Amaryllis Counseling is a for-profit LGBT counseling center located in Greenville, South Carolina. ¹  Amaryllis Counseling provides individual therapy, family therapy, trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, and dialectical behavioral therapy. ² The organization specializes in providing an “affirming” mental health service for its clients. ³

Formation

Amaryllis Counseling was founded in 2019 ⁴ by Elizabeth Serricchio and Laura Davis. ⁵ Serrichio is a Licensed Professional Counselor, ⁶ and Davis is a Licensed Independent Social Worker and Clinical Supervisor. ⁷

Queer Wellness Center

In 2021, Amaryllis Counseling and the left-of-center LGBT organizations Pride Link and 864Pride constructed an LGBT community center, the Queer Wellness Center, in Greenville, South Carolina. ⁸ The 6,000 square foot space houses a traditional community center with social activities, resources, and a wellness clinic with medical and mental health services, as well as access to other social service resources such food and clothing. ⁹ In addition, the center will provide legal services, such as legal name and gender change services for transgender individuals. ¹⁰

Elizabeth Serrichio and Laura Davis are also the founders of 864Pride, ¹¹ a non-profit organization that seeks to provide transgender individuals with low-cost and free-of-cost transition related surgical procedures, ¹² community support, ¹³ and free competence and sensitivity training for individuals employed as school personnel or as counselors and other adolescent mental health providers. ¹⁴

Target Letter

In 2023, Amaryllis Counseling, along with over 200 other LGBT-interest organizations, signed on to a letter addressing the retail company Target and condemning it for removing LGBT-themed clothing and merchandise targeting children from its stores. ¹⁵ The letter demanded that Target return the clothing and merchandise marketed to children, and that its failure to do so would be a failure to address the alleged “extremist anti-LGBTQ+ attacks” posed by consumers who have stated they do not intend to shop at stores that market LGBT merchandise and clothing to children. ¹⁶

Leadership

Amaryllis Counseling was founded by Elizabeth Serricchio and Laura Davis. ¹⁷ Prior to Amaryllis, Serricchio was the director of adolescent services for the Stafford County Public School System in Stafford, Virginia. ¹⁸ Prior to Amaryllis, Davis was a clinical therapist for CHRIS 180, ¹⁹ an organization that provides training and continued learning education courses for therapists. ²⁰

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