The X-Studio: A Mental Health Cooperative
Affordable and free counseling and therapy in
South Carolina.
We are a nonprofit organization that provides an alternative business practice model for graduate and doctoral students, and postgraduate students seeking practicum/internship experience and clinical supervision experience while providing no-cost and reduced-cost mental health services to the community.
Intern Clinicians (practicum and Internship)
Provisionally Licensed Clinicians (LPC-A)
The-X Community Service Program
We have partnered with Keys to Change, formerly Dorchester County Community Outreach- DCCO - Centers for the Unhoused, to support these shelters that is a haven for community members in need.
Through our nonprofit, The X-Studio: A Mental Health Cooperative, we offer free mental health services via The X-Community Service Program. Our Mental Health Counselor - Interns provide no-cost mental health services to community members who are current or past guests of Keys to Change in Summerville, SC. We also offer these services to their staff.
Call/text (843) 900-6892 or submit form below.
Free counseling to unhoused community members.
We’re proud to offer affordable in-person and online/telehealth counseling and therapy with graduate and doctoral level interns and provisionally licensed counselors and therapists, making high-quality mental health care more accessible without compromising the professionalism or impact of services.
Through our nonprofit, The X-Studio: A Mental Health Cooperative our Reduced- Cost Mental Health Services Program offers affordable mental health services staffed by our qualified interns and junior clinicians who provide affordable mental health services such as counseling, therapy, groups, and more to clients who are struggling with many issues and challenges. We serve individuals, couples, families, children, adolescents and young adults who are unable to afford mental health services due to financial challenges, low or lack of income, high insurance deductibles or co-payments, or because they are under-insured or uninsured.
All proceeds from this program go to our nonprofit operations.
Call or text us at (843) 900-6892 or contact us below with the subject line “Reduced- Cost Mental Health Services Program.”
We are a community-based co-working space for interns and junior clinicians who are seeking a different model from group practice and we provide no-cost and reduced-cost mental health services to the community.
We are not a group practice or multiple brands operating under a parent company or group. We are a cooperative (co-op).
The X-Studio: A Mental Health Cooperative
Founded in 2020 by Xiomara A. Sosa,
Executive Director
A different and modern kind of workspace for the next generation of mental health clinicians serving our community. A beautiful, cozy, culturally aesthetic, and inviting space with art studio vibes.
Mission and Vision
Our mission is to provide an alternative to the long-standing business service model available in the mental health profession to new clinicians by introducing a cooperative model that is different from the group practice model and to provide no-cost and reduced-cost mental health services to the community.
Our vision is a more democratic, streamlined, supportive, non-toxic, professional path toward independent mental health practice for the next generation of mental health clinicians while serving our community.
Xiomara A. Sosa, Founder and Executive Director
Our Approach: What We Do
We help guide the next generation of mental health clinicians toward alternative options so that they can pursue their path toward becoming independent counselors/therapists/practitioners in a sustainable way that minimizes group practice politics, agency burnout and solo practice isolation. We are doing so by providing an alternative to the long-standing business service models currently available in the mental health profession to new and up-and-coming clinicians and introducing this mental health cooperative model. We strive to build a strong commitment to serving our community.
What is a cooperative?
A cooperative (co-op) is a business or organization owned by and operated for the benefit of those using its services. Profits and earnings generated by the cooperative are used towards the day-to-day operations of the coop. Typically, an elected board of directors and officers run the cooperative while regular members have voting power to control the direction of the cooperative. Members can become part of the cooperative by joining and paying an annual fee, though that does not affect the weight of their vote.
Site Supervision and Clinical Supervision
Available for graduate and doctoral student interns and to post-graduate students who are provisionally licensed clinicians. In-person in Summerville, SC, or online/virtual in the state of South Carolina.
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“The X-Studio helped me find a path toward independent practice as a mental health clinician without the group practice politics, agency burnout or solo practice isolation. ”
— L.V.