First, I invite you to a free 20-minute consultation via phone or zoom. 

If you are seeking couples counseling, I will ask to meet with both of you (either separately or together) before agreeing to work with you.  (It is important that both people have a sense of who I am and choose to work with me together)

Fees for the Services provided are listed below:

Individual therapy: $175 / 50-minute session

Gottman Method Couples counseling: $175 / 50-minute session

Extended Gottman Method Couples counseling: $260 /80-minute session

Often couples will ask for longer sessions – up to 3 hours.  These will be prorated based on my hourly rate listed above.

Family or Domestic Mediation and Workplace Conflict Resolution (in-office, zoom or on-site): (3 hour minimum): $600 / 180- minute session (plus travel time if on-site)

Leadership Development Coaching, Co-parenting Coaching: $175 / 50-minute session

Backline Music Industry Support & Sliding Scale Services

I provide a limited number of sliding scale/ discounted services to those in need (based on income and circumstances). If you feel you qualify for a sliding scale fee, please bring that up in our initial consultation.

I also work with a network of therapists to provide mental health to people in the music industry, musicians and their families through Backline.care. (If you are in the music industry – please contact Backline.care and go through their match process.) 

healthy heads + hearts accepts cash, HSA/FSA cards, credit cards (American Express, Discover, Mastercard, Visa). Payment is expected at the time of the appointment.

I do not bill insurance. Some insurance plans do cover out-of-network counseling, although most do not cover couples counseling.  If you want to use insurance benefits, please contact your plan provider and ask about mental health coverage.  I will be happy to provide you with a superbill (medical receipt) that you can submit to your insurance provider for reimbursement under your plan.

Insurance companies do require a mental illness diagnosis for reimbursement and often will question the scope and type of care rather than allowing the therapist and client to make their own decisions.  For that reason (and for privacy concerns) I don’t take insurance.  

It varies depending on whether you are seeking couples or individual therapy. It also depends on your goals and treatment plan. It is common for us to meet weekly to build momentum in change. When we feel it is natural to start spreading out appointments, we will collaborate this process until the discharge of therapy. Of course, this is your time and investment, and if you feel weekly is not feasible, let’s talk,

Based on the research of John and Julie Gottman (married 35 years in 2023). They studied over 40,000 couples to find out what makes some couples successful and others not (“masters” vs. “disasters”). They perfected a method of therapeutically working with couples to achieve more empathy and connection to revitalize early feelings of respect and build deeper connections. These skills become the basis for helping couples push past the stagnancy often felt in long-term marriages and heal from many common relationship issues, such as infidelity, broken trust, gridlocked conflicts, and more.

The process starts with a thorough assessment of the relationship to quickly identify the vulnerabilities and strengths in the current relationship before looking forward to where the couple wants to be.

While friends and family can offer perspectives, a therapist offers clinical, research-based approaches and has gone through extensive training. A therapist offers a safe and judgment-free space to identify relational patterns, gain insight into behavioral and emotional patterns, and promote long-lasting change.

For anyone seeking to build better relationships, whether single and searching, or as a couple -therapy is about learning how to break out of old, destructive patterns of relating, heal from past relationship wounds, and create conversations that lead to deeper connections. A therapist trained to work specifically with couples can help you do that.

Finally - therapy is focused on reducing distress for specifically for you. Our work together is completely focused on your issues and goals.

I offer both. I see clients all over the State of Michigan for therapy, and I have a few clients in other states with whom I have a coaching relationship.

My online sessions as well as client records are currently offered through a HIPAA compliant program called SimplePractice.

My office is located in downtown Grand Rapids, just a block from the Van Andel events center.

No and Yes. Couples navigating the break-up of their relationship often move (or one moves) out of state. They want to work together for the benefit of their children, but are not as interested in deepening the connection between them.

Since I have extensive training in both areas, and the goals of coaching are distinct from counseling, I am able to work with anyone anywhere.

Contact me to learn more.