Trans Lifeline

Website: https://www.translifeline.org/
Phone: Administrative Office: (510) 771-1417
Description: Trans Lifeline is a trans-led organization that connects trans people to the community, support, and resources they need to survive and thrive. Offerings include a peer support hotline, microgrants, and TGNC-specific resources.
Note: Trans Lifeline Hotline: (877) 565-8860

World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)

Name: World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
Website: https://www.wpath.org/
Description: The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), formerly known as the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association (HBIGDA), is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, interdisciplinary professional and educational organization devoted to transgender health. Their mission is to promote evidence-based care, education, research, public policy, and respect in transgender health.

FOLX

Website: https://www.folxhealth.com/
Address: N/A (telehealth only)
Email: N/A
Phone: N/A

Practice: FOLX Health
Accepts insurance? Aetna, Cigna (except therapy), Priority Health, Evernorth (therapy only in SC), Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (valid in SC), Out of Network
Sliding scale? Discounted rates on labs and medications available with membership
Is telehealth offered? Yes – telehealth only

Piedmont Care

Website: https://www.piedmontcare.org/
Address: 101 North Pine Street, Suite 200, Spartanburg, SC, 29302
Email: N/A
Phone: (864) 582-7773
Medical Care Direct Line: (864) 699-9581

Practice: Piedmont Care
Accepts insurance? N/A
Sliding scale? N/A
Is telehealth offered? N/A

Melissa Borah and Deana Matni

Website: https://www.joyharborwellness.com
Address: 2000 Reynolds Ave Suite 201, North Charleston SC, 29405
Email: missa@joyharborwellness.com, deana@joyharborwellness.com
Phone: (323) 676-0462

Practice: Joy Harbor Wellness
Accepts insurance? EMDR/Psychotherapy—Accepting most major insurance. Massage—private pay only.
Sliding scale? Yes
Is telehealth offered? EMDR/Psychotherapy—Yes. Massage—Mobile only, will meet at your home.
Notable: The providers at this practice have lived LGBTQ+ experience. Melissa provides EMDR and psychotherapy services specializing in gender and sexual identity questions, religious trauma, self acceptance. Deana offers trauma-informed and LGBTQ+ sensitive mobile clinical massage.

Fireweed Collective

Website: https://fireweedcollective.org/
Email: administrator@fireweedcollective.org
Phone: N/A

Practice: Fireweed Collective offers mental health education and mutual aid through a Healing Justice lens. They help support the emotional wellness of all people, and center the needs of those most marginalized by our society. Their work seeks to disrupt the harm of systems of abuse and oppression, often reproduced by the mental health system.

Notable: Groups run for a month. They meet once a week online for 60 to 90 minutes. All support groups are sliding scale and are facilitated by members of Fireweed Collective.

National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network (NQTTCN)

Website: https://nqttcn.com/en/
Email: info@nqttcn.com
Phone: N/A

Practice: NQTTCN is a healing justice organization actively working to transform mental health for queer and trans Black, Indigenous and People of Color (QTBIPOC).

Notable: Through political education and field building, they work to create a future where health, mental health, and healing practitioners build power to intervene against the harm perpetuated by the medical-industrial complex while actively creating new liberatory ecosystems of care for our communities. They envision a world where our movement organizations are more resilient and strategic with the tools to navigate and collectively heal from violence, trauma, crisis, and uncertainty by organizing with politicized health and healing practitioners aligned with healing justice.

Michelle Leach LPC-A

Website: https://www.michelleleach.com/
Address: 198 Rutledge Ave Suite, Charleston, SC, 29403
Email: hello@michelleleach.com
Phone: (843) 779-6119

Practice: N/A
Accepts insurance? N/A
Sliding scale? Some slots available
Is telehealth offered? Yes
Notable: Specializes in sex therapy. Trained specifically in queer sex and sexuality, as well as sex after transition surgeries.

Abby Foster LISW-CP, MAC, CPSS, ADC, SRCD

Website: https://www.twowolvescollaborative.com/
Address: 4 Carriage Ln Suite 305, Charleston, SC, 29407
Email: abby@twowolvescollaborative.com
Phone: (843) 779-2496

Practice: Two Wolves Collaborative
Accepts insurance? No
Sliding scale? N/A
Is telehealth offered? Yes
Notable: EMDR

Xiomara A. Sosa, Clinical Mental Health Counselor/Therapist

Website: https://www.swmhs.net/
Address: 820 Central Avenue, Summerville, SC, 29483
Email: xstudioswmhs@gmail.com
Phone: (786) 200-0338

Practice: Summerville Women's Mental Health Services
Accepts insurance? Out of Network, some insurance accepted with virtual options—check website
Sliding scale? Reduced rates offered if eligible
Is telehealth offered? Yes
Notable: Multicultural, inclusive, and culturally competent mental health services for all women: cisgender, transgender, intersex, non-binary, and woman/feminine identified. They work with the veteran community, the Latino/Hispanic/LatinX community, and the LGBTQIA2S+ community. Bilingual (English/Spanish), military veteran, and LGBTQIA2S+ with lived experience.

Karin Brockelman PhD, CRC, LPC

Website: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/karin-brockelman-columbia-sc/253785
Address: 1898 Calhoun St #5, Columbia, SC, 29201
Email: docbrock@brockelmanbeam.com
Phone: (803) 525-5511

Practice: Brockelman Beam LLC
Accepts insurance? Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, United Health, and Tricare East
Sliding scale? No
Is telehealth offered? Yes
Notable: Identifies as part of the LGBTQ+ community. Certified Rehabilitation Counselor. Internal Family Systems Level 1 trained.

Eva Serber, PhD

Website: https://evaserber.com/
Address: 1643B Savannah Hwy, Suite 202, Charleston, SC, 29407
Email: DrEva@evaserber.com
Phone: (843) 564-3930

Practice: Eva Serber, PhD, LLC
Accepts insurance? Out of Network
Sliding scale? Offered as eligible
Is telehealth offered? Yes
Notable: LGBTQ+ ally offering psychotherapy as well as coaching services, including exercise/physical training programming, nutrition coaching, and teamwork

Meg Smith, LPC-A, ADC-IP, MA

Website: https://withyoutherapy.clientsecure.me/#services
Address: Charleston, SC
Email: iamwithyoutherapy@gmail.com
Phone: (843) 640-0525

Practice: With You Therapy
Accepts insurance? Out of Network
Sliding scale? Slots available pending availability
Notable: GAC documentation, EMDR, queer couples and youth 10+, substance abuse

Kate Madigan, LPCA

Website: https://www.therapy-studios.com/kate
Address: 2128 Dorchester Road, Charleston, SC, 29405
Email: kate@therapy-studios.com

Practice: Therapy Studios - Be Well Spaces
Accepts insurance? Out of Network
Is telehealth offered? Yes
Sliding scale? Scholarship options available for those with economic need
Notable: Lived queer experience, provides EMDR, sex therapy

Sara Tick, LMFT

Website: https://www.charlestonfamilycounseling.org/
Phone: (843) 213-2643

Practice: Charleston Family Counseling
Accepts insurance? No
Is telehealth offered? Yes, telehealth only

Michele Balderson, LISW-CT

Website: http://www.willowtreecounselingsc.com/
Address: 101 N Marion Street Ste 207 Oak Park, IL 60301, Oak Park, IL, 60301
Email: info@willowtreecounselingsc.com
Phone: (864) 729-4184

Practice: Willow Tree Counseling, LLC
Accepts insurance? Aetna, Beacon Health Options, BlueCross BlueShield, Cigna, Optum/United Healthcare/United Behavioral Health/UMR, Out of Network
Is telehealth offered? Yes, telehealth only in SC

Jen Bennett, LPC

Website: https://www.therapy-studios.com/
Address: 2128 Dorchester Road, Charleston, SC, 29405
Email: jen@therapy-studios.com

Practice: Therapy Studios - Be Well Spaces
Accepts insurance? Out of Network
Is telehealth offered? Yes
Notable: Lived queer experience, specializes in EMDR

Cindy Boatwright MA, MEd, LPC

Website: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/cindy-boatwright-mount-pleasant-sc/77026
Address: Mt. Pleasant, SC
Phone: (843) 408-4142

Is telehealth offered? Yes, telehealth only

Emily Howard, LPC

Website: https://www.therapy-studios.com/emily
Address: 2128 Dorchester Road, North Charleston, SC, 29405
Email: emily@therapy-studios.com
Phone: (843) 825-1036
Practice: Therapy Studios
Accepts Insurance: Out of Network
Telehealth Offered: Yes
Notable: Specializes in gender dysphoria, gender transition, and gender identity exploration

Ricardo J. Fermo, MD

Website: https://www.fermopsych.com/
Address: 887 Johnnie Dodds Blvd, Suite 100, Mt. Pleasant, SC, 29464
Phone: (843) 856-6998
Practice: Fermo Psychiatric Solutions
Accepts Insurance: Self-pay
Telehealth Offered: Yes, telehealth only