Therapists in Ann Arbor, MI

I will work with you to bring balance and energy to your daily life. Using a mindfulness-based approach we can look at marriage and divorce, relationships with partners, children, families and friends, addictions, sexuality, adolescence, work, and personal growth. You deserve to achieve success and joy in your daily living. Finding that balance between work, play, partner, and family is the goal we all are striving to achieve.

Our agency provides psychotherapy for adults, couples, families, and teens. Our mission is to enhance your quality of life by developing your strengths and providing life coaching in dealing with life's challenges in the following areas and more:

Are you ready to express yourself authentically? Are you interested in challenging self limiting beliefs and ways of being, reducing depressed mood or relieving anxiety? Are you open to examining relationship dynamics and patterns of behavior that no longer serve you? With over 20 years of experience as a psychotherapist, I am ready to work with you. I support people with all kinds of issues, and I treat each person with respect and dignity, whatever your background, religion, ethnicity, ability or gender orientation. I will accept you as you are now, and from there we can begin. LGBTQ +

Would you like to feel more confident, connected and integrated? Let’s work together to experience the healing and thriving you desire. I am dedicated to helping clients bring forth their authentic selves, building upon their strengths, and caring for and addressing places of pain. I seek to develop a collaborative and caring relationship with clients in order to bring about optimal healing and empowerment.

As your therapist, I believe that my role is to provide a calm, steady environment for you to explore your concerns and clear the path for self-renewal. I specialize in relationship concerns, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, couples therapy, and trauma. I work with individuals and couples who are struggling with depression, post-traumatic stress, anxiety and life transitions.

I help teens and young adults live authentically, cultivate self-awareness, and learn valuable tools to brave their world with courage and confidence. The transition into adulthood can be filled with uncertainty and through a safe and collaborative space, I help clients manage their fear and anxiety, process through decision-making, and heal wounds so they can feel more connected to themselves and others. Together, we will identify your goals and create a personalized treatment plan that best fits your needs. You don't have to struggle alone, let's get to the core of who you are and capitalize on your unique strengths.

The therapy I offer is most effective for people who have already spent time working on themselves in therapy, spiritual practice, or by other means. My main treatment focus is developmental trauma, which means the harm caused in relationships growing up. As adults that can look like high functioning depression, anxiety, relationship problems, creative blocks, numbness/dissociation, lack of progress, and other expressions. We work with mindfulness based somatic therapy in an compassionate, supportive, and non-judgmental environment using a wide array of methods. Together we will uncover the healing your body is striving to access.

I specialize in working with individuals and couples struggling with relationship issues, depression, anxiety, and addiction. My areas of expertise include couples therapy, men's issues, sexual issues, and parenting issues. My approach to therapy is engaging and interactive. I believe that therapy should not be hard and heavy. You can not fix a problem from the same place it came from. My motto is "light and easy." We will confront difficult situations and tackle great challenges together in a light and easy way. I aim to inspire my clients and more often than not my clients end up inspiring me.

Have you had successful abstinence or want to achieve abstinence from addictive substances, compulsive or codependent behaviors? Are you depressed, stressed or seriously anxious? I can help you recover your best self along with lost or undiscovered strengths and natural gifts empowering you to do things you never thought possible. Life becomes easier. You develop greater flexibility and resiliance. You discover more options for reaching your most desired personal and professional visions and goals. To achieve this we engage in a trusting relationship combining traditional, experiential and 12 step approaches. In the process you discover greater health, happiness and relationship fulfillment.

I'm passionate about working with couples, young adults (who are trying to navigate the blindsiding and mundane parts of being an adult) and mature adults. For the last 15 years of practice, I've enthusiastically partnered with people to help them pursue and build lives that reflect their values and aspirations. We will navigate the complex challenges of life with groundedness and compassion.

Offering in-person service. I believe that any person is capable of change given the education and tools. My approach to therapy is interactive and holistic, looking beyond the traditional focus of “one size fits all”, I synthesize and integrate concepts and treatment models to fit the uniqueness of your personality and needs.

I believe there is a resiliency that lies within each and every one of us. That strength is what gets us through each situation – even when we thought, “There’s no way I am going to make it through.” However, there are times when things can become overwhelming, and we need someone to listen, and encourage us as we navigate through the difficult situations life throws at us. No matter what brings you to therapy know that it will be a place for you to find healing and a realization of the resilience that already lies within you.

I have over 20 years of experience working with individuals, families couples, and groups. My educational background includes a Ph.D. in Family Studies, a MA in Counseling, and a BA in Family Life Education. I worked in family preservation for over 10 years, I am certified in treating sexual addictions, sexual abuse recovery, and facilitating life skills. I am experienced in offering support for grief, change of life, and parenting. I am also educated and experienced in crisis intervention including but not limited to mental health emergencies, domestic violence, and sexual assault.

It is my privilege and pleasure to work with adults in navigating life's challenges. Changes in relationships, family status, income, job status, children at home, health and more, create special challenges. It can really help to speak with a sympathetic, caring counselor who has been through it all. I specialize in helping clients work through empty nest transitions.

Do you want to feel more intimate with your partner? More deeply connected? More attraction, more desire, a more intense level of loving sexual intimacy? I want to help. I love helping couples get the deep emotional and sexual intimacy they want in their relationship. When sexual problems occur, it can seem to signal a problem with the relationship or with you. But that's NOT true! In fact, the kind of intense real intimacy that lasts for years is not usually automatic. In fact, a good road map makes all the difference.

Being a human being can be quite challenging! There's a saying about the mind: 'the mind is a good servant, but a cruel taskmaster!' Many of us never learned how to calm our minds, limit our worrying, and self-soothe. Mindfulness training is one of the most researched methods for learning to do this. My work with individuals helps them to become skilled in this way, and to lessen the grip of attitudes and beliefs that limit us in significant ways. I work with individuals in this way, as well as with groups.

Are you insecure, irritable, angry, confused or anxious? Are you uncertain about your direction in life? Do you lack spark? Are you having trouble in your relationships? Do you find yourself performing below your abilities? Are you confused about why you do the things you do? I have worked with a variety of problems including but not limited to anxiety, anger, sexual identity, depression, sports performance and relationship issues.

At its core, therapy is about supporting a life lived with awareness and choice, which is not only the best way to honor it, but also to meet the suffering that comes with it. Jung says: "I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become". In a way both are true; the family we're born into, and life's events impact us deeply, and we can learn and grow through our experiences, the good and the bad, as opposed to letting them trap or control us. We can all lead lives consciously and choicefully.

If you are struggling in an important relationship, whether with your partner, child, parent, sibling, or friend, or feel deeply lonely, anxious, sad, or self-doubting, therapy can be an important step towards growth and healing. I think of therapy as an opportunity not only to seek support, but also to build a collaborative working relationship within which a deeper understanding of your hopes and fears enables you to make significant change.