Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum, Grief, Divorce, Family Conflict, Career Counseling, Anger Management, Stress / Mental Stress / Work Stress, Dissociative Identity Disorders (DID), Social Anxiety, Peer Relationships
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About Wanda
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with 27 years of experience helping children, adults, couples, and families navigate depression, anxiety, grief, ADHD, post-traumatic stress disorder, and major life transitions. My goal is to provide compassionate and grounded support as clients explore their emotional patterns and rediscover their capacity for healing, growth, and connection in a safe, nonjudgmental space.
I earned a Master’s in Counseling from the University of South Carolina. I believe that healing begins with awareness and recognizing outdated coping mechanisms and learning new ways to respond that align with who you are today. My approach integrates cognitive behavioral therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.
I encourage clients to feel deeply without losing themselves in the process and to “feel everything, just don’t drown in it.” I believe healing is found in mindful presence, self-compassion, and consistency. I would be honored to walk beside you as you uncover your most authentic self and build a life rooted in strength, peace, and empowerment.
"As a woman who has spent a long time learning how to claim my authentic self to empower my personal choices, I use my own loss, grief, and trauma, as well as life changes, to witness my clients' truth and courage to choose their transformation."
Get to know Wanda
Why did you decide to become a counselor or psychiatric provider?
I wanted to understand my family and my place in it. I also wanted to support people who felt they were alone in understanding how their experiences impacted their relationship to self and others.chi
What types of clients do you work best with?
Children 9-16; young adults and adults.
What's one thing you wish all clients knew about therapy, mental health, or the healing process?
Caring for yourself is a journey not just a destination. Each person is entitled to devout self care in order to be able to care for others appropriately.
What can clients expect in their first session with you and in the early stages of therapy?
I want to. understand what motivated them to com to therapy at this time. Whaat are their goals for therapy and how meeting those goals will impact their life. I may have a measurement tool to use to aid in understanding the situation.
What personal experiences or values inform your practice as a therapist/provider?
My own experiences with grief and loss definitely inform my process; revelations from my own therapy and my willingness to ask the difficult questions when I don't have personal context.
How do you tailor therapy to meet each client’s unique needs?
I listen closely to what is shared and discuss any therapy history of what worked.
Other areas of focus
Education and training
- Years in practice
- 27 years
- Graduating institute
- University of South Carolina Columbia campus
- Graduating degree
- Post Master's degree. Education Specialist in Counselor education
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