Parenting Therapists in Lexington, SC
So many walk around feeling emotionally exhausted, burnt out, stretched thin, depressed, unfulfilled, haunted by grief and past trauma, or just stuck. The expectations on them grow while the energy and motivation to meet them shrinks. Their work and relationships suffer. And you know what makes it even worse? Nobody else knows about it! This makes it easy to believe that they’re the only ones feeling like this, while everyone around them seems to have it all figured out. If this sounds familiar, I’d love to talk.
So many walk around feeling emotionally exhausted, burnt out, stretched thin, depressed, unfulfilled, haunted by grief and past trauma, or just stuck. The expectations on them grow while the energy and motivation to meet them shrinks. Their work and relationships suffer. And you know what makes it even worse? Nobody else knows about it! This makes it easy to believe that they’re the only ones feeling like this, while everyone around them seems to have it all figured out. If this sounds familiar, I’d love to talk.
Life can feel overwhelming at any age—whether you’re a child, teen, or adult navigating life, stress, ADHD, anxiety, trauma, or patterns that feel hard to break. If you or your child are feeling stuck, shut down, or unsure where to turn, you’re not alone. I provide a warm, affirming, space for individuals and families to heal, grow, and reconnect with their inner strength. As a Certified Child and Adolescent Trauma Professional, my approach is holistic and grounded in overall well being, honoring the connection between mind, body, and emotions.
Life can feel overwhelming at any age—whether you’re a child, teen, or adult navigating life, stress, ADHD, anxiety, trauma, or patterns that feel hard to break. If you or your child are feeling stuck, shut down, or unsure where to turn, you’re not alone. I provide a warm, affirming, space for individuals and families to heal, grow, and reconnect with their inner strength. As a Certified Child and Adolescent Trauma Professional, my approach is holistic and grounded in overall well being, honoring the connection between mind, body, and emotions.
Specializing in supporting teens and adults, particularly those within the LGBTQ+ community and individuals who have experienced domestic abuse, trauma, or significant life transitions. My goal is to create a safe, affirming, and non-judgmental space where clients feel understood, empowered, and equipped to move toward healing at their own pace.
Specializing in supporting teens and adults, particularly those within the LGBTQ+ community and individuals who have experienced domestic abuse, trauma, or significant life transitions. My goal is to create a safe, affirming, and non-judgmental space where clients feel understood, empowered, and equipped to move toward healing at their own pace.
I value meaningful connection with my clients and provide evidence based, holistic, collaborative and individualized therapy. I offer therapy that embraces a Christian worldview, integrating Biblical truth into the therapeutic process (when requested and always led by your comfort level).
I value meaningful connection with my clients and provide evidence based, holistic, collaborative and individualized therapy. I offer therapy that embraces a Christian worldview, integrating Biblical truth into the therapeutic process (when requested and always led by your comfort level).
I am a certified parent educator through the positive discipline association.
Many people spend years sensing that something feels “off,” yet they function well enough that others don’t notice their strain. I work with adults and teens who have masked their needs, pushed through stress, and built lives that look stable from the outside while feeling confused or exhausted the inside. Many of my clients come in wondering if they might be autistic, ADHD, or both, after years of misdiagnoses, self-doubt, or minimizing their own experiences.
I am a certified parent educator through the positive discipline association.
Many people spend years sensing that something feels “off,” yet they function well enough that others don’t notice their strain. I work with adults and teens who have masked their needs, pushed through stress, and built lives that look stable from the outside while feeling confused or exhausted the inside. Many of my clients come in wondering if they might be autistic, ADHD, or both, after years of misdiagnoses, self-doubt, or minimizing their own experiences.
Meet Richelle Bowman, a Licensed Professional Counselor who believes that everyone has the strength to overcome life’s challenges—they just need the right support to uncover it. With years of experience working with diverse clients, Richelle specializes in trauma recovery and emotional wellness, helping adults in South Carolina find clarity and confidence through compassionate, personalized therapy delivered remotely. Richelle’s expertise includes guiding clients through anxiety, depression, trauma-related stress, major life changes, and relationship struggles.
Meet Richelle Bowman, a Licensed Professional Counselor who believes that everyone has the strength to overcome life’s challenges—they just need the right support to uncover it. With years of experience working with diverse clients, Richelle specializes in trauma recovery and emotional wellness, helping adults in South Carolina find clarity and confidence through compassionate, personalized therapy delivered remotely. Richelle’s expertise includes guiding clients through anxiety, depression, trauma-related stress, major life changes, and relationship struggles.
Therapy is a collaborative process that considers the life experiences, patterns, relationships, and beliefs that have shaped and currently influence your ways of being in the world. As your counselor, I am committed to identifying and exploring challenges that currently bring you to therapy and the innate strengths and resources that will allow you to make the changes you desire. My approach is goal-focused, empathetic, solution-driven, and encouraging.
Therapy is a collaborative process that considers the life experiences, patterns, relationships, and beliefs that have shaped and currently influence your ways of being in the world. As your counselor, I am committed to identifying and exploring challenges that currently bring you to therapy and the innate strengths and resources that will allow you to make the changes you desire. My approach is goal-focused, empathetic, solution-driven, and encouraging.
I have several approaches to addressing the needs of individuals, couples, and families. These approaches address a wide range of mental, emotional, and health issues. Common issues include depression, anxiety, stress, and relationship issues. After assessment I suggest which approaches would be most beneficial to long term resolution. Therapy may involve traditional therapy, Meta Consciousness, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), Matrix Reimprinting (MR), Ericksonian Hypnotherapy or a combination of all.
I have several approaches to addressing the needs of individuals, couples, and families. These approaches address a wide range of mental, emotional, and health issues. Common issues include depression, anxiety, stress, and relationship issues. After assessment I suggest which approaches would be most beneficial to long term resolution. Therapy may involve traditional therapy, Meta Consciousness, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), Matrix Reimprinting (MR), Ericksonian Hypnotherapy or a combination of all.
Many of my clients come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure how to move forward. You may be carrying anxiety, grief, burnout, relationship stress, or the weight of caring for everyone else while feeling depleted yourself. You may also be exploring intimacy, sexual health, identity, or relationship patterns, and wanting a space where you can be honest without fear of judgment. For LGBTQIA+ clients, I offer affirming care that honors the fullness of who you are.
Many of my clients come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure how to move forward. You may be carrying anxiety, grief, burnout, relationship stress, or the weight of caring for everyone else while feeling depleted yourself. You may also be exploring intimacy, sexual health, identity, or relationship patterns, and wanting a space where you can be honest without fear of judgment. For LGBTQIA+ clients, I offer affirming care that honors the fullness of who you are.
Kristi G Clements
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
3 Endorsed
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
Email for waitlist! Especially now, being a human is just difficult some days. I love to come alongside my clients to help them find a healthier way to function. I have experience in a variety of treatment environments that range from a multilevel treatment program to private practice. I truly desire full vitality for all of my clients and that is our main goal in session and overall treatment. I cater to the needs of each client and work toward health in all areas of life with clients - emotional, relational, mental, physical and spiritual!
Email for waitlist! Especially now, being a human is just difficult some days. I love to come alongside my clients to help them find a healthier way to function. I have experience in a variety of treatment environments that range from a multilevel treatment program to private practice. I truly desire full vitality for all of my clients and that is our main goal in session and overall treatment. I cater to the needs of each client and work toward health in all areas of life with clients - emotional, relational, mental, physical and spiritual!
Does anxiety and stress seem like constant companions in your life? If you're yearning for change and struggling to find your path forward, you've come to the right place. Perhaps you’re navigating through life’s struggles and searching for a way to find relief and clarity. Therapy can be a powerful journey of self-discovery and healing, and I’m here to walk that path with you.
Does anxiety and stress seem like constant companions in your life? If you're yearning for change and struggling to find your path forward, you've come to the right place. Perhaps you’re navigating through life’s struggles and searching for a way to find relief and clarity. Therapy can be a powerful journey of self-discovery and healing, and I’m here to walk that path with you.
Hello, I'm Jason Williams and I am pleased to have the opportunity to work with you. I have been a Licensed Professional Counselor since 2017. My approach to counseling is eclectic, with a focus on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as my primary theoretical framework. I've been told that I am very easy to talk to as my style of counseling is largely conversational. There are times that I use homework and journaling for my clients depending on the counseling relationship dynamic. I tend to incorporate psychoeducation about CBT and how Thoughts, Feelings and Behaviors are connected.
Hello, I'm Jason Williams and I am pleased to have the opportunity to work with you. I have been a Licensed Professional Counselor since 2017. My approach to counseling is eclectic, with a focus on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as my primary theoretical framework. I've been told that I am very easy to talk to as my style of counseling is largely conversational. There are times that I use homework and journaling for my clients depending on the counseling relationship dynamic. I tend to incorporate psychoeducation about CBT and how Thoughts, Feelings and Behaviors are connected.
Accommodations may be available for parents of young infants.
Are you feeling anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected from yourself, or struggling with changes in your relationships or sense of identity? Maybe you're navigating a major life transition, pregnancy, postpartum, early motherhood, or simply a season that feels different than you expected. I work with adults and couples navigating anxiety, relationship concerns, life transitions, and women's mental health. Therapy can offer a space to slow down, feel supported, and begin making sense of what you're experiencing.
Accommodations may be available for parents of young infants.
Are you feeling anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected from yourself, or struggling with changes in your relationships or sense of identity? Maybe you're navigating a major life transition, pregnancy, postpartum, early motherhood, or simply a season that feels different than you expected. I work with adults and couples navigating anxiety, relationship concerns, life transitions, and women's mental health. Therapy can offer a space to slow down, feel supported, and begin making sense of what you're experiencing.
Ashley Dyson Lord
Licensed Professional Counselor Associate, MSW, EdS , LPC-A
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
When relationships feel broken, parenting feels impossible, or life transitions leave you lost, you need more than coping strategies—you need real change.
I offer individual therapy for all types of life transitions, maternal mental health, and women's identity work. For couples, I offer sessions focusing on relationship repair, affair recovery, and discernment counseling.
When relationships feel broken, parenting feels impossible, or life transitions leave you lost, you need more than coping strategies—you need real change.
I offer individual therapy for all types of life transitions, maternal mental health, and women's identity work. For couples, I offer sessions focusing on relationship repair, affair recovery, and discernment counseling.
Theresa M. Bonesteel, LLC Counseling & Consulting
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, NCC, LPC-S, LMFT-S, CSAT
8 Endorsed
Serves Area
Do any of these statements sound familiar? "I feel like I'm going crazy!" "Life feels out of control!" "I'm a mess!" Sometimes life feels out of control and you may feel "crazy" or a "mess". Unloading the burden with a trusted person in a safe and confidential environment, knowing you aren't being judged, condemned or criticized can be freeing. Life can be hard! Some seasons are more difficult than others. My passion is to serve individuals, couples and families in a way that influences the whole family toward growth and health.
Do any of these statements sound familiar? "I feel like I'm going crazy!" "Life feels out of control!" "I'm a mess!" Sometimes life feels out of control and you may feel "crazy" or a "mess". Unloading the burden with a trusted person in a safe and confidential environment, knowing you aren't being judged, condemned or criticized can be freeing. Life can be hard! Some seasons are more difficult than others. My passion is to serve individuals, couples and families in a way that influences the whole family toward growth and health.
About the Medical Psychologist Practitioner: Dr. Jerome Yelder, Sr. PhD MP FPPR is a Academy of Medical Psychology Board Certified Medical Psychologist, Certified Clinical Pastoral Psychotherapist, Certified Pastoral Family Therapist, National Board Certified Independent Master Chaplain, National Board Certified Licensed Independent Ordained Minister. Dr. Yelder is also a verified Service Connected Disabled Veteran of the United States Marine Corps who was Honorably Discharged from the United States Marine Corps. Dr. Yelder's Myers Briggs Personality Type is ENFJ.
About the Medical Psychologist Practitioner: Dr. Jerome Yelder, Sr. PhD MP FPPR is a Academy of Medical Psychology Board Certified Medical Psychologist, Certified Clinical Pastoral Psychotherapist, Certified Pastoral Family Therapist, National Board Certified Independent Master Chaplain, National Board Certified Licensed Independent Ordained Minister. Dr. Yelder is also a verified Service Connected Disabled Veteran of the United States Marine Corps who was Honorably Discharged from the United States Marine Corps. Dr. Yelder's Myers Briggs Personality Type is ENFJ.
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.
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.
Do you feel overwhelmed by a sea of opinions, options, and advice pulling you in different directions? Setting impossibly high expectations for yourself causing guilt, anxiety, and defeat when you fall short? You then find yourself making uncomfortable choices or acting impulsively then berating yourself, amplifying the anxiety and self-doubt? This happens partly because you are operating in survival mode. You likely wear a lot of different “hats” and juggling the different roles and expectations can lead to feeling like you are barely getting by in any one role, furthering this sense of survival mode and exhaustion.
Do you feel overwhelmed by a sea of opinions, options, and advice pulling you in different directions? Setting impossibly high expectations for yourself causing guilt, anxiety, and defeat when you fall short? You then find yourself making uncomfortable choices or acting impulsively then berating yourself, amplifying the anxiety and self-doubt? This happens partly because you are operating in survival mode. You likely wear a lot of different “hats” and juggling the different roles and expectations can lead to feeling like you are barely getting by in any one role, furthering this sense of survival mode and exhaustion.
I have specialized training in Couples/Marriage Therapy, Premarital Counseling, Family Conflict, Parenting Support, Life and Family Transitions, Child and Adolescent Counseling and the Good Divorce & Positive Coparenting.
I love working with couples and families who wish to break free of unproductive patterns and reconnect with one another on a deeper lever. I see how much our relationships between affect ourselves within. No matter how hurt we've been, how self-protective we are, or how desperate we want to connect, we sometimes get in the way of the very closeness we seek. With compassion and understanding, I work with clients to build on strengths and attain more secure loving bonds in their relationships.
I have specialized training in Couples/Marriage Therapy, Premarital Counseling, Family Conflict, Parenting Support, Life and Family Transitions, Child and Adolescent Counseling and the Good Divorce & Positive Coparenting.
I love working with couples and families who wish to break free of unproductive patterns and reconnect with one another on a deeper lever. I see how much our relationships between affect ourselves within. No matter how hurt we've been, how self-protective we are, or how desperate we want to connect, we sometimes get in the way of the very closeness we seek. With compassion and understanding, I work with clients to build on strengths and attain more secure loving bonds in their relationships.
Hello there, my number one priority is to see clients within 1 to 5 business days to begin the process of assisting them with a hot topic known as "Life-ing." Today, I consider myself blessed because I find it rewarding in seeing clients reach their maximum potential. In addition to my mental health background, I have my own life experiences, coupled with being married to a minister, motherhood, and personal trauma, which have proven to be beneficial in my scope of practice.
Hello there, my number one priority is to see clients within 1 to 5 business days to begin the process of assisting them with a hot topic known as "Life-ing." Today, I consider myself blessed because I find it rewarding in seeing clients reach their maximum potential. In addition to my mental health background, I have my own life experiences, coupled with being married to a minister, motherhood, and personal trauma, which have proven to be beneficial in my scope of practice.
