People arrive at a faith-based practice with two opposite worries. Some are afraid the counseling will be spiritual advice wearing a clinical coat. Others are afraid the faith part is decoration and their beliefs will be politely ignored. Both worries are reasonable. Both have happened to somebody.
What we actually are
Hope Mental Wellness Center is a ministry of Warren Church in Augusta, and we offer pastoral counseling that takes the whole person seriously. Mind, body and spirit. That last word isn't a garnish. For a lot of people, the hardest questions in the room are spiritual ones: whether they're forgivable, whether any of this means anything, whether they've been abandoned. A counselor who can't go there with you is a counselor you have to manage.
What it doesn't mean
It doesn't mean you have to share our faith. People of every belief and none are welcome here, and nothing about your care depends on where you land.
It doesn't mean prayer or scripture shows up in your session unless you want it there. Faith is invited, never imposed. If you'd rather keep the work strictly clinical, that's a complete answer and nobody will push.
And it doesn't mean 'pray about it' substitutes for real work. Anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and PTSD respond to actual treatment. Being a ministry is not a reason to do less careful work. If anything it's a reason to do more.
Who you'd be sitting with
Hope is led by Bret Legg, a writer and pastoral counselor in Augusta. For more than three decades he's worked on putting words to the things that are hardest to say. About marriage, family, faith and healing. Through counseling, teaching and writing.
The practice opened in February 2026, and it exists because of a specific observation: there are a lot of hurting people who have no hope, and the distance between them and help is usually smaller than it feels.
If you've been putting off the call, this is your sign to make it. Call (762) 328-4673 or stop by 3231 Washington Rd, Augusta, GA 30907. We're open Monday and Tuesday 9am–6pm, Wednesday and Thursday 9am–5pm, and we see clients in person and by secure telehealth anywhere in Georgia.
If you're in crisis right now, call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, any hour of any day.