Find Your Way
Fostering deeper insight, stronger connection and meaningful change for couples and individuals.
Serving Columbia and Lexington, SC with virtual counseling available throughout South Carolina.
Counseling Services
Marriage Therapy & Couples Counseling
Strengthen communication, deepen connection, and navigate life together.
I work with couples of diverse backgrounds, orientations, and religious beliefs. My approach is informed by extensive couples and relationship training, including Gottman Method Level 1 and Gottman Trauma and Betrayal training.
Counseling for Parents & Caregivers
Experienced counseling for parents and caregivers raising neurodivergent children, including children with autism and ADHD, as well as children with disabilities. Parenting in a world that is not always designed for your child—or your family—can be exhausting, isolating, and overwhelming.
Counseling offers a supportive space to process joys and challenges, manage caregiver burnout, and reconnect with your own needs while continuing to advocate for those you love.
Counseling for Individuals
Counseling to help navigate life’s challenges, including burnout, overwhelm, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship concerns, and life transitions. Together, we’ll work to deepen insight, reconnect with what matters most to you, and create meaningful change.
Meet Leah Doberne-Schor, EdS, LPC
I provide compassionate, experienced counseling for individuals and couples seeking deeper connection, greater understanding and meaningful, lasting change.
Together, we’ll clarify your goals, ease what feels overwhelming, and move toward the changes you’re seeking. My approach is thoughtful and flexible, drawing from well-established models—including humanistic, attachment-based, trauma-informed, and Gottman method with couples—so our work fits your unique needs.
I invite you to reach out for a free 15 minute consultation.
I have a lifelong passion for helping people navigate life’s challenges, deepen understanding, and find meaning in their experiences.
Education and Licensure
- LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) #10005 in South Carolina
- EdS (above a masters) in Counselor Education, focus in Marriage, Couples and Family Counseling (University of South Carolina)
- Ordained Reform Rabbi (HUC-JIR)
- BA in Philosophy (Pomona College, Claremont, CA, Phi Beta Kappa)
Training and Experience
- Gottman Couples Counseling Level 1
- Gottman Trauma and Betrayal
- Stepping Stones Triple P, Level 3 and Seminar, positive parenting for families raising children with developmental disabilities
- Wright’s Law — Special Education Advocacy, IEP and 504 plans
- Supervision and training includes: relational, attachment-oriented, emotionally focused, EFFT, trauma-informed, mindfulness, systemic, tfCBT, and neurodivergent affirming
Presentations
- Parenting Success for Autism Connect 2025
- Managing Caregiver Burnout for Autism Connect 2026
Location & Contact
Counseling conveniently located near downtown Columbia in the historic district, with easy access from I-26, I-20, and I-77. Virtual appointments are also available for clients located in South Carolina.
What People are Saying…
Finding the right fit matters… Here are a few reflections from people who have worked with me:
Please have her do more sessions next year! Amazing!!”
Autism Connect Participant, 2025
“Leah is a talented therapist with a genuine relational approach. She has a unique skillset to truly help her clients grow internally and interpersonally.”
Cal Hilsman, LIWS, CP/S
“Leah has considerable knowledge and experience in her clinical expertise. She is a supportive and dedicated companion who will travel alongside her clients on their journey to healing.”
Mandy Null, EdS, LPC
Counseling is by appointment only.
I offer in-person and telehealth counseling sessions.
Please note that I respond to emails and phone calls within 2 business days. For crisis and emergencies, please use emergency resources listed below.
Appointment Hours: Limited evenings, by appointment only.
If you are experiencing a mental health emergency do not wait for a reply from me:
- Call 911
- Go to your nearest emergency room
Other Resources
- 24 Hour Mobile Crisis (in South Carolina) (833) 364-2274
- Lifeline (24/7 Support, nationwide) text or call 988
- Three Rivers located in West Columbia offers confidential level of care assessments. Call (803) 796-9911.
- Trevor Project (24/7 nationwide support for LGBTQ+ young people)
- National Domestic Violence Hotline – (800) 799-SAFE or START to 88788