Charleston Holistic Center

A Grounded Place When Things Feel Unsteady

Many people are feeling unusually anxious right now — not because something has necessarily gone wrong, but because the world has become more demanding and less predictable.

Ongoing uncertainty, social tension, and personal pressure can place significant strain on the nervous system. When that strain accumulates, clarity fades, emotions intensify, and even familiar coping strategies stop working the way they used to.

This is not a personal failure. It is a signal that the system may need support rather than more effort or pressure.

The Charleston Holistic Center exists to meet people in moments like these. We offer a steady, respectful environment where people can slow down, regain clarity, and reconnect with their own inner direction.

At the heart of our work is a simple focus: helping the systems that govern human experience function more coherently, so change can be steady, integrated, and restorative rather than exhausting.

A Place to Begin — However You Arrive

People come to the Charleston Holistic Center for many different reasons.

Some are seeking support for anxiety, overwhelm, or trauma-related stress.
Others arrive during periods of transition, uncertainty, or loss of direction.
Many simply sense that what they’ve been doing is no longer sufficient — and they want a steadier way forward.

We offer several forms of support, including counseling, coaching and personal development work, and energy-based modalities. Some people work within a single modality. Others find that a more integrative approach becomes helpful over time.

Our practitioners are trained to work with the whole system — mind, body, and inner experience — and to respect both scientific understanding and spiritual intelligence, without requiring any particular framework or belief.

You do not need to know exactly what you’re looking for to begin.
You only need a willingness to slow down and regain your footing.

 

Meet Lance & Dr. Laura – A Quick Introduction

Meditation Class:

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(843) 259-8349

Please note that we NO longer take BlueCross BlueShield or any of it’s subsidiaries or derivatives.

Booking Information:

Use the Book Here button or the QR code to schedule available services online.

Counseling sessions are not booked online.
Please call the Center directly for all counseling-related scheduling.

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(843) 259-8349

(for counseling scheduling or questions)

Coherence & Harmony Work with Dr. Laura

Grounded, integrative work for thoughtful, open-minded seekers

At the Charleston Holistic Center, my work is focused on helping people return to coherence — within themselves and within their lives.

I work with energy not as an abstract concept, but as something deeply practical. It shapes how we think, how we feel, how we respond, and how clearly we are able to move forward. When energy becomes fragmented or burdened by old patterns, stress, or unresolved experiences, life often feels harder than it needs to be.

The work is grounded in a meditative orientation that allows insight to settle into the body and experience to integrate at its own pace. As the nervous system becomes calmer and more coherent, clarity, stability, and inner responsiveness often emerge without force or striving.

This coherent process may draw on Reiki, Shamanic Reiki, or Quantum Alchemy Transformation, depending on what supports the person in that moment. In some cases, deeper spiritual work such as soul retrieval or past-life retrieval becomes part of the process — as a way of reclaiming aspects of self that have become disconnected through trauma, transition, or profound life experience.

My role is not to fix you or impose change. It is to create a safe, grounded space where meaningful change can unfold — gently, intelligently, and in a way that honors both science and spirit.


Next Steps

Counseling & Hypnotherapy with Lance Garland

At the Charleston Holistic Center, Lance Garland, MA, offers trauma-informed counseling and hypnotherapy for people seeking real, lasting change. With over 17 years of clinical experience, he works with individuals navigating anxiety, trauma, chronic stress, and deeply ingrained patterns that often extend beyond what traditional talk therapy can fully address.

Clients often describe Lance’s presence as calm, steady, and deeply attentive. This sense of safety allows meaningful work to unfold at a pace the nervous system can tolerate. His approach draws from evidence-based practices such as EMDR-informed trauma work, clinical hypnosis, and somatic regulation, while remaining grounded, collaborative, and human. When appropriate, gentle humor may be part of the process—helping ease tension and restore perspective without minimizing the seriousness of what clients are facing.

Dream work may also be integrated when it is clinically appropriate and supportive. Rather than treating dreams as symbolic or abstract, Lance approaches them as expressions of nervous system activity and unconscious processing. Dreams can offer insight into unresolved material, emotional patterns, and internal conflicts, often supporting clarity, integration, and forward movement. This work remains practical, collaborative, and oriented toward lived understanding rather than interpretation for its own sake.

This work is well suited for individuals seeking focused, depth-oriented counseling and hypnotherapy. Sessions are intentional and designed to support meaningful change rather than ongoing maintenance. For those drawn to deeper inner exploration, Lance also offers advanced hypnotherapy, dream-informed work, and exploratory sessions—always grounded in psychological stability and clinical discernment.

 

Begin counseling or hypnotherapy  — Call (843) 259-8349
Learn more about Lance Garland, Licensed Professional Counselor and hypnotherapist
Explore our integrative approach, including how complementary modalities may support your work

Classes & Workshops 

Learning at the Charleston Holistic Center is not about accumulating techniques. It is about developing the capacity to stay present, coherent, and responsive — both in daily life and in deeper inner work.

Dr. Laura offers Reiki certification classes for those who feel called to learn and work with energy in a grounded, structured way. These classes emphasize attunement, discernment, and embodied understanding rather than rote technique.

Meditation classes provide a steady space to cultivate calm, clarity, and nervous-system resilience. They are appropriate for both newcomers and experienced practitioners, and are held in a way that supports integration rather than performance.

For those drawn to deeper exploration, shamanic journeying workshops offer guided experiences that support expanded awareness and meaningful inner inquiry. These workshops are approached with care, structure, and respect for individual readiness.

All classes and workshops are taught by Dr. Laura and reflect the same coherent, integrative orientation found throughout the work of the Center.

Meditation Classes:

Saturdays @ 10:30am – 11:45 pm

We will NOT have class on the 14th of February.

The Coherence Circle
A gentle, bi-weekly space to return to yourself.
We blend simple practices, science-backed coherence tools, and spiritual alignment to help you feel grounded, centered, and clear—no matter what life brings.

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Why the Charleston Holistic Center

The Charleston Holistic Center was created to offer a grounded, integrative approach to care — one that respects both scientific understanding and inner experience, without collapsing one into the other.

Dr. Laura brings a Ph.D.-level scientific background together with decades of experience in meditation, energy-based work, and integrative spiritual practice. Her work focuses on coherence, embodiment, and the conditions that allow meaningful inner reorganization to occur.

Lance Garland offers licensed professional counseling and hypnotherapy grounded in an evidence-based practice, with a steady, compassionate approach to care. His work supports psychological stability, trauma-informed healing, and practical change within a clear clinical framework.

Together, the Center provides a setting where clinical counseling and non-clinical integrative work coexist — allowing individuals to engage the kind of support that is appropriate for them, at the depth they are ready for, without confusion or pressure.

Whether someone arrives seeking steadiness during a difficult season, support through transition, or a more integrated way of working with mind and inner life, the Charleston Holistic Center offers a thoughtful, grounded place to begin.

A Steady Place to Begin

You don’t need to have everything figured out before reaching out. Many people arrive feeling uncertain, overwhelmed, or simply aware that something needs to shift.

Whether you’re seeking counseling, coherence-based integrative work, or meditation and classes, the Charleston Holistic Center offers a grounded place to begin — with care that meets you where you are and respects your pace.

Support here is not about pushing change. It’s about creating the conditions where harmony, clarity, steadiness, and responsiveness can return naturally.


Next Steps

Our Practice

Location

2356 Ashley River Rd.

Charleston, SC 29414

 

 Virtual Sessions Available for All Services

Make an Appointment

All sessions are by appointment only

Open Hours

Tuesday – Thursday: 10am -6pm        
Saturday: 10am – 7pm

Your Right to Receive a Good Faith Estimate

Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the expected charges for medical services.

  • You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your mental health care will cost.
  • You can ask for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule a service.
  • If you receive a bill that is $400 more than your estimate, you can dispute the charges.
  • Make sure to save a copy of your Good Faith Estimate.

For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises or call 1-800-985-3059.