Medicaid Therapists in Livonia, MI

When developing a counseling relationship my clients, I often take time to get to know them and focus on what is important to them. As we journey together we often discover the root of their concerns which eventually leads to true and lasting healing.

Team work makes the dream work. Allow me to partner with you in decreasing symptoms and continuing on your journey of life. I encourage you to call me to cope with daily life stressors, pre-marital counseling, family counseling, grief, depression, anxiety, grief, anger management, substance abuse. Let's work together and get to the root of the problem, we can do this! It would truly be my pleasure to serve you. Please feel free to contact me for a free consultation at your earliest convenience.

Welcome! My name is Selwyn Swanston and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 35 years of experience working in therapeutic settings. I work with adolescents, adults, couples, and families. I offer a warm, relaxing, caring, and non-judgmental approach to counseling. This approach fosters trust and motivates my clients to strive to achieve the goals they have in mind for themselves.

Life isn’t always easy. Sometimes, even the strongest people need a little bit of help to work through some of life’s challenging problems. Everyone has battles to fight and hurdles to overcome at some point. Whether you struggle with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, trauma, relationships or any other issue, you should know that there is hope for a better tomorrow. You might be hesitating to seek out help and support for life’s issues, but when you take that courageous first step towards getting to a better place and being a better you, your destiny is forever changed. You will never be the same. There is hope for your tomorrow.

Understanding and insight are keys to growth and change. We work together with clients to bring about healing, change in behavior, and new perspectives. We are a group of more than 80 psychologists and licensed psychotherapists, with offices in 14 locations, who share a passion for helping others in their journey toward personal growth. Some journeys are brief, others take more time. Under the clinical direction of Franklin Sollars, PhD, LP, our therapists offer confidential and caring treatment for a variety of concerns and issues. We offer treatment to clients of all ages, including children, adolescents, adults and elders.

If you are feeling lost, hopeless, angry, or overwhelmed, working with a therapist you can trust can help. Finding the right therapist can be a daunting task, but searching for a good fit is the first step! I strive to create a warm and comfortable environment that facilitates growth. I aim to address your specific concerns with a custom-tailored, non-judgmental approach, and together we can build on your existing strengths to achieve the goals you set.

"Did you know therapy is not about creating an absence of negative feelings, or conversely, about creating happy feelings. It's about helping you live a productive life and about helping you develop and sustain meaningful relationships. It’s also about learning and applying the skills needed to grow from life’s ups and downs." Dr. Neil Houston Therapy is about creating a healthy and balanced life. You have everything you need to create the life you want to live. You might feel powerless but you are not. You might feel hopeless but there is hope. When we are stuck in negativity it feels hopeless and as if change is not possible.

Do you struggle with overwhelming feelings of worry, fear, sadness? Are you looking to focus on the health of your romantic or other personal relationships? If so, therapy is a reliable way to experience freedom from anxiety/depression and to improve your relationships. I provide a range of therapy options including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Person Centered Therapy, Family Systems Therapy, and others. I apply great skill and care in therapy and I will work closely with you throughout the process to reach your goals. Call to discuss your needs and to determine if my approach is right for you.

Collaborative Health Center is a group practice with 13 clinicians with diverse backgrounds, specialties, training, and interests. We believe in offering an environment that most effectively nurtures growth and healing in our clients. We treat children, adolescents, families, and adults. While our practitioners' trainings are generalized, we have specialties in the areas of anxiety, depression, adolescents, marriage and family therapy, substance abuse, and eating disorders. We work with local dietitians and psychiatrists to support our clients as comprehensively as possible and se welcome collaboration with any practitioner.

As I think about how change occurs for a person, I am struck by the recognition that life is full of opportunities for change, for individual growth. Sometimes these opportunities are not clear to the person because the trauma, personal or relational difficulty, fear, depression, or anxiety being experienced can be so overwhelming that one's ability to take action is clouded. In my work, I have become very mindful of the resiliency of the human spirit. I have witnessed this resiliency in times of trauma, pain, and loss. My goal is to provide you with a safe space to address your concerns.

If you are reading this you are likely suffering for yourself or another, perhaps both. I want you to know that my goal as a therapist is to help you become your own healer, for you to continue living your meaningful life in a manner that is true to you, and to develop the means to deal with future hardships long after our work together is done. This process can be a difficult journey and one I look forward to taking with you.

Thank you, Nurses, Physicians, CNA's, LPN's patient care assistants, and all frontline and medical staff. You are putting your life at risk to help our wonderful citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic and experiencing pandemic fatigue because of it. I am offering free family counseling 3 sessions to all Frontline workers in addition to individual therapy. Together we work through each and every area of your life, coping with your current feelings, moving past negativity and inviting and creating a positive outlook and future that will foster long-term happiness and ultimately peace of mind.

Growing up in a culture between two worlds taught me to empathize with youth, parent’s, & communities dealing with identity conflict, familial & inferiority issues. I work to empower individuals toward a balance of interpersonal autonomy & self-advocacy embracing their world. My doctoral research & experiences supported a framework with diverse populations dealing with: depression, anxiety, identity issues, trauma, self-esteem, life-transitions, and most of all family conflict.

Parenting may come naturally for some, but it is not an easy task to take on. Even if you're lucky enough to be born with kids who are well-behaved from the get-go, there will always be hurdles along the way - things that can test even the most patient and understanding of parents. For instance, let's say your child is undergoing an emotional or behavioral crisis and there's nothing you seem able to do about it; or worse still, they're displaying some strange or unusual habits when they've never done so before (it happens). So how do we fix this situation?