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Cassie Watts is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Michigan. She has a passion for helping teens, adults, and...
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Cassie Watts is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Michigan. She has a passion for helping teens, adults, and seniors to navigate the complications that arise from depression, grief, parenting, self-esteem difficulties, and life transitional issues.
Cassie received her Master's degree in Counselor Education from Western Michigan University. As a mental health professional, Cassie knows that assisting others with their mental health concerns and conditions requires a collaborative, personalized approach. That's why she's an exceptional choice for individuals who are looking to transition from one stage of life to another.
With Cassie's assistance, you can create an individualized treatment plan that addresses your concerns and helps you grow as an individual. Start moving forward—book a session with Cassie today.
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My aim is to offer you a therapeutic alliance through which you can heal from past wounds and embrace imperfections so that you ma...
My aim is to offer you a therapeutic alliance through which you can heal from past wounds and embrace imperfections so that you may cultivate and enrich the best aspects of you.
Jamie Campeau is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) with over 15 years of experience in the behavioral health field. She enjoys working with all ages, ethnicities, and orientations. She has years of experience with stress management, trauma, grief and loss, postpartum depression, infertility challenges, anxiety, and depression.
Jamie graduated from Michigan State University with a Master's degree in Clinical Social Work. She utilizes multiple treatment approaches including mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), motivational interviewing, solution-focused therapy, EMDR, and DBT skills.
Jamie is confident that she can support you on your journey to gain new perspectives and techniques that allow you to cope with whatever you may be struggling with. If you are ready to do the work, schedule an appointment with her today.
Who you are is beautifully and uniquely crafted by your experiences in life and I am here to help you discover ways to improve you...
Who you are is beautifully and uniquely crafted by your experiences in life and I am here to help you discover ways to improve your quality of life and relationships.
I am a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with eight years of experience helping adults and couples navigate the challenges of daily life and relationships. I specialize in depression, anxiety, coping skills, family conflict, life transitions, stress, self-esteem, substance use, women's issues, parenting, and pregnancy and postpartum concerns. I earned my Master of Social Work from Western Michigan University. You don't have to face life's challenges alone—I'm here to help you move forward with strength and purpose.
My knowledge of resources in the mental health community and my experience working with a wide variety of populations help me support and serve clients. I utilize an integrative treatment approach that includes cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), the Gottman method, motivational interviewing, person-centered planning, and solution-focused therapy.
In life, we are faced with challenges beyond our control that shape our outlook on life and our experience in it. I can help you navigate that journey to discover ways to build resiliency, cope, and thrive. If you are ready to discover the best version of yourself, schedule an appointment with me today!
As the wife of a United States Marine and the daughter of parents who fostered teenage girls, I am able to understand the struggle...
As the wife of a United States Marine and the daughter of parents who fostered teenage girls, I am able to understand the struggles of trauma/PTSD, anxiety, depression, and self-doubt.
Heather Crampton is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with more than 7 years of experience working with clients of all ages, gender identities, sexual orientations, races, and ethnicities in various settings. Her specialties include but are not limited to all anxiety disorders, depression, personality disorders, substance abuse, working with anxious youth and positive youth development, and helping veterans and others who suffer from PTSD.
Heather graduated from Western Michigan University with a Master's in Counselor Education-Clinical Mental Health. She is trained in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and utilizes various other types of therapies that are tailored to the client’s needs.
Heather's passion is to help others who are struggling with different aspects of their lives. She considers it a privilege to be a part of someone's journey. She enjoys facilitating change in clients toward positive and healthy solutions. Heather works to provide clients with tailored treatment plans that can be integrated into their daily lives.
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Grief and loss counseling helps people grieve difficult losses including the death of a loved one, the loss of a job, or the end of a relationship. It helps people navigate their grief process and eventually accept, understand, and move forward from their loss. Thriveworks grief therapists in Portage, MI have specific experience, training, and skills that enable them to best support grieving individuals.
Grief and loss counseling isn’t one-size-fits-all, but it involves sharing about your loss and then working with your counselor to acknowledge and accept your new reality in its wake. Your provider at Thriveworks in Portage, MI will design your treatment plan around your unique needs and goals for therapy, applying the counseling techniques that best support them.
If you have recently experienced an event like the death of a loved one, a breakup or divorce, the loss of a job, or another major life change, then you may want to seek grief and loss counseling. Grief can be caused by many experiences and events, so if you feel that you are having trouble moving on from a certain event or find that it is still impacting your life and functioning, grief and loss counseling can help you process it more effectively so that you can move on and once again find fulfillment and satisfaction in your life.
There are many counseling theories for treating grief, one of the most frequently used being the dual process model of grief which helps people acknowledge who or what they’ve lost through rumination while also adjusting to the new roles and identities that this loss has now placed on them. There are also many commonly used therapy approaches used in grief and loss counseling, including Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and traumatic grief therapy.
Grief & loss counseling at Thriveworks is conducted both in person and online by video. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you.
For many, grief and loss counseling lasts for about 6 months. For others, it may last shorter or longer, depending on the severity of their loss and their grief.
While the most obvious and intense feelings of grief are in response to the death of a loved one, grief can also be the result the loss of other things that were important to the individual, such losing a close friend, a home, a job, stability after a natural disaster, financial stability, etc. Life-altering events such as a move, a job change, or retirement can lead to feelings of grief and mourning for how life was before the loss.
There is no typical response to coping with loss, but being able to talk through your story with a therapist can help you find closure and discover how to move on with life after a difficult time. If you think you could benefit from grief counseling, reach out to Thriveworks in Portage, MI to get started.
Losing someone or something you love can be overwhelming. There are many different emotional responses to grief including the obvious extreme sadness, but other reactions can include shock, anger, and guilt. Everyone grieves differently, but it is important to allow yourself to feel grief and cope with it, as accepting the cause of the grief is a healthy and vital part of the healing process.
Grief can have emotional, physical, social, and behavioral impacts on one’s life. A person’s unique personality, family values, culture, and religious beliefs will all play a part in determining how they cope with and are able to handle grief and the implications of a loss. Immediately after a loss or traumatic event, many people report feeling numb, have trouble believing what happened, or even deny that the event happened at all. Many say they keep expecting the person they lost to show up or even feel their presence.
If you feel that the grief will never subside, or if your grief is getting worse, it may be a sign that grief has triggered a potential mental disorder, such as major depression. There is not a typical response to a loss, nor a normal timeline for grieving. If you do not feel any forward momentum day after day, you may be dealing with depression and may need to seek help from a professional grief counselor or therapist.
A professional counselor can help guide you through the grief process and assist you in understanding and coping with the intense emotions you are feeling. It can be difficult to navigate grief alone and a trained professional can help you make sense of your feelings after a significant loss. Specifically, in talk therapy people are encouraged to come to terms with their emotional states during their grieving process. As with many other types of therapy, the goal isn’t to stop feeling the painful things, but to learn to cope with them in a healthy way.
Self-care is also important to the healing process. Steps such as seeking support from friends and family, keeping a journal, spending time in nature, and finding a positive outlet to focus on are all useful tools for managing grief. If you or a loved one is experiencing a significant loss, Thriveworks Portage Counseling can help you find your way toward a sense of peace and eventual closure. Reach out today to get started.
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Thriveworks Counseling & Psychiatry Portage is located near East Milham Avenue and South Westnedge Avenue, off I-94. It is near the Milham Park Golf Club and Celery Flats.
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