Sarah Hunter, Therapist
Sarah Hunter, LISW-CP, helps individuals and families navigate life’s most challenging moments with compassion, insight, and a personalized approach to care. Serving communities across South Carolina, she provides therapeutic support for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors through individual, couples, family, and group therapy. Whether someone is facing anxiety, depression, or relationship struggles, Sarah offers a grounded, evidence-based path toward healing and greater emotional well-being. With a deep commitment to supporting individuals at all stages of life, Sarah specializes in treating anxiety, ADHD, and PTSD/trauma-related concerns. Her approach is rooted in understanding the unique circumstances that shape each person’s experience and providing practical strategies through interventions like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), parenting skills coaching, and family therapy. She is particularly effective in helping clients build resilience, improve communication, and re-establish balance during difficult transitions. Sarah is especially passionate about working with individuals and families navigating issues related to adoption and foster care, autism spectrum disorders, and developmental disabilities. She brings warmth and clinical expertise to these areas, creating a supportive environment where clients can feel seen, understood, and empowered. Whether helping a child build emotional regulation skills, guiding a teen with social challenges, or supporting parents through complex family dynamics, Sarah is committed to fostering lasting growth and connection. Her therapeutic style is collaborative and strengths-based, with a focus on helping clients make meaningful changes that reflect their goals and values. She also provides specialized care for members of the LGBTQ+ community, military veterans, and first responders—populations she recognizes as carrying unique stressors that deserve culturally sensitive, affirming care. Outside of her clinical work, Sarah enjoys crafting, gardening, and home decorating—creative outlets that mirror the sense of joy and renewal she aims to help clients cultivate in their own lives.
Provider Introduction
Types of Care & Ages Served
- Individual Therapy: Ages 6-75+
- Couples Therapy: Ages 18-75+
- Family Therapy: Ages 6-75+
Areas of Focus
Individual Therapy
Get help addressing challenges and improve well-being with a clinician's guidance.
- Anxiety
- Family conflict
- LGBTQ+
- Panic attacks
- Stress management
- ADHD
- Adoption & foster care
- Attachment issues
- Attention & focus
- Body image
- Bullying or harassment
- Caregiving
- Childhood behavioral issues
- Depression/feeling down
- Domestic violence & abuse
- Emotional abuse
- End-of-life challenges
- Fertility
- Focus, concentration & memory
- Gender identity
- General relationship issues
- Grief & loss
- Marital stress or divorce
- Menopause & perimenopause
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Other women's health concerns
- Parenting
- PMS & PMDD
- Post-partum depression & anxiety
- Pre-conception
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy loss
- Premarital counseling
- School behavioral issues
- Self-esteem
- Sexual trauma
- Social skills & communication
- Stress from ongoing health issues
- Trauma & PTSD
Couples Therapy
Helps partners address relationship conflict and improve communication with a clinician's guidance.
- Caregiving
- Family conflict
- Adoption & foster care
- Attachment issues
- Grief & loss
- LGBTQ+
- Parenting
Family Therapy
Improve communication and resolve conflicts within family dynamics with a clinician's guidance.
- Family conflict
- Social skills & communication
- ADHD
- Adoption & foster care
- Anxiety
- Attachment issues
- Attention & focus
- Body image
- Bullying or harassment
- Caregiving
- Childhood behavioral issues
- Depression/feeling down
- Focus, concentration & memory
- Gender identity
- General relationship issues
- Grief & loss
- LGBTQ+
- Marital stress or divorce
- Menopause & perimenopause
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Other women's health concerns
- Panic attacks
- Parenting
- PMS & PMDD
- Premarital counseling
- School behavioral issues
- Self-esteem
- Sexual trauma
- Stress management
- Trauma & PTSD
Insurances Accepted
- Absolute Total Care
- Aetna
- Carelon (Beacon)
- Centivo
- Claritev (MultiPlan PHCS)
- Companion Benefit (BCBS)
- Devoted Health Plan
- Evernorth (Cigna)
- HealthSmart
- Humana
- MediNcrease Health Plans (MHP)
- Medicare
- Northwell Direct
- Optum (UnitedHealthcare)
- Partners Direct Health
- Promise Health Plan (Prisma)
- Provider Network of America (PNOA)
- Quest Behavioral Health
- Sana Benefits
- TELUS Health (BHS)
- Tricare East (Humana Military)
Languages
- English
Education
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University of South Carolina
New patient?
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Questions
Please use our online form to schedule an appointment with Sarah Hunter. You can also call 839-213-6425 to have someone assist you.
Sarah Hunter generally accepts new patients but there could be a waitlist.
Please call 839-213-6425 to find out Sarah Hunter's schedule and availability.
LifeStance Health providers accept most commercial insurance plans that are offered in the states where we offer services, including telehealth. Please see the following list of insurances accepted by Sarah Hunter:
- Absolute Total Care
- Aetna
- Carelon (Beacon)
- Centivo
- Claritev (MultiPlan PHCS)
- Companion Benefit (BCBS)
- Devoted Health Plan
- Evernorth (Cigna)
- HealthSmart
- Humana
- MediNcrease Health Plans (MHP)
- Medicare
- Northwell Direct
- Optum (UnitedHealthcare)
- Partners Direct Health
- Promise Health Plan (Prisma)
- Provider Network of America (PNOA)
- Quest Behavioral Health
- Sana Benefits
- TELUS Health (BHS)
- Tricare East (Humana Military)
If you don't see your insurance listed, please contact us at 839-213-6425 to see how we can help.
Sarah Hunter is a Therapist and cannot prescribe medication. However, most LifeStance offices have a Psychiatrist or APN on staff who can prescribe medication if needed.
Sarah Hunter works at:
Yes, Sarah Hunter does offer online telehealth visits.
Yes, Sarah Hunter is currently offering in-office visits at the following location: