The decision not to take insurance is a difficult one, because I understand the implications for those seeking therapy. However, there are many benefits to foregoing insurance and keeping therapy solely between a client and their therapist.

I choose not to take insurance because it allows therapy to be focused entirely on what’s best for you. We can spend our sessions working on what is important to you instead of staying within the limits of your diagnosis and a treatment plan deemed appropriate by your insurance company. I believe you know what you need better than your insurance company does.

From a business perspective, it is riskier not to work with insurance companies. However, I’m a better therapist when I’m only focused on my clients and not focused on making their insurance companies happy. Clients may not realize the amount of time therapists spend walking the tightrope of doing what’s best for our clients while also convincing insurance companies that therapy is necessary, while trying to run a business that returns a profit.

Short answer: privacy, confidentiality, treatment freedom.

No one else is reading your therapy notes without your consent. There is no medical diagnosis on your record following you around. Your employer doesn’t know how many times you’ve used your insurance to go to therapy. You’re keeping your private information away from big tech and AI companies.

Get yourself out of a system that requires you to be “sick” before you can get help.

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.

Therapy for deconstruction is here to help 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 goal of parenting therapy is to improve the relationship parents have with their kids and to help develop the skills that create a relationship in which a parent can be the source of help, comfort, and support when kids are having a tough time. Parenting therapy isn’t about fixing your child; it’s about helping parents be the kind of adults their children need.

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.

MA = Master of Arts Degree (in Counseling)

LPC = Licensed Professional Counselor

This is the license I hold with the State of Michigan (License #6401014397) to practice as a counselor. I am also licensed in the State of Virginia (License #0701013051) as an LPC.

NCC = National Certified Counselor

In addition to meeting the requirements held by the State of Michigan, I have elected to also meet the requirements held by the National Board for Certified Counselors

https://nbcc.org/resources/public

I graduated from Spring Arbor University with a Master of Arts in Counseling. Part of that education meant that I received graduate-level training in psychopathology, counseling theory and techniques, group work, and many other classes geared toward making me a qualified counselor. I completed a 100-hour practicum, followed by a 600-hour internship, both supervised by many highly qualified mental health providers. After graduation, I received an additional 3,000 hours of supervision.

My status as a National Certified Counselor requires many continuing education credits, which I am regularly acquiring.

It’s worth noting that I am not qualified to prescribe or recommend medication. I am, however, more than happy to work with your prescriber to help you get the treatment you need.

I accept payment online via credit/debit/HSA cards.  For in person sessions I am also able to take cash or check.