Specializations
  • Adolescents and Young Adults (Ages 8-30)
  • Grief and Loss 
  • Anxiety and Panic Attacks 
  • Spiritual Concerns 
  • Communication and Relational Issues 
  • Stage-of-Life Changes (teens, young adults, marriage)
Qualifications​
  • Fern has experience and training using modalities such as IFS and parts work, attachment theory, CBT, DBT skills, solution focused, and motivational interviewing. She comes from a social work background and values a person-centered approach to counseling. 
  • Certification in Trauma Focused CBT
  • Masters of Social Work with an emphasis in individual practice from the University of Georgia 
  • Certificate in Nonprofit Management and Leadership from the University of Georgia 
  • Bachelors of Social Work from the University of Georgia
  • Under supervision of Vance Sims, LCSW 
  • Under Direction of Kim Lareau, LPC 
Rates
Individuals $120

Contact:
​706-310-9046
Alan Bohnhoff is a compassionate counselor with a wealth of life experience, who is motivated by a passion for helping people. He felt led to transition out of a long career in the information technology industry, and pursue a Masters Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Richmont Graduate University.

As a Licensed Professional Counselor on staff at Bethel Haven, he enjoys working with couples, families and individuals, building on extensive lay counseling experience with relationship and marriage issues. Utilizing an integrated theological approach, Alan builds on an Interpersonal foundation, incorporating Solution Focused Therapy, Emotion Focused Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. His goal is to help couples and individuals to build strong, Godly lives, marriages, families and other relationships that will be a lasting legacy for future generations.

Alan is a National Certified Counselor (NCC), a certified facilitator for Prepare/Enrich (the leading relationship skill-building program for pre-marital and married couples), and a certified facilitator for Dynamic Marriage and UNITED marriage enrichment programs. He is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC), the Licensed Professional Counselors Association (LPCA) of Georgia. 

Alan and his wife were married in 1976, live in Athens, and have four grown children and eight grandchildren. He is actively involved in his church and in his spare time, he enjoys endurance biking, reading and spending time with family.