Counseling in Columbia SC

Modern Mental Health Care
for South Carolina

Best of Columbia 2019
Best of Columbia 2021
Best of Columbia 2022
Best of Columbia 2023 winner
Best of Columbia 2024 winner
Best of Columbia Metropolitan 2024 Award

We heard you want to talk.


You may feel your problems are unsolvable. That other people have it all figured out. That you don’t know where to begin and you are tired of hurting, worrying, feeling lost.  

You have found the right place. Together, we can find answers, more peace, more acceptance, less pain. Together, we can change your life through counseling, talking, and listening.

Jill Smith and Associates Counseling is a modern, private counseling practice.

Our mission is alive every day: to be known for psychotherapy excellence that transforms the lives of our clients.

Our core principles are evident from the first phone call:

  • To provide exceptional quality
  • To treat each of you and each other with respect and kindness
  • To hold up the highest of professionalism and ethical behavior
  • To model authenticity in all our sessions. 

What we do : what we stand for

  • Individual Counseling


    Individual counseling can help when life feels unbearably difficult, and it can also make a decent life even better.

  • Marriage Counseling


    Our clinicians are extensively trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples to provide the highest quality of couples.

  • Counseling for Children, Teens & Parents


    Using play therapy, clean therapy rooms and a love of children, we welcome your precious ones to therapy.

  • Family Therapy


    We honor the time and commitment and we think you are brilliant for making your family therapy happen.

  • Gender Affirming Counseling


    We are deeply committed to accepting all.

  • Trauma-informed Practice


    Trauma-informed therapy asks, “What happened to you?” rather than, “What is wrong with you?”

  • Telehealth Online Therapy


    Schedules, work, logistics get in the way.  Enter telehealth.

  • Groups


    These groups are long term and are for clients who are ready for something new.


Are you considering therapy but have questions? Click for lots of answers.