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194 1/2 South River Avenue
Holland, MI 49423
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Counseling Services
Sometimes, in our lives, we get stuck. Doing the same things over and over again that just aren't working. You are ready for something different. You are yearning for something more.
Counseling can be scary, but it is really just a journey toward where you want to go, even if you aren’t sure exactly where that is. It's an investment in YOU because you are WORTH IT.
In my counseling practice, I have an eclectic approach, pulling from the humanistic, behavioral, cognitive, and psychoanalytic approaches to counseling. I firmly believe in the power of connection and trust between therapist and client. I am a trauma informed therapist who always strives to counsel through a lens of humanity and compassion.
I have 18+ years of experience working with men, women, couples, and young adults. My specialty, however, is working with women. Specifically, I am passionate about working on family issues, spirituality, anxiety, depression, post traumatic stress disorder, boundaries, self concept, core wounds, and helping individuals to find new pathways forward when they feel stuck. I am trained in brainspotting, and many clients find this modality especially helpful in healing trauma and uprooting deeply embedded core wounds/beliefs about themselves and the world that they were never meant to carry. Once these wounds are addressed, clients are more fully able to engage in relationships with themselves and others. Additionally, I am honored to work with individuals who find themselves in difficult and confusing relationships (marriage, partnership, friendships, family relationships). This is a vulnerable place to invite a therapist into, and I am honored to help you engage with yourself and chart a path forward.
In West Michigan, specifically, it can be difficult to find a safe place to process matters of faith, and especially pain from religious institutions and systems. I have extensive background in faith practice and spirituality, and am walking my own faith journey, so I understand the courage it takes to engage with these topics. I love working with clients who are navigating their own questions of faith and practice, and am honored to work with those who have experienced pain within religious institutions.
I offer both traditional fifty minute long sessions, as well as longer more intensive two hour sessions. Some people prefer to get their story out in one session, starting off with an intensive session. Others need only a bit of direction, and a couple intensive sessions are enough to get them firmly rooted in the direction they want to go. Still others prefer the traditional route of 50 minute sessions. I am willing to work with your needs and set a schedule that works best for you. My fee per session hour is $150.