Play Therapy in Southfield, MI

OPEN DOORS SOCIAL SKILLS GROUP is Program Designed for Children and Adolescents who have difficulty initiating and maintaining social interactions. OPEN DOORS Social Skills Groups are designed to provide children the opportunity to develop valuable social strategies for enhanced interactions with peers and family. We focus on promoting communication, and as a result, they begin to explore their fears while strengthening appropriate responses to negative emotions. Format include techniques such as role play , goal setting, art, drama and more! Participants grouped by age and all ages are welcome. Assessments and follow up recommendations are available.

In-person or virtual session your choice! I specialize in anxiety, depression, self esteem, self-care, relationship issues (building trust, forgiveness, strengthening communication, learning how to love yourself, dynamics and more). My hope is for you to feel heard in a safe, positive, and nonjudgmental space. In my practice, I use a person centered approach while utilizing many different interventions like Mindfulness, Role Play , CBT, MI, Homework, Meditation as well as traditional talk therapy! My goal is to build a therapeutic trusting relationship with you, so that I can support you along the way to better health and happiness.

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.

Are you currently a new parent or expecting a new baby and experiencing anxiety or depression with this new role transition? I specialize in working with women in the perinatal stages who may be experiencing difficulties adjusting to parenthood, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, and trauma. I also have training in supporting parents and children through the early childhood stages who may be experiencing attachment and bonding issues, early childhood trauma, as well as parenting and behavioral problems.

I feel a client deserves to be treated with dignity and respect regardless of what life challenges causes an individual to seek counseling. I am a compassionate and patient person which has caused my clients to feel very comfortable with me as a Clinician. I believe a person can benefit from guidance in all areas which is why I seek to treat the "whole person": body, mind and spirit.I attempt to bring a person to a place of healing from their struggles by allowing the client to have an input in the therapeutic process.

Have you found yourself being misunderstood and questioning your current relationships, career, and life path? Are you finding it difficult to figure out who you are, where you want to go, and what you can do differently to lead a more fulfilling and authentic life? If you or someone you know is struggling, feeling stuck, and not motivated, I get that, I have been there, and I can help. Using respect, compassion, empathy, and humor, I want to work with you and understand your situation so you can identify who you were meant to be and truly live the life you want to lead.

Welcome! Transformational Choices Holistic Therapy in Southfield is currently accepting new clients. Our mission is to provide affordable, comprehensive, and holistic mental health services to individuals, couples, families, children, and groups throughout southeast Michigan. We believe that every individual deserves a life of total wellness. We believe that our clients are the experts in their own lives, and have the right to self-determine issues of health, relationships, and personal fulfillment.

My passion and commitment are to help individuals and couples become whole in every area of their life; so they can be the best versions of their selves. I lead each session with empathy, warmth, and focus; so that we can get to the “root" of the problem, which often leads to additional stress, depression, and anxiety. My grounding belief is that we are all broken in different ways and i​n different places, but you do not have to remain broken.

Effective counseling and psychotherapy services by an expert professional!!! It is my goal to put my clients first and the challenges they face are my first priority. I have nearly 5 years of clinical and professional counseling experience. I have been considered among professionals as a highly qualified expert with children, youth and adolescent behavioral disorders, experience in trauma recovery and therapy PTSD, job and work-related stress, depression and anxiety. I provide services to all starting at the age of 4 years old and older regardless of race, gender, or religion.

Do you feel like you are losing control of your life and/or emotions? Are you tired of feeling frustrated at home, school or work? Are you feeling disrespected or confused in your relationships? Do you feel sad or anxious and don't know how to keep your head above water? Let me help you. I think that everyone can benefit from having someone with them on the path to progress. You will find that in time your situation will improve, you will have the chance to restore family relationships, build self-esteem, reduce anxiety and reach other personal goals.

I navigate my practice by utilizing a specific skills set such as providing empathy, person centered treatment plans and active listening. I aim to provide support specializing in self-care, stress reduction, self -esteem, and anxiety management. As a clinical therapist my practice is modeled from the person centered theory. While working with clients I focus on the person and what you can do, not a condition or disability. I know the most important aspect of therapy is meeting people where they are and helping them to achieve their highest potential by providing coping strategies, and interventions to assist to building their life

Welcome to your journey to living a balanced and full life. My goal is to assist you in uncovering your authentic self and live unapologetic to challenges in your life. Whatever your reasons are for arriving to this page, I know, together we will strive for greater fulfillment through a safe and private haven. Allow me to assist you in releasing emotional pain, survival distress, unresolved trauma, transitioning, and being misunderstood. You have mad the first step yo resolve underlying barriers, develop effective tools to rediscover your power, and confidence to move up into your greatness. You have the answers to your healing!

I am here to support your most loving, vivid, relational and authentic self; and to help bring care to the ways and places your wholeness is or becomes blocked. I also specialize in supporting couples to drop beneath old narratives and into real feelings, where connection and meaningful change can occur. People reach out to me to support a variety of needs and longings, which I deeply appreciate. I notice that the clients who find our time particularly valuable are those who are seeking deeper connections with themselves, others and the world. Our work together steps beyond diagnosis, into vast possibility.

As an experienced clinician, I approach every client as if they were my first one; unique and original. I believe people are resilient and have the capability to feel peace and acceptance within themselves and their relationships. My experience and passion is working with adults and adolescents who are seeking assistance with depression, anxiety, trauma, bipolar disorders, anger management, life transitions, relationship issues and school/work-related concerns. From this experience, I learned the value of practicing compassion while challenging clients to look internally and lead a life that nurtures well-being and self-acceptance.

In my 36 years of practice, I've focused on being the best therapist I can be and have become a much more active one as I've come to appreciate the usefulness of evidence-based therapies as well a psychoanalytic psychotherapy, all tailored to the individual needs of my clients and, if applicable, their families. Often people can be too hard on themselves, think badly of themselves, get easily overwhelmed, have angry outbursts, feel depressed, worry a lot, feel bothered by painful past events, feel stuck, and not know how to cope. And, parents can try many things and end up feeling lost regarding their child's behavior problems.