Social Anxiety Treatment in Florence, SC
Evaluation and treatment for a lasting fear of being judged or watched, starting from home, for adults in Florence and nearby Hartsville and Lake City by secure video.
Social Anxiety Treatment for Adults in Florence
Hope Behavioral Medicine provides social anxiety treatment for adults in Florence and across Florence County by secure video, with in-person visits at our West Ashley office in Charleston for anyone who prefers them; 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 Florence
Compared with Florence County as a whole, Florence has higher estimates for transportation barriers, while loneliness, lack of social and emotional support, frequent mental distress, depression and fair or poor self-rated health are about even.
Against the median of the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, Florence sits above the middle on loneliness, lack of social and emotional support, transportation barriers and fair or poor self-rated health, while frequent mental distress and depression are close to the middle.
Florence has the eleventh-highest estimate for loneliness of the 34 communities on this site, and loneliness often travels with depression and anxiety.
For lack of social and emotional support, Florence ranks twelfth-highest among them.
Its estimate for fair or poor self-rated health is the thirteenth-highest of the group.
Among nearby communities on this site, the loneliness estimate for Florence sits below Hartsville and Lake City.
An estimated 24 percent of households in Florence have no broadband subscription, the sixth-highest share of the 34 communities on this site, and a video visit needs a steady connection on a phone, tablet or computer.
| Measure | Florence | Florence County |
|---|---|---|
| Adults who report feeling lonely | 34.9 percent | 35.3 percent |
| Adults who lack social and emotional support | 26 percent | 26.2 percent |
| Adults with 14 or more days of poor mental health in the past month | 17.3 percent | 17.6 percent |
| Adults ever told by a health professional they have depression | 22.3 percent | 22.7 percent |
| Adults who lacked reliable transportation in the past year | 11.4 percent | 10.5 percent |
| Adults who rate their own health as fair or poor | 23.5 percent | 23.1 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.
Florence County Figures From County Health Rankings
In Florence County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts 18 percent of adults with frequent mental distress, above the statewide 16.7 percent, the ninth-highest frequent mental distress figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Florence the fifteenth-lowest frequent mental distress estimate of the 34 communities on this site.
| Measure | Florence County | South Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| Average poor mental health days adults reported in the past month | 5.6 days | 5.2 days |
| Adults with two weeks or more of poor mental health in the past month | 18 percent | 16.7 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 38.2 percent | 36.6 percent |
| Mental health providers, counted against residents | one for every 332 residents | one for every 437 residents |
| Working-age adults with no health insurance | 13 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 Florence
Francis Marion University and Florence-Darlington Technical College both have their campuses in Florence; we see students 18 and older by secure video, around class schedules.
More than 13,500 people work in health care in Florence County, the medical hub of the Pee Dee; health care workers face high rates of burnout, and video visits can fit around demanding shifts.
Florence National Cemetery dates to 1865 and lies about a quarter-mile from the site of a Civil War prison camp.
In 2026 SteelFab announced a $38.92 million Florence plant with 108 jobs making steel parts for U.S. naval defense.
Florence grew up around a railroad depot site bought in 1853 and takes its name from Florence Harllee, daughter of the railroad's president.
Campuses serving Florence include Francis Marion University and Florence-Darlington Technical College.
Florence's economy centers on health care and automotive and retail distribution.
Florence County is federally designated as a mental health professional shortage area, meaning there are too few mental health professionals for the people who live there; telehealth lets Florence residents see a provider without waiting for a local opening.
Sources for these local facts: southcarolinapublicradio.org,fcedp.com,cem.va.gov,governor.sc.gov,cityofflorencesc.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.
Read More From Hope Behavioral Medicine
More Care in Florence
- Counseling in Florence
- Insomnia and Sleep Care in Florence
- Depression Treatment in Florence
- Postpartum Depression Care in Florence
- Bipolar Disorder Care in Florence
- Seasonal Depression Care in Florence
- ADHD Evaluation and Treatment in Florence
- Anxiety Treatment in Florence
- PTSD Care in Florence
- Panic Disorder Treatment in Florence
- OCD Care in Florence
- All mental health care in Florence
Social Anxiety Treatment Nearby
Not in Florence?
Adults anywhere in South Carolina, including Hartsville and Lake City, can see us by secure video, or you can browse every South Carolina community we serve
Social Anxiety Treatment in Florence: Questions
Yes: adults in Florence and the rest of Florence County can see Hope Behavioral Medicine by secure video, with in-person visits at our West Ashley office in Charleston for anyone who prefers them, and a video visit needs no ride; for comparison, Florence has the fourteenth-highest 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 34.9 percent of adults in Florence, the eleventh-highest figure among the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, against 35.3 percent across Florence County.
In Florence County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts one mental health provider for every 332 residents, more providers for its population than the statewide one for every 437 residents, the fifth-lowest residents per mental health provider figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Florence the twelfth-highest lack of social and emotional support estimate of the 34 communities on this site.
Yes: students 18 and older, including those at Francis Marion University and Florence-Darlington 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.