Connect. Heal. Grow.
Join us March 3, 2026: Safety in Connection Women’s Group
ARC Counseling is excited to offer Safety in Connection, a professionally led weekly women’s group designed for women navigating trauma, anxiety, and chronic stress. This group provides a structured, therapeutic environment that supports emotional regulation, relational insight, and meaningful connection within a clinically grounded setting.
We’re here to help you thrive.
Welcome to ARC Counseling, where we believe Authentic Relational Connections are central to mental health and whole wellness. Our approach offers a collaborative space to explore your inner world and the relationships that matter to you in a thoughtful and supportive way. Our work unfolds at your pace, with a focus on building understanding, trust, and connection that support meaningful and lasting healing and growth.
Explore our mental health services.
Individual
ARC provides counseling for adults and adolescents navigating mental and emotional challenges. We work with concerns including anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD, PTSD/trauma, personality disorders, social & relational stressors, and major life changes. Therapy focuses on building insight, emotional steadiness, and healthy coping skills.
Child Play Therapy
ARC provides therapeutic, play-based counseling that helps children express themselves and understand what they are experiencing. We work with concerns such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, behavior challenges, school & social stressors, and family changes. The focus is on supporting emotional growth, resilience, and healthy development.
Couples & Family
ARC provides couples counseling and family therapy for those experiencing relational and emotional distress. We work with concerns including communication breakdowns, conflict, trust issues, betrayal, parenting challenges, blended family dynamics, and longstanding relational patterns. Therapy focuses on improving communication, increasing emotional regulation, and strengthening healthier patterns of connection.
Single Assessments
ARC provides formal mental health assessments conducted in a professional and objective manner. Evaluations focus on clear, accurate information and ethical standards, with careful attention to documentation and clinical integrity. Our role is to offer thorough, unbiased assessments that support informed decision-making while maintaining respect and professionalism throughout the process.
Our Team.
Brooke Atkinson, LPC, CPCS
Currently accepting waitlist requests.
Brooke founded ARC Counseling to create a place where individuals and couples can find healing through faith-based, attachment-informed counseling delivered by a strong and thoughtfully supported clinical team.
A Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Professional Counselor Supervisor, Brooke brings more than a decade of clinical counseling experience and over 20 years working in trauma-related fields. Her career includes leadership roles across crisis, outpatient, and community behavioral health services, shaping her commitment to accessible, effective care and the development of healthy clinical environments. Her work is grounded in attachment theory and evidence-based practices, with a focus on helping people and relationships move toward lasting restoration and change.
While Brooke continues to see a limited number of clients, much of her work now centers on supervising and mentoring clinicians, strengthening the quality of care provided throughout ARC Counseling, and helping build services that support long-term healing within families and communities. She is also devoted to developing clinicians and expanding opportunities for learning through professional training and conference speaking on trauma, attachment, and relational healing.
Lisa Brown, LPC, Clinical Director
Currently accepting waitlist requests.
As co-founder of ARC Counseling, Lisa’s heart for ARC is to create a practice that feels warm and welcoming—a place where clients and team members can slow down and feel connected and human together in an increasingly disconnected and automated world.
Lisa is a Licensed Professional Counselor with over a decade of experience in the counseling field. She brings a diverse professional background to her counseling work, with prior experience spanning legal settings, corporate environments, small business ownership, and adventure-based industries, shaping a grounded, dynamic, and creative clinical perspective.
Lisa works with adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, OCD, personality disorders, faith and religious angst, high-conflict divorce, caretaker stress, and life transitions related to post-career identity and retirement. Her therapeutic approach is attachment-informed and psychodynamic, emphasizing insight, emotional depth, and relational understanding.
Drawing on both clinical training and real-world experience, Lisa offers thoughtful, steady support to clients facing complex personal and relational challenges.
Hannah Palmer, LAPC, Children 3-11
Hannah is a Licensed Associate Professional Counselor and National Certified Counselor. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a concentration in Christian Counseling and a minor in Marriage and Family Studies from Liberty University, and completed her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in 2024. She is currently pursuing certification as a Registered Play Therapist.
Hannah is passionate about supporting children and families as they navigate emotional, behavioral, and developmental challenges. She primarily works with children ages 11 and under, offering a developmentally attuned, engaging, and emotionally safe approach to therapy. Her clinical interests include anxiety, self-esteem, depression, anger, grief, life transitions, peer and sibling conflict, school-related concerns, and ADHD.
Grounded in her faith, Hannah’s approach is compassionate, collaborative, and child-centered. She values meeting children where they are while partnering closely with caregivers to foster growth, emotional regulation, and resilience within the family system.
Hannah is clinically supervised by Brooke Atkinson, LPC, CPCS.
Olivia Knox, MA, Adults/Adolescents 13+
Olivia holds a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Truett McConnell University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Emmanuel College. She has worked in the mental health field since 2016 and brings both experience and intentionality to her clinical work.
Olivia approaches counseling with a deep belief that healing begins through understanding and authentic connection. Her therapeutic style integrates attachment-informed, person-centered, and solution-focused frameworks, allowing her to meet clients where they are while gently exploring the patterns that shape thoughts, emotions, and relationships. She works primarily with individuals navigating anxiety, depression, and trauma, supporting greater stability, self-understanding, and emotional growth.
Faith is an important influence in Olivia’s life and informs the care she provides with humility and compassion. She views counseling as a calling and considers it a privilege to walk alongside clients as they move toward restoration and wholeness.
Olivia is clinically supervised by Brooke Atkinson, LPC, CPCS.
Jenny Burns, Graduate-Level Counseling Intern, Adults/Adolescents/Children 3+/Couples
Jenny is a graduate-level counseling intern currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at LaGrange College in Georgia. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies from Samford University in Alabama and is preparing for future licensure as a professional counselor.
Prior to beginning graduate training, Jenny served as a pastoral counselor for four years, supporting individuals and families through trauma, ADHD, infertility, child loss, and spiritual struggles, including experiences of church hurt. This background shaped her belief in caring for individuals as whole and integrated beings and influenced her decision to pursue clinical counseling.
Jenny is especially passionate about working with children, teens, and individuals navigating grief, loss, or spiritual wounds. She strives to offer a steady, compassionate presence and a therapeutic environment where clients feel supported and less alone. For clients who desire it, faith can be thoughtfully incorporated into the therapeutic process.
Jenny is clinically supervised by Brooke Atkinson, LPC, CPCS.
Chinelo Brown, Graduate-Level Counseling Intern, Adults/Adolescents/Children 9+
Chinelo is a graduate-level counseling intern currently earning her Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at LaGrange College. She is preparing for future licensure and brings a thoughtful, encouraging presence to her clinical work.
Prior to entering the counseling field, Chinelo spent six years working in a corporate role, where she developed strong skills in workplace dynamics, leadership, operations, and professional coaching. This experience informs her ability to help clients clarify goals, navigate workplace stress, manage transitions, and make intentional decisions during challenging seasons of life.
Chinelo works with clients ages 11 and up and supports individuals navigating anxiety, depression, ADHD, oppositional behaviors, relationship concerns, career transitions, and major life changes. She incorporates cognitive-behavioral and motivational approaches to provide practical, skill-based support that promotes insight, confidence, and forward movement.
Faith is an important value in Chinelo’s life and may be thoughtfully included in counseling for clients who desire it. She describes herself as a natural encourager and is committed to offering steady support and hope as clients work toward meaningful growth.
Chinelo is clinically supervised by Brooke Atkinson, LPC, CPCS.
Join Our Team.
ARC Counseling is a relational, values-driven practice committed to thoughtful clinical work, meaningful support, and genuine connection. We welcome clinicians and students who are drawn to practicing with intention, integrity, and care for both clients and colleagues. Whether you are exploring your next professional step or seeking a place to learn and grow, ARC offers an environment that values depth, relationship, and sustainable practice.