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by Health for Life Grand Rapids
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What is Trauma-Informed Counseling?
Jan 11, 2021What is Trauma? Trauma can be understood as any extraordinarily stressful experience in life that has a lasting negative impact on someone, particularly to their…
Existential Life Choices for All!
Nov 25, 2020Please consider this blog on existential life choices an opinion piece. As a psychotherapist, I want to make it explicitly clear that my job is…
Introducing Justyne Ortquist MS, MEd, LLPC
Nov 20, 2020Justyne Ortquist is a limited license professional counselor (LLPC) located in Grand Rapids, MI. She completed her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Michigan State University.…
Introducing Lindsey Beaver LLMSW
Nov 16, 2020Lindsey Beaver is a limited license social worker (LLMSW) located in Grand Rapids, MI. She completed her bachelor’s degree in psychology with a double major…
The Crisis of Suicidality in LGBT+ Populations
Sep 09, 2020We need to talk about suicide. Approximately 800,000 people die a year as a result of suicide. Amongst individuals aged 15-24, it is the number…
How Do I Know If I’m In A Cult?
Aug 24, 2020When you think about cults, things like Heaven’s Gate or the Branch Davidians or the way North Koreans venerate Kim Jong-Un come to mind. We…
Introducing Melodie Whitmore
Aug 20, 2020Melodie Whitmore is a limited licensed professional counselor (LLPC) located in Grand Rapids, MI. She completed her Bachelors of Art in Studio Art (after being…
Counseling For College Students In Grand Rapids
May 28, 2020The metro Grand Rapids Michigan (GR) area is home to over 1.07 million people--as it is the second-largest city in the State of Michigan. A…