Aldi Gaines, LCMHC, LPC, LAC, BC-TMH, Founder
Aldi founded Gaines Therapy PLLC in 2018. She grew up in Maryland and lived in Paris for three years. After living in Northern Virginia for twelve years, Aldi relocated to the Carolinas with her family in 2016 where she found great joy exploring the many beaches in the area and fell in love with the mountains during summer and fall family vacations. She places great personal value on relationships which translates to a passion for supporting her clients with creating healthier relationships with themselves and their loved ones.
Aldi’s journey to becoming a healer began in 2009 with a vision of creating a safe and non-judgmental space that promotes emotional, psychological, spiritual, and physical healing. Aldi’s warm heart and unwavering compassion helps her gently guide her clients towards cultivating self-compassion as well as gaining a better understanding of their thoughts, feelings, and needs to achieve a greater sense of authenticity, peace, and joy in their lives.
Aldi holds a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling and she is licensed in North Carolina and South Carolina. Her clinical practice has focused on providing psychotherapy to children, adolescents, and adults from diverse backgrounds in various clinical settings and levels of care, including community mental health/substance abuse agencies, and a psychiatric hospital.
Aldi provides individual, couples, and family therapy to adults and adolescents (ages 16 & up). She specializes in treating mood disorders, anxiety, trauma, grief and loss, and substance use disorders. Aldi provides support through life transitions, managing self-esteem and body image issues, and coping with anger, stress, and conflict. She primarily utilizes Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) in her clinical practice.
Aldi currently offers sessions on Monday through Thursday (8a-2p).
Stephanie Colson, LPC
Stephanie grew up in Rhode Island and moved to South Carolina with her family, after spending almost 10 years living in Arizona. After growing up near the ocean and hiking the desert terrain, she is happy to call South Carolina home where her family now has proximity to both.
Stephanie received her first Master’s degree in Forensic Psychology in 2008 and a second Master of Arts degree in Professional Counseling in 2011. She is currently a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate in South Carolina and has been practicing psychotherapy since 2007. Stephanie takes a person-centered approach to assist and support clients to be the author of their own lives on the road to self-actualization. She has provided psychotherapy to adolescents and adults in a wide variety of treatment settings which includes, inpatient, correctional, and outpatient.
Stephanie provides individual and family therapy to adults and adolescents (ages 12 & up). She specializes in the treatment of grief and loss, psychological trauma, mood disorders, sex addiction, and anxiety disorders. Stephanie also provides support with navigating issues related to life transitions, self-esteem, and parenting. She has completed specialized training in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Alternatives for Families (AF-CBT), Adoption-Competent Therapy, and treatment of paraphilic disorders in adults. She primarily utilizes Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) in her clinical practice.
Stephanie currently offers sessions on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, with morning and some evening availability, via telehealth only.
"If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place"
~Eckhart Tolle
