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Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BA, Psych, LCSW, EMDR
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Lori Gordon-Michaeli

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BA, Psych, LCSW, EMDR

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Available both in-person and online
31800 Northwestern Highway Suite 200 Farmington Hills, MI 48334
I believe therapy should feel meaningful, empowering, and alive. It should help you understand yourself more deeply, access your own inner strength, and leave with practical tools you can use in daily life. Modalities such as CBT, DBT, TFT, EFT, EMDR, somatic work, mindfulness-based practices, and creative expression can all become pathways toward greater self-awareness, emotional freedom, and personal empowerment. The goal is not just to feel better. The goal is integration — learning how to carry what you discover into your relationships, your decisions, your nervous system, your work, and the way you show up in the world
For CEOs, high-achieving professionals, and Type A individuals navigating transition, I offer a self-reflective and transformational space to pause, recalibrate, and turn life changes into deeper personal evolution.
My commitment is to bring my full presence, care, and skill to the therapeutic process — and I invite my clients to bring that same commitment to themselves. When therapy becomes an active partnership in growth, healing, and self-empowerment, it becomes more than treatment. It becomes transformation.
Take the first step to help. Call or Lori Gordon-Michaeli now - (248) 923-4565

My Practice at a Glance

Available both in-person and online

Journey Within LLC

31800 Northwestern Highway

Suite 200

Farmington Hills, MI 48334 map

(248) 923-4565
My website
I am a therapist you can count on in and out of the office whether you are sitting on my 12 foot couch or calling me after your dinner party
I specialize in Trauma and PTSD, Anxiety and Life Coaching 
I accept insurance 
I see individuals, couples and families  
Let's Connect (248) 923-4565
Photo of Lori Gordon-Michaeli, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BA, Psych, LCSW, EMDR

My Practice at a Glance

Available both in-person and online

Journey Within LLC

31800 Northwestern Highway

Suite 200

Farmington Hills, MI 48334 map

(248) 923-4565
My website
I am a therapist you can count on in and out of the office whether you are sitting on my 12 foot couch or calling me after your dinner party
I specialize in Trauma and PTSD, Anxiety and Life Coaching 
I accept insurance 
I see individuals, couples and families  

Finances

Fees

  • Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible

Payment Methods

American Express, Cash, Check, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Visa

Insurance

  • Aetna
  • Blue Care Network
  • BlueCross and BlueShield
  • McLaren
  • Out of Network
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I am in-network for Blue Cross, BCN, Aetna, and McLaren
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Lori Gordon-Michaeli
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BA, Psych, LCSW, EMDR
or call with questions - (248) 923-4565
"
I am in-network for Blue Cross, BCN, Aetna, and McLaren
Photo of Lori Gordon-Michaeli, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BA, Psych, LCSW, EMDR
Lori Gordon-Michaeli
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BA, Psych, LCSW, EMDR
or call with questions - (248) 923-4565

Qualifications

  • Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Michigan / 6801095173 Lori Gordon-Michaeli
  • Education and Years In Practice

  • In Practice for 23 years
  • Attended University of Michigan
  • Additional Credentials

  • Certificate from EMDRIA, Golden Key Honors Society, Psi Chi Honors Society
  • Certificate from EMDRIA 2017
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World travel; 2 years work in an inpatient setting; previous Clinical Director of a Integrative Psychiatry Practice for several years while maintaining my private practice. Deep understanding and acceptance of others belief systems. I view my client as a version of myself in another form.
Photo of Lori Gordon-Michaeli, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BA, Psych, LCSW, EMDR
Lori Gordon-Michaeli
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BA, Psych, LCSW, EMDR
or call with questions - (248) 923-4565
"
World travel; 2 years work in an inpatient setting; previous Clinical Director of a Integrative Psychiatry Practice for several years while maintaining my private practice. Deep understanding and acceptance of others belief systems. I view my client as a version of myself in another form.
Photo of Lori Gordon-Michaeli, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BA, Psych, LCSW, EMDR
Lori Gordon-Michaeli
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BA, Psych, LCSW, EMDR
or call with questions - (248) 923-4565

Specialties and Expertise

Top Specialties

  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Anxiety
  • Life Coaching

Expertise

  • Bipolar Disorder
  • CEO job shifts/handler for public/professional
  • Codependency
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Dissociative Disorders (DID)
  • Divorce
  • Family Conflict
  • Life Transitions
  • Marital and Premarital
  • Mood Disorders
  • Parenting
  • Peer Relationships
  • Personality Disorders
  • Relationship Issues
  • Self Esteem
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Thinking Disorders
  • Veterans
  • War trauma
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I strive for my clients to walk out of a session feeling better - that they have understood something that will help them throughout the week. My goal is you left the session more uplifted than when you walked in and you feel this is productive to obtaining your goal - whatever that may be. We walk this road together. I am also your support outside of our sessions should you need me.
Photo of Lori Gordon-Michaeli, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BA, Psych, LCSW, EMDR
Lori Gordon-Michaeli
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BA, Psych, LCSW, EMDR
or call with questions - (248) 923-4565
"
I strive for my clients to walk out of a session feeling better - that they have understood something that will help them throughout the week. My goal is you left the session more uplifted than when you walked in and you feel this is productive to obtaining your goal - whatever that may be. We walk this road together. I am also your support outside of our sessions should you need me.
Photo of Lori Gordon-Michaeli, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BA, Psych, LCSW, EMDR
Lori Gordon-Michaeli
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BA, Psych, LCSW, EMDR
or call with questions - (248) 923-4565

Client Focus

Age

Adults , 
Elders (65+)

Participants

Individuals , 
Couples , 
Family

Age

Adults , 
Elders (65+)

Participants

Individuals , 
Couples , 
Family

Treatment Approach

Types of Therapy

  • Adlerian
  • Coaching
  • Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
  • Compassion Focused
  • Culturally Sensitive
  • EMDR
  • Existential
  • Family / Marital
  • Family Systems
  • Humanistic
  • Integrative
  • Person-Centered
  • Positive Psychology
  • Reality Therapy
  • Strength-Based
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I work for you so my job is to get you where you want to go as well as help you become a more enlightened version of yourself. It's about utilizing our strengths to overcome the things holding us back from our highest and best version of ourselves. It starts with understanding our thoughts do not necessarily represent reality or the truth of things and we go from there...
Photo of Lori Gordon-Michaeli, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BA, Psych, LCSW, EMDR
Lori Gordon-Michaeli
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BA, Psych, LCSW, EMDR
or call with questions - (248) 923-4565
"
I work for you so my job is to get you where you want to go as well as help you become a more enlightened version of yourself. It's about utilizing our strengths to overcome the things holding us back from our highest and best version of ourselves. It starts with understanding our thoughts do not necessarily represent reality or the truth of things and we go from there...
Photo of Lori Gordon-Michaeli, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BA, Psych, LCSW, EMDR
Lori Gordon-Michaeli
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BA, Psych, LCSW, EMDR
or call with questions - (248) 923-4565

Location

Primary Location

Journey Within LLC

31800 Northwestern Highway

Suite 200

Farmington Hills, MI 48334

(248) 923-4565
"
I am a therapist you can count on in and out of the office whether you are sitting on my 12 foot couch or calling me after your dinner party
Photo of Lori Gordon-Michaeli, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BA, Psych, LCSW, EMDR
Lori Gordon-Michaeli
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BA, Psych, LCSW, EMDR
Take the first step to help. Call now - (248) 923-4565
"
I am a therapist you can count on in and out of the office whether you are sitting on my 12 foot couch or calling me after your dinner party
Photo of Lori Gordon-Michaeli, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BA, Psych, LCSW, EMDR
Lori Gordon-Michaeli
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BA, Psych, LCSW, EMDR
Take the first step to help. Call now - (248) 923-4565