FIND REST + LIVE FREE
Emerge Counseling Ministries is a counseling center based in Akron, Ohio providing compassionate, Biblically-based, and Spirit-empowered mental health care.
Our team of licensed psychologists, counselors, and social workers combine clinical counseling theories and practices with spiritual and theological integration. We help adults, adolescents, children, couples, and ministry leaders from all walks of life to heal and find freedom.
Counseling
In-person or tele-counseling appointments
Life Coaching
Become a certified Life Coach
Support Groups
Find freedom in community
Ministry Leaders
Support for pastors & church leaders
Education
Online training opportunities
Locations
Where to find us
Resources
Equipping you for your mental health journey
Partnerships
Organizations we collaborate with
Meet Our Clinician Team
We are here to serve you and guide you on your path toward inner transformation that you may engage with yourself, others, and God in healthier and more meaningful ways.
For over 45 years, our team has become a local and national resource for mental, emotional, relational, and spiritual healing. We would love to help you find rest and live free.
Tuesday, December 1st
Join this global day of generosity as we raise support for foster families to receive counseling care.
Tuesday, December 1st
Join this global day of generosity as we raise support for foster families to receive counseling care.
Tuesday, December 1st
Join this global day of generosity as we raise support for foster families to receive counseling care.
Tele-Counseling Available
To make support more accessible for you, we provide the opportunity to meet with a counselor remotely through an online video interaction. Tele-counseling appointments can be joined from your computer, tablet, or mobile device.
Life Coaching
Receive your certification through our online program as you learn to facilitate thinking, creativity, communication, and problem solving in your local context.
Marriage Tune-Up
Maintain and maximize your marriage with targeted guidance and expertise from a professional Christian counselor.
Emerge Blog
Cloudy Christianity
What “clouds” are you currently facing? Are they pushing you away from God or calling you closer to him?
Sorting Out My Mixed-Up Emotions
All feelings are okay. It’s how we let them out that makes them safe or harmful. This is a phrase that I’ve used for...
Moving With the Tide
Guiding Your Children Through the Coronavirus Challenge
Featured Resources
ExEm Podcast
Conversations around life, faith, and the journey of mental health.
Healing Love’s Wounds
Every pastor providing marital counseling will benefit from some basic
marriage counseling skills.
Broken Windows of the Soul
Broken Windows of the Soul: The "Broken Windows Theory" suggests that a community can reduce crime...
The One Jesus Loves
How close can we get to Jesus? How close do you want to get? Six circles of relationship formed...