Dr. Montgomery Prescod , LPC

Dr. Montgomery Prescod provides individual, couples, and family counseling for adults and adolescents, applying practical strategies to help people reshape unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and build more balanced relationships. Working from cognitive-behavioral, client-centered, and interpersonal perspectives, he focuses on identifying maladaptive habits and developing sustainable skills for managing stress, improving communication, and fostering healthier connections with others.

He incorporates mindfulness techniques and tailored treatments to address anxiety and depression, and he is trained in Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN), which helps him target emotional, behavioral, and relational difficulties that can stem from unmet emotional needs in childhood. As a PREPARE/ENRICH assessment facilitator, he supports premarital and marital couples with structured feedback and tools to strengthen partnership dynamics.

He is a Board Certified TeleMental Health Provider, qualified to deliver therapy remotely, and a South Carolina Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), which is a state license for professional counseling. A military veteran with more than 28 years of service, he relates well to the veteran community and understands the cultural context of military life. Dr. Prescod combines his clinical training and lived experience to offer focused, compassionate care tailored to each person or family he works with.

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Licensed professionals provide these services, and clients have the option to change therapists at any time if they seek a different fit. For many people, remote therapy offers an accessible, effective route to consistent care while allowing therapists to tailor approaches to individual needs.