Therapists for college students near Ann Arbor, MI

HI! We all face different challenges in life such as anxiety, depression, stress, panic attacks, challenging relationships, life transitions or past trauma and it can be hard to admit that we need help. Know that you do not have to go through this on your own. I am here and I want to help you. Asking for help may seem challenging, but you are stronger than you think. So, take that brave step and reach out for assistance because healing is possible! Trust me, getting the support you need can make a tremendous difference. No matter your definition of a fulfilling life, I'll work with you to develop the tools you need to get there. With a supportive and non-judgmental approach, I'm here to assist you every step of the way and help you get back on track. As someone who has received extensive education and training, and has helped countless patients, I'm confident that I can provide you with the care that you deserve. I am here for you, and I want to listen to you and support you. If you're feeling like it's time to start your journey toward better mental health, don't hesitate to reach out to me! As a board-certified clinical psychotherapist, my goal is to help people in Michigan create sustainable happiness and improved well-being. And the best part? I offer convenient Telehealth services.

I work with individuals experiencing conflicts in relationships, in identity and/or the experience of self, and uncertainty in overcoming life’s many challenges. In our work together all aspects of you are welcome, and it is my hope that we will create a relationship in which you find comfort and safety to be yourself without fear of judgment. I accept BCBS, BCN, Priority Health and Aetna.

If you are looking for a safe space to talk about real life, I invite you to reach out. We work diligently to check ourselves on biases, privilege, and personal preferences. It is our goal that you never feel judged, less than, or shame in our office. We are here to help you process the highs, lows, and everything in between. We offer both counseling and testing in our office. We offer comprehensive ADHD evaluations, which include objective measures of core ADHD symptoms with QbTest via Telehealth and in person. We also partner with Human Kind Counseling to ensure there is a specialist for everyone and every need. Savanna accepts multiple insurances and is happy to walk you through your insurance benefits and the cost of therapy.

I've spent many years working in different college counseling centers and have a true love for the college population - so much is happening in emerging adulthood, especially figuring out who you are and what you want life to look like. Because of increased stress and responsibilities, it is also a time where mental health concerns can either emerge for the first time or increase in their severity. I find great joy in getting to be a supportive space and teammate for folks navigating this incredibly rich period of life.

Hey! I am so glad you are here! My name is Katie and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). I received my Bachelor's degree in Communications from Hope College and my Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Cornerstone University. I am passionate about working with college students and young adults (and adults of all ages and walks of life!). Whether you are feeling stuck deciding on what is next, what path to choose for your career or life, or just need a listening ear, I am here to create a space where you can show up as you are and leave feeling encouraged and heard. College and those post years are really tough, and full disclosure where some of the most messy and challenging years of my life. Therapy was so important to me during that time, and I hope to offer you the support you deserve to navigate your experience. When we meet, you can expect a very personable experience focused on you and your goals, some humor and references to various shows/songs/movies or the latest trend I am trying to understand to help remind you that you are not alone, and a space where nothing is ever too much, you will never be judged, and you can truly be authentically yourself.

My journey has been a ride so far. I have experienced life's awe inspiring highs, and life's darkest of lows. It is through it all, through the elations of life and through its sorrow, I have learned so much. I have learned that matters of the heart can be so hard, so hurtful, and at times make life seem unfair. However I have also learned that no matter our standing in life, there is something that is universal to the human experience, and that is we are hard wired for connection. At our core we long for connection, we want to be heard, validated, and loved. My journey thus far has made me a better person, a better husband, a better father, and a better therapist. I love woodworking, I also love BBQ'ing or smoking meat in a real old school smoker, using real wood! I also love learning, love reading, and I love to write. I have been married to my best friend for going on 26 years! We have two daughters, 18 and 24. I love the University of Michigan, The Detroit Tigers, Lions, and Redwings!

When life goes differently than anticipated you may be left grieving, feeling disconnected from life, or from yourself. You deserve to have a compassionate space to process and honor your experiences. Together, we'll explore the narratives woven through your life, understanding how past experiences continue to shape your present reality. We will reconnect you to your power, build resiliency, and learn to use your voice to live your life more authentically. With a relationship built with trust and compassion, you're invited to explore your deepest truths, express your fears, and bravely write a new story for your life. Therapy is a collaborative journey, and your voice, experiences, and perspective are central to our work together. Depending on your needs, we'll examine how family, gender, culture, and social expectations have influenced your sense of self, relationships, and aspirations. I draw from a variety of frameworks including Feminist, Narrative, and Family Systems. Reaching out is hard. If it scares you, you're not alone. You may try considering if your fear is saying "now's not the right time" or if its something more akin to "what will this change in my life". Curiosity, excitement, & the adrenaline of taking "the next step" can feel scary. Whatever you decide, trust you're right on time in your own journey.

Ellie Mental Health isn’t your average therapy clinic. By creating a comfy, judgment-free zone where you can be authentic, get real about where you’re at in your mental health, and receive the compassionate care you deserve. I strive to break down treatment barriers and provide you with customized counseling services that meet your therapy needs. Transitioning through college, young adult and beyond can become challenging. If you struggle with anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, adjusting to professional life, relationships. Give me a call. I provide in-person and virtual services.

I am passionate about working with adolescents, young adults, and women. My goal as a therapist is to help you in your healing process so you can thrive mentally, emotionally, and physically. My specialties include anxiety, depression, and mood disorders, as well as providing support through life transitions. While walking alongside you in your journey, I will help you discover your strengths and empower you to face your challenges. I take a holistic approach to treatment that will help you find courage to make positive changes in your life.

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who is a Certified Trauma Focus Cognitive Behavioral Therapist. My focus is on developing a safe, trusting and strong therapeutic relationship in order for healing to occur and to have a sense of hope restored. I assists individuals and families in creating a personalized “toolbox” to aide in the healing process. I have extensive experience in working with individuals who may be experiencing behavioral challenges, having difficulty in school, anxiety, depression, PTSD, eating disorders, anger and difficulties adjusting to changes in their lives. I utilize a number of therapeutic approaches including: Internal Family systems, motivational interviewing, solution focused therapy, art therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, DBT, narrative therapy and trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy.

Going away to school, adjusting to your new adult role in life, managing various roles in your life can be exhausting and overwhelming. My ultimate goal is to create validating, non-judgmental environment to help you feel safe and comfortable. I believe in offering support, guidance and knowledge to each of my clients.I have been trained in DBT therapy to teach you skills to manage emotions, improve relationships, and modify behaviors. You can develop the healthy life you desire. Humans experience emotions! Sometimes we may think there is a right way and a wrong way to feel and distress means, we are feeling the wrong way. That is a ton of pressure! Sometimes, our emotions become distressing. Few are taught to manage emotions effectively and distress can lead to self-blame, defeated feelings, strained relationships, self-harm, and more. I WOULD BE HONORED TO HELP YOU! I believe in treating clients holistically. We are more than our mental health. We are all individuals and our experiences are unique. My clinical focus is creating an environment that is safe, unique to your personal needs, and promotes personal growth. We will work together to replace unhealthy coping with positive skills, proven to work. A LITTLE ABOUT ME I graduated with my Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology from Western Michigan University. I am a fully licensed LLP and a LPC. I have been working in the field of counseling for many years and have received instruction in the areas of Parenting, Trauma, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, CBT. and Anxiety. However, the greatest instruction I have received is the variety of experiences I have overcome, in my own life. I specialize in helping people feel empowered to take the control back of their emotions, their past, their circumstances, their relationships and ultimately their lives. I work with individuals and families from various cultural backgrounds, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity. You are reading this to decide if I have the tools to help you with whatever circumstance brought you here today. I believe I do have the tools you need. I think everyone is valuable and has the ability to learn skills to overcome their circumstances and become the person they would like to be. You are strong enough, important enough and deserving of growth and healing, and I will do my best to help you grow, heal and THRIVE in everything you encounter.

Warm Welcome! I have nearly two decades of dedicated experience in providing therapy, and over 40 years of life experience, with the highs and lows of being human. Having been a high-achieving student of many years and often critical of myself, I am particularly attuned to the specific needs of students. I have also had my own journey with neurodiversity and ADD. My primary goal is to create a compassionate space for you to move forward in a journey of health, stability, and independence. I believe in a collaborative approach celebrating the strengths you already have and discovering the ones you have lost. I primarily utilize a psychodynamic structure, leaning heavily on CBT-based skills and self-reflection. I am particularly effective working with those that identify as female of all ages, in addressing stages of life transitions and self-esteem, as I have faced difficulties in those areas myself. I want to see you thrive, and I would be honored to work with you.

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Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful parts of us. –David Richo Allowing yourself to be vulnerable with someone new is often one of the most challenging aspects of starting therapy. There is a stigma associated with seeking professional help for mental health in many communities; however, therapy can open doors you didn’t know existed. I believe that you are your own expert and have the strength within you to navigate challenges in your life. My role as a therapist is to be along your side to help find the best version of yourself. Each individual’s path in therapy is unique. With the use of strength-based interventions we can find a safe, culturally-responsive, and a non-judgmental environment to support your needs and overcome challenges. I am passionate about helping individuls explore the thoughts and feelings that empower them to develop healthy habits for their daily lives. Healing and change can start with a simple intention and my intention is to help you achieve your personal goals. I am eager to work with individuals who have endured all forms of trauma, including sexual, physical, and emotional. Unprocessed trauma can manifest itself in various forms including emotional responses and physical symptoms. Our bodies often hold on to feelings that our brains cannot process and in turn inhibit our potential to succeed in our daily life. I aim to give you the tools you need to settle those feelings and symptoms and enable your potential for growth, empowerment, self-love, and success. As a daughter of immigrants, I am familiar with the struggles of feeling like an outsider, facing ongoing acculturation, as well as the stress and anxiety that comes with resettlement and starting over. I strive to normalize therapy and make it accessible to anyone struggling with their cultural or personal identity, including the immigrant community and anyone seeking therapy for the first time.

I work with teens and college students to help them deal with anxiety, depression, stress, relationship concerns. I also help people who are stressed out and need some clarity about big decisions such as whether to change majors. I use Solution Focused Therapy which means I'll help you get a clear idea of what you want things to look like in the immediate future and then help you use your current strengths and past successes to make it happen. I'll help you get ideas for small but do-able changes to start with, and these small changes add up to big change.

Are you trying to reach your goals, but feel like you're running in circles? We can help with improving your happiness, addressing a problem-area in your life, or whatever else you want to focus on. One-size-fits-all counseling doesn't work, so each client's action plans are based on what works best for them. We believe in a mind-body-spirit approach where we need to have Harmony between all three to feel truly fulfilled. Warmth and insight are the foundation of our sessions, especially as we understand we all need someone to be ourselves with. Life can be challenging at times, but we don't have to go through it alone. Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions or for more information!

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My therapeutic style is an integrative one that utilizes a variety of tools to help create understanding, comprehension, solutions and/or shifts to achieve relief and healing. My therapeutic approach, while empathetic and compassionate, is lovingly direct, helping to increase clarity and reduce confusion in what is often a confusing time in one’s life, when seeking out therapy. My passion is helping to create the shift from suffering to empowerment to allow you to move forward in the world, with tools learned through therapy, and thereafter, in the rest of your life. As a psychotherapist, I’ve worked with a wide variety of issues, including anxiety, depression, life adjustments, loss and grief, abandonment, trauma, inner child work, self-empowerment and relationship issues.

I work with young women and LGBTQ+ folks with anxiety, perfectionism, and people-pleasing tendencies. You set goals for yourself that aren’t reachable, and you feel like you’re failing, though from the outside it may look like you have it together. You know that the patterns in your life aren’t working, yet it’s hard to identify what to change and make those changes on your own. It’s a big step to even recognize that you might benefit from therapy. Therapy can help you make those changes so that you can relate differently to yourself, your loved ones, and the stress & loss in your life. Healing doesn’t happen in isolation. Together, we can untangle old narratives, identify the things that aren’t working in your life, and develop new coping methods that work for you. Therapy depends on us developing a safe relationship from which we can explore your feelings and concerns. In our therapy sessions, you can expect compassion as well as a focus on practical skills on how to relate differently to the stress and loss in your life. I prioritize developing a safe relationship between the two of us in therapy, from which we discuss your relationships with yourself and with others. My practice is antiracist, LGBTQIA+ inclusive, and HAES informed. I have immediate openings for teletherapy and in-person therapy. In addition to my regular hours (8am-5pm), I can offer evening appointments upon request. You can schedule a free 15-minute video consultation at my website, sierralarsontherapy.com.

Our goal is to provide a safe and welcoming environment designed to provide our clients the high level of care they deserve. We strive to be a professional place of service by using moral and ethical principles to guide our daily practice. We are committed to respecting the diversity and cultural differences of our clients with an understanding that every person, family or couple comes with their own unique set of experiences, preferences and needs. We believe in the importance of assessing and treating the whole person, from a biopsychosocial perspective/approach…. Our therapists’ specialties include, but aren’t limited to: depression, anxiety, perinatal mood disorders, grief and loss, trauma, addiction, ADD/ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, psychotic disorders, stress management, relationship/communication issues, domestic violence, career coaching, life transitions etc. Making changes takes courage. We can work together to help you feel understood and work through the challenging parts of change to allow you to live the life you’ve imagined for yourself.