Big Oak Counseling and Consulting

I am Al Thomas, Licensed Professional Counselor and Board-Certified Hypnotherapist, with over 15 years of clinical experience. I am committed to working collaboratively with others to help them improve their overall emotional and mental well-being. I am invested in doing my part in normalizing therapy in the Black community. In 2021, I founded Big Oak Counseling and Consulting, a virtual practice, utilizing my clinical expertise to focus on helping others improve their anxiety, depression, anger management and trauma concerns. Serving as a virtual provider has vastly expanded my outreach beyond initial expectations, enabling me to connect with a broader base as a therapist through virtual therapy services. I am currently licensed in South Carolina, Vermont and Idaho, providing virtual services to residents of those states. My approach to therapy employs Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT); helping others learn and understand the relationship between their thoughts, emotions and behavior. CBT has been proven to help improve symptoms of anxiety, depression, phobias and many other emotional health concerns. I combine Motivational Interviewing and Clinical Hypnotherapy (by request or when we believe it would be appropriate for treatment) with CBT to ensure we are engaging the conscious mind where we process our thoughts along with the vast subconscious mind, which reacts emotionally and behaviorally without us being aware. Motivational Interviewing and Hypnotherapy have shown to provide results in helping individuals improve many mental health concerns such as PTSD, addiction and grief and loss as well as healing and recovering from trauma. Hypnotherapy is also a very useful tool for managing chronic pain. I am confident my clinical experience and training will allow me to assist you in developing healthy and effective tools to address the concerns which led you here. I offer free consultations for you to ask questions and get to know me to see if I am a good fit for you. I believe a healthy and transparent relationship is the foundation of a successful therapeutic process. Use the Request Appointment button above to schedule a free consultation so we can begin your journey to the healthier version of you. Our journey starts here. “Change will lead to insight far more often than insight will lead to change.” -Milton Erickson