Therapists in Columbia, SC

Feeling overwhelmed, angry, and anxious can make you sad. Over time these feelings can multiply and grow. I'd like to help you to learn how to decrease intrusive thoughts. Sometimes it feels like a struggle to make meaningful connections with others. Although you may be afraid to move forward and connect to others, you might still crave closeness with other people. It feels lonely. I'd like to help you by providing tools, and coping skills to help you feel better. We can work together to bring peace to your life, and help you to build more self confidence.

I offer counseling and coaching specializing in men and men's issues. Anxiety, Relationships, Male Sexual Issues, Social Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Motivation, Assertiveness, Depression, Career, Masculinity and Men's Identity, Spirituality, College Issues, Pornography, Sexual Orientation, and Life Direction are concerns I often address. I see individuals and couples. My approach is talk-oriented and practical. I enjoy helping clients improve their life experience with a mix of knowledge, strategies, and supportive presence. I listen and offer insights and suggestions to promote change, building on your strengths.

Sometimes in life, we encounter situations which cause us to feel alone, helpless, and searching for unreasonable solutions. Help is there for you by making a connection with a skilled counselor. I strive to make counseling a safe place in which we can work together to create the changes that will help guide you through life's struggles. My goal is to assist you on your journey to find new solutions and gain more insight, awareness, and ultimately more control over your life.

I provide a safe, nonjudgmental environment for you to sort through your concerns and gain insight into your experiences. We will work together to determine a treatment that best suits your needs and preferences. I am trained as a generalist and feel comfortable working with a wide range of concerns. Over the past 25 years, however, I have pursued specific training and experience in the area of eating disorders, to include working in multilevel treatment programs devoted to eating disorder recovery.

Life can hand us unforeseen experiences. Loss, death, or illness. Relationship challenges or disappointments. Seemingly unmanageable anxiety or depression. Work-related problems. Traumatic events or abuse. How do we cope with the effects upon our thoughts, feelings, and behavior? How do we get back to thriving again? I offer you an opportunity to encounter such issues together. You can confront painful or confusing emotions, thoughts, or circumstances knowing you're not alone. I hope to help you discover strengths within yourself and learn additional skills that facilitate your own ability to heal, recover, and restore the hurting places in your mind, emotions, relationships, and life.

I am an African American male, retired military with 24 service years. I counsel for a variety of emotional and mental disorders that include ADHD, Adjustment, Anxiety, Depression, High Functioning Autism, Grief, PTSD, and Trauma. I counsel children, adolescents, adults, families, Law Enforcement and Military, LGBTQ+ Affirming, marriage, and pre-marital. I have previous experience as a college psychology professor, juvenile correctional officer, residential counselor, substitute teacher, and special education community liaison.

The Psychology Services Center (PSC) provides comprehensive quality mental health care including assessment and therapy services for adults, children, adolescents, families, and couples. We have a history of helping clients learn to cope with stress, depression, or anxiety, address their children's behavioral or learning difficulties, or improve communication and trust in their relationships. Across all of these treatment areas, our center values providing quality, outcome-oriented services that are based on the latest science, offered within a caring and collaborative atmosphere.

Welcome, thank you for visiting my profile. I have had the privilege of working with the veteran population for the past 10 plus years. I am a licensed Marriage and Family therapist in Indiana, Kansas and South Carolina. I am providing online therapy for individuals and couples who reside in the above states. I am happy you have taken the step to find someone to help you navigate and negotiate the trials and struggles of our most important relationships in our lives. I have helped couples work through infidelity, addiction, trauma, PTSD, mood disorders and transitioning back into the home after years of service.

I have primarily worked with adolescents and young adults but enjoy working with clients at all life phases. I have experience assisting clients with depression, anxiety, adjustment issues, trauma, family dysfunction, and relational conflict. My ideal client is one who comes into session with an open heart and mind.

I serve as an intern at a private practitioner working with a broad spectrum of clients. My former training as a mentor for children and my formal training as Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor has complimented my skills to work with parents and their children with many issues they encounter in an educational and social environment. My practicum experience started by working with individuals and children with adjustment disorder, anxiety and oppositional defiance. I provide a safe place for the client.

GCCS is a multicultural counseling organization committed to providing quality mental health services to children, adolescents, adults and families. As a military veteran I am committed to provide quality service to military veterans and their families. My training as a certified school counselor enhance my skills to work with parents and their children with many of the issues they encounter in school daily such as bullying, peer pressure and academic issues during the school year.

Are you exhausted from anxious thoughts running through your head? Do others often tell you to calm down and relax? Do you feel like everyone thinks you have it all together yet inside you’re screaming? Are ‘slowing down’ and ‘letting go’ phrases that don’t exist in your vocabulary? I specialize in working with those who are struggling with anxiety, adjustment, and would like to heal from past family or relationship traumas. I also work with those experiencing intergenerational trauma.

IMHS provides treatment for mental health wellness including Covid anxiety, depression, anxiety, trauma, suicide bereavement, end of life issues, grief/loss, PTSD, ADD/ADHD, critical incidents, behavioral issues, LGBTQ+ issues, impulse control, family issues, disordered eating, nutritional counseling, sexual trauma, self -esteem, parenting, adjustment issues, self-harm, school issues, dissociative disorders, substance use, relational issues and many more areas of mental health. Our office provides a safe and private place for couples, families, individuals, children, and adults seeking a place to heal and grow.

Daily we do our best to overcome the pain we've experienced, fighting to hold on to whatever can provide peace in life. I would like to assist you in your pursuit of peace and happiness.

As the CEO and Founder of She's Counseling, I understand people suffer from a wide variety of self-destructive behaviors and each person is unique with unique treatment needs. At She's Counseling, my mission is to find what works best for each individual and to treat everyone with respect and compassion. I am committed to working with individuals with emotional struggles whether by hair loss due to Trichotillomania, family issues, or stress. Also a Board Certified Tele-Mental Health Provider.

I treat clients who struggled with life experiences ranging from childhood trauma, abuse, family and relationship conflict, substance and alcohol use and abuse, etc. Clients may require live video session or telephone session to which I provide Monday through Friday from 8am to as late as 8pm some nights depending on client needs. I work to help client create and achieve goals that focus on creating and maintaining a positive future. My clients want to live healthier lives with minimal experience with anxiety, depression, or other mental health challenges.