Counseling for Anxiety, Trauma, Addiction, and Life Stress
In-person counseling in Jefferson, NC, with additional in person availability in Boone and secure telehealth throughout North Carolina.
EMDR therapy, substance use counseling, and optional Christian counseling for adults and adolescents.
You Do Not Have to Carry Everything Alone
Life can feel overwhelming when anxiety, past experiences, emotional stress, or substance use begin affecting your relationships, work, confidence, or ability to feel like yourself. Counseling provides a place to slow things down, understand what is happening, and begin building healthier patterns.
Renewed Mind Counseling serves adults and adolescents throughout the North Carolina High Country, with in person appointments in Jefferson and Boone and telehealth available statewide.
Counseling Built Around Your Needs
Mental Health And Addiction Expertise
Support for anxiety, trauma, mood concerns, substance use, and co occurring challenges.
Trauma and EMDR Therapy
EMDR and trauma focused care to help process painful experiences and reduce the impact of triggers
Christian Counseling Available
Optional faith integration for clients who want Christian beliefs and values included in the counseling process
Flexible Ways to Meet
In person appointments in Jefferson and Boone, telehealth throughout North Carolina, and evening availability
Insurance & Payment
Currently accepting Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, and Cigna/Evernorth. Private Pay is also available
Out-of-network clients may request a superbill for possible reimbursement. Additional insurance plans may be added as credentialing is completed
What I Offer
Counseling is tailored to the concerns bringing you in, with treatment focused on practical change, emotional healing, and improved day-to-day functioning.
Together, we identify what is keeping you stuck and work toward healthier patterns that fit your goals and values.
Anxiety and Panic
Help with overthinking, tension, fear, and feeling constantly on edge.
Trauma and Past Experiences
Support for processing experiences that continue to affect your reactions, relationships, or sense of safety
Substance Use and Recovery
Structured support for reducing use, strengthening recovery, and building healthier coping patterns
Depression and Low Motivation
Help with low mood, disconnection, loss of energy, and difficulty finding direction.
Adolescent Counseling
Support for teens navigating anxiety, emotional regulation, family conflict, behavioral concerns, identity, and life transitions.
Christian Counseling
Professional counseling with optional integration of Christian faith, Biblical principles, and spiritual concerns when desired.
Services are available in person at our Jefferson and Boone offices and through secure telehealth for clients throughout North Carolina
Meet Matthew Hartzog
I’m Matthew Hartzog, an LCMHCA and LCAS with 10 years of counseling experience. I work primarily with adults and older adolescents dealing with anxiety, trauma, depression, substance use, and difficult life transitions.
Raised in Ashe County, I understand the strengths, values, family systems, and faith traditions that shape life in the North Carolina High Country. My goal is to provide practical, respectful counseling that helps clients find clarity, stability, and a healthier way forward.
