For many people, faith and religion mean certainty, confidence, and community. When something happens that starts to question these pillars, the result is often very disorienting. All areas of life can feel impacted. This is often a really isolating experience too - those from faith communities can feel threatened by your questions and curiosities; those outside of faith communities look at you like you’re crazy.

Whether you are deconstructing, embracing the exvangelical label, or seeking a genuine faith that aligns with who you are, therapy for deconstruction is here to help you work through the loneliness, rejection, strained relationships, grief, disorientation, fear, shame, and untangling that are often part of the experience. The path is often painful, but being honest and working through it can lead to a new freedom and acceptance that is totally worth it. The journey is different for everyone, but you don’t have to go through it alone.

Trying to find help for your kids but hitting a wall? Why parenting therapy instead of child therapy?

While finding a therapist for your child might be what you're looking for, consider finding a therapist for yourself instead. Imagine creating a relationship with your child in which YOU are their source of peace, trust, and support. Don't outsource that role to someone else. I want to help your kids by helping you. I want you to be the one your kid confides in. I want you to know how to help them in moments that feel overwhelming and impossible.

In particular, for parents who have deconstructed their faith, parenting becomes really confusing. If you’ve grown up with the belief that obedience is expected, you may notice that the path to getting simple obedience from your kids no longer aligns with your values and the kind of person you want to be. Parenting therapy helps parents work through their beliefs and expectations, talk through the ways they were parented, and chart a different path forward for their parenting. A relationship based on connection, instead of control, is a way forward.

I often refer to anxiety as the ‘common cold’ of mental health. Everyone gets it, but can experience it in varying intensities. Anxiety is one of the most well-researched mental health challenges, and there is strong evidence for how to best treat it. Therapy for anxiety integrates evidence-based techniques and mindfulness practices with an understanding of each client’s unique experience. Together we will learn about how your brain and body experience anxiety, develop coping strategies, and challenge thought patterns to put you in charge of your anxiety.

For clients who know something needs to change, but don't know what that means for them yet. Mental Health intakes are offered to help clients gain an understanding of what they are experiencing, and what treatment options are available to them.

Take your therapy session outside! For these sessions, we’ll meet at a park in Ann Arbor and walk the trails together. These sessions are an absolute delight, they feel so good. 

Intake sessions, or an appointment in the last 3 months are required before being eligible for these visits.

If my niche specialties sound interesting to your group - let’s talk! I’m happy to put together a presentation that speaks to your group’s interests.

If you’re an employer who wants to make space for their employees to meet with a therapist during the workday, let’s work together to make that happen.