Thrive Anxiety and Wellness

Living Meaningfully.....

Tele-Health Therapy Services

We currently offer web-based therapy services using a secure, private, and user-friendly online application. The system is easy to use and HIPPA compliant.


We now offer Virtual-Reality Treatments! Ask us for more information.

Our Vision

To provide individuals with research based, effective treatment to overcome challenges so that they can thrive, even during uncertainty and challenging times, to live purposeful lives. Life can be full of challenges leaving you feeling stuck, misunderstood, and only able to focus on the problems, pain and challenges. Your health, worries, and stressors can easily start to weigh you down and define you. Therapy can help you refocus your life, find balance and purpose so you can get back to the things that are most important to you. Our goal is to help you live a purposeful, meaningful life while learning to tolerate adversity and uncertainty. Then you can inspire and support others as they too reach their goals in life. 

About the Clinician

Dr. Debra Huss is a native of Columbia, South Carolina who received her psychology undergraduate degree at Clemson University. She earned her Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC, and her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology From the University of Kentucky. She completed her internship at Cherokee Health Systems in Knoxville, Tennessee and her postdoctoral residency in a private practice in Lexington, Kentucky. After living and working in Lexington, KY for just over 10 years, she and her family moved back home to Columbia in 2015. She worked as the pain psychologist at the Spine Center with Palmetto Health and then joined the staff at Lake Psychological in 2017. She started her own practice Thrive Anxiety and Wellness in 2021.

 

Dr. Huss enjoys working with all ages from infants to adults who struggle with a wide range of concerns. In particular, she specializes in working with individuals with anxiety, OCD, stress, and chronic medical conditions such as headaches, pain (including back, neck, and jaw pain), sleep problems, and stomach problems. Dr. Huss has previously worked in medical settings, inpatient hospitals, community mental health centers, university counseling centers, and private practice. Her primary approach to treatment is mindfulness based cognitive behavioral therapy, but also includes other approaches based on the individual, goals of treatment, and research including acceptance based approaches (ACT), DBT, family systems, and interpersonal therapy. She utilizes biofeedback to help with pain management, anxiety, and stress.

 

Dr. Huss’s underlying goal as a clinician is to help individuals learn strategies to improve their relationships, job/school performance, make behavior changes, and reach their own personal goals with the individual taking an active role in the treatment process. Dr. Huss currently lives in Blythewood with her husband Brandon Huss, who is a school psychologist in Kershaw County, along with their two children, dog, and cat.


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