South Carolina Residents

Nothing can define your resilience as our beautiful state's motto: While I breath, I hope. It is your hope that has brought you here, and your hope that will help you heal, grow and flourish. 

FEARS - I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN TALK TO A STRANGER?

I understand the concern regarding seeking help from a stranger, opening up and sharing your pain, and the worry that nothing will ever change. However, like we here in the south like to say, "A stranger is just someone you haven't met yet", and I am looking forward to meeting you. As for opening up and sharing your pain, first, I will never pressure you into sharing what you are not ready to share. Secondly, I will not judge you, blame you, or think less of you regardless of what you share, what you have done in your past, or what you believe. Thirdly, if you are willing to do the work, because healing is work, you will see your life change for the better. Are you willing to allow your fear to stop you from feeling better?

I will tell you that I will challenge you to look at yourself honestly. Not to make you feel bad, but to learn how to challenge your own perceptions, thoughts, behaviors and feelings. My job is to be honest with you, so you can be honest with yourself. My job is to be your counsel: the one who will make you confront things you are afraid to alone, the one who will call you out to yourself, not to hurt you, but to open your eyes, the one who will support you as you break down the walls you erected that are suffocating you. Are you sick and tired of feeling sick and tired? Are you tired of feeling all alone in this struggle to find your true self? Are you tired of being afraid? 

LENGTH OF SERVICES - HOW LONG WILL THIS TAKE?

As all of my South Carolina patients are currently self-pay only (I am working on obtaining access to accepting insurances.) so I work very diligently to try and keep our one hour a week sessions to a six-week block for patients suffering from depression, anxiety, self-esteem issues, ADHD/ADD issues, behavioral issues, family dynamics issues, and life change issues. Patients experiencing life issues due to trauma or abuse may require extended treatment time based on the patients' needs and ability to reprocess their experiences. However, as my desire is to help as many patients as possible back to a healthy state of mind, which is a life-long journey, I seek to provide you guidance, education and support as you learn how to heal yourself. As much as I would like to heal the world, and specifically my patients, that is not possible, nor is it my job. It is yours, and I would never want to take away from you the pride and joy you will feel when you learn, grow and heal yourself. Are you ready to feel that pride and joy?

COST

I understand the concerns you may have about self-paying for your mental health services, thus, I do provide a sliding scale based on your needs and current financial situations. Financial difficulties are often very closely linked with mental health issues, and the rising costs over the last few years have made this even more evident. If this is the roadblock you are worried about, and it is keeping you from getting the services you need, please, please, reach out to us. We understand, because we have been there.  Is the fear of the cost holding you back from healing? Then, why aren't you calling? 

WORKSHEETS/EXERCISES/JOURNALS - CAN I TRY TO DO THIS ON MY OWN?

All patients are digitally provided worksheets, exercises and journals designed specifically to aid in addressing their specific issues at no extra costs.  These worksheets, exercises and journals are available to everyone at our store, and if after purchasing them from our store the individual/family/couple become a patient, the cost of any prior purchases will be deducted from the cost of mental health services provided. So, please, feel free to utilize them before seeking further assistance from Astral Perceptions' professional counselor associate. I fully understand the desire to try to fix ourselves. While the worksheets, exercises and journals are very useful they can not catch when we are lying to ourselves, or help us put the crazy puzzle pieces of our experiences and our perceptions of those experiences together to see how they are impacting our life today. That is why we need trained professionals. Talking with a professional counselor each week creates accountability to yourself for your healing and growth. What was the last new year's resolution you kept? Are you willing to wait another year to start your healing and growth? Another season? Another month? Another day?