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PO Box 81285
Simpsonville, SC 29680
Meet the Board
President
Tamara Houston
LISW-CP, BC-TMH
Tamara Houston holds a B.A. in Child and Family Studies from Berea College in Kentucky and an M.A. in Social Work from the University of Georgia, where she focused on community empowerment, program development, and gerontology. Tamara later went on to focus her clinical skills on end-of-life care. She is the owner of Renewal Life Counseling, LLC, a multi-provider, mental health practice serving Upstate South Carolina. Tamara's practice helps clients to manage everyday life stressors to include trauma, anxiety/depression, grief and bereavement, and life transitions, to name a few. She operates Houston Consulting, where the focus is on assisting clinicians in the start-up and expansion of their clinical practice. She provides clinical supervision and critical incident work in multiple states. Visit www.renewallifecounseling.com for more information.
Past President
Elena Corral
LISW-CP
Elena Corral is a licensed clinical social worker who has been providing psychotherapy services for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families for 18 years. She uses primarily Internal Family System model of psychotherapy, integrated with psychodynamic model, attachment theory, cognitive behavioral therapy, and mindfulness, specializing in alleviating mild and complex trauma experiences. Elena uses art, sand tray, and play modalities to assist with the expression of needs and feelings, when the verbal expression is difficult. Elena has a certification in Circle of Security, an intervention for parents geared towards establishing secure attachments with their children.
Secretary
Elaine Smith
LISW-CP
Elaine Smith is a co-founder and charter member of the Society. She worked for a year in Chapel Hill, North Carolina where she was introduced to the North Carolina Clinical Social Work Society. Upon moving back to Greenville in early 1982, she met Linda Daugherty who had been a previous member of the North Carolina Society. Together, they planned the birth of the South Carolina Society whichstarted with 25 charter members and was incorporated in 1984. Many of the charter members were heavily involved in the organization.
Over her career, Elaine has worked in mental health centers, Family Service (now Compass of Carolina), as a private practice partner at Baylaurel Center and
currently at the Furman University Counseling Center. She is married and has two adult sons
Treasurer
Audrey Greene
LISW-CP
Audrey is a LISW-CP and is a Social Work Clinical Supervisor. As a Special Education Counselor with the Greenville County School District, Audrey worked with children with autism spectrum disorder, emotional disabilities, learning disabilities, oppositional defiant disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression, and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder. She has also worked with children who have experienced trauma.
Audrey enjoys working with young adults and adults experiencing anxiety and depression. She also has experience working with members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Audrey received her Bachelor’s degree in Economics and French from the University of South Carolina. She received her Master in Social Work degree from the University of South Carolina.
Audrey uses a strengths based, client-centered approach and uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients and families achieve their desired goals.
Membership
Membership
Brandy Fisher
LISW-CP
Brandy Fisher
Member at Large
Patty Thomas
LISW-CP
Pattie Thomas
Ethics, Government Affairs & Nominations
Ethics
Anna Rickell
LISW-CP
Anna Rickell facilitates Grief Groups at First Presbyterian of Spartanurg and
Workplace Disruption Incident
Government Affairs

Ginger Culbertson
LISW-CP
Ginger Culbertson has been in practice since 1983 and work with individuals, couples
and families. She a NLP Master Practitioner and certified Level 2 in EMDR for over 20
years. She is a Clinical Diplomate in marriage and family therapy. She also does clinical supervision. She is a past President of SCSCSW and am a charter member, currently
chair of Government Affairs. Ginger enjoys various forms of dance, cycling, horseback
riding and hiking.
Education
Salons & Conference
Elizabeth Hudson
LISW-CP
Elizabeth (Liz) Hudson earned her B.A. in Psychology from Roanoke College and her M.A. in Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine from Boston University School of Medicine. Liz is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) and is a Clinical Assistant Professor at MUSC Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Within her faculty role at MUSC, Liz provides individual and family therapy to clients and families struggling with major mental illness at the Child and Adolescent Outpatient Clinic and helps supervise Phd canditates. .In addition to her current faculty position at MUSC, Liz is a Course Facilitator for Boston University School of Social Work’s distance education MSW program facilitating two courses: Clinical Practice with Groups and Advanced Social Work with Groups.
Public Relations
Public Relations

Anjanette Chege
LISW-CP
Anjanette Chege, LISW-CP, completed her formal education from East Carolina University, where she received both a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) and Master of Social Work (MSW) degree. Mrs. Chege has worked in both outpatient and inpatient settings with a multitude of client issues. She uses a range of therapeutic approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Interpersonal Therapy (IPT). She has trained in the use of Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy as well.
"My passion is to help individuals through a range of struggles such as depression, anxiety, trauma, and other changes life throws at us.”