About Jean
Jean Elliott is a licensed professional counselor who has worked in South Carolina for 28 years. She focuses on helping people who struggle with anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, and low self-esteem. Her style is calm and direct, aimed at helping someone feel steadier day to day.
She listens for the patterns behind recurring problems and helps clients name what keeps them stuck. Jean uses practical tools to manage symptoms, and she also looks at deeper emotional themes that show up again and again.
Background and approach
Sessions are straightforward and focused on small, doable changes. Jean often helps people who face caregiver stress, feelings of abandonment, codependency, or problems with control. She also supports those coping with guilt, shame, emptiness, and questions about life purpose.
Addiction-related concerns, mood disorders, postpartum depression, and post-traumatic stress are within her practice focus. Her approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, EMDR for processing traumatic memories, Jungian ideas to explore personal meaning, and solution-focused techniques to set clear short-term goals. She balances skills work with deeper reflection so clients get both relief and insight.
Sessions aim to build emotional resilience and clearer communication. People who want practical strategies plus room to examine long-standing patterns tend to fit well with her approach. Jean offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs.
Therapeutic approaches matched to online care
Jean uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; this approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress management. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is offered to process traumatic memories and reduce their intensity for people affected by past abuse or post-traumatic stress.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Jean will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences and then recommend a mix of techniques. Together they set short-term goals and adjust the plan as needed based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let the conversation feel close to an in-person session. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for quick check-ins, brief coaching between sessions, or support when a scheduled session isn’t possible. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy routines while keeping focus on making steady progress.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English