OCD Care in Summerville, SC
Careful evaluation and medication management for obsessive-compulsive disorder, with exposure-based therapy or a referral to an ERP specialist, for adults in Summerville and nearby Moncks Corner, Charleston and West Ashley by secure video.
OCD Care for Adults in Summerville
Hope Behavioral Medicine provides OCD care for adults in Summerville and across Dorchester 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).
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is not among the CDC PLACES measures, so these figures are the nearest measures: frequent mental distress, the share of adults with two weeks or more of poor mental health in a month, and the share ever told by a health professional that they have depression.
OCD Care: What the Local Figures Show in Summerville
Compared with Dorchester County as a whole, Summerville has higher estimates for frequent mental distress, depression and fair or poor self-rated health, while short sleep, lack of social and emotional support and loneliness are about even.
Against the median of the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, Summerville sits above the middle on depression and below it on frequent mental distress, lack of social and emotional support, loneliness and fair or poor self-rated health, while short sleep is close to the middle.
Summerville has the eighth-highest estimate for depression of the 34 communities on this site, and depression is one of the most treatable mental health conditions.
For frequent mental distress, Summerville ranks thirteenth-lowest among them.
Its estimate for lack of social and emotional support is the fourteenth-lowest of the group.
Among nearby communities on this site, the frequent mental distress estimate for Summerville sits above Charleston and ZIP code 29407; below Moncks Corner.
An estimated 10.5 percent of households in Summerville have no broadband subscription, the fourth-lowest share of the 34 communities on this site, and a video visit needs a steady connection on a phone, tablet or computer.
| Measure | Summerville | Dorchester County |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with 14 or more days of poor mental health in the past month | 16.7 percent | 16.2 percent |
| Adults ever told by a health professional they have depression | 22.8 percent | 21.7 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 37.1 percent | 37.4 percent |
| Adults who lack social and emotional support | 22.8 percent | 23.2 percent |
| Adults who report feeling lonely | 31.5 percent | 31.6 percent |
| Adults who rate their own health as fair or poor | 19.2 percent | 18.4 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.
Dorchester County Figures From County Health Rankings
In Dorchester County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts 17.1 percent of adults with frequent mental distress, about level with the statewide 16.7 percent, the sixth-lowest frequent mental distress figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Summerville the thirteenth-lowest frequent mental distress estimate of the 34 communities on this site.
| Measure | Dorchester County | South Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| Average poor mental health days adults reported in the past month | 5.5 days | 5.2 days |
| Adults with two weeks or more of poor mental health in the past month | 17.1 percent | 16.7 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 37.6 percent | 36.6 percent |
| Mental health providers, counted against residents | one for every 669 residents | one for every 437 residents |
| Working-age adults with no health insurance | 12.6 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 Summerville
Dorchester School District Two, based in Summerville, has about 25,672 students and 16 career and technical education clusters; we see students 18 and older by secure video, around class schedules.
Summerville passed 50,000 residents after growing 17 percent from 2010 to 2020 and is now South Carolina's seventh-largest city; fast growth brings new neighbors, heavier traffic and rising costs, and many people are building their support networks from scratch.
In 2011 Census commuting data, about three in four employed Dorchester County residents worked outside the county.
In the late 1800s Summerville was marketed as the healthiest place in the world, and its inns multiplied during the 1890s.
The Sawmill Branch Trail is a seven-mile paved greenway through Summerville, and Dorchester County plans to extend it to the Dorchester Road path.
More than 200,000 visitors a year come to the Flowertown Festival, held on South Main Street and in Azalea Park since 1973.
Campuses serving Summerville include Trident Technical College (Dorchester campus).
Summerville's economy centers on boat and vehicle manufacturing and commuting to the Charleston metro.
Sources for these local facts: ddtwo.org,en.wikipedia.org,lmi.sc.gov,visitsummerville.com,live5news.com.
OCD Care for College Students and Young Adults
Heavy workloads and new independence can feed perfectionism and checking at college, and students 18 and older can be seen by video between classes.
Exposure-based therapy and medication when indicated, decided jointly with the patient, can be planned around the academic calendar.
OCD brings intrusive, unwanted thoughts and the rituals meant to quiet them, and people with it generally spend more than an hour a day on obsessions or compulsions.
Request an appointment for OCD care, call (843) 737-0312, or read about OCD care by telehealth across South Carolina and in person at our West Ashley office.
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Adults anywhere in South Carolina, including Moncks Corner, Charleston and West Ashley, can see us by secure video, or you can browse every South Carolina community we serve
OCD Care in Summerville: Questions
Yes: adults in Summerville and the rest of Dorchester 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, Summerville has the thirteenth-lowest estimate for transportation barriers of the 34 communities on this site.
In part: our nurse practitioners and therapists can bring exposure-based techniques into cognitive behavioral therapy by secure video, and when full exposure and response prevention fits better, we refer you to an ERP specialist and keep your plan connected.
CDC PLACES puts it at 22.8 percent of adults in Summerville, the eighth-highest figure among the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, against 21.7 percent across Dorchester County.
In Dorchester County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts one mental health provider for every 669 residents, fewer providers for its population than the statewide one for every 437 residents, the fifth-highest residents per mental health provider figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Summerville the fourteenth-lowest lack of social and emotional support estimate of the 34 communities on this site.
Yes: students 18 and older, including those at Trident Technical College (Dorchester campus), 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.