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Discover how starting grief & loss counseling can support your own journey toward a happier, more fulfilling life.
As someone passionate about fostering inclusive environments, I deeply understand the importance of creating spaces where everyone...
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As someone passionate about fostering inclusive environments, I deeply understand the importance of creating spaces where everyone feels valued and heard.
Wanda Mayse is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 25 years of experience in behavioral health. Their expertise spans a variety of primary practice areas, including ADHD, autism, adjustment disorder, couples work, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, major depressive disorder, and general anxiety. Wanda has worked as a program director in a residential treatment facility for adolescents with intellectual disabilities and mental health disorders and co-directed camps for survivors of traumatic brain injuries.
Wanda has a Master of Science in Counseling from Webster University. They utilize evidence-based treatment modalities such as motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy. Wanda offers a personalized approach to therapy that treats the whole person within their environment.
Wanda understands that finding the right solution can be overwhelming, but she is here to make the process easier. With a commitment to listening and understanding, Wanda offers support every step of the way. If you're ready to take the next step, she invites you to reach out and start a conversation. Your needs matter, and she is here to help.
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I believe in the power of connecting with individuals at a deeper, meaningful level. Life can unexpectedly pose challenges, where ...
I believe in the power of connecting with individuals at a deeper, meaningful level. Life can unexpectedly pose challenges, where it can be incredibly difficult to navigate. My goal is to uplift individuals during distressing times, all while instilling hope, optimism, and resiliency.
Hello! My name is Natalie Zolnierzak, and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in South Carolina. I earned my Master of Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh in 2019. My career began in a school-based milieu, providing skill-based interventions for student crisis and emotional dysregulation, then moved into specialized mental health care for suicidal adolescents in partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs. Most recently, I supported individuals with End Stage Renal Disease, providing psychosocial support, advocacy, and strengths-based care for their emotional, social, and medical challenges.
In our sessions, we will explore connections between behaviors, feelings, and thoughts. I believe past experiences shape who we are through unconscious drives and early experiences. "Connecting the dots" is crucial to self-awareness and creating meaningful change. I incorporate Psychodynamic, CBT, Strengths-Based, DBT, and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy.
I admire individuals who bring their personal history, unique worldview, and own values to therapy. As your therapist, I see it as essential to embrace these aspects of you to help you on the path to change. My aim is to empower you to better understand your genuine self and to help you evolve by building healthier insight into your desires and goals.
As a woman of color, I understand the stigma and generational pressure to keep mental health struggles private, and my goal is to ...
As a woman of color, I understand the stigma and generational pressure to keep mental health struggles private, and my goal is to help you feel supported, understood, and empowered to heal openly and at your own pace.
I am a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) with 3 years of experience providing evidence-based, person-centered care. I work with adults and young adults experiencing anxiety, depression, mood disorders, trauma-related concerns, and life transitions. I partner with clients to thoughtfully integrate medication management with education and collaborative support to promote emotional stability and meaningful progress.
I earned my Doctor of Nursing Practice from Clemson University. My approach is collaborative, culturally responsive, and grounded in evidence-based practice. I provide comprehensive psychiatric evaluations, individualized treatment planning, and medication education with a focus on safety, transparency, and shared decision-making.
Reaching out for support can feel overwhelming, but you do not have to navigate it alone. I strive to create a safe, nonjudgmental space where you feel heard and respected. Together, we will develop a personalized plan to help you feel more balanced, confident, and supported as you move forward.
You deserve dedicated time with a mental health professional — it can be life-changing.
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For grief and loss counseling, it is best to meet the client where they are and explore the client's current self-care strategies to make sure they are taking care of themselves during this difficult time.
Skills taught in grief and loss counseling include acceptance, coping skills, and additional self-care strategies.
A client is making meaningful progress in grief and loss counseling when they feel they are able to manage the times of grief better. The feelings will never truly go away, but the hope is that with time and skills, a client will be able to manage on their own/with their support system.
Clients can supplement their time in grief & loss counseling through activities that bring them joy, trying to practice gratitude, and also allowing themselves to grieve/feel their feelings without judgment.
To prepare for their first grief & loss counseling session, an individual can acknowledge that it is going to be difficult and there may be some tears, but it will be worth it!
Grief and loss counseling helps people grieve difficult losses including the death of a loved one, the loss of a job, or the end of a relationship. It helps people navigate their grief process and eventually accept, understand, and move forward from their loss. Thriveworks grief therapists in North Charleston, SC have specific experience, training, and skills that enable them to best support grieving individuals.
Grief and loss counseling isn’t one-size-fits-all, but it involves sharing about your loss and then working with your counselor to acknowledge and accept your new reality in its wake. Your provider at Thriveworks in North Charleston, SC will design your treatment plan around your unique needs and goals for therapy, applying the counseling techniques that best support them.
If you have recently experienced an event like the death of a loved one, a breakup or divorce, the loss of a job, or another major life change, then you may want to seek grief and loss counseling. Grief can be caused by many experiences and events, so if you feel that you are having trouble moving on from a certain event or find that it is still impacting your life and functioning, grief and loss counseling can help you process it more effectively so that you can move on and once again find fulfillment and satisfaction in your life.
There are many counseling theories for treating grief, one of the most frequently used being the dual process model of grief which helps people acknowledge who or what they’ve lost through rumination while also adjusting to the new roles and identities that this loss has now placed on them. There are also many commonly used therapy approaches used in grief and loss counseling, including Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and traumatic grief therapy.
Grief & loss counseling at Thriveworks is conducted both in person and online by video. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you.
For many, grief and loss counseling lasts for about 6 months. For others, it may last shorter or longer, depending on the severity of their loss and their grief.
Includes individual, couples, child/ teen, & family therapy
Includes reducing symptoms with medication & management
Thriveworks Counseling & Psychiatry North Charleston is located near the intersection of Lacross Road and Mall Dr, off I-26. It is near the North Charleston Coliseum and a short distance from the Charleston International Airport. The office is in a modern, multi-story glass and brick office building; enter through the main lobby to access Suite 351 on the third floor.
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