Somatic Therapists in Ann Arbor, MI

As a therapist, my primary goal is to help my clients have more choice and spontaneity in their lives, as well as greater satisfaction. I want to help alleviate suffering, whether generated from past traumatizing experiences or from current experiences. I believe that we all have many answers and great potential inside us but are often blocked from accessing our own wisdom, meaning we only function on a modest amount of this potential. It gives me great joy to help my clients find their answers and discover problem-solving abilities through the therapeutic process.

My main focus is on the importance of emotional wellbeing. I believe that everyone experiences difficulties in their lives and see the counseling office as a space for clients to express and normalize difficult feelings in a safe environment. I believe that people have all of the components for a happy and healthy life but sometimes need help processing and navigating through their feelings and experiences to learn new and more effective ways to cope. I operate through the Polyvagal Theory lens to assess emotional regulation and work to stabilize and co-regulate clients as this is essential to healing.

Not currently accepting new clients. I provide an authentic, non-judgmental space to support you on working toward your goals. I offer individual therapy to adults and have significant experience working with undergraduate and graduate college students. My clinical work focuses on women’s issues, identity development, life transitions, attachment in relationships, as well as healing from experiences of relationship abuse, sexual assault, and other forms of trauma.

I specialize in working with teens and adults who struggle with worry, sense of self worth, their relationship with food & body image, as well as painful past experiences to no longer feel controlled by a harsh inner critic and want to explore living a life that makes them feel worthy, balanced, and safe. To let go of people pleasing habits and set healthy boundaries with themselves and others. Clients who work with me want to learn how to set healthy boundaries, find food freedom and body confidence, develop healthy coping skills to lower stress and anxiety. Clients work to identify and process the underlying issues to heal.

Many of my clients are looking for new ways of handling stress in their lives, are working to heal from difficult early experiences, or are seeking to improve their intimate relationships. Together, we can observe stuck patterns with curiosity, heal old wounds, and experiment with new ways of relating to yourself and others. I deeply enjoy helping people see themselves in a new light and experience increased wellbeing in their relationships.

“When a baby is born, so is a mother.” My speciality focuses in the perinatal period and in the early years of parenting. When a person becomes a parent many things from their own childhood may make their way to the surface of the mind. How does that impact their thoughts, beliefs, and approach to pregnancy and parenting? Let's explore together.

Are you looking for relief from stress, worry, insomnia, or low mood? Has your partnership lost its sparkle? Does your body feel on edge and exhausted? Life doesn’t have to be so hard. Let’s work together & achieve the goals that have been just out of reach. E-mail me today and let's schedule a free consult. During that consult, we will discuss your strengths and the barriers that have held you back. Together, we will develop a customized program to meet your exact needs. All of our programs include top-tier, evidence-based interventions, like EMDR, Gottman Couple Method, Cognitive Processing, and more. Call today to schedule!

Hi! My name is Danielle. Reaching out for support exhibits strength and resilience. Through difficult situations, supporting individuals facing mental health challenges has always been a passion of mine. I would describe my therapeutic approach as anti-oppressive, trauma-informed and family family-focused. I provide a supportive, safe, and nonjudgmental space that is conducive to enhancing self-awareness and self-compassion. My priority is to establish a strong therapeutic relationship built on mutual trust, respect, and care.

I am honored to support you in your healing and wellness journey by offering a safe, empathetic and non-judgmental space for therapy! I work with clients going through depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), trauma, grief, and a range of contexts and life situations such as career stress, academic stress, work-life balance, relationship challenges, cultural adjustment issues, immigrant/assimilation challenges, inter-generational communications or immigrant family issues, adjusting to life stages such as starting careers, empty-nesting, or retirement, and challenges related to finding meaning and purpose in life.

Music can be a safe outlet for intense emotions. I help young people express themselves through music. Using a variety of music therapy techniques, including Nordoff-Robbin/Creative Music Therapy, improvisation, songwriting/composition, learning an instrument/singing, ensemble playing, listening to and combining music with other creative disciplines. I am a board-certified music therapist who works with people of all ages, from newborns to those at the end-of-life. Music touches us in ways that nothing else does, helping us feel safe, connected, even powerful. Music helps is express emotions, make meaning, process trauma and more.

Does it sometimes feel like you're trying to pour from an empty cup? Perhaps you have been feeling stuck, burnt out, or overwhelmed with stress. I help those who feel like they are drowning in unmanageable worry and difficult emotions learn new ways of navigating their world. I specialize in working with young adults and college students, people exploring their gender identity who need support in their transition process, and geeks of all ages who don't want to feel misunderstood by their nerdy interests. Together, we will develop new strategies to help you feel calmer and more empowered to navigate whatever life throws your way.

Amy Pershing is the President of the Center for Eating Disorders and Founding Director of "Bodywise," the first comprehensive treatment program for binge eating disorder (BED) in the United States. Pershing lectures internationally on the treatment of BED and her own recovery journey and has been featured on numerous radio and television programs speaking about BED treatment and recovery. Pershing is the author of Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond (Routledge, 2018), and "Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Bingeing And Body Image: A Trauma-Informed Workbook ", with co-authors Judith Matz and Christy Harrison.

Welcome! If you've landed here, you're probably someone that can identify with feeling stuck in life, battling stress, anxiety or depression, or wanting to strengthen relationships. I'm a laid back therapist whose goal is to provide a comfortable environment to people like you that is empathic, non-judgmental, and culturally sensitive. As a certified Brainspotting (BSP) therapist with extensive training, I can help you identify, process, and release emotional and physical sources of trauma, both big and small. BSP is an excellent tool for performance enhancement as well.

Though often painful, problems have a way of pushing us towards growth. We may wonder why we can’t find a partner, why our work feels so unsatisfying, why we compulsively seek the comfort of alcohol or food, or why our lives feel so meaningless. We may feel tired of replaying the past. Importantly, we may simply feel overwhelmed living in a disconnected society where many people are marginalized. While internal work can be productive, it’s important to examine and understand the role of our environment.

Clients who work with me are typically interested in deepening their understanding of themselves, their sense of resiliency, self-reliance, recovery, and healing. I incorporate mindfulness and holistic principles with an integrative, person-centered, compassionate, and strength-based approach rooted in psychodynamic psychotherapy. Over time, with trust in the therapeutic alliance, framework, and process, we will explore and seek to understand the self with greater clarity and awareness.

As a therapist specializing in working with children, adolescents, and adults, I'm passionate about creating a safe, inclusive space for growth, exploration, and healing. My ideal clients range from young children struggling with focus, social skills or challenges with emotional regulation, to teens navigating social pressures, to adults working through anxiety, depression, or trauma. Whether you're navigating anxiety or depression, grief, PTSD, ADHD, or stress-related difficulties, I'm here to support you. I'm committed to understanding each client's unique background, including cultural factors and socioeconomic challenges.

As long as I can remember, I have been in awe of the human experience. In awe of the amount of joy and pain we can experience in a single lifetime. In awe of our triumphs and failures. In awe of our resiliency and our tenderness. In awe of the incredible evolution of a single lifetime. My offering supports individuals to more consciously participate in their life's unfolding through the development of greater awareness, body-based practices and nervous system restoration, healing trauma and utilizing the wisdom of post-traumatic growth, and through re-connection to that which already is, and has always been, whole in ourselves.

My ideal client is motivated towards change and desires to lean in towards desired outcomes with curiosity and courage. My clients are open to investigating parts of themself that hold them back in life. These old scripts are likely connected to hurts and trauma that have caused painful patterns requiring healing in partnership with a clear, engaged practitioner. My definition of health is mind, body and emotions working in balance around True Self/Soul/Spirit/Essence–pick your favorite word for that part of you. Together we create therapeutic alliance towards greater balance, self agency, and relationship to self and loved ones.

Hello! I'm Kalina, and my passion is to help guide people in their journey back to their fullest, brightest, most authentic self that is filled with life and vitality. We all weather storms and hardship, and sometimes we become imbalanced from these experiences. This imbalance can express itself as anxiety, depression, PTSD, low self-esteem, grief, etc. Through this, we can feel distant from our authentic self, and life itself can feel empty or lacking purpose. My role in this work is to help a person navigate these feelings of imbalance, attune to their innate strength and wisdom, and reconnect with their authentic self!