Claudine Hamilton, LCMHC

I am a Licensed Mental Health Clinician with over 20 years of experience in counseling, and I serve as Clinical Director at Thrive Counseling's Monroe and Waxhaw locations. My background bridges both religious and secular frameworks, and I have invested deeply in professional development throughout my career — with a particular focus on becoming and staying trauma-informed.

In my director role, I have the privilege of helping lead and support our clinical team in Monroe and Waxhaw, while continuing to carry a caseload of my own. Direct client work is where my passion lives, and it informs everything I bring to my leadership.

I am a Certified Trauma Professional and a trauma survivor myself — and I believe wholeheartedly that healing and wellness are attainable. I am committed to walking alongside each person in their journey toward recovery in a collaborative, empowering way.

My clinical work serves teens and adults across a wide range of experiences and challenges, including trauma and PTSD, substance use, depression, grief, abuse, family conflict, conduct disorders, homelessness, incarceration, and severe and persistent mental illness. I have had the honor of working with clients referred through the Charlotte Mecklenburg Court System, the Department of Juvenile Justice, Atrium's Human Trafficking Department for Teens, and the Department of Social Services, among others.

I take a whole-person view of every client I work with. Using an integrated approach that draws from multiple therapeutic modalities, I strive to honor the full complexity of each individual's story and meet them exactly where they are.

Location: Monroe/Waxhaw