Coping Skills, Life Transition

Online in Michigan

25 years in practice

Ages served: 18-65+

Accepted insurance & self-pay

Pamela accepts 32 insurers

Aetna

Aetna Medicare Advantage

Blue Cross Blue Shield

Anthem

Cigna | Evernorth

Adventist Health Associates | Employee Health Plan

Adventist Health Associates | Non-Employee Health Plan

Alliance Health and Life (HAP)

ASR

Blue Care Network of Michigan

Blue Care Network of Michigan | Medicare Advantage

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan | Medicare Plus Blue PPO

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan | Traditional & PPO

Blue Cross Blue Shield | Anthem (Blue Card)

Carelon

Cigna | Evernorth - Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Compsych

Firefly Health Plan | Cigna PPO Network

First Health Network

Humana Medicare Advantage

JP Farley Corporation

Medicare MI

Multi Plan PHCS

Optum Serve

Oscar Health

Priority Health Group

Priority Health Group Medicare Advantage

Quest Behavioral Health

Railroad Medicare

UMR

United Healthcare | Optum

United Healthcare | Optum - Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

United Healthcare | Optum Medicare Advantage

Uprise EAP

SELF-PAY COSTS

Out-of-pocket session costs for clients who don’t have insurance or aren’t covered by their insurance for mental health services.

$200

first session

$170

subsequent sessions

About Pamela

Pamela Rybka is a Licensed Professional Counselor who specializes in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), psychoeducational therapy, mindfulness, and meditation. Her philosophy of care is to involve clients in their treatment plans. She will work with you, exploring what has worked for you in the past and what has not. Together, you will look at how you as a client can become your optimum best self on this journey of life.

There is no right or wrong. Therapy is a process of growth. Therapy is about relationships," says Pamela. "Your relationship with your therapist and your relationship with yourself and those around you."

"As a woman ahead of her time, having been a divorced single parent with no full-time job or college education and then later in life having lived in a four-generational house, I understand being a caretaker for an elderly parent, I understand the dynamics of balancing life, personally and professionally throughout the lifespan with many planned and unplanned life transitions. "

Get to know Pamela

Why did you decide to become a counselor?

As a child I knew what it was like to hurt and be confused and I wanted to help others not hurt. I had a great teacher in grade school and the same teacher again in high school who went on to be a psychologist. She sparked an interest in me into the field of psychology.

What types of clients do you work with best?

Clients who are open to learn. Clients who want to become better versions of themselves.

What type of clients are you most excited to work with?

Honest, open, and looking for their own internal pilot light who want to improve their quality of life and the lives of those around them.

What’s one thing you wish all clients knew?

You are good enough.

Why did you choose to practice at Thriveworks?

I chose Thriveworks because I am going through my own life transition and the opportunity that Thriveworks presented fits very well with my own journey.

What inspires you?

Progress not perfection

What can clients expect in their first session with you?

Intakes are a lot of basic questions but I would hope that the client would leave the first session with at least one goal to process and work on.

What do you want to accomplish with an individual in their first session?

Explore what has and has not worked in the past as to not be redundant if something has not work and to offer reinforcement for what has worked.

What do you do for fun/on your time off?

Shop, play with my animals, spend time with family and friends.

Other areas of focus

SpecialitiesCoping Skills, Life Transition, LGBTQIA+, Infidelity, Self Esteem, Women’s Issues, Sleep / Insomnia, Relationships, Anxiety, Depression, Trauma / PTSD, Stress / Mental Stress / Work Stress, Anger Management, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Divorce, Grief

ApproachesHumanistic / Rogerian, Adlerian, Gestalt, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Jungian, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative, Positive Psychology, Reality Therapy, Relational, Existential Therapy, Family Systems, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Gottman Method, Mindfulness-Based Therapy (MBCT), Person-Centered Therapy, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Strength-Based Therapy