Codependency Therapists in Okatie, SC

Rough times can disrupt your feelings and how you see yourself. They can also make it hard to be around other people in healthy ways. Sometimes, we don't even realize how these experiences affect us, and that can lead to automatic reactions and unhealthy coping mechanisms. Together, we'll help you gain a better understanding of your emotions and how to manage them effectively. You'll learn healthy coping mechanisms to deal with stress, anxiety, and difficult emotions and reduce emotional reactivity while enhancing your emotional resilience.

Putting together the pieces of your life can feel overwhelming when you're doing it alone and spinning your wheels trying to make growth and healing happen. I have experience working with clients who need help talking through life transitions, anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, infertility/fertility issues, stress, faith-based clients, anger management and more. I am Postpartum Support International trained to work with postpartum moms and women who need perinatal mental health help. I also provide premarital counseling using Save Your Marriage Before It Starts to help couples prepare to have a healthy, satisfying, lifelong marriage.

As an EMDRIA certified EMDR therapist, I offer evidence-based therapy for clients and EMDR supervision for clinicians. As a trauma-focused counselor, I bring years of trauma experience from prior work with the DoD, First Responders, private practice, and Veteran’s Affairs. As an expert in relationships, and how childhood relationships impact current relationships, I help you learn to differentiate between your trauma narrative and your own intuitive knowing. My approach is to customize a program that fits your needs and schedule, whether we meet weekly or while accelerating your treatment, with EMDR intensives.

My ideal client seeks self-exploration & understanding, facing issues like anxiety, depression, or relationship difficulties. They need a supportive space for personal growth, aiming to gain insight, develop coping strategies, improve communication, & foster healthy relationships. They aspire to enhance mental well-being, achieve a better life quality, & unlock their full potential.

I am a Doctor of Clinical Psychology with additional Masters degrees in Education, and Psychology Practices. I conceptualize the Whole person as a result of extensive training. Therefore, as Psychologist and a Christian, I am invested in the psychological and spiritual lives of my clients. I have committed myself to a nonjudgmental, caring, and effective therapeutic practice. A shift in perspective, belief systems, and learning new skills can make all the difference to someone suffering. Therapy is an investment in yourself and your loved ones. Personally, walking along the healing path with my clients is my life's passion.

If your teenager is in turmoil and you don't know what to do I can provide them with a safe place to take a deep breath and unload their problems. Being a teenager is hard enough and the ever-increasing demands and pressures from school and society can take their toll. Along with adolescents and their families, my other area of specialty is help and healing for women who are having emotional difficulties after having an abortion. For some women, this experience can cause severe anxiety, guilt, anger and bitterness. I am trained to help you through this, grieve the loss and move forward in a completely non-judgmental setting.

In the story of your life, what does the next chapter hold? This continues to be a heavy time for the world emotionally and it can make our coping harder. Negative events and loss can make us fearful or anxious about how our personal story will continue. How do we move forward and make new plans when all we feel is stuck? Have you felt the desire to make changes and seek relief from troubling thoughts or behaviors? Do you find yourself having repeated struggles with your important relationships? Do you feel a life’s loss is overwhelming?