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Mental health and wellness

Mental health is just as important as physical health. It includes your emotional, psychological and social well-being. With the right diagnosis and treatments, you can get what you need to live as healthy and happy a life as possible.

Behavioral health care in Ladson, South Carolina

When mental and emotional issues impact your life, we offer help.

Our mental health hospital is the first for Lowcountry families in 30 years. Skilled behavioral health professionals treat adults and teens in a caring setting, offering inpatient and outpatient care when you need it.

Is inpatient or outpatient care right for you?

It takes great inner strength to realize that help may be needed to navigate a path to mental health and wellness. Our experts can provide that help through convenient inpatient or outpatient therapy.

It takes great inner strength to realize that help may be needed to navigate a path to mental health and wellness. Our experts can provide that help through convenient inpatient or outpatient therapy.

Conditions treated by our psychiatric specialists

Our knowledgeable experts draw on multidisciplinary backgrounds to treat conditions, including:

  • Anxiety disorder
  • Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Depression
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Postpartum depression
  • Schizophrenia
  • Suicidal thoughts
  • Trauma

Our mental and behavioral health services

You don't have to try to manage mental wellness crises or emotional issues alone. Our psychiatric specialists offer methods that can help you cope with life's demands.

Inpatient mental health care

Our facility is a freestanding psychiatric health facility, providing full-spectrum inpatient care. The 60-bed unit has a number of behavioral specialists, nurses and medical professionals who treat a range of issues. Group therapy is our main form of care. We also offer 24/7 monitoring and a broad range of treatments, such as:

  • Cognitive therapy
  • Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
  • Family counseling
  • Individualized counseling
  • Pet therapy
  • Relaxation techniques

Adolescent behavioral health care

Teenagers face many issues that cause stress, impacting their mental health and wellness. If your young one is struggling with any of these issues, we're here to help. Our specially trained psychiatrists, clinicians and medical specialists treat youth 12 to 17 years old. We focus on your teen, dedicating 45 inpatient beds to adolescent care.

Our specialists use group therapy as the main form of treatment. As such, we tailor programs, including our intensive outpatient program (IOP), to their diagnosis. We focus on your teen's assessment and equip them to cope with stressful situations. You may also have the option of allowing your teen to receive therapy while continuing to attend school.


Outpatient psychiatric programs

We offer several services for adults and adolescents. Our outpatient programs are designed to deliver the level of care that best suits your diagnosis. Your treatments may include the following:

  • Anger management training
  • Cognitive therapy
  • Communication skills development
  • Coping skills education
  • Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)
  • Goal setting training
  • Interpersonal skills development
  • Medication education
  • Mindfulness meditation training
  • Problem-solving development
  • Relapse prevention education
  • Relationships development training
  • Relaxation therapy
  • Self-esteem/self-image development
  • Time management instruction

Partial hospitalization program (PHP)

Our PHP program provides weekly treatments in a hospital setting, lasting three to four hours a day, Monday through Friday. Your care team seeks to get you back to optimal functioning and prevent hospitalization. Treatments last for two to four weeks, depending on your assessment. After each day's session, you'll be able to return home.

Intensive outpatient program (IOP)

For this program, you must have a physician referral or be in transition from our inpatient care program. You'll participate in three to five weekly sessions during the day and return home each afternoon. Depending on your care plan, your treatment can last between two and four weeks.

Substance abuse and recovery treatment

Specially trained behavioral health specialists focus on helping you regain function. We treat adults 18 years old and older. Our experts create a personalized treatment plan, beginning with group therapy, that is tailored to your addiction.

Clinic for Charleston peninsula families

Live Oak Mental Health Therapy Center - Charleston offers greater access to psychiatric services. The service is a good option for busy professionals, students, and families in the Charleston peninsula. Specialists and medical personnel provide group therapy for a range of behavioral and emotional issues.

Recovery resources and support

Your psychiatric care team works with you and your family to prepare for your transition home. Specialists provide educational sessions for your loved ones and caregivers so they understand your condition and can help provide support for your ongoing recovery. We also provide resources and support, if needed, so that you can reach your behavioral and emotional health goals.


Recovery resources and support

Your psychiatric care team works with you and your family to prepare for your transition home. Specialists provide educational sessions for your loved ones and caregivers so they understand your condition and can help provide support for your ongoing recovery. We also provide resources and support, if needed, so that you can reach your behavioral and emotional health goals.