Meet the Team!
Get in touch with us at info@new.com
At Breathe Life Counseling, we believe therapy should be a place where you feel safe, supported, and truly understood. Our team of therapists brings a variety of specialties and approaches, allowing us to provide compassionate, personalized care for individuals, couples, and families.
We are committed to creating an affirming, inclusive space where everyone is welcome. We embrace and celebrate diversity across all races, ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, religious and spiritual beliefs, political perspectives, abilities, and life experiences.
Wherever you are in your journey, we're honored to walk alongside you. To get started, please complete our Client Inquiry Form. If you have any questions in the meantime, we'd be happy to help—feel free to reach out to us at 843-882-6880 or welcome@breathelifecounseling.
Owner & Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
Angie O'Rourke, LPCS
Practice Owner & Financial Director, Yoga Instructor, Professional Counselor & Clinical Supervisor
Licensed Professional Counselors
Our team of senior clinicians are independently licensed and each have carved out their clinical identity and niche through years of education, training, research, and experience. We have a passion for teaching, personal and professional growth and above all healing our wounds.
Steve Jahnke, LPC
Professional Counselor
CBT & Gottman Trained
Emily Ritchie, LPC
Professional Counselor, DBT & Gottman Trained
Melissa Soule, LPC
Professional Counselor & PhD Candidate, EMDR Trained
Mike Thackery, LPC
Professional Counselor, Trauma Informed, CBT & DBT Trained
Denise Walker, LPC
Professional Counselor, Spanish-Speaking, IFS & Somatic, Yoga Instructor
Licensed Professional Counselor Associates
Our associate counselors have completed their Master's Degree in Counseling and are in a "residency-like" phase of licensure and training. They will meet with their clinical supervisor on a weekly basis over the span of two years to ensure quality care is always provided. During this time, LPCA's our carving out their own specialities and methods of providing therapy.
Laci McGarry, LPCA
Professional Counselor, Trauma-Informed
Caroline Martin, LPCA
Professional Counselor, Trauma-Informed
Graduate Interns
Our intern team are completing their Master's Degrees in Counseling and able provide counseling services at a discounted self-pay rate. Our students are under constant supervision by our senior clinicians to ensure quality of care for their clients and develop their own clinical skills.
Zack Harrill
Graduate Intern
Our Admin Team!
Behind the scenes, these fabulous ladies are working very hard to handle our administrative tasks and because of their hard work and dedication, our clinicians get to spend more time doing what we're passionate about. Thank you to our "women behind the curtain"!!
Quana Palmer
Office Manager & Referral Coordinator
Mandy Starr
Billing Extraordinaire
Laci McGarry
Social Media Coordinator
Psychiatry Services
Breathe Life has a few trusted psychiatry partners in the community who are dedicated to providing you the best care when it comes to providing you medicine for your mental health care.
Please click their pictures to be connected to their websites to schedule a consultation today!
Dr. Jennifer Shierlock
Shierlock Psychiatry
Dr. Brittany Albright
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Sweetgrass Psychiatry
Dr. Ajay Sood
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Turnwell Mental Health