Marriage Counseling Therapists in Chester County, SC

As a relationship focused therapist, my primary goal is promoting the healthy social, emotional, and relational health of both adults and young children. Endorsed as an Infant Family Specialist, I have experience with supporting the healthy social/emotional development of children prenatally through age 5. As an infant and early childhood mental health(IECMH) professional, I have an understanding of family dynamics and relationship building at an individual & family level. As a marriage counselor, I share tools to help marriages thrive. With both populations, I use a strength-based, culturally sensitive and trauma informed approach.

I love working with women -- and all of the unique issues they encounter throughout their lives. Whether it's enhancing a woman's self-esteem, helping her set healthy boundaries, or aiding her in addressing her overall unhappiness in life, helping women truly feeds my soul.

My clients are often dealing with symptoms associated with trauma. This may include domestic violence, marital issues, life changes, and other events. They are depressed, anxious, and unsure of where to turn. With the aid of coping skills, knowledge, and self-awareness, these symptoms can be alleviated and allow you to be your most authentic self. Many clients have goals that they wish to achieve and I work with them to accomplish those goals. Through talk therapy and proven techniques, we can work together to address any issues you are experiencing.

Ken has always enjoyed helping others with their anxieties and interpersonal challenges and finds it particularly rewarding as a counselor when clients move towards healing and wholeness in their relationships. His relational approach and gentle demeanor provide a non-threatening atmosphere for clients to explore the “hard” places of life and discover meaningful ways to address them. While Ken has experience with a variety of therapeutic needs, his passion lies with interpersonal challenges – including pre-marital and marital conflict, children experiencing trauma, as well as guiding clients through the process of forgiveness.

Almost all of my clients have one thing in common. They want better, gentler, more fulfilling relationships. Whether they are struggling from the effects of trauma, working to enrich or save a marriage, navigating the divorce process, dealing with depression and/or anxiety, learning new social skills, or simply trying to be better parents, they want a deeper and more peaceful sense of connection with themselves and others. My clients are intelligent and thoughtful people who tend to connect with the natural world. They are often seeking to grow as well as to heal. They want to thrive rather than simply survive.

My name is Lori L. Crawford, I am a Licensed Independent Social Worker. I have worked in the profession of counseling for over 15 years and I have enjoyed the journey. I have worked with all walks of life and in the process I have learned that people need people. I refer to a range of treatment modalities that can help with mental health problems, emotional challenges and unexpected life occurrences. My aim as a therapist, is to enable clients to understand their thoughts, feelings, and conflicts and help them work towards an improved outcome.

Are there areas of your life or relationship that are overwhelmed by stress, hurt, or fear? Have you found yourself or your partner engaging in things like excessive drinking, food, sex, internet use, or shopping to find relief or to escape? Is your relationship suffering from a lack of communication, trust, intimacy or betrayal? As a Marriage and Family Therapist, I treat individuals, couples, and families with specific consideration of their context and the role it plays in their current struggles. I treat individual and relationship issues around anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, life adjustments, communication, and trust.

My goal as a therapist/counselor is to help you clarify ways that your life can be more fulfilling and content. It is often difficult for us to sort out solutions to issues that on the surface seem simple, but in real life can be crippling, disorienting and sources of conflict.

Relationship struggles are my focus, and these may be considered alone or together. We can work to help you navigate high-stakes situations to strengthen your most intimate, important attachments. We all need to feel understood, and deserve to feel loved. Through a relational, systemic approach, we can explore and strengthen your connecting bonds and place within them. Life is as much about how we tell our stories as it is the content of these narratives. Attachment is a key part of my work with romantic / sexual partners and families. Being newly seen and heard in more complete ways can be transformative and hope-inducing.

Do you ever feel like you aren't good enough? Do you feel like everyone has it all together but you? Do you ever feel like if you just try harder or give more, maybe things will get better? I know what it's like, I've been there. It's not that you're not good enough, it's that you don't FEEL like you're good enough. Give me a call, and find out how we can work together to change your perspective to improve how you feel about your life.

We search for therapy when we're in the in-between, when we find ourselves stuck in liminal space between where we came from and where we want to be. My name is Caroline Allison (she/her) and I'm a licensed marriage & family therapy associate in Greenville, SC. I work with both individuals and couples who have experienced perinatal loss, are working through life transitions, or are seeking couples therapy to address issues in their relationships.

Clients enter therapy with a need to correct relational, behavioral, social, or mental health misalignments. Issues of life weigh on clients resulting in unhealthy interactions in relational, behavioral, social, and internal relationship with their family members, in educational settings and professional environments. The client's problem may cause a loss of self or interest in things that once mattered. The client wants and needs help now! Our goal is to provide clients with the service and relief they need expeditiously!

Life is not predictable. Relationships and circumstances change, causing emotional responses which are activated by stress or a feeling of being overwhelmed. Therapy acts as a holding space for those emotional experiences which are sometimes difficult to share. Therapy is a tool that can be used to assist in overcoming or understanding obstacles to growth. I want to share in these emotional experiences with you and offer support and guidance while you navigate through life's transitions.

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 am a licensed marriage and family therapist passionate about helping you experience new ways of understanding, managing, and living life. I help clients that have experienced childhood traumas, relational challenges, strengthen marriages, preparation for marriage, navigating emotional/psychological distressful experiences, strengthen emotional connections/bonds, and recover the hope and joy that once was. Village Designed Counseling creates an emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual safe place to explore, heal, and recover hope again.

Whether you are experiencing stress from your own problems, from your family and friends or in the workplace, I am interested in helping you sort through and understand your concerns, help you develop new skills to solve these difficulties, and then to try out these solutions until the intensity of your concerns feels less worrisome.