Insights and reflections from our licensed therapists to guide your journey to wellness.
At Seaside Counseling & Wellness, our therapists share guidance, strategies, and reflections to support your mental health journey. Explore articles on relationships, family, self-care, and more.
Grief doesn’t only follow loss — sometimes it begins before it. Pending (or anticipatory) grief appears when change or loss is coming but hasn’t arrived yet. It’s a quiet ache that deserves understanding, not judgment.
We often think of support as something we receive from others, but true healing begins when we learn to listen inwardly — to our own experiences, emotions, and quiet wisdom. This reflection explores how therapy helps us hear ourselves with compassion and rediscover the strength already within.
The heaviest burdens are often invisible. At Seaside Counseling & Wellness, we offer a safe shoreline where you can set down what you’ve been carrying and begin to breathe again.
In a world that feels constantly in motion, finding stability can seem out of reach. Therapy offers a space to pause — to steady your footing, breathe deeply, and rediscover balance when life feels uncertain. It’s not about control; it’s about learning how to move with life’s changes while staying anchored within yourself.
Life constantly throws challenges our way — from stressful conversations to unexpected obstacles. In those moments, we often act on impulse. That’s reacting. But when we pause, reflect, and choose our words or actions with intention, we are responding. This difference may sound subtle, but it can completely transform how we move through relationships, work, and personal struggles.
Life piles up—work, family, finances, health—and before you know it, you’re carrying more than any one person should. Feeling overwhelmed doesn’t mean you’re failing; it means you’re human. Here’s the truth: you don’t have to do this by yourself.
In today’s fast-paced world, finding balance between work and personal life often feels like an impossible task. With deadlines, family responsibilities, and endless to-do lists, it’s easy to feel stretched too thin. At Seaside Counseling & Wellness in Mount Pleasant, SC, we help individuals and families develop tools to reclaim balance, reduce stress, and prioritize what truly matters.
It’s easy to get caught up in regrets about yesterday or worries about tomorrow. Our minds replay conversations we wish we’d handled differently, or we fast-forward into “what-ifs” that may never happen. In the process, we miss the only place where real peace can exist: the present moment.
Healthy boundaries are not walls to keep people out—they are bridges that support balance, respect, and connection. They create space for you to show up authentically in your relationships and ensure that your needs are valued alongside those of others.
Research in psychology shows that individuals who practice clear boundary-setting report lower stress levels, higher self-esteem, and improved relationship satisfaction. At Seaside Counseling & Wellness, we often remind clients that boundaries are not selfish—they are a form of self-care.
Angi was drawn to become a therapist by her desire to walk alongside people as they navigate life’s twists and turns. Her approach is authentic, dynamic, and uplifting, and she never loses sight of each individual’s capacity to persevere, create, and transform.
With 20 years of experience working with individuals from diverse and complex backgrounds in both non-profit and private practice settings, Angi brings a warm, relational style to her work—often sprinkled with humor. She specializes in supporting adults through life transitions, grief and loss, relationship challenges, and symptoms of anxiety and depression.
Angi integrates various therapeutic approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). She is also passionate about the connection between nutrition and mental health, having earned a certificate in Nutrition and Integrative Medicine for Mental Health from Adelphi University.
She embraces working with people from all backgrounds, religions, orientations, cultures, and ideologies. In her free time, Angi enjoys cooking savory meals, relaxing at the beach, reading, connecting with loved ones, and maintaining a balanced self-care routine.
