Steve Knight, LCSW

Inspiring words from a master before my sensory deprivation float- practicing what I preach.

Before and after at the office, lots of time to paint and contemplate the last two days! @ Forsyth Park

Seize your Saturday Savannah! Where will your path take you today?

Taking care of me today! Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge- such a treasure.

Orange has always made me happy and I love sharing this card with clients, spreading happiness.

Here's what I do....

A formerly suicidal Salt Lake City firefighter got help — and now he’s urging other first responders to consider therapy After a sleepless two days at the firehouse, Capt. Mike Stevens trudged up the stairs to his bedroom and pulled out his .40-caliber handgun. He sat on the edge of his bed and began to make a mental list of the reasons he should end his own life and the reasons he shouldn’t.

I'm often asked what a LCSW is, or how it differs from other counseling degrees. A LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker- it's someone who has completed a master's program in Social Work (MSW) and has followed that with 2 to 3 years of direct clinical counseling practice while being supervised by someone who is already licensed. After the supervised work, one must sit for a national exam and upon passing, they are a LCSW.
Someone who is a LCSW can diagnose and treat mental health disorders and can bill insurance companies for their services.
Now- if you're still reading... I'll tell you why I chose a master's in social work as opposed to other counseling degrees. I researched different degree programs and interviewed people who had completed them. I knew that I ultimately wanted to do clinical counseling. I was drawn to the social work approach because it emphasizes a thorough psychosocial diagnosis, in depth assessment and treatment, client advocacy, ongoing consultation with other professionals, evaluation of the treatment, and research for future work. Social work degrees also stress the need to perform community work and give back to the profession through volunteerism and advocacy for underserved populations.
So, it was the counseling master's program that was the best fit for me, and I'm proud to represent the profession and call myself a social worker!

Please call or send a message here if you'd like to learn more about me or to make an appointment.

Hurricanes and wildfires remind me that it's important to reach out to each other at times like this- and to get help from a mental health professional if you're experiencing these symptoms.

'Katrina brain': The invisible long-term toll of megastorms Long after a big hurricane blows through, its effects hammer the mental-health system.

Available for rescheduling and regularly scheduled appointments going forward. 843-290-3993 sk

We are hoping everyone weathered the storm with good health. We are now able to re-open for appointments following Hurricane Irma. Our counselors are busily rescheduling appointments that were canceled for the storm. Please reach out at 843-564-8275 if we can be helpful with support.

Our hearts are with everyone who was impacted.

A little bit about one kind of therapy I provide:
http://www.wholehealthbluffton.com/getting-past-past-emdr/

Getting Past Your Past with EMDR - Whole Health Bluffton Are there things you think about from your past that make you cringe when you remember? Are there memories that are hard to even picture from your past? Do you find yourself coming up with ways to try not to …

First the Bachelorette came to Bluffton, SC and now they're praising what I do for living! Hooray for "relationship therapy" and kudos to popular television for portraying counseling as a healthy normal choice- a rare tv portrayal of the work we do.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-bachelorette-peter-rachel-therapy-talk-ftw_us_592d96b8e4b053f2d2ae618d?o96&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

'The Bachelorette' Nonchalantly Praised Therapy And It Was Great Here's why it matters.

"CHAPTERS" in therapy: What if, from the client's perspective, we looked at the work we do with a therapist as chapter work? I find that some clients describe this but don't have a name for it. It occurred to me this morning that this is much like reading a great book. We keep going to the end of the chapter and sometimes pause there. I often set a great book down at the end of the chapter and take a break- I'm savoring how good it is and I don't want it to end. Psychotherapy could be thought of in the same vein- clients come see us to work on a chapter in their life. This concept feels important to me because of the internalized shame some former clients present with when they want to return to therapy after not seeing me for some time. They may say, "I'm sorry I haven't been in touch, I've been so busy with ___ and ___ but I have meant to schedule and just haven't made the time". What if we said, "I want to come back in and work on the next chapter, I'm ready to focus on ___". I think I'll try out this approach with clients and see how it fits for them, and for me. Check back next chapter!