George Fredric Mau,LPCS, LPC, D.Min., M.A., M.Div.

George Fredric Mau,LPCS, LPC, D.Min., M.A., M.Div.

Telehealth Available
Professions: Counselor, Mental Health Counselor, Hypnotherapist
License Status: I'm a licensed professional.
Primary Credential: Licensed Professional Counselor - 5667
Billing and Insurance:
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Offices

1821 Pickens Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29201

My Approach to Helping

Do something different. Emotion, not information, drives behavior. The goal of our work is to help you create a deep emotional change which moves you toward greater health. Relaxation allows you to be more emotionally open, so I use hypnosis and guided imagery. This is a solution focused brief therapy approach, so we usually work between 3 and 9 weeks. Stories frame emotion, and we are the stories we tell ourselves, so this is a narrative therapy approach - a place where you can rewrite your life. The consultation is free. Come by if you would like to try something different from the standard CBT approach to therapy.

More Info About My Practice

My favorite metaphor for what I do: I'm a wilderness guide, and I've been through a lot of wildernesses, my own and other people's. I have many skills for the wilderness - I can start a fire in the rain, I know how to pitch a tent. The wilderness we're entering is your wilderness, and I've never been here before. I don't know the path, or what we'll encounter. I do know I can come along side you and help you find your way through the wilderness. The path we find has to be your path, though, because this is your wilderness.

Specific Issue(s) I'm Skilled at Helping With

I am generally successful with my clients, and often help people overcome stress, anxiety, phobias, depression, and chronic pain. I also work with career and college or high school major decisions.

Ages I Work With

  • Children
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Elders

Languages

  • English

Client Concerns I Treat

  • Abandonment
  • Abortion / Post Abortion Issues
  • Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues
  • Academic Concerns
  • Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
  • Adoption / Reunion Issues
  • Aggression and Violence
  • Aging and Geriatric Issues
  • Agoraphobia
  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Batterer Intervention
  • Bipolar
  • Blended Family Issues
  • Body Image
  • Breakup
  • Bullying
  • Cancer
  • Career Choice
  • Caregiver Issues / Stress
  • Child and/or Adolescent Issues
  • Chronic Illness / Disability
  • Chronic Pain
  • Codependency / Dependency
  • Communication Problems
  • Compulsive Spending / Shopping
  • Control Issues
  • Creative Blocks
  • Depression
  • Dissociation
  • Divorce / Divorce Adjustment
  • Domestic Violence
  • Eating and Food Issues
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Emotional Overwhelm
  • Emptiness
  • Family of Origin Issues
  • Family Problems
  • Fear
  • Fertility Issues
  • Forgiveness
  • Gambling Addiction
  • Grief, Loss, and Bereavement
  • Habits
  • Health / Illness / Medical Issues
  • Helplessness / Victimhood
  • HIV / AIDS
  • Hoarding
  • Identity Issues
  • Inadequacy
  • Inattention, Impulsivity, and Hyperactivity (ADHD)
  • Individuation
  • Infidelity / Affair Recovery
  • Intellectual Disability
  • Internet Addiction
  • Irritability
  • Isolation
  • Jealousy
  • LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Issues
  • Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance
  • Men's Issues
  • Midlife Crisis / Midlife Transition
  • Mood Swings / Mood Disturbance
  • Multicultural Concerns
  • Obsessions and Compulsions (OCD)
  • Oppositional and Defiant Behavior in Children and Teen
  • Panic
  • Parenting
  • Perfectionism
  • Phobias
  • Physical Abuse
  • Polyamory / Nonmonogamous Relationships
  • Post Partum Depression
  • Posttraumatic Stress / Trauma
  • Power
  • Pre-Marital Counseling
  • Pregnancy and Birthing
  • Prejudice / Discrimination
  • Rejection
  • Relationships and Marriage
  • Self-Actualization
  • Self-Care
  • Self-Compassion
  • Self-Confidence
  • Self-Criticism
  • Self-Doubt
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Harm
  • Self-Love
  • Sensitivity to Criticism
  • Sex Addiction
  • Sexual Assault / Abuse
  • Sexuality / Sex Therapy
  • Shame
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Smoking Cessation
  • Social Anxiety / Phobia
  • Somatization
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Suicidal Ideation and Behavior
  • Suspiciousness / Paranoia
  • Trust Issues
  • Values Clarification
  • Women's Issues
  • Workplace Issues
  • Worry
  • Worthlessness
  • Young Adult Issues
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Types of Therapy

  • Anger Management
  • Body-Mind Psychotherapy
  • Breathwork
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Coherence Therapy / Depth-Oriented Brief Therapy
  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
  • Constructivisim
  • Core Energetics
  • Depth Hypnosis
  • Depth Therapy
  • Depth-Oriented Brief Therapy
  • Emotion Focused Couples Therapy
  • Emotion Focused Therapy
  • Emotional Transformation Therapy® (ETT®)
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy
  • Energy Psychology
  • Existential Psychotherapy
  • Focusing
  • Guided Therapeutic Imagery
  • Holistic Psychotherapy
  • Holographic Memory Resolution (HMR)
  • Humanistic Psychology (humanism)
  • Hypnotherapy
  • Mindfulness-Based Interventions
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Positive Psychotherapy
  • Psychodynamic
  • Regression Therapy
  • Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy
  • Schema Therapy
  • Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
  • Somatic Psychotherapy
  • Sport / Fitness Psychology
  • Systems Theory /Therapy
  • Trauma Relief Unlimited (TRU)
  • Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
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