Social Anxiety Treatment in Laurens, SC
Evaluation and treatment for a lasting fear of being judged or watched, starting from home, for adults in Laurens and nearby Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson by secure video.
Social Anxiety Treatment for Adults in Laurens
Hope Behavioral Medicine provides social anxiety treatment for adults in Laurens and across Laurens 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 Laurens
Compared with Laurens County as a whole, Laurens has higher estimates for loneliness, lack of social and emotional support, transportation barriers and fair or poor self-rated health and lower estimates for depression, while frequent mental distress is about even.
Against the median of the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, Laurens 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.
Laurens has the third-highest 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, Laurens ranks eleventh-highest among them.
Its estimate for frequent mental distress is the twelfth-highest of the group.
Among nearby communities on this site, the loneliness estimate for Laurens sits above Greenville; below Spartanburg and Anderson.
An estimated 21.2 percent of households in Laurens have no broadband subscription, the tenth-highest share of the 34 communities on this site, and a video visit needs a steady connection on a phone, tablet or computer.
| Measure | Laurens | Laurens County |
|---|---|---|
| Adults who report feeling lonely | 34.6 percent | 33.3 percent |
| Adults who lack social and emotional support | 26.2 percent | 24.4 percent |
| Adults with 14 or more days of poor mental health in the past month | 17.8 percent | 17.9 percent |
| Adults ever told by a health professional they have depression | 22.2 percent | 23.4 percent |
| Adults who lacked reliable transportation in the past year | 11.6 percent | 10.1 percent |
| Adults who rate their own health as fair or poor | 27.2 percent | 25.3 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.
Laurens County Figures From County Health Rankings
In Laurens County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts 18.9 percent of adults with frequent mental distress, above the statewide 16.7 percent, the sixth-highest frequent mental distress figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Laurens the twelfth-highest frequent mental distress estimate of the 34 communities on this site.
| Measure | Laurens County | South Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| Average poor mental health days adults reported in the past month | 6.1 days | 5.2 days |
| Adults with two weeks or more of poor mental health in the past month | 18.9 percent | 16.7 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 35.6 percent | 36.6 percent |
| Mental health providers, counted against residents | one for every 1,148 residents | one for every 437 residents |
| Working-age adults with no health insurance | 16 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 Laurens
Andrew Johnson, a future president, moved to Laurens in 1824 and opened a tailor shop there; hospitality workers with irregular hours can schedule video visits without a drive.
First named Laurensville, Laurens became the county seat soon after Laurens County was formed in 1785; starting over in a new place often means rebuilding friendships and routines from scratch.
In 2023 a transmission plant in Laurens County announced 400 new jobs.
The Laurens and Watts textile mills, opened between 1880 and 1920, gave Laurens its industrial shape.
More than a third of the jobs in Laurens County are in manufacturing.
Campuses serving Laurens include Presbyterian College (nearby Clinton) and Piedmont Technical College.
Laurens's economy centers on automotive and plastics manufacturing and distribution.
Laurens 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 Laurens residents see a provider without waiting for a local opening.
Sources for these local facts: South Carolina Encyclopedia,foxcarolina.com,upstatescalliance.com.
Social Anxiety Treatment for Hospitality and Seasonal Workers
Serving guests all day can be draining when every interaction comes with a fear of being watched or judged.
Exposure-based cognitive behavioral therapy, medication when indicated, decided jointly with the patient, or both can help, with visits booked around a changing schedule.
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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Social Anxiety Treatment in Laurens: Questions
Yes: adults in Laurens and the rest of Laurens 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, Laurens has the thirteenth-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 34.6 percent of adults in Laurens, the thirteenth-highest figure among the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, against 33.3 percent across Laurens County.
In Laurens County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts one mental health provider for every 1,148 residents, fewer providers for its population than the statewide one for every 437 residents, the third-highest residents per mental health provider figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Laurens the eleventh-highest lack of social and emotional support estimate of the 34 communities on this site.
Video visits run Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, and you can book one during a break or before or after work, with no drive.
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.