My therapeutic approach is to provide support and practical feedback to help my clients effectively address personal life challenges. I help the client build on their strengths and attain the personal growth they are committed to accomplishing. If you're looking for extra support and guidance through a challenging situation or you're just ready to move in a new direction in your life, I look forward to working with your to achieve your goals.

I have worked extensively with individuals and couples in my career, dealing with issues such as trust, communication, anger management, depression, anxiety, and grief. I have also completed the Level 1 Certification in the Gottman Institute Couples Therapy training, providing me with a more nuanced understanding and approach to relationship issues and dynamics.

As a practical, interactive, solution-focused therapist, my approach is to provide insight to help individuals, couples, and families address current challenges and longstanding issues. With an integration of methods, I draw from an array of styles and interventions. I have been able to assist clients with a variety of mental health problems and relational issues in a private, comfortable, and confidential atmosphere.

I use a collaborative approach in my work, and approach clients in a compassionate manner. I have successfully worked with many individuals, families and couples over the past 25 years to help develop solutions to difficulties that interfere with satisfying relationships and life circumstances. I have advanced training in psychodynamic psychotherapy and family systems therapy. I use a long term approach with individuals who are dealing with childhood/adult trauma and short term approaches for those confronting current difficulties/crises. I believe therapy can result in identifying new solutions, greater self-awareness and life satisfaction.

Many people struggle with feelings of insecurity, fears and doubts in their lives. They begin to notice the same patterns over and over again that don't seem to be working in terms of adding happiness and security to their everyday life. As a psychotherapist with 15 years of experience, I engage with each client with empathy, compassion, knowledge and understanding. If you experience difficulty coping and feel overwhelmed - I can help offer a balanced perspective.

I am currently accepting new clients and am offering in-person or video sessions. I strive to utilize evidence-based therapy models to empower my clients to develop a deep level of self-understanding and reach their goals. My role is to offer support, guidance, and healing to my clients throughout each step of their journey toward becoming their best selves.

Humans are clever. People find ways to make an unpredictable world seem more manageable. Occasionally this backfires. But troublesome patterns often have origins in a body's or soul's efforts toward self-protection. What might change if intentions are named and honored? What happens if we approach our flops with compassion? Maybe this is a first step to finding new, more adaptive ways to respond to the challenges of living. Acknowledging when something isn't working might be terrifying. Or freeing. Maybe both? Little in life is simply black or white. Let's see what resides in the shades of gray. You are not alone.

If sadness, worry, stress, chronic pain, and/or substance use is holding you back from getting what you want out of life, it is time to seek help. These symptoms can sometimes slow down, or even prevent, success in school, at work, and with relationships. I can help you understand how your thoughts and behaviors may be contributing to your symptoms, and how to change them so you can feel better. Your treatment plan and your goals are up to you; you decide what you want to change and how you'd like me to help you make those changes.

I personally believe therapy is one of the best gifts you can give yourself. The hardest part can be making the first call to get help. It's time to put YOU first to start living a more mindful and connected life. I am an individual and couples practitioner who works with adolescents and adults. During my completion of a 2-year post graduate fellowship training program at the University of Michigan, Department of Psychiatry, I received specialized training in an eclectic array of evidence based treatment modalities including cognitive behavioral therapy.

I am a Marriage and Family Therapist who has successfully treated couples, families, and individuals for over 25 years. Using Brief, collaborative therapy, I help you learn new ways to successfully work through life's critical issues in as few as 10 sessions. How does Brief therapy work? Sessions are client focused and solution directed. You collaborate with me in creating desired goals then actively participate in homework directed to test and fine-tune skills used to resolve issues and achieve those goals. Therefore, therapy becomes more efficient and effective. Most clients successfully resolve their issues in 5 - 10 sessions!!

Skill, experience and kindness are qualities many seek in a therapist. When you are suffering with personal problems, you want to know that you will be heard and understood in ways that will help you find ways to expand your own self-understanding. A good therapist - the right therapist for you - is one who can "think together" with you to help find new solutions to old problems. The Mel Bornstein Clinic for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy was established upon a 60-year tradition of offering just this kind of help.

Feeling anxious, depressed, stressed out, stuck? It takes courage and strength to recognize that sometimes life becomes too difficult to bear alone but realizing you need help is the right step towards change. I can provide a safe, nonjudgmental and respectful environment where you can understand and work through your difficulties and develop to reach your fullest potential. I will help you to explore the roots of your problems and rethink the issues that are holding you back so you can understand yourself and your behavior. I have over 18 years of clinical experience, having practiced in Detroit, London (UK) and New York.

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and have been working as a clinical mental health therapist for more than 15 years. I have a specialty degree in Child and Adolescent Counseling and enjoy working with adults as well. I believe in building positive coping skills, resiliency, and a positive outlook on life by having clients be an active part of their treatment. Using behavioral, cognitive-behavioral, and play therapy techniques (for children) are some of the ways I can help clients achieve their goals.

*DUE TO THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK VIRTUAL SESSIONS ARE BEING OFFERED. Your friends, family and coworkers believe you have a great life. You appear to be the best at what you do. You’re a high achiever, motivated, and the most reliable. But on the inside, you never feel the way you present yourself & the negative voice in your head is quick to judge. You've spent most of your life trying to maintain your “so-called” great life as others would see it, but you have become exhausted & you are struggling to keep on the fake persona. It's time to replenish your spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical energy by starting with you.

Client needs are my FIRST priority. I am a specialist in evidence-based treatments (EBT), which radically improves my client's success rates, increases effectiveness of treatment, and gets results quickly. The majority of my client's report improvements, within the first session: life-functioning (work- home-school-relationships) and report immediate reduction in symptoms. Reducing anxiety/panic, decreasing depression, developing stronger coping strategies to stress and balancing mood dysregulation are my specialty, as symptoms can result from adjustment challenges to sudden life changes: parenthood/divorce/grief/college. We collaborate on thinking traps, tracking triggers, modifying behavior, successful coping skills and strengthening resiliency.

I am an empathetic practitioner who assumes a person-centered approach to therapy, focusing on the individual and unique needs of each client while simultaneously cultivating a strong therapeutic rapport. I believe it is important to help clients access their inner strengths in order to build real-life skills to assist them in coping with life stressors and creating desired positive changes. Additionally, I strive to create an environment characterized by openness, trust, mutual respect, and confidentiality. I work with clients on concerns relating to anxiety, depression, trauma, interpersonal difficulties, and major life changes.

Have you experienced a traumatic event in your life? Domestic violence, sexual assault, grief/loss, divorce are a few life events that can be traumatic for some. Experiencing a trauma can leave you feeling isolated, lonely and scared. You may have trouble sleeping, relaxing or deepening your relationships and connections with others. You may experience physiological symptoms as well as your body is in "fight or flight" mode. Do you desire to have the ability to rest, relax and revitalize? I invite you to imagine a life free of fear. What does that look like for you?

DAVID GARVELINK, MA, LLP, CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST; has been in practice as a MA Clinical Psychologist for +35 years treating adolescents and adults in respect to an array of diagnostic concerns. He is best known for his work with Substance Use Disorders (and as owner/facilitator of the Segue to Recovery Sober Living 3/4 House in Birmingham, MI) and also for his work treating ADHD, Anxiety, Depressive, ADHD, Adjustment and Explosive Disorders with an approach that is predominantly Cognitive/Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT) based. David is also an evaluator & provider for the Health Professionals Recovery Program (HPRP)

Due to the current COVID-19 situation.. we offer Telehealth Services for your safely! I offer easy practical strategies that you will be able to immediately utilize. My heart centered non-judgmental approach creates a safe environment for you to begin transforming your life situation utilizing methods that encompasses the whole person. As a therapist with over 20 years of experience working with people, these strategies will allow you to move forward with your life situation and take charge of your life.

Drawing from psychodynamic and developmentally based orientations, my approach is based on the belief that you bring a personally unique and formative, familial, and cultural experience to the table. I am also influenced by Humanistic psychology with its emphasis on the human experience and the healing power of the therapeutic relationship.