Addiction Therapists in Blythewood, SC

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A Better Tomorrow Health & Wellness Services, LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, MBA, MS, LPC, NCC
Blythewood, SC 29016
As a solution-focused therapist, my goal is to help you uncover your true potential and lead a life that is worth celebrating. While we can't change difficult situations of the past, we can work together to better understand and resolve challenges in your life.
As a solution-focused therapist, my goal is to help you uncover your true potential and lead a life that is worth celebrating. While we can't change difficult situations of the past, we can work together to better understand and resolve challenges in your life.
(803) 859-5976 View (803) 859-5976
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Traylor Disbrow
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, GCDF
Serves Area
My preference and experience is working with clients struggling in these specific areas: Anxiety, Depression, Social/Emotional Issues, Life Transitions, Career Counseling , a variety of addictions (gambling, alcohol, etc.) and Marriage/Family Counseling.
My counseling style is to connect a client’s goals and hopeful outcomes with the realities of what brought them to counseling and to partner with them to see current breakthroughs as well and a healthy and productive future. I'm excited to work with multi-cultural clients in individual counseling sessions on social-emotional issues, grief and loss, sudden life changes, mood disorders such as depression and anxiety, career counseling, and marriage/family counseling. My hope is that with my support a client will hopefully change their current reality in a space where it’s okay to not be okay.
My preference and experience is working with clients struggling in these specific areas: Anxiety, Depression, Social/Emotional Issues, Life Transitions, Career Counseling , a variety of addictions (gambling, alcohol, etc.) and Marriage/Family Counseling.
My counseling style is to connect a client’s goals and hopeful outcomes with the realities of what brought them to counseling and to partner with them to see current breakthroughs as well and a healthy and productive future. I'm excited to work with multi-cultural clients in individual counseling sessions on social-emotional issues, grief and loss, sudden life changes, mood disorders such as depression and anxiety, career counseling, and marriage/family counseling. My hope is that with my support a client will hopefully change their current reality in a space where it’s okay to not be okay.
(803) 866-3579 View (803) 866-3579
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Karly Stroup
Psychologist, PsyD, ABPP, CPRP
Blythewood, SC 29016
I am an energetic licensed clinical psychologist who is offering comprehensive psychological and psychoeducational assessments to the growing Blythewood and Northeast communities! I use a variety of diagnostic methods to capture each individual's profile of strengths and weaknesses. I asses the person’s level of functioning, including attention, memory, learning skills, language skills, nonverbal reasoning, organizational skills and problem solving. I investigate whether the person is experiencing any emotional distress that is severe enough to meet criteria for a formal diagnosis,such as a depressive or anxiety disorder.
I am an energetic licensed clinical psychologist who is offering comprehensive psychological and psychoeducational assessments to the growing Blythewood and Northeast communities! I use a variety of diagnostic methods to capture each individual's profile of strengths and weaknesses. I asses the person’s level of functioning, including attention, memory, learning skills, language skills, nonverbal reasoning, organizational skills and problem solving. I investigate whether the person is experiencing any emotional distress that is severe enough to meet criteria for a formal diagnosis,such as a depressive or anxiety disorder.
(803) 266-1247 View (803) 266-1247
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Shanika Wilson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Online Only
I am a doctoral-level licensed clinical social worker with over a decade of experience supporting women through life's harder moments. I work with adults navigating anxiety, depression, identity, and the weight of expectations that rarely let up. My approach is direct, grounded, and free of judgment. I believe good therapy meets you where you are. I practice in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Delaware via telehealth. In your first session, you can expect a calm, unhurried conversation. There are no wrong answers and no pressure to share more than you are ready to share.
I am a doctoral-level licensed clinical social worker with over a decade of experience supporting women through life's harder moments. I work with adults navigating anxiety, depression, identity, and the weight of expectations that rarely let up. My approach is direct, grounded, and free of judgment. I believe good therapy meets you where you are. I practice in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Delaware via telehealth. In your first session, you can expect a calm, unhurried conversation. There are no wrong answers and no pressure to share more than you are ready to share.
(803) 471-7569 View (803) 471-7569
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Yaa-Serwa Williams
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Online Only
I am a compassionate and dedicated Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with 19 years of experience. I specialize in providing hope, support, and transformational services to individuals, families, and groups, empowering them through positive change with a solution-focused approach.
I am a compassionate and dedicated Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with 19 years of experience. I specialize in providing hope, support, and transformational services to individuals, families, and groups, empowering them through positive change with a solution-focused approach.
(803) 604-4968 View (803) 604-4968
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Donald Gidney
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Online Only
My areas of expertise include anxiety, stress, depression, substance abuse, phase of life issues, anger management, dual diagnosis, communication skills & PTSD.
Then I conduct a thorough assessment which includes exploring the client's past/childhood to gain an understanding of their present challenges. I then provide insights, psychoeducation & assist them with understanding their problems, developing their strengths, learning new ways of thinking & behaving so that they can overcome life's challenges.
My areas of expertise include anxiety, stress, depression, substance abuse, phase of life issues, anger management, dual diagnosis, communication skills & PTSD.
Then I conduct a thorough assessment which includes exploring the client's past/childhood to gain an understanding of their present challenges. I then provide insights, psychoeducation & assist them with understanding their problems, developing their strengths, learning new ways of thinking & behaving so that they can overcome life's challenges.
(803) 386-2510 View (803) 386-2510
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Shannon A Shuler
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LISW, CP-S
Online Only
Therapy is an opportunity to focus on you, your growth, your goals and getting to where you want to be.
Therapy is an opportunity to focus on you, your growth, your goals and getting to where you want to be.
(803) 219-2889 View (803) 219-2889
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Mycha Jackson
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Online Only
I work with those who may have issues with anxiety, depression, traumatic experiences or substance use.
As a dedicated Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), I am passionate about helping individuals overcome life’s challenges. With extensive experience in treating anxiety, depression, trauma, and substance use, I offer evidence-based therapeutic approaches tailored to each client’s unique needs.
I work with those who may have issues with anxiety, depression, traumatic experiences or substance use.
As a dedicated Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), I am passionate about helping individuals overcome life’s challenges. With extensive experience in treating anxiety, depression, trauma, and substance use, I offer evidence-based therapeutic approaches tailored to each client’s unique needs.
(803) 759-7156 View (803) 759-7156
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Patrick (Cousin Pat) Argiro
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, PhD, CCTP, CGP
Online Only
They may be struggling with anxiety, grief, substance use, anger management issues, or difficult relationship patterns & feel misunderstood or judged rather than truly helped.
I, Cousin Pat (Patrick Argiro), specialize in helping individuals impacted by trauma, grief, and major life stressors. My work blends clinical training with real-world experience to provide structured, compassionate, and goal-focused therapy that supports emotional regulation, healing, stability, and long-term growth.
They may be struggling with anxiety, grief, substance use, anger management issues, or difficult relationship patterns & feel misunderstood or judged rather than truly helped.
I, Cousin Pat (Patrick Argiro), specialize in helping individuals impacted by trauma, grief, and major life stressors. My work blends clinical training with real-world experience to provide structured, compassionate, and goal-focused therapy that supports emotional regulation, healing, stability, and long-term growth.
(803) 590-7719 View (803) 590-7719
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Anna Gray Baker
Counselor, MA, LPC, LMHC
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Are you feeling trapped in an unending cycle that leads to frustration and pain? Whether it's the patterns within you, your relationships with your partner, children, colleagues, or friends, life can start to feel like a relentless struggle. I specialize in guiding individuals, couples, and families through breaking free from the grip of inevitable loneliness. I approach my work with unwavering empathy. My ultimate aim in each session is to provide a secure haven where you can confront these negative cycles and delve into the narrative of your life.
Are you feeling trapped in an unending cycle that leads to frustration and pain? Whether it's the patterns within you, your relationships with your partner, children, colleagues, or friends, life can start to feel like a relentless struggle. I specialize in guiding individuals, couples, and families through breaking free from the grip of inevitable loneliness. I approach my work with unwavering empathy. My ultimate aim in each session is to provide a secure haven where you can confront these negative cycles and delve into the narrative of your life.
(803) 373-5934 View (803) 373-5934
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Life Help Counseling & Therapy
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MASC
Online Only
I specialize in Marriage & Relationships, Anxiety (General, Panic), Depression, Intimacy, Inadequacy, Self-Esteem, Trauma Recovery (PTSD), Identity Exploration, Addiction Recovery ( Substance, Behavior, Technology), Career Counseling, and Men’s Issues.
I have years of successful experience helping individuals and couples understand and change the thoughts, patterns, and behaviors that cause distress and hopelessness. I work to help you understand, define, and create the plans needed for you to live your happy life. I am committed to giving you the tools that empower you to become whatever you aspire to be – now and in the long-term future. I strive to provide a comfortable and non-judgmental environment where you feel safe talking about the things that are most difficult to discuss. I’m available for clients of all ages, genders, and orientations.
I specialize in Marriage & Relationships, Anxiety (General, Panic), Depression, Intimacy, Inadequacy, Self-Esteem, Trauma Recovery (PTSD), Identity Exploration, Addiction Recovery ( Substance, Behavior, Technology), Career Counseling, and Men’s Issues.
I have years of successful experience helping individuals and couples understand and change the thoughts, patterns, and behaviors that cause distress and hopelessness. I work to help you understand, define, and create the plans needed for you to live your happy life. I am committed to giving you the tools that empower you to become whatever you aspire to be – now and in the long-term future. I strive to provide a comfortable and non-judgmental environment where you feel safe talking about the things that are most difficult to discuss. I’m available for clients of all ages, genders, and orientations.
(803) 590-9705 View (803) 590-9705
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Sarah Zell
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LISW-CP, LCSW, LICSW
2 Endorsed
Serves Area
Hi, I'm Sarah. Carrying trauma, service-related stress, or the weight of transitioning back to civilian life can feel incredibly lonely. Whether you face PTSD, hypervigilance, or burnout, your pain deserves a safe place to land. I provide a compassionate, veteran-affirming space in-person in Columbia, SC, and via telehealth across SC, FL, AR, LA, and VT. I am proudly in-network with TRICARE and the VA Community Care Network (VACCN) to keep your care accessible. You don't have to navigate this wilderness alone—please reach out whenever you feel ready to connect.
Hi, I'm Sarah. Carrying trauma, service-related stress, or the weight of transitioning back to civilian life can feel incredibly lonely. Whether you face PTSD, hypervigilance, or burnout, your pain deserves a safe place to land. I provide a compassionate, veteran-affirming space in-person in Columbia, SC, and via telehealth across SC, FL, AR, LA, and VT. I am proudly in-network with TRICARE and the VA Community Care Network (VACCN) to keep your care accessible. You don't have to navigate this wilderness alone—please reach out whenever you feel ready to connect.
(854) 225-3371 View (854) 225-3371
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Dr. Bryan D Fox
Licensed Professional Counselor Associate, PhD, LPC-A
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
I’ve specialized in working with adolescents and adults, helping them confront and overcome challenges like depression, anxiety, ADHD and substance use, using a blend of evidence-based practices.
Imagine a teenager, bright and capable, but weighed down by the pressures of school and the nagging voice of self-doubt. Perhaps a parent or a spouse finding it difficult to engage and feel fulfilled with their life. Or an athlete, full of potential but struggling to perform at their best consistently. These are the kinds of stories I’ve encountered over my 25+ years as a therapist, educator, and consultant. Every client I meet has their own unique story, and my role is to help them navigate their path to improve their mental well-being and reach peak performance. My approach is all about understanding the person behind the story.
I’ve specialized in working with adolescents and adults, helping them confront and overcome challenges like depression, anxiety, ADHD and substance use, using a blend of evidence-based practices.
Imagine a teenager, bright and capable, but weighed down by the pressures of school and the nagging voice of self-doubt. Perhaps a parent or a spouse finding it difficult to engage and feel fulfilled with their life. Or an athlete, full of potential but struggling to perform at their best consistently. These are the kinds of stories I’ve encountered over my 25+ years as a therapist, educator, and consultant. Every client I meet has their own unique story, and my role is to help them navigate their path to improve their mental well-being and reach peak performance. My approach is all about understanding the person behind the story.
(803) 962-7429 View (803) 962-7429
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Matthew Cote
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Online Only
I help individuals navigate anxiety, trauma, addiction, and life transitions through a compassionate and collaborative approach.
My communication style is calm, empathetic, and client-led. I create a space where clients feel heard, accepted, and free to express themselves without judgment. Using a Rogerian, client-centered approach, I reflect thoughtfully and follow the client’s pace, offering support and presence rather than direction or pressure.
I help individuals navigate anxiety, trauma, addiction, and life transitions through a compassionate and collaborative approach.
My communication style is calm, empathetic, and client-led. I create a space where clients feel heard, accepted, and free to express themselves without judgment. Using a Rogerian, client-centered approach, I reflect thoughtfully and follow the client’s pace, offering support and presence rather than direction or pressure.
(854) 204-9595 View (854) 204-9595

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Melanie Peebles
Counselor, EdS, LAC, LPC
5 Endorsed
Columbia, SC 29201
I have experience working with trauma and addiction using a variety of modalities and my practice is unpinned by polyvagal theory.
What we call a beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. -T.S. Eliot. I believe change is hard and peace of mind sometimes requires the support of a caring professional. I want to be your advocate, a cheerleader on your sideline, and a partner empowering you on your journey towards healing. I passionately believe in the power of growth and resilience and work those values into my therapy.
I have experience working with trauma and addiction using a variety of modalities and my practice is unpinned by polyvagal theory.
What we call a beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. -T.S. Eliot. I believe change is hard and peace of mind sometimes requires the support of a caring professional. I want to be your advocate, a cheerleader on your sideline, and a partner empowering you on your journey towards healing. I passionately believe in the power of growth and resilience and work those values into my therapy.
(803) 258-6093 View (803) 258-6093
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Amy Wendelowski
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, LCMHC, ADC
Serves Area
As an LPC and a certified addictions counselor, I offer a creative and integrative approach to healing the mind-body and soul.
I am a certified addictions counselor, and I have a master's degree in marriage and family counseling. I offer an integrative approach to therapy including Person Centered, CBT, ACT, DBT and many others. I differ from others in that I offer basic Shadow work for trauma therapy.
As an LPC and a certified addictions counselor, I offer a creative and integrative approach to healing the mind-body and soul.
I am a certified addictions counselor, and I have a master's degree in marriage and family counseling. I offer an integrative approach to therapy including Person Centered, CBT, ACT, DBT and many others. I differ from others in that I offer basic Shadow work for trauma therapy.
(843) 428-5795 View (843) 428-5795
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Amanda Capers
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
14 Endorsed
Serves Area
I primarily work one-on-one with adults facing challenges related to self-worth, substance use, life transitions, depression, anxiety, and trauma.
I aim to equip you with practical skills to help navigate life’s inevitable ups and downs with greater balance and resilience. Clinically, I draw from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectal Behavior Therapy (DBT), EMDR, and strengths-based approaches. I also incorporate holistic, mind-body practices to support healing on a deeper level.
I primarily work one-on-one with adults facing challenges related to self-worth, substance use, life transitions, depression, anxiety, and trauma.
I aim to equip you with practical skills to help navigate life’s inevitable ups and downs with greater balance and resilience. Clinically, I draw from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectal Behavior Therapy (DBT), EMDR, and strengths-based approaches. I also incorporate holistic, mind-body practices to support healing on a deeper level.
(615) 601-1733 View (615) 601-1733
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Justin Gasdia
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Lexington, SC 29072
Life is often hard, no matter who you are. The story of our lives are filled with moments and seasons of challenge, change, and confusion. Life is filled with many deeply transformative experiences, for both good and bad. Thus, it's easy to feel overwhelmed. Especially if we feel like there are few people who can offer meaningful help. Fortunately, life also offers significant positive growth and healing opportunities. These opportunities can create a pathway, orienting us toward the direction we want to go. That's when we begin to better position ourselves to experience the outcomes in life we hope to achieve.
Life is often hard, no matter who you are. The story of our lives are filled with moments and seasons of challenge, change, and confusion. Life is filled with many deeply transformative experiences, for both good and bad. Thus, it's easy to feel overwhelmed. Especially if we feel like there are few people who can offer meaningful help. Fortunately, life also offers significant positive growth and healing opportunities. These opportunities can create a pathway, orienting us toward the direction we want to go. That's when we begin to better position ourselves to experience the outcomes in life we hope to achieve.
(803) 658-1642 View (803) 658-1642
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Kenneth F Howell
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Online Only
My background includes focused training in addiction, recovery, and Christian counseling through Liberty University, and I bring both professional skills and real-life experience to our time together.
I’m open to working with many types of clients, and I have a special place in my heart for first responders, military members, veterans, and their families.
My background includes focused training in addiction, recovery, and Christian counseling through Liberty University, and I bring both professional skills and real-life experience to our time together.
I’m open to working with many types of clients, and I have a special place in my heart for first responders, military members, veterans, and their families.
(864) 865-0872 View (864) 865-0872
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Bill Rogers
Licensed Professional Counselor, DMin, MA, LPC/S, LMFT, CSAT
12 Endorsed
Columbia, SC 29201
As a Certified Sex/Multiple Addiction Therapist (CSAT/CMAT), I treat individuals with sex, drug and alcohol addictions, and associated features.
Within a confidential environment, I seek to provide a place where you can explore and restore stressful areas of your life. My focus is to help support you toward achieving recovery, healing and peace while providing solid tools that help you discover new ways of facing life's difficulties. Together, we can seek to halt the destruction of unhealthy patterns while bringing hope and healing to broken relationships, wounded hearts, and troubled lives. Regardless of current challenges, we can work together, step-by-step, to effectively help you move toward the next stage of growth.
As a Certified Sex/Multiple Addiction Therapist (CSAT/CMAT), I treat individuals with sex, drug and alcohol addictions, and associated features.
Within a confidential environment, I seek to provide a place where you can explore and restore stressful areas of your life. My focus is to help support you toward achieving recovery, healing and peace while providing solid tools that help you discover new ways of facing life's difficulties. Together, we can seek to halt the destruction of unhealthy patterns while bringing hope and healing to broken relationships, wounded hearts, and troubled lives. Regardless of current challenges, we can work together, step-by-step, to effectively help you move toward the next stage of growth.
(803) 853-4044 View (803) 853-4044

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Addiction Therapists
What is the best therapy for addiction?
Addiction treatment will be tailored to the individual. People seeking help for addiction—whether with a psychotherapist, in an outpatient clinic, or in a residential program—should expect to engage in multiple types of treatments, sometimes including medication. For anyone recovering from addiction, avoiding situations in which one has typically used a substance is essential, as is the support of close connections. Since substance use disorders tend to co-occur with underlying mental health conditions such as anxiety or depression, those must also be addressed as part of any recovery plan.

How long does therapy for addiction take?
There is no set timeline for recovery from addiction. Patients and their families should expect the work to last several months, if not longer. Residential treatment programs may be based on a stay of 30, 60, or 90 days, with continuing work after release, but only about 1 percent of people are treated in such facilities. Ceasing use is just the first step; therapy to help maintain abstinence and effect behavior change must follow. The process of recovery, neuroscience has shown, involves brain cells recovering the capacity to respond to natural sources of reward and restore control over the impulse to use. Another definition of recovery is restoring voluntary control over one’s substance use and retaking all of one’s previous responsibilities.

How effective is drug addiction treatment?
Substance use disorders are treatable and remission is achievable for many who seek recovery; by some estimates, more than three-quarters of people who become addicted to alcohol or drugs recover. But that success rarely occurs quickly or on a set timeline; relapse is not only common, but many therapists and clinicians view it as a normal part of the process—not always a sign that a person has returned to addiction, but a signal that their treatment should be adjusted to help them regain control. Overall, research suggests, five years after the end of substance use, one’s risk of relapse is no greater than that of others who had not faced addiction. Other experts believe that complete abstinence is not the only measure of recovery, and that, through effective treatment, many people can learn to control their use.

How can you get addiction treatment for someone?
The most important factor in recovery from addiction is widely understood to be an individual’s commitment to change. For that reason,“interventions” in which friends and family gather to urge or force someone to begin immediate treatment often backfire; even when such efforts do lead someone to begin treatment, they may be less likely to stay than those who are self-driven. Still, family members can play an important role in supporting an individual who seeks help and can take part in family therapy as one element of a loved one’s treatment.