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Individual Therapy

We welcome all individuals, youth and adults, burdened from traumatic experiences, anxiety, depression, or the pressure that life can sometimes bring. We specialize in supporting women through a process of self-discovery, healing and empowerment. Focusing on inner healing, we provide you with tools and strategies to help you feel better about yourself and heal from past hurtful and traumatic experiences that may have left you feeling broken. Through healing and self-awareness, you’ll gain the ability to recognize unhealthy relationship patterns more clearly, empowering you to make healthier choices. Ultimately, our goal is to help you achieve your goals in a supportive, non-judgmental space where you feel safe.

Why Therapy? Therapy offers a safe space where you can explore whatever it is you are feeling, without judgment. A therapist can help you understand the roots of your pain, which is often the first step towards healing. We will walk alongside you, offering support and professional insights to help you navigate your emotions and experiences. This journey can lead to a deeper understanding of yourself, helping you to rebuild your sense of worth and gradually reshape how you view yourself and your past. Engaging in therapy can empower you with tools to manage and overcome the challenges that arise, allowing you to move toward a life where you feel more in control and deserving of happiness.

While there are so many advantages to participating in therapy, the benefits are not limited to the people who participate. For example, one person can go to individual therapy and both intimate partners can benefit from improved communication and relationship interactions. So, take the step! Allow our compassionate therapists to walk alongside you as you process your emotions to make better decisions and live a more fulfilling life.

Trauma Informed Therapy

Trauma is an emotional response that is caused by experiencing a distressing or traumatic experience. The traumatic event(s) can cause our nervous system to be on alert and our bodies and minds to become stuck in these reactions. This might look like being startled at loud noises, shutting down verbally when in a disagreement, or becoming combative or argumentative quickly and easily. Unprocessed trauma can also get stuck in your body and cause physical pain such as headaches, tightening in the chest, stomach pain, etc. Living through traumatic events and the emotional response of trauma is distressing and challenging.

Benefits of Trauma-Informed therapy include:

Trauma-resolution is not achieved by simply talking about the horrific incidences or loss, but the path to unraveling trauma is through the body as well. This may include:
Somatic Therapy
• Techniques that focus on body awareness, such as Somatic Experiencing, to release trauma stored in the nervous system.
Breathwork
• Guided breathing exercises to regulate the autonomic nervous system, reduce stress, and promote emotional release.
Mindfulness and Grounding Practices
• Techniques to increase awareness of the present moment and reconnect with the body, such as meditation, progressive muscle relaxation, or grounding exercises.
Movement-Based Therapies
• Physical activities like yoga, tai chi, or dance therapy to promote body-mind connection and release built-up tension.
Trauma-Informed Massage or Bodywork
• Gentle bodywork to address physical tension and facilitate relaxation, helping to process trauma stored in the body.
Artistic Expression
• Using creative outlets like art, music, or drama therapy to provide a non-verbal means of expressing and processing trauma.
When we work with the body to gently guide it back to a more settled state, we start to build renewed resiliency.
Although trauma may have affected you, it doesn’t define you, and it can’t erase you! You can gain power over the trauma by not letting it keep you silent! Allow our trauma trained therapists to help you safely process your trauma, learn healthy ways to cope, and reframe the past hurt and pain as purpose.

Toxic Relationship/Situationship Recovery

Are you hurting and feel broken on the inside? Do you feel yourself spiraling into a pit of depression? It may be hard for others to tell because you look like you have it all together. But on the inside, you’re drained, exhausted, and emotionally drowning. Maybe you’re up at night questioning past decisions and wanting desperately to get your life back on track, but most importantly, you’re ready to heal!

I specialize in helping clients heal from past hurtful/traumatic experiences and unhealthy toxic relationships/situationships. Together we will tackle depression, anxiety, and rewrite the negative self-talk going on in your head. Maybe an emotionally abusive relationship has you feeling like you’re not good enough. Are the feelings of guilt and shame overtaking you? I welcome the opportunity to support you on a journey to self-discovery while helping you position yourself to receive better. Not just because you deserve better, but because you are worthy of better!

There are various reasons why we fall into and stay in unhealthy relationship patterns including:

False beliefs that tell us we’re not deserving of real, authentic healthy love.
Perhaps we believe that love is something that we have to work at or prove ourselves for, which leads to a false belief that we are not good enough or worthy just as we are.
For those who grew up in environments where dysfunction and toxicity were the norms, there may be a subconscious gravitation toward similar dynamics in adulthood because they feel familiar and predictable.
The fear of being alone can be so overwhelming that it leads some to stay in harmful relationships. The idea of being single might feel more daunting than enduring a toxic relationship.
Let’s face it! Sometimes the “good” sex keeps us there! But ask yourself if the emotional toll, the hurt, and the toxicity are worth sacrificing your mental well-being for TEMPORARY pleasure. True intimacy is about mutual respect, trust, and emotional safety—things that will nurture you in the long run. Are you getting those things in this relationship?”

As we meet, we will gently explore these dynamics and the impact of past traumas on current beliefs and behaviors, connecting with and nurturing the inner child to heal old wounds. Our focus will be entirely on you, not your partner or past partners. Together, we’ll uncover and challenge false beliefs and negative self-talk to give you the confidence to set boundaries and find peace. We walk with you on your journey as you learn about yourself and work toward healing. Believe it or not, you still have a fight left in you, but are you ready to do the work? Your happier life is waiting for you on the other side of this challenging time.

Individuals Impacted
by Foster Care and/or Adoption

VOCTC specializes in providing services to Youth in foster care. For the past 9 years, Tracy has worked in child welfare, and has witnessed the devastating impact this system can have on a person’s life. The circumstances they have been dealt are harsh and unfair. Oftentimes, these young people become adults who are broken, shamed, and misunderstood.

Adoptees can silently experience confusion of identity, which can lead to a variety of other issues such as problems in school, trouble forming healthy relationships, and overall insecurity. However, not everyone in the adoption community has a desire for therapy. People who have been adopted can still support their mental health and improve symptoms of attachment and identity issues through building community.

Here at VOCTC, we offer support groups for adoptees to foster identity and help to connect you with others who might have had experiences like your own. Regardless to how you have been impacted by the child welfare system, VOCTC welcome the opportunity to work with you to process the pain and emotions caused by your unique story.

Walk and Talk Therapy

This is walking and talking during your therapy session, rather than talking to your therapist virtually or in a room, sitting in designated chairs. It can feel quite intense for some clients, to have the therapist sit opposite them. Walking next to each other, side-by-side, even with the social distancing guidelines, can for some feel more equal and less formal.

When the weather permits here in Michigan, walking and talking during therapy sessions can be very relaxing and peaceful. However, walking isn’t a must, sitting down somewhere in nature is also an option. It means doing therapy outdoors, in nature, often including or bringing nature and movement into the sessions.

Walk and talk therapy begins with the client and therapist meeting at a location they previously agreed upon. It can be helpful in the treatment of anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues, life transitions, stress, anger, bereavement.

Adoptive Families
and Caregivers of Youth in Foster Care

VOCTC provides free consultations, resources, and trainings at a minimal fee to families struggling to address and understand their child’s behaviors in the home.

For many children, being adopted or connected to the child welfare system is traumatic. Through online and in-person trauma informed trainings, we help families understand the nature of trauma, its effects on children and youth, and ways to manage maladaptive behaviors.

Ways you can support your child who has experienced trauma are:

By increasing your understanding of trauma, you can help support your child’s healing, your relationship with him or her, and your family as a whole.

Individual Counseling Fees

Intake Fee $175 Session Fee $150

Insurances accepted Blue Cross Blue Shield, Blue Care Network, Aetna, Cigna, Oxford, United Healthcare
and Oscar Health.

About Using Insurance

When your services are covered by insurance, we must provide certain private information in order to
demonstrate “medical necessity.” When you pay privately, all of your information is kept private and
there is no requirement of a diagnosis that will be permanently attached to your medical record. If you
choose to pay privately, we can provide you with a Superbill, and you may be able to get reimbursed by
your health insurance provider for out-of-network services.