Social Anxiety Treatment in Charleston, SC
Evaluation and treatment for a lasting fear of being judged or watched, starting from home, for adults in Charleston and nearby West Ashley, James Island and Johns Island by secure video.
Social Anxiety Treatment for Adults in Charleston
Hope Behavioral Medicine provides social anxiety treatment for adults in Charleston and across Charleston County by secure video, and in-person visits are also available at our West Ashley office; we accept Medicare, most major commercial plans, and all South Carolina Medicaid managed care plans except Select Health (First Choice).
CDC PLACES has no measure of social anxiety disorder, so the closest local measures here are loneliness, the share of adults who say they feel lonely, and the share who report lacking social and emotional support.
Social Anxiety Treatment: What the Local Figures Show in Charleston
Compared with Charleston County as a whole, Charleston has higher estimates for loneliness, frequent mental distress and depression and lower estimates for lack of social and emotional support and fair or poor self-rated health, while transportation barriers is about even.
Against the median of the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, Charleston sits below it on loneliness, lack of social and emotional support, frequent mental distress, transportation barriers and fair or poor self-rated health, while depression is close to the middle.
Charleston has the fifth-lowest estimate for fair or poor self-rated health of the 34 communities on this site, and physical and mental health usually move together.
For lack of social and emotional support, Charleston ranks seventh-lowest among them.
Its estimate for transportation barriers is the seventh-lowest of the group.
Among nearby communities on this site, the loneliness estimate for Charleston sits above James Island and ZIP code 29455; about level with ZIP code 29407.
An estimated 13.3 percent of households in Charleston have no broadband subscription, the eleventh-lowest share of the 34 communities on this site, and a video visit needs a steady connection on a phone, tablet or computer.
| Measure | Charleston | Charleston County |
|---|---|---|
| Adults who report feeling lonely | 30.3 percent | 29.8 percent |
| Adults who lack social and emotional support | 20.4 percent | 21.3 percent |
| Adults with 14 or more days of poor mental health in the past month | 15.1 percent | 14.4 percent |
| Adults ever told by a health professional they have depression | 22.6 percent | 21.3 percent |
| Adults who lacked reliable transportation in the past year | 6.6 percent | 6.7 percent |
| Adults who rate their own health as fair or poor | 13.6 percent | 15.4 percent |
Figures in this section come from CDC PLACES, 2025 release (model-based estimates from 2022 and 2023 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data), with the American Community Survey, 2017 to 2021, via CDC for households without broadband; ranks compare the 34 South Carolina communities on this site.
Charleston County Figures From County Health Rankings
In Charleston County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts 14 percent of adults with frequent mental distress, below the statewide 16.7 percent, the lowest frequent mental distress figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Charleston the ninth-lowest frequent mental distress estimate of the 34 communities on this site.
| Measure | Charleston County | South Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| Average poor mental health days adults reported in the past month | 5 days | 5.2 days |
| Adults with two weeks or more of poor mental health in the past month | 14 percent | 16.7 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 30.6 percent | 36.6 percent |
| Mental health providers, counted against residents | one for every 214 residents | one for every 437 residents |
| Working-age adults with no health insurance | 11.4 percent | 13.4 percent |
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps builds these county figures from the CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2022 for the survey measures, the CMS National Provider Identification file, 2024 for provider counts and the Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, 2022 for insurance; ranks compare the South Carolina counties in this data.
Living and Working in Charleston
Both The Citadel and the College of Charleston, which has more than 11,000 students, sit inside the city; we see students 18 and older by secure video, around class schedules.
In 2024 the Charleston region's tourism industry, much of it restaurant and hotel work, employed a record 54,900 people; hospitality workers with irregular hours can schedule video visits without a drive.
Joint Base Lindsey Graham, called Joint Base Charleston until August 2026, serves more than 90,000 service members, civilians, family members and retirees.
Every spring Spoleto Festival USA, first held in 1977, spends 17 days in Charleston's historic theaters, churches and outdoor spaces.
Charleston passed the nation's first historic preservation ordinance in 1931, and with it created the Board of Architectural Review.
The 2020 Census counted 150,227 City of Charleston residents, and about 33,600 of them lived on the historic downtown peninsula.
Campuses serving Charleston include College of Charleston, The Citadel, Charleston School of Law and Trident Technical College.
Charleston's economy centers on tourism and hospitality, aerospace and the port and logistics.
Sources for these local facts: charleston.edu,abcnews4.com,wach.com,spoletousa.org,charleston-sc.gov.
Social Anxiety Treatment for College Students and Young Adults
Seminars, presentations and a new social scene can make social anxiety hard to ignore at college, and students 18 and older can start care from their room.
Cognitive behavioral therapy builds skills step by step for speaking up in class and meeting people, and medication when indicated, decided jointly with the patient, can be part of the plan.
Social anxiety disorder is a lasting fear of being judged or watched that gets in the way of work, school or friendships, and for some people it shows up only when performing.
Request an appointment for social anxiety treatment, call (843) 737-0312, or read about social anxiety treatment by telehealth across South Carolina and in person at our West Ashley office.
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Not in Charleston?
Adults anywhere in South Carolina, including West Ashley, James Island and Johns Island, can see us by secure video, or you can browse every South Carolina community we serve
Social Anxiety Treatment in Charleston: Questions
Yes: adults in Charleston and the rest of Charleston County can see Hope Behavioral Medicine by secure video, and in-person visits are also available at our West Ashley office, and a video visit needs no ride; for comparison, Charleston has the seventh-lowest estimate for transportation barriers of the 34 communities on this site.
Yes: your first visit and your follow-up visits can happen by secure video from home, and cognitive behavioral therapy, including exposure work, can be paired with medication when indicated, decided jointly with the patient.
CDC PLACES puts it at 30.3 percent of adults in Charleston, the eleventh-lowest figure among the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, against 29.8 percent across Charleston County.
In Charleston County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts one mental health provider for every 214 residents, more providers for its population than the statewide one for every 437 residents, the lowest residents per mental health provider figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Charleston the seventh-lowest lack of social and emotional support estimate of the 34 communities on this site.
Yes: students 18 and older, including those at College of Charleston, The Citadel, Charleston School of Law and Trident Technical College, can be seen by secure video around their class schedules.
Hope Behavioral Medicine is not an emergency service: call or text 988, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, at any hour, and in an emergency call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.