhausted; symptoms may look like feeling tired, lower immunity, headaches, and muscle pain. Then the worksheet goes into...

How To Find A Therapist

By: Chloe Gabrielle Harper, Clinical Intern at JCAC

A question that is pretty common is “How Do I Find A Therapist?”. You are sitting in your bed and you realize that it is time to make a change, so you talk to your friend and he or she tells you maybe you need a therapist. You do a wild google search and words come up like “mental health counselor”, “clinical counselor”, “mental health technician”, “telehealth mental professional”, “psychiatrist”, and “psychologist”, and the list continues! You have asked you, friends, you have gone through 8 pages of google sites, and side links; a...

How To Teach Your Child Mindfulness

By: Chloe Harper

Mindfulness is something that everyone should learn how to do, no matter the age. Mindfulness is a tool that can allow any individual to regulate their own internal functioning and emotions. That sounds practical for an adult to learn, but what about a child? A lot of parents ask what can mindfulness do for their child. David Gelles writes in the New York times about the benefits of mindfulness for children; the simplest practices help a child to learn how to be gentle, accepting, reducing anxiety, increasing happiness, and creating early habits.

When to begin?

Parents can begin as early as infancy when teaching mindfulness to their bab...

by: Alice Hamrick, Masters Level Clinical Intern at JCAC

Healing Is Not Linear

This is a reminder to be kind to yourself when the going gets tough. The path toward healing and wellness is a journey, it’s a dance, not a light switch. Don’t let the struggle weigh you down like anchors at sea. We would love to journey along with on your personal road toward healing!

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Johns Creek and Alpharetta Counseling (#JCAC) is a warm and family orientated counseling practice in Alpharetta, Ga. We offer online counseling services in the states...