High Functioning
Anxiety and
Burnout Therapy
in-person counseling support for women
Charleston, SC
You are at the end of your rope,
Dreaming of feeling like yourself again,
But you need unbiased guidance.
You’re holding it all together.
But it’s taking everything you have.
You’re capable. Responsible. Self-aware. You’re the person other people count on.
From the outside, your life may even look pretty good.
But underneath it, your mind rarely stops.
You’re thinking about what needs to happen next. Replaying conversations. Trying not to disappoint anyone. Wondering if you’re doing enough. Keeping track of everyone and everything.
And lately, you’re tired in a way that sleep doesn’t seem to fix.
You don’t need to fall apart before you’re allowed to get support.
What if I told you it’s possible to get the guidance you need, understand how your mind works, stop self-sabotage, and manage your emotions?
Ethredge Counseling Group is here to guide you from breakdowns to breakthroughs.
“Highly recommend [ECG]. They provide trustworthy support for clients with great compassion and care.”
— Renee D.
Maybe you don’t look anxious.
You look high-functioning.
You go to work. You answer the texts. You meet the deadlines. You take care of the people you love.
You keep going.
But being the person who can always handle it has a cost.
Maybe lately you’ve noticed:
You can’t seem to turn your brain off
Small things suddenly feel overwhelming
You’re exhausted, but have trouble actually resting
You put enormous pressure on yourself to get things right
You feel guilty when you aren’t being productive
You replay conversations and second-guess yourself
You’re increasingly irritable or emotionally depleted
You have trouble saying no without feeling guilty
You procrastinate on things that normally wouldn’t faze you
You feel like you’re constantly behind
You’ve lost some of your motivation, creativity, or excitement
Your body feels tense even when nothing is technically wrong
You’re taking care of everyone else while quietly running on empty
And the strangest part?
The people around you may have no idea how hard you’re working just to feel okay.
Welcome to Ethredge Counseling in Charleston
We are an all female team of highly skilled, dedicated therapists providing advanced individual psychotherapy for millennial women. Located in Charleston, we offer in-person therapy rooted in compassion and expertise. Our holistic approach is custom-tailored to help you navigate anxiety, stress, depression, burnout and difficult life transitions with deep insight and expert guidance.
How We Work
We understand your experience in ways the people around you often don’t - the overthinking, the pressure you put on yourself, and how exhausting it is to look like you’re doing fine when you don’t feel fine.
Using EMDR, parts work, and a holistic, trauma-informed approach, we help you understand what’s driving the anxiety and work toward feeling more grounded, connected, and at ease in your own life.
Sessions are in person at our Charleston office. Real room, real person, no feeling like just a number.
Your anxiety didn’t come out of nowhere.
For many high-achieving women, the qualities that are exhausting them now once served an important purpose.
Being hyper-aware helped you anticipate what other people needed.
Being responsible kept things from falling apart.
Perfectionism protected you from criticism.
People-pleasing helped maintain connection.
Staying busy kept uncomfortable feelings at a distance.
Overthinking gave you the illusion that if you could anticipate every possibility, nothing could catch you off guard.
These strategies may have helped you become incredibly capable.
But you shouldn’t have to live your whole life in survival mode just because you’re good at it.
Therapy that goes deeper than “think more positively.”
Anxiety is rarely just a thinking problem.
That’s why our therapists work with the whole person: your thoughts, emotions, relationships, history, body, and nervous system.
Depending on what you need, your therapist may integrate talk therapy, EMDR, parts work, nervous-system education, and other holistic, trauma-informed approaches.
Our Tailored Approach
EMDR
EMDR can help your brain process experiences that continue to fuel anxiety, hypervigilance, shame, perfectionism, or feelings of never being safe enough.
Parts Work
Parts work can help you understand the subconscious patterns underneath your anxiety and develop a different relationship with the parts of yourself that have been working overtime to keep you safe.
Relationship Support
Anxiety doesn’t happen in a vacuum. We’ll look at how it shows up in dating, marriage, friendships, family, boundaries, attachment, conflict, and your tendency to take responsibility for everyone around you.
How Our Therapy Process Works:
Free Consultation
You’ll chat with Abigail, our Client Matchmaker, on the phone for 20 minutes to get a sense of your goals and match you with the right Charleston therapist for your needs.
2. Schedule a Session
If we’re a great fit, we’ll schedule your first session. We offer flexible appointments at our Charleston office or via Telehealth so you can easily fit therapy around your class schedule.
3. Intake paperwork
You’ll complete a few brief questionnaires online before your first appointment so we can focus entirely on your well-being and growth from day one.
Imagine having a little more room inside your own life.
Not becoming a different person.
Not losing your ambition.
Not suddenly becoming someone who doesn’t care.
But being able to accomplish things without anxiety being the engine.
Imagine being able to rest without mentally calculating what you should be doing instead.
Make a decision without analyzing it twelve different ways.
Say no without spending the rest of the day wondering if someone is upset with you.
Have a difficult conversation without replaying it all night.
Let something be good enough.
Be present with the people you love.
Trust yourself.
And feel like your life belongs to you again.
Meet the therapists who understand high-functioning women.
You don’t need to figure out which therapeutic modality you need before you call us.
That’s our job.
The Team!
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Mary Seitz Spratlin
Relationships - EMDR - Anxiety
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Channing Harris
Couples - EMDR - Trauma - Perinatal
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Claire Johnson
EMDR -Trauma -Couples - Men - Body Image
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Landrie Ethredge
Founder + Therapist to High Achieving Women
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Abigail McAnnaly
Client Matchmaker
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Nika Ethredge
Emotional Support Dog
What Our Charleston Clients Are Saying:
“When looking for a counselor/therapist, I wanted someone who would be direct enough to tell me what I needed to hear and gentle enough to say it in a way that I can hear it.”
— Charles Williams
“Professional, kind, and truly gifted in supporting others in their personal work.”
— Lauren Adcock
Our Approach to Personal and Relational Growth
Ethredge Counseling Group is all about YOU!
We believe in the profound abilities of our minds and bodies to heal themselves, given the support they need.
Through holistic approaches, education, and a safe space to process your thoughts…
…The therapists at Ethredge Counseling Group can help you:
Feel supported by a trustworthy and compassionate therapist
Save you years of repeating self-defeating patterns
Learn how your brain and nervous system work
Process emotions in a productive way (instead of suppressing them)
Improve your relationships by working on the most important relationship first (the one with yourself!)
This IS for you if:
You want to understand how your mind works
You aren’t yet sure this is for you
You can’t let go of the past
You say “should” a lot
You have the financial resources to commit to a weekly session
You are willing to make simple lifestyle changes to support your work in therapy
You want your confidence to go up!
You want to understand how your childhood affects you now
You know, good things take time
You want a new mindset and understanding of yourself
You want to be a more compassionate person toward yourself and others
You want to be the best version of yourself
This is NOT for you if:
You want a quick fix
You can’t prioritize weekly sessions right now
You want a step-by-step cure-all
You want to use your insurance
You are in active alcohol or drug addiction (we recommend an addiction treatment center first!)
You are not willing to explore your emotions or self-reflect
You are not ready to prioritize your well-being
You don’t want to get to the root cause
You want your therapist to do it for you
You need documentation for a court case, or you are court-ordered to attend therapy
You don’t like holistic approaches
You don’t care about showing up as the best version of yourself
-Bonnie McNair
“Landrie provides professional, compassionate care for anyone walking a difficult road, while creating a safe environment to explore new paths.”
“I'm so impressed...so skilled and high integrity. Need more places like this!”