Therapists in Ann Arbor, MI

Navigating the journey of life can be challenging. If you find yourself feeling lost, confused, sad, worried, or dissatisfied with certain aspects of your life, I may be able to help you. As a therapist, my role is to guide you in discovering the tools necessary to improve your personal life and relationships. I offer a calm, non-judgmental space where we can explore both hardships and joys together.

If you are seeking a therapist to support your navigation through difficult experiences, personal challenges, or life changes, we might make a great team. Let’s work together to make sense of your experiences and curate your path towards a fulfilling life. As a therapist, I aim to create a deeply safe environment to support clients in their journeys towards change and healing; I prioritize meeting clients where they’re at and centering their strengths and experiences as core to the therapeutic process. I am a queer-affirming, trans-affirming, anti-racist, anti-ableist, intersectionality-minded therapist.

Note: current availability is limited to daytime appointments - Welcome! I’m Lio, a therapist at the Mala Child & Family Institute. I’m dedicated to empowering teens and young adults as they navigate LGBTQ+ identity, disability, Autism (including PDA and high-masking profiles), ADHD, and anxiety. As a neurodivergent and queer adult, I know that these experiences are often misunderstood and encounter a range of barriers. I also understand the impact that a safe environment can have on the development of self-worth, self-advocacy, and self-compassion.

Hi, I'm Alex! I'm a limited license professional counselor (LLPC) with experience working with teens, adults, and couples in individual and group counseling settings. I am passionate about reflecting on how the past influences your feelings, thoughts, and behaviors in the present, and how to create goals to realistically address struggles you may be experiencing. I also love working with LGBTQ+ clients or clients exploring their identity. My job as a therapist is to instill hope in yourself and confidence in your strengths as a human being, while also providing some new perspectives if needed.

My clinical approach is integrative, although my interventions often focus on acceptance and self-compassion while empowering my clients to make the changes they would like to see in their lives. I firmly believe that therapy should be focused on helping you become the best version of yourself, as YOU understand it. In keeping with that goal, I take great care to ensure that therapy is affirming of all aspects of diversity and identity.

Have you ever felt stuck in the same cycle over and over no matter how hard you try to break away? These type of patterns can often make it feel impossible to stay connected, be at peace, and thrive. I want you to know there is hope. Together we can explore how past patterns and trauma affect the present while building on your strengths to manifest a feeling of inner strength and freedom. I value creating an affirming therapeutic space where clients of LGBTQ+ identities, kink/sex-positive practices, and polyamorous relationships are safe and welcomed.

My clients describe my approach as gentle and direct with a dab of humor. I do my best work treating individuals who have experienced interpersonal trauma, people who are navigating their role in complicated families, and those who have been emotionally abused. I tend to find success with people who struggle with depression or low self-esteem, people who work in high-stress or helping professions, and people who do not know where to start. I have experience working with people with Bipolar Disorder, PMDD, learning disabilities, ADHD, anxiety, insomnia, auto-immune conditions, depression, anxiety, panic disorders, autism, & PTSD.

Welcome! Whether you are seeking help with your personal or professional goals, stress, anxiety, depression/mood or specialty areas such as eating/ body image concerns and addiction recovery, I would be happy to help. For the last two decades I have had the privilege of working with a broad variety of clients and concerns at Lotus Consulting, Ann Arbor DBT Center, the University of Michigan and other university settings. I utilize evidence and mindfulness based cognitive behavioral approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, business and leadership coaching.

Hello! I wanted to use this space to share a little about my approach to therapy to see if we'd be a good fit for each other. My approach revolves around you, the client. I believe that you are the expert of your story, your experiences, your struggles, and your goals for therapy. I will meet you where you are and provide warmth, acceptance, and empathy. I enjoy building modalities and interventions based on your needs and interests and finding what works best for you. Recognizing that as this all can be a challenging and hard thing to do, I want to create a safe and validating place for you so we can tackle what needs tackling.

Immediate Openings: Received a Master's degree in Counseling from Oakland University in Rochester, MI. Specializing in Anxiety Disorders, Depression, Body Image, Stress Management, Relationship and Marital Issues, Grief and Loss, Self-Esteem and Identity Issues, Trauma, Life Transitions and Personal Growth. I'm here to support and empower you. Together, we will work towards uncovering your inner strength, fostering healing and paving the way for a more fulfilling, balance life. I am dedicated to providing a safe, nurturing, and confidential space for all of your needs.

Now, more than ever, you may find yourself or a loved one carrying an extra heavy load. I strive to serve my community by way of data-based psychological and neuropsychological assessment and psychological and therapeutic services with adolescents and adult clients of all races, religions, and orientations. My practice emphasizes therapeutic treatment of individuals with anxiety, ADHD, depression, trauma, self-esteem issues and interpersonal conflict. My primary goal is to provide an open, empathic environment where life's challenges can be confronted, overcome, and some of the load can be lightened and left behind.

OPEN for New Clients! - Life can present challenges that can result in feelings of stress, helplessness, loneliness, or fear. These struggles can impact our work/school, relationships, and how we see ourselves. At Everwell, our aim as a therapist is to help you gain a deeper understanding of your challenges as well as your strengths in order to effectively reach your goals and gain greater acceptance, peace, and fulfilment in your life. We will work collaboratively with you to increase your capacity for problem-solving and coping skills. We also strive to empower you to recognize and value your strengths, resources, and potential.

Hello! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, specializing in helping people overcome anxiety, manage stress, and improve challenging relationship dynamics. I believe that human connection is the most powerful agent of change, and it is my goal to create a safe space that encourages growth and empowerment. I’m passionate about finding paths through learned beliefs and perspectives that are no longer serving you. Be it the perfectionism of academics, or the endless guilt of motherhood, there is a way out!

I am a queer, fat, neuro-divergent, Psychotherapist that specializes in working with queer individuals no matter where they fall on the LGBTQIA2S+ spectrum. I have been working with queer folks for the past 6 years on issues surrounding access to health care, behavioral health, and advocacy. I also specialize in gender affirming care working with clients to access hormone therapy and procedures through advocating for their needs and letter writing. Another specialization is working with fat individuals on navigating our fatphobic/sizeist society, medical system, and internalized fatphobia.

I believe that helpful therapy unfolds in an environment that is comfortable, empowering, safe, and one that allows for full expression. It is also important that the person I am working with can sense that I am listening attentively as they share the various layers of their experience. Individuals often seek help because they are unsettled or upset by what they are feeling. I aim to help clients "hold" their current experience without becoming overwhelmed, and eventually, to use those feelings as valuable information as we move through the therapeutic process.

I work collaboratively and compassionately from within a neurodiversity affirming framework. Together, we will engage in an empowering experience that will help you move towards the future with confidence. I work with clients to target difficulties associated with Autism, ADHD, anxiety, depression, OCD, insomnia, weight management, tic disorder, binge eating disorder, trauma, and PTSD. I also conduct ADHD & Autism assessments and pre-surgical evaluations. I implement evidence based interventions such as CBT, CPT for PTSD and trauma, Mindfulness, Habit Reversal Training, Somatic Psychotherapy, ERP, DBT Skills, and ACT.

It's no surprise life can feel overwhelming at times, making it harder to do even the simplest of things. And yet you're here! We manage to get through it, either by luck, grit, will power, or sheer determination. But sometimes, the pressures from society, culture, expectations...etc can really bog us down. We can find ourselves feeling stuck, thinking, "why is nothing working?" or "no one really gets it." We all deserve peace, safety, and belonging, and sometimes, we might need a helping hand to get us "unstuck." Let's work together to explore what's keeping us stuck, build up our resources, and create the life you'll be proud of.

Stress and emotional turmoil can be exhausting and complicated to navigate. Even the smallest action to alleviate this can feel daunting. Caring for yourself may come with many nuances and barriers. You are not alone and you don’t have to do this by yourself. Asking for help can be difficult and requires vulnerability. I promise to offer you a safe space to traverse this. Explore how we can work together by reaching out for a free 15 minute introductory, judgment-free consultation. Your consultation allows you to choose if we will be a good team and help me to understand your health priorities.

I see therapy as a gateway to strengthening our authentic self through healing, learning, acceptance and growth. It is often through our self-proclaimed imperfections that we find the greatest gifts, insights and points of focus that help us understand and become clear about the path we are walking and the possibilities that are before us. We have all known suffering, loss, trauma and despair. These experiences may shape us but they do not have to define us.