Chapel Hill thinks for a living. Between UNC's classrooms and labs, the hospital system's long shifts, and the quiet pressure of a town where everyone seems to be working on something important, it's easy for your own wellbeing to fall to the bottom of the reading list. Professors and researchers carry publish-or-perish stress; graduate students juggle stipends, dissertations, and distance from family; nurses and physicians absorb everyone else's hardest days. If that's your world, counseling isn't an indulgence — it's maintenance for the mind you rely on.
Most of our Chapel Hill clients meet with us by secure video telehealth. Because Ginny Porowski, LCMHC is licensed throughout North Carolina, you can meet from your office on campus, your apartment off Franklin Street, or home in Southern Village — no drive down I-40, no parking deck. Sessions are private, encrypted, and surprisingly personal; many analytically-minded clients tell us video actually makes it easier to open up.
If you prefer to meet in person, our office at 8218 Creedmoor Road in North Raleigh is about a 40-minute drive, and some clients like to combine an occasional office visit with regular video sessions. We serve the whole Chapel Hill area, including downtown, Meadowmont, Southern Village, and the 27514, 27516, and 27517 ZIP codes.
Chapel Hill clients most often come to us for:
- Anxiety counseling — perfectionism, imposter feelings, and the racing mind that won't stop grading itself.
- Depression therapy — when the curiosity that used to drive you goes flat and every task feels heavy.
- Marriage & couples counseling — for partnerships strained by two demanding careers or the academic calendar.
- Grief & loss counseling — compassionate space for loss, including the losses caregivers and clinicians carry.
- Life & career coaching — for the "what comes after the degree/tenure/residency" question.
Our approach is warm, evidence-based, and unhurried — and if faith is part of how you make meaning, faith-based support is available at your invitation, never by default. Getting started is simple: a free 10-minute phone consultation, then sessions at $160 for 50 minutes, with superbills available for out-of-network reimbursement and HSA/FSA cards accepted.