Elena HuttenlocherMSW, LISW-CP/S

Counseling and hypnotherapy in Myrtle Beach, SCA city that never sleeps needs someone who listens.

Myrtle Beach runs on hospitality hours, seasonal paychecks and a lot of people who moved here from somewhere else. Elena has been in practice here for years, in the office on the Socastee side of town and online, in English and Russian.

Getting here from Myrtle BeachFrom downtown or the Market Common, down 17 Bypass to Dick Pond Road, usually under twenty minutes; evening and online sessions for hotel, restaurant and medical shifts.

Who calls from Myrtle Beach

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

The people who call from Myrtle Beach proper are often the ones holding the city up: servers and bartenders coming off a double, front-desk and housekeeping staff, nurses at Grand Strand Medical, agents and property managers, and the students and staff at Horry-Georgetown Tech and CCU. Shift work, a crowded season and a quiet winter take a toll that doesn't show up on a schedule.

Counseling for anxiety, depression and burnout, trauma work at your pace, couples and family conflict, and the hypnotherapy programs, especially quitting smoking and weight, are what this city tends to ask for. Elena also works in Russian, for the Russian-speaking families along the Grand Strand who would rather talk about the hard things in their first language.

What Myrtle Beach 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 Myrtle Beach ask first.

Where in Myrtle Beach is the office?
4325 Dick Pond Road, Suite C, on the Socastee side, in the Hidden Woods office complex. Parking at the door, nobody from your shift in the lot.
I work nights. Can we meet?
Evening slots exist, and online sessions can happen from wherever you are after a shift. The free-call calendar shows what's open.
Вы говорите по-русски?
Да. Elena grew up in Perm and studied law in Moscow before social work. Counseling and hypnotherapy are available in Russian, in the office or online.

Also near Myrtle Beach: Socastee, Carolina Forest, Surfside Beach, Conway. Elena sees people from across the Grand Strand: Socastee, Surfside Beach, Carolina Forest, Conway, Murrells Inlet 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.