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The Link Counseling Center

348 Mount Vernon Highway Northeast Atlanta, GA 30328
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About The Link Counseling Center

The Link Counseling Center provides outpatient psychotherapy services for clients of all ages in Atlanta, Georgia. Their counselors are here to help you work through any kind of stressful or difficult life event you’re facing, including a drug or alcohol addiction. All of their services are offered on a sliding fee scale.

Here, you’ll find individual, group, and family counseling sessions. Something special about this facility is that your sessions will be held on the beautiful Kendeda Campus. This is a peaceful place filled with open fields, gardens, and buildings dedicated to personal growth and healing. This location offers something for everyone, including a brightly colored play space for the youngest clients.

The entire campus feels safe, warm, and supportive. In addition to individual and family sessions, they also offer free grief therapy sessions every week. You can participate in counseling for as long as you need to, and they offer short, medium, or long term psychotherapy programs.

If you prefer to get involved with a group, there are many options based on specific needs and populations. Right now, they’re offering an LGBTQ+ support group, a group based on expressive art therapy, and a group for female survivors of childhood abuse.

A former client says she’s very thankful for this affordable therapy option and especially appreciates the sliding scale. Another says she’s grateful a place like this exists, and that she found a good fit with her therapist.

Latest Reviews

Victoria Dore
4 months ago on Google
5
The Link Counseling Center has served as a sanctuary to me for the past 10 years. I started coming here when I was 7 and enjoyed doing art/play therapy. Years later as a 20 years old, I gained an internship there where I enjoy learning how to speak to clients and sympathize with them! This experience is preparing me for my career in the psychology field!
Ela Badura
4 months ago on Google
5
The Link Counseling Center has been a sanctuary for my daughter through different stages of her life. When she was just a few years old and struggling with anxiety due to my divorce, she found comfort in her play therapy sessions. To her, it felt like an art class where she could play with all the toys, and she cherished the idea of having a grown-up friend. Over time, her anxiety eased, and the sessions became a source of joy and healing.Years later, I brought her back, this time as a safe space where she could freely express herself without hesitation. Once again, Link Counseling provided exceptional care. The staff is kind, compassionate, and incredibly accommodating, working with families regardless of their financial situation. The center itself feels like a sanctuary-calm, safe, and welcoming.Thanks to the support and guidance she received at the Link Counseling, my daughter has grown into a resilient young woman who now strives to heal others. I am forever grateful for the impact this place has had on her journey. I highly recommend Link Counseling to any family in need of compassionate, professional support.
Lauren Talley
4 months ago on Google
5
This is a great space for those who have dealt with loss. It provides group options for those who feel comfortable sharing their stories with others and individual options for those feel more comfortable in a one on one setting. Overall this is a great center!
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Self-pay involves paying for treatment out of your own pocket. You can use savings or credit, get a personal loan, or receive help from family and friends to fund your treatment. If you don't have insurance or your insurance plan doesn't cover a specific program, self-pay can help ensure you still get the care you need.

Addiction Treatments

Levels of Care

outpatient iconOutpatient
Outpatient Programs (OP) are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. The main difference between outpatient treatment (OP) and intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) lies in the amount of hours the patient spends at the facility. Most of the time an outpatient program is designed for someone who has completed an inpatient stay and is looking to continue their growth in recovery. Outpatient is not meant to be the starting point, it is commonly referred to as aftercare.
aftercare iconAftercare Support
Completing a drug or alcohol rehab program shouldn't spell the end of substance abuse treatment. Aftercare involves making a sustainable plan for recovery, including ongoing support. This can include sober living arrangements like halfway houses, career counseling, and setting a patient up with community programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA).

Treatments

Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.

Programs

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Adult Program
Adult rehab programs include therapies tailored to each client's specific needs, goals, and recovery progress. They are tailored to the specific challenges adult clients may face, including family and work pressures and commitments. From inpatient and residential treatment to various levels of outpatient services, there are many options available. Some facilities also help adults work through co-occurring conditions, like anxiety, that can accompany addiction.
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Young Adult Program
Young adulthood can be an exciting, yet difficult, time of transition. Individuals in their late teens to mid-20s face unique stressors related to school, jobs, families, and social circles, which can lead to a rise in substance use. Rehab centers with dedicated young adult programs will include activities and amenities that cater to this age group, with an emphasis on specialized counseling, peer socialization, and ongoing aftercare.

Clinical Services

Whether a marriage or other committed relationship, an intimate partnership is one of the most important aspects of a person's life. Drug and alcohol addiction affects both members of a couple in deep and meaningful ways, as does rehab and recovery. Couples therapy and other couples-focused treatment programs are significant parts of exploring triggers of addiction, as well as learning how to build healthy patterns to support ongoing sobriety.

Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.

Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.

In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.

Amenities

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Staff

J. Eugene Bridges, Th.M., LPC, LMFT, CPCS

Executive Director

Janet Mainor, MS, LPC, NBCC, CPCS

Executive Director

Ginny Sparrow

Program Director

Contact Information

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348 Mount Vernon Highway Northeast
Atlanta, GA 30328

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Courtney Myers, MS
Edited by:
Kerry Nenn, BSW

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Reviews of The Link Counseling Center

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2.5

Great place to work on your mental health, your spiritual health and your physical health. One by one you'll find the perfect balance.

Reviewed on 12/19/2018
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3.5 (28 reviews)
Rebecca Pryor
1 week ago
5

I was referred here by a doctor I work for because I found my son using drugs. Jeff really gave me great insight on how to handle the situation from an emotional/parental standpoint. I have sent many people to The Link.

Victoria Dore
4 months ago
5

The Link Counseling Center has served as a sanctuary to me for the past 10 years. I started coming here when I was 7 and enjoyed doing art/play therapy. Years later as a 20 years old, I gained an internship there where I enjoy learning how to speak to clients and sympathize with them! This experience is preparing me for my career in the psychology field!

Ela Badura
4 months ago
5

The Link Counseling Center has been a sanctuary for my daughter through different stages of her life. When she was just a few years old and struggling with anxiety due to my divorce, she found comfort in her play therapy sessions. To her, it felt like an art class where she could play with all the toys, and she cherished the idea of having a grown-up friend. Over time, her anxiety eased, and the sessions became a source of joy and healing. Years later, I brought her back, this time as a safe space where she could freely express herself without hesitation. Once again, Link Counseling provided exceptional care. The staff is kind, compassionate, and incredibly accommodating, working with families regardless of their financial situation. The center itself feels like a sanctuary-calm, safe, and welcoming. Thanks to the support and guidance she received at the Link Counseling, my daughter has grown into a resilient young woman who now strives to heal others. I am forever grateful for the impact this place has had on her journey. I highly recommend Link Counseling to any family in need of compassionate, professional support.

Lauren Talley
4 months ago
5

This is a great space for those who have dealt with loss. It provides group options for those who feel comfortable sharing their stories with others and individual options for those feel more comfortable in a one on one setting. Overall this is a great center!

Joe
4 months ago
5

I have been seeing Jeff for many years. He has been wonderful working as my therapist. He has a good ear, but also gives great advice, when needed. Overall, the staff is very friendly and caring, as well. I highly recommend Link Counseling.

kelly sweetin
7 months ago
5

Sally Kilpatrick
1 year ago
5

I found the counseling very helpful and professional. I changed to a new counselor after my first visit and it has been a very good fit.

Taylor Briggs Nabavi
1 year ago
5

Very grateful for this accessible therapy via sliding scale. We are working with Jeff for couples therapy and very happy with the connection, empathy and support in our sessions.

Nancy Peat
1 year ago
2

I’m sadly disappointed to read many of the reviews after the last 5/6 years particularly. I attended The Link many years ago as a 12-14 yo. My mother loved the outcome so much she ended up working there and when our family moved to Dallas Tx, she was heavily involved with a family counselling centre there. So I would have given 5 stars but based on reviews the last 5 years I had to reduce to 2. I can only say that makes me very sad. 😢

Taylor Winbush
2 years ago
1

Honestly I never make reviews unless I’m extremely happy or extremely disappointed. This was not helpful at all. Then at the end, we were cut off with “so how do you want to pay today” when the therapist was late for our appointment. It was not helpful, disheartening and distasteful. In addition to this, the two ladies at the front were so loud with their gossip…no.

Sutton Stone
2 years ago
1

Saw Eugene Bridges who is the Director. The session was not good (he asked irrelevant questions, there were numerous awkward pauses/silence and it appeared that he fell asleep) So, when the session was almost over he asked if I wanted to continue with him or try another counselor. At first, because I didn't want to hurt his feelings, I said I would stay with him but as I thought about it, I realized I needed help from someone I could possibly trust and had a repoire with, which was not Mr. Bridges, so when the session ended and he asked again, I politely told him I would like to try another counselor...well, his whole demeanor changed. When we made it out to the receptionist and I was attempting to make the appointment, Mr. Bridges chimed in "she wants to see someone else". I was then told that they would call me with an appointment. After not hearing from them after a few days I emailed asking if they had any in person appointments and I was advised they only had tele-health. Less than 24 hours later, I emailed again and told them that I would take any tele-health appointment they had, I was then told that everyone was busy but they would keep me posted. More than a month later I still have not heard anything from them. My advice to anyone seeking help from The Link, if you get an appointment and have to see Mr. Bridges for your first session, continue with him otherwise, they will not help you. His ego was bruised or something, which is shameful. It went from they have tele-health appointments to everyone is busy, simply because I didn't' want to see Mr. Director. PATHETIC.

Carla H
3 years ago
5

I came to The Link for a support group about 10 years ago. The group was led by Gene Bridges. Fast forward 10 years, I needed a different type of specialized therapy. After searching for months for a professional (it’s a really bleak experience trying to find a therapist through insurance nowadays), I remembered The Link. They took us in right away and I’ve seen so much improvement in the past 2 months of working none other than Gene Bridges. I’m grateful that a place like The Link exists and I’m grateful to be a client. I hope everyone can find the place/therapist that’s right for them and their circumstances.

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