Suicidal Ideation Therapists in Lansing, MI

Hello, and thank you for taking the time and having the courage to seek out a counselor! To help you find your best fit, I work with adults, as individuals, couples, and groups. I work with people dealing with depression, anxiety, relationship conflict, grief/loss, suicide/self-harm, parenting, self-esteem, and abuse/neglect. While I specialize in Christian Counseling, I also work with many people who prefer not to incorporate their faith in the therapeutic process. My style tends to lean toward Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), helping people overcome self-defeating thought patterns. I’ve been in private practice for 20 years.

I understand the daunting task of seeking help. I commend you for your courage to reach out to me for help. You desire therapy because you may be experiencing the following problems: Trauma, Depression,Anxiety, Addiction, Grief and Loss, Chronic Pain, suicide/self-injurious behaviors, interpersonal conflicts and othe psychological difficulties. Certainly, you would like to get to the bottom of your feelings, gain insights, deepen sense of self and self-integration. My therapy room will provide you a safe space to be yourself. I will meet you where you with zero judgment, empathetic ear and evidence based practice.

Current openings! My name is Sam. I am a therapist, hiker, and dog dad who, perhaps like you, knows how it feels to find myself feeling stuck and overwhelmed by life's hardships. There's no way around it— life is complicated and it can get very, very hard. If you're considering working with me, you should know that my first goal will be to create a warm, safe, and welcoming space for you. I want my clients to feel heard and understood. Together, we can explore and change patterns in thinking and feeling, make insights, and utilize concrete coping strategies to help you navigate life's challenges while staying true to your values.

Living a “life worth living” can seem like a path only others get to travel, while our journey feels unfair, exceedingly difficult, or at times impossible. At times we discover that our struggles are the result of the choices we made, or the choices others have made that affect us. At other times, we unknowingly hold onto faulty beliefs about ourselves or others, living as if they are true or accurate. To cope, we develop strategies to make the journey seem more doable. They can indeed be helpful and carry us toward our goals, or be the very obstacle that prevents us from achieving our potential.

The decision to begin seeking therapy can be a challenging one. It's not always easy, the idea of opening yourself up to a new person in such a vulnerable way, so kudo's for even being on this website right now. I encourage all potential clients to reach out to have that initial conversation. Finding the right therapist can be a bit of a process and the only way to start figuring out if someone might be a good fit is to have a chat. And if it's not, that's totally okay, let's find you someone who is. Everyone deserves to have the best support possible.

Are you ready to heal? Are you tired of unhelpful and seemingly unending symptoms and counseling? Then I invite you to take decisive steps towards recovery from most serious individual, couple, and family crises at Expert Therapy Services. You will be treated by a DOCTORAL level therapist who specializes simultaneously in multiple dimensions of mental, behavioral, and family health. A PhD therapist has at least twice the amount of academic education, clinical supervision experiences, and knowledge that is focused on helping you more effectively. Why settle for less?

Unexpected life events happen to us all, and can happen at any time. This can often times result in feeling like the rug has been pulled from under you leaving you lying flat on your back. Feeling stuck and unable to figure out what to do next. You are not alone in this journey we call life. Kintsugi Wellness Counseling is about mending broken thoughts, repairing damaged foundations, changing unhelpful actions and habits. Kintsugi Wellness Counseling is about supporting and building resilience - managing life’s challenges, stresses, changes, and pressures effectively; learning to cope with and adapt successfully to adversity

If this is your 1st or your 100th time seeking therapy, I want to let you know that you are one step closer to a better and healthier lifestyle. Harboring secret thoughts, feelings, shame, and guilt can be very difficult to handle on your own. Sharing these with a stranger can be difficult as well, but I do want to reassure you, it will be easier.

Accepting Clients!! & Accepting Therapists Needing Supervision. Substance abuse and depression began to impact my family when I was young. I have deep compassion for those struggling with the disease of addiction. By utilizing my knowledge and empathy for these individuals, I am able to assist them in their therapeutic processes. I have over 10 years worth of experience within the mental health field, whether it be working with individuals in the criminal justice system or conducting individual, family therapy, and couples therapy. I am currently accepting clients for a variety of mental health concerns at Right Direction Counseling

At North Star, we believe that it is possible to find peace and be content even in difficult times. When we hold pain gently and allow ourselves to be vulnerable, our problems can pass with more ease and we can grow more authentically - we become wiser and more connected to ourselves and others. Strength isn't the absence of vulnerability or fear. Happiness isn't the absence of sadness. Safety isn't the absence of threat. Our peace can come from knowing how to be vulnerable, how to express sadness, how to navigate threat.

Do you feel that your worId has gotten completely out of control? Do you want to find a way to get it back? I am so glad that you made the decision to be here today! Making the decision to begin therapy can be difficult. The world is a very difficult place to be right now and I am going to help navigate it with you. Now that you're here this will be your safe place to share your thoughts and feelings as we start to untangle all of the excess baggage you've been carrying around for who knows how long that just weighing you down. Together we will come up with a plan to get you back to a place of good health and happiness.

I believe one of the bravest things you can do is begin to understand your own story. I understand firsthand just how difficult it can be to ask for help. Let’s face it not many of us enjoy feeling vulnerable. Are you tired of feeling judged or facing backlash because of your outlook on life, just want to heal from trauma bonds and negative mindsets? Facing a life changing diagnosis and need help processing? Allow me to assist you with healing through mindfulness based, client centered, cultural sensitive, ect, practices. Life happens even when therapy isn’t in session so learn some new techniques that will help ease your stress.

I have worked with children adolescents, individual adults of all ages, and couples & families. I work with people who are struggling with depression, anxiety, spiritual conflicts, and major mental health problems. I have worked with schools, faith communities, employers, physicians, and other therapists to understand the challenges confronting my clients. We often discover connections between physical, behavioral, emotional, spiritual, relational, and how things have led to where we are now.

As a compassionate therapist, I specialize in grief, PTSD, anxiety, bipolar disorders, sleep disorders, and occupational burnout. With a Ph.D. in psychology, I have expertise in anxiety, PTSD, depression, relationship problems, and sleep disorders. I am fluent in American Sign Language, providing direct therapy to Deaf and Hard of Hearing populations. Choose me as your therapist for personalized support in overcoming challenges and fostering resilience.

I would like to help my clients on their journey of self-discovery. I feel it is important for one to understand all that makes them who they are and how they function, so that when they make goals, they are able to achieve them. If you are struggling through anxiety, depression, trauma, or low self-worth, then I want to work with you, whether it means working with you and your partner, your family or on your own. When you are able to understand yourself and your needs, then the tools and skills needed to help you are easier to select and be more useful in our counseling together.

Currently offering daytime appointments only I aim to meet the individualized needs of each person, couple, and family I work with and take a collaborative approach in setting goals for therapy. I use a family systems approach to explore how multiple areas of a person's life impacts their experiences and current struggles. I work on achieving these goals through personal exploration, role play and exercises used in and outside of session, implementation of improved communication skills, and boundary setting.

"That place of true healing is a fierce place. It's a giant place. It's a place of monstrous beauty and endless dark and glimmering light. And you have to work really, really, really, hard to get there, but you can do it". - Cheryl Strayed You can heal, and I believe in healing. I will sit with you in the dark places, in the light places, and all the in between places until you get to the place you want to be.

Perhaps you have a new diagnosis of ADHD or Autism, and want to know what it means for your future. Perhaps you suspect you are neurodivergent, but aren’t sure how to proceed. Perhaps you want to show up more authentically; you want to learn to stop masking your autism, for example, or present as the gender you align with, but want support and guidance through the conflicts that could arise. Perhaps you just want to stop feeling like your own worst enemy.

Relationships offer an opportunity to heal just as they offer an opportunity for hurt. Sometimes it's difficult to tell these two apart. In relationships, we are a balancing act of history, the present, & what is to come. And sometimes within all that movement, all that history, all that will be, we sometimes get stuck in the hurt, alone. I hope to offer a relationship that is not without its friction, though I keep healing as my guide. This does not have to be a solo journey. I believe our combined sense of healing, as well as our combined sense of hurt, can do much more together. I look forward to unimaginable change.