Counseling Near Me in Grand Rapids, MI

at Health for Life Counseling Grand Rapids

Each counselor at Health for Life Counseling Grand Rapids provides trauma-informed care and have developed different specialities and expert experience to help you with what you are going through. We believe in an integrative model of care and are honored to work with our brave clients.

John Curphey

MDiv MA LMFT

Relationship Issues and Trauma Work

Joshua Nave

LMSW

EMDR Therapy for Anxiety, Trauma, and Minority Groups

Brendan Cole

MA LLPC

Counseling and EMDR for Adolescents, Teens and Adults

Kay Foster

MA LLPC

Inclusive therapy, trauma-informed counseling, and sex-related concerns.

Lindsey Beaver

MA LLMSW

Trauma Informed Counseling & EMDR for Children, Teens, Young Adults and Adults

Nicole Cass

LLMSW

Creative Solutions and Trauma-Informed Counseling for Couples, Adults, Children, and Teens

Natalie Julien

LLMSW

Trauma Therapy and Counseling for Women and Children

Nia Wolfe

MA LLPC

Trauma-Informed Counseling for Children, Teens, Adults, and Couples

Megan Drizin

MA LLPC

Telehealth Counseling for Women, Moms, and Couples

Margie Muñoz

MA, LLPC

Trauma Informed Counseling, Mindfulness-Based, and EMDR Therapy for Children, Teens, and Adults

Shanna Beebe

MA, LLPC

A non-judgemental space for deep healing from trauma, abuse, and relationship wounds.

David Wilson

M.S.Ed., MBA, LLPC

Counseling, EMDR Therapy, DBT, CBT, & Mindfulness Solutions, Trauma Informed, Emotional Regulation Skills, Stress & Anxiety

Jennifer McKinstry

MA, LLPC

Counseling and EMDR Therapy for Trauma, Depression, Anxiety, and Spiritual Issues

Caley Weisgerber

LMSW, CAADC

Compassionate and Empowering Therapy for Deep Healing

Kathryn Barcelona

MS LLMSW

Therapy for adults and families struggling with depression, anxiety, issues, substance use recovery, etc.

Sarah Denick

LMSW

Counseling & EMDR Therapy for Individuals, Families, Couples, Teens and Children

Paul Krauss

MA LPC

Counseling, EMDR Therapy, & Solutions

Brittani Decess

MA, LLPC

Counseling through a trauma-informed, inclusive, and equitable lens for individuals, relationships, and families.

Elif Piromari

LLMSW

Strengths-Based and Trauma-Informed Therapy for Adults, Adolescents, and Children

Josh Zheng

MS, LLPC

Empowering Counseling for All, EMDR Therapy, Internal Family Systems Therapy for all ages.

Maryam Thomas

MA, LLPC

Counseling & EMDR Therapy for Families, Children, Young Adults, and Women

Gabby Cook

LLMSW, MA

Justyne Ortquist

MS, MEd, LLPC

Trauma-Informed Counseling and Emotion-Focused Therapy for Couples, Individuals, and Families

Maxwell Schuiteman

LMSW

Strengths-Based and Relational Therapy for Adults: Relationships, Men’s Issues, Trauma, etc.

Melodie Whitmore

MA LPC NCC

Trauma-Informed Counseling and EMDR therapy for Women and Young Adults

K’Quiana Griffin-Knowling

MA LLPC

EMDR, Empowerment, and Healing for all

Billie Walters

LMSW

Intuitive Counseling, EMDR Therapy, and Reiki

Katy Jaramillo

MEd, LPC, ATR-P

Counseling and Art Therapy for Adults and Teens: Empowerment and Healing from Medical and Neurological Trauma + Existential Concerns

Individual Therapy

Couples Counseling

For Families

For Children

For Women

For Men

Trauma-Informed Counseling

For Parents of Children & Adolescents

For Substance Use

For Parents of Young Adults

Counseling for the LGBTQIA+ Community

Counseling for Eating Disorders

Counseling for Depression

For the Journey of Parenthood

Counseling for Postpartum

Counseling for Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Worries, and Insomnia

Counseling for Spirituality

Consejería en Español

For College and Graduate Students

For Business Professionals

For Intimacy Issues and Sexual Wellness

For Foster Care and Adoption

For Victims of Physical Violence or Sexual Trauma

Ecopsychology

Grief Therapy

Art Therapy

Group Therapy

Online Therapy

We're here to help:

Counseling is a safe, highly effective, and researched-based service that is customized to fit your life and situation.
Counseling has been proven to help with all sorts of symptoms (PTSD, depression, trauma, anxiety, substance abuse, excessive sadness, seasonal affective disorder, insomnia, and more) and situations (relationship problems, behavioral issues in children, breakups, premarital, loss of job, moving to a new area, loss of spouse, loss of parents, grief, spiritual issues, and more).
Our goal is to help you, no matter what— we don’t believe in labeling or hierarchy.

Facts about Counseling:

In the Great Psychotherapy Debate (Wampold, 2001), a large meta-analysis of peer-reviewed studies demonstrated that if there are two groups of people with similar problems, those who receive counseling will be better off than 79% of those who do not receive counseling. Twenty years of clinical research concluded that the most important factor in successful therapy is the relationship between the client and therapist. At Health for Life Counseling Grand Rapids, we focus on the relationship as well as the latest research and methods to ensure that your experience will not only be positive, but likely transformative. Counseling is also known as Psychotherapy.

Research demonstrates that Counseling works better that medications in the long-term:

With an effective therapist, science shows that psychotherapy even works better in the long-term and is more enduring than medication. In fact, not only is it more cost-effective, but psychotherapy leads to fewer relapses of anxiety and mild to moderate depression than medication use alone—so much so that Norwegian Health Authorities have issued new guidelines concerning treatment of mild to moderate depression and anxiety, stating that psychological interventions, not medications, should be applied first. (Brownawell & Kelley, Monitor on Psychology, October 2011, Vol 42, No. 9)

Psychotherapy (Counseling) has been scientifically proven to be effective in treating a wide range of issues:

In clinical trials, psychotherapy has been shown to be effective in treating depression, anxiety, marital dissatisfaction, substance abuse, health problems (including smoking, pain and eating disorders) and sexual dysfunction, and with various populations, including children, adolescents, adults, and elders (Chambless et al., 1998).

The overall effectiveness rate of Psychotherapy (Counseling) is actually higher than many commonly practiced medical interventions:

Indeed, psychotherapy is more effective than many accepted, but expensive, medical practices, including interventions in cardiology treatments, geriatric medicine and asthma (Wampold, 2007). Psychotherapy is as effective as or more effective than psychotropic medications for various mental disorders, including many depression and anxiety disorders, and results in lower relapse rates than medications (Hollon, Stewart, & Strunk, 2006; Imel, Malterer, McKay, & Wampold, 2008).

Clinical trial outcomes of Psychotherapy (Counseling) are comparable to actual results in practice:

In addition, outcomes in real world clinical practice are comparable those psychotherapy clinical trials (Minami & Wampold, 2008).” Read more about Why to Choose Counseling here.

Want to know more about Counseling and how it could help you? Listen to our very own Paul Krauss MA LPC’s podcast: “The Intentional Clinician” below:

Learn about Trauma, PTSD, Recovery from Trauma, Trauma in our Culture, EMDR therapy and other treatments for Trauma:

Counseling Near Me in Grand Rapids, MI

John Curphey

Joshua Nave

Brendan Cole

Kay Foster

Lindsey Beaver

Nicole Cass

Natalie Julien

Nia Wolfe

Megan Drizin

Margie Muñoz

Shanna Beebe

David Wilson

Jennifer McKinstry

Caley Weisgerber

Kathryn Barcelona

Sarah Denick

Paul Krauss

Brittani Decess

Elif Piromari

Josh Zheng

Maryam Thomas

Gabby Cook

Justyne Ortquist

Maxwell Schuiteman

Melodie Whitmore

K’Quiana Griffin-Knowling

Billie Walters

Katy Jaramillo

Types of Therapy Available:

Individual Therapy

Couples Counseling

For Families

For Children

For Women

For Men

Trauma-Informed Counseling

For Parents of Children & Adolescents

For Substance Use

For Parents of Young Adults

Counseling for the LGBTQIA+ Community

Counseling for Eating Disorders

Counseling for Depression

For the Journey of Parenthood

Counseling for Postpartum

Counseling for Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Worries, and Insomnia

Counseling for Spirituality

Consejería en Español

For College and Graduate Students

For Business Professionals

For Intimacy Issues and Sexual Wellness

For Foster Care and Adoption

For Victims of Physical Violence or Sexual Trauma

Ecopsychology

Grief Therapy

Art Therapy

Group Therapy

Online Therapy

We're here to help:

Facts about Counseling:

Want to know more about Counseling and how it could help you? Listen to our very own Paul Krauss MA LPC’s podcast: “The Intentional Clinician” below:

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