Therapists in Michigan

With almost 10 years of experience between Brazil and the U.S., I have learned that mental health, an essential aspect of general health, can be easily overlooked. However, life can be overwhelming at times, and we may find ourselves facing challenges that seem impossible to handle or process. During these difficult periods, psychotherapy can be a powerful tool for healing, personal growth, and increasing self-knowledge. Together, we can explore emotions and feelings, collaborate in identifying your needs and conflicts, and create a more meaningful life.

Asking for therapy is not easy, but it is a sign of strength that I support.My practice is client-centered, based on a systems approach & family-of-origin themes/issues. I focus on helping my clients to find solutions to their emotional challenges and to work through transitions, crises, trauma & adjustments so they can develop & enhance their behavioral health. I avoid "cookbook" approaches, and use evidence & strength-based psychotherapy & counseling to guide adults, youth, families & couples to achieve their own positive solutions.I enjoy helping young adults, teens, & other helping professionals/educators deal with life stressors effectively.

Welcome to a journey of self-discovery and empowerment. In this safe space, you've embarked on the path of personal growth, demonstrating your commitment to harnessing the incredible power of your mind. Your decision to seek guidance shows your dedication to nurturing a stronger, more resilient version of yourself. Embracing change and pursuing growth is a testament to your courage. Together, we'll unlock the potential within, ensuring that no untapped possibilities remain within you. Transforming the unrealized into the tangible. The key to a fulfilling life lies in nurturing what's alive within you.

People come to me because they feel trapped, depressed, anxious or angry, or stuck in a rut. There is a huge gap between expectations and reality together with a breakdown in their mind, body, emotions, and spirit. They feel unregulated, unbalanced, unable to sleep, exhausted, in pain, in fight or flight mode most of the time and sometimes, have suicidal tendencies. They are crying or screaming in one way or the other. They want relief, things to go back to where they were, change, peace of mind and time to heal. Most importantly, they want love and compassion.

I have years of clinical experience providing psychotherapy & assessment to children, adolescents, and families dealing with a variety of issues such as mood disorders, anxiety disorders, relationship problems, trauma & abuse, bereavement, ADHD & learning disorders, and behavioral problems.

I started working as a therapist while living abroad in Italy. I helped families with children with developmental disabilities, and coordinated services within the school systems. I also helped English speaking adults with substance abuse issues. Since moving back to the U.S, I have worked with children with austism spectrum disorder, as well as teens with anxiety and depression. Most recently I have been working with adults with opiate/opioid addiction. I also work with families, couples, and children. As a therapist, my goal is to help people achieve their goals to live happier, healthier, lives.

Specializing in; Treatment of co-occurring issues of substance abuse and mental health disorders, relationships therapy, child and adolescent treatment, child custody cases, post traumatic stress disorders and geriatric care. Specialized program development, corporate and organizational development. International and multi cultural treatment with international based therapists.

Where would you like to see yourself and your relationships? Would you like to build assertiveness, comfortably express your wants and needs? Recover from anxiety, depression, people pleasing or self defeating behaviors? Reconnect with your partner, improve communication, increase intimacy? We will focus on challenges that are specific to you and your life for both immediate and long term growth and relief. In our sessions you’ll receive unconditional support and develop insight, learn effective coping skills, decrease anxiety and depression, develop boundaries, increase assertiveness in healthy ways that yield results.

You might feel anxious, or depressed. You want to change but you feel stuck, unable to move forward. You might be unhappy with aspects of yourself, or your relationships, but you do not know what to change, how to change. You might suffer because of trauma, or for a loss that feels too hard to bear. Talking to a therapist can help. If you decide to meet with me, my first goal will be to connect with you, and help you feel understood. Working from this connection, I will try to help you understand more of yourself, and know how to change using the therapeutic techniques most appropriate for your characteristics and needs.

Relational Life Therapist. Cross cultural therapist. I help couples (and other dyads) get to the source of their issues and learn how to create the relationship they long for. Some dyads that see me may be on the brink of relationship rupture and dissolution. Some may be stuck having the same arguments with the same lack of progress and feel like Sisyphus with his boulder. Some may be ahead of the game and seek therapy before they ruin a good thing. All of them want to learn healthy relationship habits that stick. The individual clients I see often struggle with spiritual questions, self acceptance, and/or relationships.