Steve Butler, LPC, MS
Clinician
Works primarily with adult substance abuse treatment. He has worked as a counselor with the Hall County DUI Accountability Court and the Habersham County Drug Accountability Court programs. He returned to Mustard Seed Counseling after working five years at Laurelwood on the adult detox and crisis stabilization unit. Steve has developed a family intervention program and is interested in helping families dealing with substance abusers.
Brenda Gragg, CAMS
Educator
Prime For Life Instructor, Certified Anger Management Specialist. Certified instructor for Getting Ahead While Getting Out and Bridges Out of Poverty. I teach these courses for the courts.
Rebecca Hockaday
Clinician
Rebecca Hockaday is a certified Master’s level Addiction Counselor and a Certified Clinical Supervisor. She has been working in the addictions field since 2010. Rebecca specializes in Alcohol and Drug Addiction Counseling and Evaluations. For the majority of her career, she has worked in women’s residential treatment as a counselor, Program Director, and Clinical Director. No matter the capacity she is working in, her greatest joy is ministering God’s love to the broken-hearted.
Jeanie Johns BS
Co-Director/Clinician
BS in psychology and extensive training in psychiatric nursing; 34 years experience as a nurse manager, coordinator, and director of mental health and substance abuse recovery programs in hospitals and correctional facilities in the state of Georgia; extensively trained in aiding in the healing of women from trauma and abuse issues; trained and experienced in couples’ counseling, along with her husband, Michael Johns, to aid in the healing of families.
Michael Johns CAC-II, NCAC-I, CE, TP, Director
Director, Founder, CEO/Clinician
Bachelor of Arts in Religion and Psychology; three years of Graduate Educational Studies in Ministry and Ministry Development; 33 years of training and experience in various forms of substance abuse, treatment and mental health recovery processes; supervised staff in residential medical model programs and intensive outpatient programs; National and state certified addictions counselor, state approved treatment provider and state approved clinical DUI evaluator.
What is Substance Abuse Treatment?
Susie Merritt, APC, MAAC
ASAM Level I
ASAM Level 1, Co-occurring Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, Blended Family, & Couples.
Intern for Mustard Seed Counseling
Robin Taylor, M.Div
Pastoral Counseling
Robin is an ordained Pastoral Care Provider with a Masters degree in Pastoral Counseling. Robin is working with Marriage/Pre-Marital, Family, Teens, Grief, Anxiety, Suicide Prevention, Children 10+, and Low Self-Esteem.
Marty Wilson, APC, CADC II
Clinician
Specialist for trauma, anxiety, depression and addictions. Certified for Trauma Therapy, Accelerated Resolution Therapy (A.R.T.) MRT, CBI, Strategic Trauma and Abuse Recovery (STAR), LSI-R, SASSI, Alcohol and Drug Assessments, and Drug Screens.
What is Substance Abuse Treatment?
Amber Kingry
MS, LPC, NBCC
Board Certified Licensed Professional Counselor working with individual youth (ages 10+), adults, and couples. Certified in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) can help individuals of all ages in learning how to deal with issues. of stress, anxiety, grief and life transitions. Art Coaching is implemented when working with youth as a means of learning mindfulness and coping skills that help reduce emotional suffering while guiding individuals in their discovery of a life worth living.
Teresa S. Brown, M.Ed
35 years experience in individual, couples, and family counseling specializing in Depression, Anxiety, Trauma/PTSD, Grief/Loss, OCD, CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), and Mindfulness.
Elizabeth Smith
CMHC, LAPC, AADD
Specializing in clinical mental health, trauma, addictions, couples, women’s issues, and bereavement.
Linda Diamond
Administrative Assistant
Linda Diamond has worked in ministry over 25 years as an office administrator in both New York and Georgia for pastors, evangelists, as well as in a recovery center for women.
Kathy Adams
Ginny Abbot