Summerville Women’s Mental Health Services
Women’s Mental Health Center
Counseling, Therapy, and Clinical Supervision in South Carolina
Multicultural mental health services for all women: cisgender, transgender, intersex, non-binary, and woman/feminine identified. We welcome and serve all ethnic, cultural, and racial communities. We help clients heal from anxiety, depression, dysphoria, and trauma/stressors, teaching them coping skills, self-esteem, and healthy thinking to promote their healing and improve their well-being. We specialize in integrative mental health (IMH), a holistic approach to treating mental health that combines conventional and non-conventional therapies. We are uniquely qualified and culturally competent to work with the veteran community, the Latino/Hispanic/LatinX community, and the LGBTQIA2S+ community. We are bilingual (English/Spanish), military veteran, and LGBTQIA2S+ with lived experience. We serve all of South Carolina with both in-office and telehealth appointments.
Summerville Women’s Mental Health Services is a unique mental health center near historic downtown Summerville and Charleston, SC. We tailor our services to the unique needs of each client. We are compassionate, affirming, and dedicated to hearing your unique story. We support your specific journey and goals.
Xiomara A. Sosa, Founder
for veterans
We are a SonderMond Mental Health Care Provider. SonderMind is a trusted Community Care partner with the Veterans Health Administration's (VHA)'s Community Care Network (CCN) to help Veterans get the care they need when they need it. Veteran mental health support, founded and led by a Veteran. Your home for mental health support, specialized for the Veteran community.
Xiomara A. Sosa, BS, MS
Clinical Mental Health Counselor
National Certified Counselor
Licensed Professional Counselor
Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor/Candidate
Founder/Owner/CEO/Clinical Director
Xiomara A. Sosa is an integrative mental health (IMH) clinician who focuses on treating the whole person, not just the symptoms. She combines conventional and non-conventional therapies to treat mental health issues and aims to address the biological, psychological, and social factors that contribute to mental health. This approach includes mental health, physical health, emotional well-being, interpersonal relationships, and spiritual needs. She helps clients identify patterns in their lives that may contribute to their struggles and works on developing strategies for making healthier choices.
mental health specialties
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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.
specialty issues
Acculturation
Balancing Work and Family/Multiple Roles
Bereavement/Grief/Loss
Burnout
Caregiver Issues or Stress/Care-giving of Aging Parents/Family Caregiving
Codependency
Compassion Fatigue
Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Coping Mechanisms
Crisis
Cultural and Systemic Oppression
Cultural/Diversity/Multicultural Concerns
Disaster Mental Health
Discrimination
Domestic Abuse or Violence/Intimate Partner Abuse or Violence
Emotional Abuse
Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Support
Gender and Sexual Identity Exploration
Generational Concerns
HIV/AIDS Issues
Historical/Inter-generational Trauma
Identity Issues
Job Stress
Latinx Concerns (Hispanic/Latino/Latina)
LGBTQIA2s+ Concerns
Life Transitions
Menopause and Perimenopause
Midlife Crisis
Military Sexual Trauma (MST)
Multicultural Concerns
Oppression
Personal Development/Growth
Postpartum Anxiety
Postpartum Depression (PPD)
Postpartum PTSD
Racial Concerns/Racial and Cultural Identity/Racial Stress and Trauma
Low Self-Esteem/Lack of Assertiveness
Sexism
Sexual Assault/Abuse and Harassment
Sexual Identity
Sexual Orientation
Stress
Transgender and Nonbinary Issues
Veteran Issues/Transition To Civilian Life
Wellness/Healthy Lifestyle
Work-Related Concerns
Counseling and Therapy Method
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Counseling and Therapy
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Mental Health Specialties
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Modality Treatment Approaches
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Specialty Issues
Providing individual and small group supervision for licensure for LPC-As in SC.
clinical supervision
For Licensed Professional Counselor Associates (LPCAs)
Our core values: Affirmation, Anti-racism, Cultural humility, Empowerment, Multiculturalism
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
(All races, ethnicities, and cultures are welcome)
American Indian or Alaska Native
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders/Native Hawaiians (AAPI)
Black or African American, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC)
Hispanic/Latino/Latinx
LGBTQIA2S+
Middle Eastern or North African
Women of Color (WOC)
Women Veterans
Schedule a free 15 minute consultation.
See if we are a good fit and get your questions answered.
