Dr. Melinda Somerville, LISW-CP

MELINDA SOMERVILLE, LISW-CP is a LICENSED PSYCHOTHERAPISTI am a psychotherapist and Licensed Independent Social Worker with 20 years of clinical experience working with people from all walks of life. I have been a therapist in private practice since 2007 and founded Irmo Counseling Services, LLC in 2010. In my early years of clinical practice, I worked for the Department of Mental Health at G. Weber Bryan Psychiatric Hospital, Lexington County Mental Health Center, Domestic Abuse Center and Sistercare as a volunteer. I have worked extensively with people in the treatment of major mental illness, substance abuse, crisis management and with victims and perpetrators of domestic violence.As a therapist in private practice, I specialize in helping couples improve their relationships, individuals recover from depression, anxiety, postpartum depression/anxiety, loss and grief, divorce and separation, low self worth, social anxiety and many other painful transitions of living. My work with …people has been by far my greatest teacher and continues to shape the work I do today.My approach to psychotherapy is primarily Person-Centered, Psychodynamic, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Interpersonal, Mindfulness, Experiential treatment methods. I work in the here and now, but also explore past experiences as they relate to present day issues.SPECIALTIESCouples/Relationships, Anxiety, Depression, Postpartum Issues, Loss/Death, Difficult Pregnancies, Infertility, Difficult Transitions/Personal Growth, Family Therapy, LGBT, Parenting/Mothers Issues, Aging/EldersTREATMENT INTERVENTIONSEmotionally Focused Therapy (couples), CBT, Interpersonal, Client Centered, Psychodynamic, Family Systems Theory, Attachment TheoryWe would love to make a difference for you. Chat Now with us Today!