Summerville Women’s Mental Health Services (SWMHS) 

Women’s Mental Health Center: Counseling/Therapy and Supervision in South Carolina 

Adolescents/Children, Couples, Families, and Individuals * Group Counseling/Therapy, Individual Counseling/Therapy, Psychoeducational Workshops, Telehealth 

We are committed to providing comprehensive mental health care to address a variety of needs throughout a woman’s lifespan. We help clients heal from anxiety, depression, dysphoria, trauma/stressors, and more, teaching them constructive coping skills and healthy thinking to promote healing and improve well-being. We help clients identify patterns in their lives that may contribute to struggles and work on developing strategies for making healthier choices. We focus on treating the whole person, not just the symptoms. We combine conventional and non-conventional therapies to treat mental health issues and aim to address the biological, psychological, and social factors that contribute to mental health: mental, physical, emotional, interpersonal, and spiritual. Our specializations are women’s mental health, integrative mental health (IMH), and multicultural counseling/therapy. We utilize evidence-based programming that is affirming and creates a safe, healing, and effective approach for all clients to manage their mental health effectively. We provide specialized clinical services tailored to support the unique mental health needs of all clients, regardless of their identity or background. We are inclusive, affirming, culturally competent, and culturally sensitive mental health providers and welcome and serve BIPOC, cisgender, Hispanic/LatinX/Spanish speaking, LGBTQIA2S+, non-binary, femme-identifying, POC, veterans, WOC, and all ethnic, cultural, religious, and differently-abled communities. We aim to serve all races and national origins and are qualified with lived experience. We offer in-office and telehealth appointments, and we are bilingual (English/Spanish).

Xiomara A. Sosa, BS, MS

Founder, Owner, and Clinical Director

Clinical Mental Health Counselor

National Certified Counselor

Licensed Professional Counselor

Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor-Candidate

United States Air Force and Army Military Veteran

As a teaching practice, we offer site supervision for graduate students and clinical supervision for provisionally licensed clinicians.

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Xiomara A. Sosa is passionate about empowering diverse women who are struggling with challenges to heal and achieve well-being. In particular, she has a special place in my heart for diverse women navigating the intersection of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, culture, and heritage, and who identify as other. Xiomara’s goal is to promote and improve mental health services that represent her dedication to social change in her communities. As a 9/11 survivor and a military veteran, she is dedicated to helping all survivors on their journey to trauma recovery. As a social scientist, she explores global cultures and educates people about diversity issues. As a social entrepreneur, she addresses pressing multicultural issues, and as a social change advocate, she raises awareness about the social welfare of all people.

specialty areas and issues

  • Abuse

  • Acculturation

  • Adjustment Disorders

  • Anxiety

  • Balancing Work and Family/Multiple Roles

  • Bereavement/Grief/Loss

  • Burnout

  • Caregiver Issues or Stress/Care-giving of Aging Parents/Family Caregiving

  • Child/Adolescent Related Issues

  • Chronic Illness Issues

  • Codependency

  • Compassion Fatigue

  • Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

  • Coping Mechanisms

  • Cultural and Systemic Oppression

  • Cultural/Diversity/Multicultural Concerns

  • Depression

  • Disability/Differently-abled Issues

  • Disaster Mental Health

  • Discrimination

  • Divorce/Separation

  • Domestic Abuse or Violence/Intimate Partner Abuse or Violence

  • Dysphoria

  • Emotional Abuse

  • Emotional Support

  • Gender and Sexual Identity Exploration

  • Generational Concerns

  • Grief/Loss

  • Historical/Inter-generational Trauma

  • HIV/AIDS Related Concerns

  • Identity Issues

  • Infertility Mental Health

  • Job Stress

  • Latinx Concerns (Hispanic/Latino/Latina)

  • Life Coaching

  • LGBTQIA2s+ Concerns

  • Life Transitions

  • Low Self-Esteem/Lack of Assertiveness

  • Marriage and Family Issues

  • Meditation and Mindfulness

  • Menopause and Perimenopause

  • Midlife Crisis

  • Migrant/Immigrant/Refugee Concerns

  • Military Sexual Trauma (MST)

  • Military/Veterans Issues

  • Mood Disorders

  • Oppression

  • Perinatal, Prenatal, Pregnancy, Postpartum, Maternal Mental Health

  • Personal Development/Growth

  • Postpartum Anxiety

  • Postpartum Depression (PPD)

  • Postpartum PTSD

  • Racial Concerns/Racial and Cultural Identity/Racial Stress and Trauma

  • Racial/Cultural Identification

  • Relationship and Interpersonal Issues

  • Religious Trauma

  • Reproductive Mental Health

  • Self Esteem

  • Sexism

  • Sexual Assault/Abuse and Harassment

  • Sexual Identity

  • Sexual Orientation

  • Stress

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Issues

  • Trauma/Stressors

  • Trauma-informed Care for Women

  • Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

  • Veteran Issues/Transition To Civilian Life

  • Wellness/Healthy Lifestyle

  • Work-Related Concerns 

  • Womens Issues

Clinical Focus (DSM-5)

  • Anxiety

    If you are feeling consumed by fears of things that might seem irrational to others, or if is hard to relate these concerns to others:

    I help you learn how to stop anxiety from impeding your ability to enjoy life, interact at school, work or hang out with friends, and deal with problems it might cause at home.

    Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

  • Depression

    If you are dealing with severe thoughts that can affect how you feel, think and handle daily activities such as sleeping, eating, or working:

    I create a space for you to safely navigate these moods and work through whether or not they may be caused by a certain biological, hormonal, or social factor.

    Major Depressive Disorder, Single and Recurrent Episodes (MDD)

    Major Depressive Disorder with Seasonal Pattern (SAD/Seasonal Affective Disorder)

    Persistent Depressive Disorder/Dysthymia (PDD)

    Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)

  • Dysphoria

    If you are feeling a sense of unease because of a mismatch between your biological sex and your gender identity, and if this sense of unease or dissatisfaction is so intense that it leads to depression and anxiety that cause a harmful impact on your daily life:

    I use evidence-based tools to help provide you with lasting relief that include acceptance, affirmation and/or confirmation of your identity.

    Gender Dysphoria (GD)

  • Trauma and Stressors

    If you are experiencing intrusive memories, avoidance, negative changes in thinking and mood, changes in physical and emotional reaction, flashbacks, nightmares, severe anxiety, uncontrollable thoughts about a terrifying event, by either experiencing it or witnessing it, and this is causing significant problems in social or work situations, in relationships, or if they are interfering with your ability to go about your normal daily tasks:

    I provide you with effective treatment to help reduce your symptoms and improve your function.

    Acute Stress Disorder (ASD)

    Adjustment Disorders (AD)

    Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Methods

Contact Us

Individual, Triadic/dyadic, and group clinical supervision for licensure for

Licensed Professional Counselor-Associates (LPC-A) in SC.

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clinical supervision

By Xiomara A. Sosa, Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor/Candidate

Counseling/therapy for Women Veterans

In-office and virtual counseling/therapy for women veterans in South Carolina

Women Veterans are the fastest-growing Veteran population and have unique mental health needs. We, SWMHS, are a SonderMind Mental Health Care Provider. SonderMind is a trusted Community Care partner with the Veterans Health Administration's (VHA) Community Care Network (CCN) to help Veterans get the care they need when needed. Veteran mental health support, founded and led by a Veteran. Your home for mental health support, specialized for the Veteran community. Veterans can get a VA referral for counseling/therapy to schedule an appointment with us via my link to my SonderMind Profile.

Veterans who do not want to receive services via the SonderMind platform or the Veterans Administration (VA) system can receive services directly from us, SWMHS, as a private-pay client with a discount rate. Register and schedule directly with us on our Client Portal and choose the option “veteran”. Or text/call us at (843) 695-9974.

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Mental Health Matters: Reduced Cost Mental Health Services Program

We’re proud to offer affordable in-person and online/telehealth counseling/therapy with graduate-level Mental Health Counselor - Interns, making high-quality mental health care more accessible without compromising the professionalism or impact of services. 

Through our nonprofit, The X-Studio: A Mental Health Cooperative our Mental Health Matters: Reduced Cost Mental Health Services Program offers affordable mental health services staffed by our qualified Mental Health Counselor - Interns and Licensed Professional Counselor-Associates (LPC-A) who provide affordable mental health services such as counseling and therapy, groups, and more to clients who are struggling with many issues and challenges, including anxiety, depression, dysphoria, trauma/stressors, and more. They serve individuals, couples, families, and children who are unable to afford mental health services due to financial challenges, low or lack of income, high insurance deductibles or copayments, or because they are underinsured or uninsured. Call or text us at (843) 900-6892 or contact us below with the subject line “Mental Health Matters: Reduced Cost Mental Health Services Program.” 

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We have partnered with Keys to Change - The Light House - Women’s Shelter, formerly Dorchester County Community Outreach- DCCO - Centers for the Unhoused, to support this women’s shelter that is a haven for women in need.

Through our nonprofit, The X-Studio: A Mental Health Cooperative, we offer free mental health services via The X-Community Service Project. Our Mental Health Counselor - Interns provide no-cost mental health services to the unhoused women in our community who are current or past guests of Keys to Change - The Light House - Women’s Shelter in Summerville, SC. We also offer these services to their staff.

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Our core values: Affirmation, Anti-racism, Cultural humility, Empowerment

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    Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

    (All races, ethnicities, cultures, and religions are welcome)

    American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN)

    Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders/Native Hawaiians (AAPI)

    Biracial or Multiracial

    African American, Afro-Caribbean

    Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC)

    East or Southeast Asian

    Hispanic, Latinx

    LGBTQIA2S+

    Middle Eastern (Arab or Persian)

    Native American, Alaska Native, First Nation,

    Indigenous, or Metis.

    South Asain (Indian, Pakistani, Afgan, Bangladeshe)

    White or Caucasian

    Women of Color (WOC)

    Women Veterans

    Other

Center for Women Veterans (CWV)
National Certified Counselor
Psychology Today
Therapy Den
Inclusive Therapists
OutCare Health
American Mental Health Counselors Association
National Board of Certified Counselors
American Counseling Association

Schedule a free 15 minute consultation.

See if we are a good fit and get your questions answered.

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