We meet you in the overwhelm
Your first session isn't a test — it's an exhale. We start by listening, so you don't have to figure out where to begin.
About Serenity
You don't have to face this alone.
For over fifteen years, Serenity Counseling Center has walked beside individuals, couples, and families in Marietta — meeting them in the overwhelm and helping them find a steadier, more hopeful chapter.
Our Story
A quiet place for the moment you finally said, "something has to change."
Maybe you've been carrying it for a while — the anxiety that won't switch off, the relationship that feels distant, the grief that keeps arriving in waves, the quiet sense that you've lost touch with yourself. You've held it together for everyone else. You're tired.
That moment — the one where you start looking for help — is the moment Serenity Counseling Center was built for. For more than fifteen years, our practice has existed for people exactly like you: thoughtful, capable, and quietly worn out, ready for something steadier than what you've been doing on your own.
We're a small, relationally-rooted team of licensed therapists in Marietta. We won't rush you, we won't pathologize you, and we won't hand you a worksheet and call it healing. We'll sit with you, listen well, and walk with you toward the version of your life that feels like yours again.
Our Mission
To help you move from overwhelmed to supported — and from isolated to whole.
We exist to provide compassionate, professional counseling that honors the whole person — mind, body, relationships, and (when you desire it) spirit. Our mission is to make excellent mental health care feel less clinical and more human, so the next step toward healing is one you can actually take.
Our Counseling Approach
You bring the story. We bring the map.
You don't need to arrive with the right words or a clear plan. Our job is to help you make sense of what's happening — and walk with you, step by step, from overwhelmed to grounded.
We help you find your footing
Together we name what's heavy, where it's coming from, and what a steadier next step actually looks like for you.
We use what actually works
CBT, EMDR, IFS, and other proven approaches — chosen for your story, not handed to you from a script.
We walk with you toward whole
Therapy here isn't endless. It's a guided path from stuck to steady, from surviving to actually living.
Why Clients Choose SCC
What changes when you finally feel heard.
Clients tell us the difference isn't one big thing — it's the quiet relief of being met, week after week, by someone who actually gets it.
You won't have to explain yourself twice
Our licensed therapists have sat with thousands of stories like yours. You'll feel understood from the first session — not analyzed.
You'll stop feeling alone in it
From the first call to the last session, this is a steady, unhurried space. Whatever you're carrying, you don't carry it by yourself here.
Your therapy will fit your life
No cookie-cutter programs. Your goals, pace, and season of life shape the work — so what happens in session actually changes things at home.
You'll heal as a whole person
We tend to the mind, the body, the relationships, and (when you want it) the spiritual layer — because real healing reaches all of you.
Faith-Sensitive Care, When Desired
Bring all of you — including the parts that pray, and the parts that aren't sure.
If faith is part of how you make sense of your life, you're welcome to bring it into the room. We can thoughtfully weave spiritual care into your sessions when you want it there.
If faith isn't part of your story — or feels complicated right now — that's just as welcome. Your sessions stay warm, professional, and entirely about you. You set the tone. We follow your lead, every time, with respect and never pressure.
Local Counseling in Marietta, GA
Rooted in the community we serve.
Our Marietta office is a calm, welcoming space — just minutes from Marietta Square, with easy parking and a private entrance. For clients across Georgia, secure telehealth is always available.
Convenient
Centrally located in Marietta with easy access from Cobb County and metro Atlanta.
Familiar
Local clinicians who know this community — its rhythms, schools, and seasons.
Flexible
In-person sessions or secure telehealth, scheduled around real life.
A simple next step
When you're ready, we're here.
Request an appointment, share a little about what's bringing you in, and begin your healing journey — at a pace that honors where you are.
Share your needs · Meet your therapist · Begin healing