Elena HuttenlocherMSW, LISW-CP/S

Counseling and hypnotherapy for Murrells Inlet, SCSouth of the inlet, the hard things linger too.

Murrells Inlet and the south end are where people retire to, raise kids near the water, and run the restaurants everyone else drives to. Grief, chronic pain and the stress of a seasonal living are what tend to bring the south end to Elena's door, fifteen minutes up Highway 17 in Socastee.

Getting here from Murrells InletUp Highway 17 and left on Dick Pond Road, about fifteen minutes from the MarshWalk; Pawleys Island is twenty-five. Online for the days you'd rather not.

Who calls from Murrells Inlet

The same town, seen from the other side of the desk.

The south end skews older than the rest of the Strand, and with that comes the work of later life: the loss of a spouse, a diagnosis, a body that hurts in ways the doctors have run out of answers for, adult children far away. There are also the families who grew up here and the restaurant and charter crews whose year has a hard season and a quiet one.

Grief counseling, counseling for anxiety and life transitions, and the OldPain2Go chronic pain program and the weight and smoking programs are what Murrells Inlet, Garden City and Pawleys ask about. Online counseling is the same 50 minutes without the drive, anywhere in South Carolina, and hypnotherapy works online anywhere.

What Murrells Inlet asks about

If it's on this list, it's a normal reason to call.

Everything else Elena works on is on the counseling and hypnotherapy pages.

Good questions

What people from Murrells Inlet ask first.

Can hypnotherapy really help with chronic pain?
Pain control is among the best-researched uses of hypnosis. The OldPain2Go program is for pain that has outlived its purpose: old injuries, headaches, pain that persists after the cause was treated. It's not a replacement for your doctor; it works alongside.
I'm grieving. Is counseling the right place for that?
Yes. Grief isn't a disorder, and it doesn't need fixing, but it's easier carried with someone. Elena gives it room without telling you to move on.
How far is the office from Pawleys Island?
About twenty-five minutes up Highway 17 to Dick Pond Road in Socastee. Online sessions are there for the days the drive is one thing too many.

Also near Murrells Inlet: Garden City, Pawleys Island, Surfside Beach, Litchfield. Elena sees people from across the Grand Strand: Socastee, Surfside Beach, Myrtle Beach, Carolina Forest, Conway and North Myrtle Beach.

Free 20-minute call

Start with a conversation, not a commitment.

A free 20-minute call to talk through what's going on and whether counseling, hypnotherapy, or both make sense for you. No forms, no pressure.