Therapists in Mount Pleasant, SC

Leslie is part of Low Country Behavioral Health LLC. Seeking support can be a difficult and a courageous decision. Deepening your self-awareness and understanding your journey can be a very impactful process. She believes in focusing on your strengths by truly valuing and honoring the individuals’ experience. She is a dedicated and compassionate therapist, with a focus on evidence-based practices. Leslie specializes in anxiety disorders, trauma, life transitions, stress management, and eating disorders. Leslie brings a comprehensive understanding of these complex issues to her practice.

Now accepting new clients! I love working with mothers and young women facing issues such as trauma, infertility, anxiety, depression, adjustment, and relationship issues. I hope to come along side you in your journey to restoring wholeness and peace in your life - mind, body, and spirit. My holistic approach means I look at every part of your story as connected rather than separate, unrelated parts. This can include thoughts, emotions, nutrition, physical health, trauma, spirituality, or other parts of your story. I want to support you as we work each factor contributing to your suffering.

Do you struggle with depression and/or anxiety, and need a safe place to help process your current triggers? Are your struggles resulting in poor eating habits, substance use, family/relational dysfunction, and body image issues? Have you experienced trauma recently, or in the past, and are finally ready to move through it? Do you want both acceptance and empathy, as well as proven interventions to help move you towards your goals and improve your wellbeing? If any of this resonates with you, you have come to the right place. It is my goal to empower you to see the decisions in your life that make the most sense for you.

Overcoming obstacles or major life changes can be extremely stressful. I understand that being your authentic self and building\maintaining strong connections are important elements of living a meaningful life. Acknowledging, understanding, and healing traumatic experiences is painful to do, especially alone. Trauma can cause anxiety, depression, hopelessness, and broken relationships.

Many of my clients come in to therapy wanting to overcome stress and hard emotions, or break painful patterns in their relationships. I often work with clients who have felt hurt by their relationships due to harsh words, addiction or leaving when they needed them. For many, the first goals involve understanding how others' actions have impacted them, and who they are outside of that impact. My goal is for clients to find clarity and feel empowered to choose for themselves their next step forward.

Hi there - My name is Amanda! I believe therapy is one of the most important spaces you can enter and I aim to honor that by meeting you where you are, connecting with an empathetic approach, and acknowledging the strength it takes to heal. I am so grateful to have the opportunity to do what I love and have had the incredible honor of working with many amazing adolescents and adults who have experienced various life experiences, mental health, and substance abuse concerns. I have found that humans are resilient; sometimes we just need an advocate, support system, and sounding board along the way-I hope to be just that for you!

Therapy is a tool that helps us to identify when our past is influencing how we see, feel, or respond to the present moment. Our emotional history plays a huge role in our present lives. It impacts our thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and creates the patterns we fall into. It shapes the partners be become and the partners we pick. It becomes a weight we carry into our future. Life is a winding road full of MANY transitions. I believe the space a therapist holds should provide a consistent, nonjudgmental, and protected space to unpack what you are carrying.

Participating in the transformations of people's lives for 41 years has brought experience with adults and older adolescents struggling with a variety of challenges. Issues with Trauma/PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Relationships, Substance Abuse, Addictions, Abuse/Violence, Anger, Divorce and Co-parenting are specialties. I work with marriages, couples, families, individuals and special populations such as Military, Federal, Law Enforcement, First Responders, Health Care Workers /Providers and Corporations. Many who I have treated have commented that they find my direct approach empowering in their search for hope.

I work with Adults, Young Adults, and Couples on a wide range of issues and difficulties. Some specific interests include anxiety and depression, self -esteem, trauma, regulating emotions, relationship and communication problems, divorce, life transitions, grief, and parenting issues. I value a collaborative environment to develop new insights and strategies to manage stressors, process emotions, enhance strengths and implement effective life changes. Difficulties processing emotions and a lack of coping skills can keep people feeling 'stuck' and be a barrier to experiencing growth and joy in life.

My passion is to see people grow, heal and reach their full potential. I provide a faith based approach to those who are seeking faith based counseling. Treatment varies according to goals and preferences of each client. I take a holistic approach treating mind, body and spirit. I treat a variety of disorders including anxiety, depression, ADHD, OCD, BiPolar, trauma, grief, marriage issues, and codependency. Treatment includes medication management (when necessary), evidence-based psychotherapy, health coaching, and spiritual care.

Therapy is a place where people can learn to identify fundamental issues and limiting beliefs, and work toward resolution and healing. My passion for counseling comes from my core belief that there is inherent goodness and beauty in each person, as well as my own journey of faith and healing. As a therapist it is my privilege to work alongside individuals and families experiencing a wide rage of difficulties. My clients include individuals struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, adjustment issues, self esteem, grief, loss and other difficulties, often resulting from unresolved trauma and life challenges.

Are you feeling stuck, overwhelmed or wondering why relationships tend to feel so difficult? Do you find that you beat yourself up with self-criticism? Life can be challenging, and we may feel that we have to just keep going and suck it up, which may lead us to feel lonelier and more overwhelmed. In my experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor, and previous experience as a yoga instructor I have found that the combination of mindfulness, self-awareness, and processing trauma can be quite powerful in finding our authentic selves.

Seek relief from unconventional grief, emotional stress? Feel stuck on a plateau or desire interpersonal resolution? You've found a safe, inviting environment to explore strengths, identify goals and values, and achieve progress to experience inner healing peace. Mindfulness, spirituality, resilience skills, and positive narrative processes combined with collaboration between patient and therapist can lead to spiritual awareness. Therefore hope can help create meaning and improve interpersonal relationships. A willingness to let go of resentments, bitterness, and familiar strongholds promotes peace of mind and a hope filled future.

Do you find yourself sad or worried much of the time? Are you overwhelmed with the demands or losses in your life? Do you feel like you're having more bad days than good days? Has your grief overtaken your life. I invite you to come in and work with me to process and problem solve together in a safe, healing and client centered space. We will work together to overcome your challenges and improve your life. I work with adolescents, adults, couples and families on issues of trauma, anxiety, stress management and depression, grief, loss and relationship issues.

I truly enjoy facilitating meaningful change. I am not interested in helping your cope. I am interested in helping you heal the root of what you have been living with for too long. Couple and family therapy clients learn to deepen and strengthen their connection so that they are better able to manage the challenges of life. Clients participating in trauma therapy have the opportunity to explore their experience in a safe and healing environment. Individuals may work towards client-identified treatment goals while developing a rewarding and secure connection with themselves.

I have been EMDR Certified since 2014. I enjoy working with Adolescents & Adults with Anxiety & Depression, Trauma, Relationships, Substance Abuse, other Addictive Behavior-among other issues. I treat using CBT, Mindfulness, and Solution-Focused/Reality Therapy techniques. I offer counseling tailored to fit your individual needs, in a supportive, and confidential environment. My style has been described as empathetic and compassionate. I partner with my clients in helping them to understand themselves. We identify feelings & thoughts, filtering incongruencies which may be interfering with your personal happiness & relationships.

Are you wishing for better relationships? Feeling anxious, down, lost, or wondering about the meaning of life? Would you like to feel more confident? Hoping to heal after trauma? Going through loss or life transition? We need lots of self-compassion so we can heal and find a better approach to our lives and relationships. I offer a non-judgmental space to be open about your struggles and explore what it means to live in your values. It is through our common humanity that I relate to my clients. I believe the struggles we face also occur in the systems of race, class, gender, sexuality, age, ability, religion, and national identity.

Life is a journey that is often fraught with painful or trying times. Perhaps you are presently attempting to navigate through one of these periods and have found that despite your best efforts you remain stuck. I find meaning and purpose in my work as a therapist and strive to help my clients enliven their potential and live a life that they value. I aspire to create an environment that will allow my clients to gain greater understanding/clarity, acceptance, courage, hope, balance, and serenity.

You may currently feel less confident, creative, or connected. Your body or physical health may be pushing you to address your well-being from a different angle. Ultimately, you likely want to experience some new understanding or growth. In therapy, we will come to understand your symptoms as signals and we will make space for your core yearnings and your meaningful process. My aim is to help you clear your path towards thriving outside of therapy room.