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About NACS
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Established in 1979, North Atlanta Counseling Services (NACS)
helps people grow and change through the application of biblical
principles and counseling theory.
We all have a need and desire for deep, meaningful relationships.
When our relationships aren't "working" there is no greater pain.
No one is immune to hurt. Our goal is to help people deal effectively
with the hurt and overcome the barriers that keep them from experiencing
true intimacy.
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Gene Schrader
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Gene Schrader, founder and director
of North Atlanta Counseling Services (NACS), is a licensed Marriage
and Family Therapist and a clinical member of the American Association
of Marriage and Family Therapy (A.A.M.F.T.). He has been in private
practice since 1977 with extensive experience in individual therapy,
marriage and family therapy, teenage problems and sexuality. He brings
God's truth to those in conflict within their marriages, adjusting
and grieving to losses in life, and depression.
A frequent speaker for church groups, he has conducted seminars on
sexuality, bonding and true intimacy, parenting and fathering, overcoming
affairs, and loyalty. Gene earned his masters degree in counseling
from Georgia State University concurrently while attending Psychological
Studies Institute (a Christian psychological institute). He has been
in Christian related ministries since 1972.
Married since 1963, Gene and his wife, Eldeen, have two daughters,
a son, and four grandchildren. |
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Elizabeth Allison
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Elizabeth Allison, M. S., is a Nationally
Certified Counselor. She earned her master's degree in community counseling
from Georgia State University, concurrently while attending Psychological
Services Institute and receiving a diploma in Christian counseling.
Ms. Allison is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors.
Her experience includes working in the adolescent unit of private
psychiatric hospitals, dealing with adults with addictions and depression,
helping women with self-esteem issues and counseling pre-marital and
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Helen Douthat
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Helen Douthat, M.S., ED.S., N.C.C,
L.P.C., received her undergraduate degree in Human Development and
Family Life (Child Development Specialist) from the University of
Kansas. Her Masters and Specialist in the field of Community Counseling
were received from Georgia State University. Helen has a second Masters
in Christian Psychological Studies and a Certificate in Clinical Theology
from the Psychological Studies Institute.
Helen taught disabled pre-school children in a hospital setting
and she has had a great deal of experience with her own five children.
She has experienced the trauma of divorce and the stress of being
a single parent and has done extensive work in both divorce recovery
and with children of divorce. Helen has provided workshops and groups
related to divorce recovery as well as parenting family issues and
personal growth. She has had experience working as both an impatient
and outpatient therapist. She enjoys speaking to groups and working
with others to develop meaningful and healing programs, which incorporate
sound psychological principles, based on Scriptural truths. She
enjoys working with people of all ages who are struggling with depression,
anxiety, adjustment disorders as well as those who are dealing with
marriage, parenting, family, and divorce issues. Helen is a member
of the American Association of Christian Counselors and is a speaker
for Fresh Start, a divorce recovery seminar.
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Lori Windham
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Lori Windham, M.S., N.C.C, L.P.C.,
received her undergraduate degree in Biblical Education from Florida
Bible College. Her Masters is in Community Counseling, which she received
from Georgia State University. She also received a diploma from the
Psychological Studies Institute in Christian Counseling.
Lori works with many clients that struggle with eating disorders
and she knows the complexity of this issue personally as well as
professionally. She also works with clients who are experiencing
depression, anxiety, obsessive thinking and other women's issues.
Lori is married and her interests outside the office include biking,
gardening and reading. Lori is a member of the American Association
of Christian Counselors.
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