Personality Disorders Therapists in Bingham Farms, MI

In addition to therapy, I conduct diagnostic evaluations for children & adults to assess concerns including ADHD, Autism, learning deficits, and cognitive executive function deficits. I assist a diverse population overcome their depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, adjustment issues, and more. I help my clients identify clear goals and work toward them. In the process, clients gain insight, understand their thoughts and feelings, and learn new skills and techniques. I understand the importance of medication for patients and collaborate with psychiatrists to ensure the best management and comprehensive care of symptoms for my clients.

Life is challenging. Sometimes we feel overwhelmed and hopeless. Often, this leads us to feel lonely, sad, angry, and many other uncomfortable feelings. I am a Licensed Master Social Worker. I help people overcome trials while instilling hope and letting them know they aren't alone. Following six years active duty military service in the U.S. Air Force, I completed graduate school at the University of Michigan. I have more than 15 years clinical experience working with individuals, groups, families, and couples looking for guidance and support navigating life's challenges as well as serious mental illnesses.

Are you a non-birthing parent and looking for a safe, non-judgmental space to talk to someone about mental health? Please reach out for consultation to see if I would be a good fit for you! Often the everyday stresses of life can be more than we can handle already, being a new/expecting parent or can add significantly to that load. If you find that you are experiencing anxiety, depression, or thoughts of hopelessness, we can work side by side to navigate those feelings and create strong and stable foundations to meet them head on.

Do you feel that contemporary life has taken a toll on you, especially with stressful life events and your many obligations? Are you facing challenges that are hard to deal with? I specialize in anxiety, panic, depression, stress, trauma, substance use, anger, relationships, and grief. My goal is to help you alleviate your symptoms. I strive to consistently build trust and safety in our communications and in our therapeutic relationship.

I specialize in areas that include but aren't limited to: chronic anxiety, depression, complex trauma, existential dread, loss of meaning, identity conflicts, relationship problems, people-pleasing, self-criticism, inner emptiness, boundary issues, toxic shame, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, low self-esteem, difficulty trusting others, emotional deprivation, and self-destructive behaviors. I work with individuals who want to better understand themselves and create meaningful change in their lives. I help my clients make sense of difficult childhood experiences that continue to affect them in a variety of ways.

What would it take for you to be your authentic self? What traumas or negative life experiences have kept you blocked from living your life fully and completely? Let's embark on this journey together to reveal the answers to these important questions. I am a fully licensed clinician who specializes in working with survivors of intimate partner violence, sexual violence/abuse, depression, anxiety, grief and loss, interpersonal conflict, and various psychiatric diagnoses. By combining my lived experiences and clinical training, I can provide an effective therapeutic and relatable clinical experience.

I have extensive experience working with individuals and couples. Couple's work is helpful for restoring intimacy, closeness, and communication. Couples work can also be useful for one's individual psychotherapy as partners often help to bring attention to areas of life which have been neglected. Long-term relationships have ups and downs, multiple stressors, as well as developmental phases, which can rupture relationships. Couples therapy is very dynamic. A well-trained couples' therapist can bring a marriage back from the brink of disaster allowing an entire family to avoid the trauma and financial devastation of divorce.

Many people tend to bottle up their emotions because they believe that other people would just dismiss their problems. They also fear that people would see them as weak or as a burden. However, everyone should understand that seeking help is never a bad thing to do.

We feel pain in many ways; worry, anger, confusion, and sadness. Our past has taught us how to respond to these feelings. Problems start when the way we have learned to cope is no longer working for us. My goal is to help identify thoughts, emotions, and action patterns. I promote mindfulness, art therapy, mind-body connection, and cognitive behavioral change. From there, we can collaborate to work toward your goals and find a more fulfilling way to live.

Right now, you might be contemplating if therapy is for you or thinking about making a change. Whether you are in crisis or attempting to reach your full potential, we will work together to identify what’s not working and ways to change it. You will be challenged with exploring your beliefs about yourself and the world around you in order to gain a better understanding and increased life satisfaction. My approach focuses on the person as a whole to examine the barriers to your success. I use a combination of treatment modalities to explore changing thoughts, reactions, and outcomes.

After 42 years of practice, I've learned there is no one-size fits all-everyone is unique. The best psychotherapists are creative, flexible, and harvest wisdom and techniques from many different models. I believe this approach is most helpful and apply my many years of experience in psychology, integrative medicine, mindfulness, and nutrition towards a compassionate style of healing. I try to educate, inspire, explain, and guide. Feeling safe is the most important aspect in creating a close connection.. My unusual background and training helps me to treat a broad range of emotional problems including illness and life stress.

I am a psychologist in practice in Bingham Farms, Michigan. I am very experienced in doing therapy with children, adolescents, and adults, in individual therapy and in marital therapy. I have provided empathic and professional therapeutic help for many patients over my 35 years in practice. When I work with children, I also work with their parents to help them to help their child. I also regularly perform psychological testing, including cognitive and personality assessment, and therapeutic and forensic assessment.

I am passionate about my work with individuals, couples and families. My ideal clients are people who are mature and interested in personal growth. I derive satisfaction from helping people connect more deeply to an inner knowledge of themselves. I believe if you discover the patterns in your life that aren't working and are able to substitute new ways of problem solving and communicating then balance and harmony are restored. This provides an opportunity to discover a deeper connection and purpose to life and relationships.

I am a licensed therapist and life coach with a passion for helping empower my clients heal, grow and connect to their most authentic selves. I specialize in working with women struggling with life transitions, low self esteem and confidence, looking to work through patterns of codependency and build their self-esteem, those who have experienced trauma, emotional or physical abuse within partnership, and other relationship concerns. As a trauma-informed, evidence-based therapist, I can work with you to help change the patterns that are leading you to feel unfulfilled and unhappy in your everyday life, and in your relationships.

Welcome to MI Evaluations and Assessments! Michigan Evaluations and Assessments, LLC specializes in psychological, educational and neuro-psychological evaluations and assessments designed to identify cognitive, emotional and behavioral concerns. We administer psychological and neuropsychological testing to children, adolescents and adults. We also provide psychotherapy to a wide range of populations. Patients are often referred to us by parents, schools, employers, physicians, therapists and/or court systems. All Neuropsychological Evaluations are completed under the supervision of a Board Certified Neuropsychologist.

You can master out-of-control feelings and transcend ingrained ways of being. I specialize in treating individuals with constellations of issues including emotional dysregulation, spiraling thoughts, feeling empty, fear of abandonment, incoherent identity, a history of intense/unstable relationships, and self-destructive behaviors i.e. disordered eating, compulsive sex, substance abuse. I help clients understand how they have been affected by experiences such as childhood neglect and abuse, emotional invalidation and manipulation, harshly critical or demanding parents, parental addiction, and family boundary violations.

I have over twenty years of experience working with relationship problems, anxiety and depression. I focus my treatment plan on your needs and goals to help you achieve your desired results. I create a warm and inviting environment where you can confide personal issues with absolute trust.. I appreciate how difficult it can be to confide in health professionals. I try to work in an collaborative manner to help clients overcome internal obstacles and make use of opportunities. I understand the demands of today's world, its constant stressors, and the loneliness that can result from living in our world.

Asking for therapy is not easy, but it is a sign of strength that I support.My practice is client-centered, based on a systems approach & family-of-origin themes/issues. I focus on helping my clients to find solutions to their emotional challenges and to work through transitions, crises, trauma & adjustments so they can develop & enhance their behavioral health. I avoid "cookbook" approaches, and use evidence & strength-based psychotherapy & counseling to guide adults, youth, families & couples to achieve their own positive solutions.I enjoy helping young adults, teens, & other helping professionals/educators deal with life stressors effectively.

My goal in therapy is to provide my clients a safe, secure environment in which to explore their inner thoughts and emotions. Change can be a scary and vulnerable process, but through a collaborative therapeutic relationship, I my hope that my clients establish a more comprehensive understanding of themselves and utilize healthy resources to cope with events that influence their lives. Together, within a trusting and supportive atmosphere, I hope to empower clients to achieve personal growth through awareness and recognition of their own unique perspectives and abilities.