Counseling
Online Therapy
Health Courses
Trauma Informed Counseling
Ecotherapy
Counseling
Benefits of counseling include:
- Increase your ability to become a top performer and high achiever
- Address the cause of your symptoms so you can live your best life.
- Gain a greater sense of meaning, satisfaction and enjoyment in your life.
- Empowerment in developing healthy relationships.
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Online Therapy
Benefits of counseling include:
- No traveling is required–save time by avoiding a commute
- You can have sessions from the comfort of your own home or wherever you are most comfortable
- If your local office is shut down or you do not have a local office, you can still be seen online
- It is an easy way to get support while you are dealing with one of the most stressful situations that residents of Michigan have faced since 9/11.
- Most people have the technology required to use online counseling, and your provider can walk you through any minimal setup that you may need
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Health Courses
What Health Courses can do for Me:
- Help you get “unstuck” or back on the right track toward your wellness goals
- Arm you with powerful information that will help you move forward
- Help you discover what habits or thoughts may be sabotaging your health and happiness, and learn to cultivate a positive mindset necessary for success/healing
- Empower you to bravely move forward on your health and wellness goals
- Provide you a feeling of safety, in knowing that you have lifetime access to the information contained in the online health course and can always go back and watch it again and read the e-book!
Trauma Informed Counseling
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Ecotherapy
In the modern world, it is easy to forget that we are a part of the Earth and the larger Earth community. Ecotherapy helps resolve the alienation of psyche and Earth through a mindful engagement of inner and outer nature. Rather than isolating and treating either the human or the Earth as a “patient,” ecotherapy begins in the idea of wholeness, understanding our many challenges as signposts guiding us to proactively tend the relationship between them.
Ecotherapy restores wellness by restoring wholeness with the natural world
Numerous recent studies show how ecotherapy can improve health and wellness on many levels. Whether as stand alone coaching or as a powerful augment to counseling, ecotherapy can help you discover the centering power of nature and guide you in
- Enhancing your sense of overall wellness
- Deeply engaging your relationship to nature
- Discovering your deeper and more authentic inner landscape by experiencing and listening to outer landscapes
- Gaining knowledge of your ecological Self
- More authentically orienting and presenting yourself to the world
- Nurturing and tending the health and wellness of the Earth by becoming better able to value, heal, and tend to the relationship we have to the Earth, resulting in more beneficial and less destructive actions
- Proactively responding to many common health and wellness challenges of modern life
- Improving decision making skills, self-esteem, and sense of personal strength
- Inhabiting your personal power, value, and uniqueness
- And much more…
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Holistic Health & Wellness
At Health for Life Counseling Grand Rapids we offer health and wellness services as well as individual, couples, and family counseling for children, adolescents and adults customized to your unique situation to address the following:
MIND
- Anxiety
- BiPolar Disorder
- Depression
- Behavioral Problems
- Becoming a Better Leader
- Panic and Phobias
- Adjusting to a Difficult Circumstances
- Job Performance
- Recovery from Physical or Sexual Abuse
- Divorce or Separation
- Emotional Abuse
- Marital or Relational Conflict
- Family Conflict
- Death of a Loved One
- Aging Parents
- Loss of a Angry Child
- Loss of a Job
- Romantic Relationships
- Sexuality
BODY
(Education Only)
- Getting to the Root Cause
- Weight loss
- Thyroid health (Hypothyroidism, Hyperthyroidism, Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis)
- High cholesterol (Hyperlipidemia)
- Digestive upset (IBS, constipation, diarrhea, etc)
- Adrenal fatigue
- Chronic fatigue
- Brain fog
- Difficulty with concentration
- Insomnia, difficulty sleeping, frequent waking, waking too early
- Low libido
- Erectile dysfunction
- PMS, PMDD
- Menstrual cramps
- Support for menopause
SPIRIT
- Lack of Meaning in Life
- Existential Questions
- Trouble with Spirituality
- Low Self Esteem
- Poor Self Image
- Lack of Coping Skills
- Feeling Powerless
- Religion and Science
- Feelings of Isolation
- Feeling Disconnected
- Lack of Direction
- Loss of Purpose
- What should I do with my life?
- Losing interest in my Career
- Quarter-Life Crisis
- Mid-Life Crisis
- Am I doing the right thing?
- What is Happiness?
- Resentments
Optimal Mind & Body Health
At Health for Life Counseling Grand Rapids our mission is to help you achieve optimal health in your mind and body. We offer Counseling, Psychotherapy, Health Coaching, Education, Exclusive Laboratory Testing, and multiple health programs. Our services are customized to fit your unique situation, needs, and objectives. With multiple decades of medical and clinical experience, we have a wide variety of integrative tools that have proven to be successful and we continue to stay on top of the latest research.
Counseling in Grand Rapids, MI
Health for Life Counseling Grand Rapids provides excellent counseling services in Grand Rapids, MI. Each counselor at Health for Life Counseling Grand Rapids has years of experience and specialized training to help you with whatever you are going through. Counseling can be a short-term investment in your health to help you through a difficult situation, with challenging relationships, grief, life changes, trauma, depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder. If you are a parent having behavioral challenges with your child, pre-teen, teen, adolescent, or young adult, then the counseling in Grand Rapids, MI available at Health for Life Counseling Grand Rapids can help you in either the short-term or long-term. Counseling has been proven to work and is considered one of the best preventative approaches to mental health and behavioral concerns. In fact, a recent study concluded that the effects of counseling lasted longer than the effects of pharmaceutical drugs. In a meta-analysis of over 10,000 studies on Counseling, it was determined that people who receive counseling do better than 79% of those who do not receive counseling (Wampold, 2001). If you are not sure what to do, counseling can give you the tools to make difficult decisions and help you improve your situation. If you are looking for high quality counseling in Grand Rapids, MI and West Michigan then it is time to work with Health for Life Counseling Grand Rapids. Health for Life Counseling Grand Rapids has many expert counselors that can help you with any situation through counseling.
Online Therapy in Grand Rapids, MI.
Many Americans feel that they have been failed by the medical system and hospitals. It’s true. The average American takes more medications than any other country in the world. And the health care costs in American are astronomical, while the rates of disease remain high. We can offer powerful, safe, and effective educational tools to empower you to health and become healthier. If you are tired of the same old difficulties in the healthcare system, with short visits and insurance companies determining your care—it is time to get additional support. Health for Life Counseling Grand Rapids can empower you, provide you with education and consultation so that you can make decisions for your health. Oftentimes, the medical system in America seems to have you “subscribe” to a medication for life—instead of figuring out why your system is out of balance and working on eliminating the problem to begin with you so you don’t need a medication. Learn more about how to work on a healthier future.
Health Courses in Grand Rapids, MI or online anywhere!
Health for Life Counseling Grand Rapids offers Health Courses for a low cost online, so that you can learn from our practitioners from the convenience of your home or wherever you may be. We have a diverse series of courses ranging from issues with anxiety, to depression, to Women’s Libido, to Men’s issues, to Parents of Young Adults.
Hypnotherapy in Grand Rapids, MI
Hypnotherapy at Health for Life is all about YOU. Our Hypnotherapist tailors each session to specifically address your needs. What would you like to accomplish? What motivates you? What triggers problem behaviors? Your answers are unique to you and your sessions reflect your individuality.
Kathryn Barcelona
MS LLMSW
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MA, LLPC
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MS, LLPC
Empowering Counseling for All, EMDR Therapy, Internal Family Systems Therapy for all ages.
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MA, LLPC
A non-judgemental space for deep healing from trauma, abuse, and relationship wounds.
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MA LPC NCC
Trauma-Informed Counseling and EMDR therapy for Women and Young Adults
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MA, LLPC
Counseling through a trauma-informed, inclusive, and equitable lens for individuals, relationships, and families.
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MEd, LPC, ATR-P
Counseling and Art Therapy for Adults and Teens: Empowerment and Healing from Medical and Neurological Trauma + Existential Concerns
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MA LLPC
Inclusive therapy, trauma-informed counseling, and sex-related concerns.
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LLMSW
Creative Solutions and Trauma-Informed Counseling for Couples, Adults, Children, and Teens
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M.S.Ed., MBA, LLPC
Counseling, EMDR Therapy, DBT, CBT, & Mindfulness Solutions, Trauma Informed, Emotional Regulation Skills, Stress & Anxiety
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LMSW
Counseling & EMDR Therapy for Individuals, Families, Couples, Teens and Children
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LMSW
Strengths-Based and Relational Therapy for Adults: Relationships, Men’s Issues, Trauma, etc.
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MA, LLPC
Trauma Informed Counseling, Mindfulness-Based, and EMDR Therapy for Children, Teens, and Adults
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MS, MEd, LLPC
Trauma-Informed Counseling and Emotion-Focused Therapy for Couples, Individuals, and Families
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MA LLMSW
Trauma Informed Counseling & EMDR for Children, Teens, Young Adults and Adults
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MA, LLPC
Counseling & EMDR Therapy for Families, Children, Young Adults, and Women
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