Joe Martino, LPC
Owner
Finding healthy ways to communicate is what I strive to teach each of my clients. I specialize in relationship therapy, which may involve couples, parent/child, friends, or co-workers. I want to help each client strengthen any relationship they may have. Relationships can be hard. You can care about someone and still have destructive patterns of communication.
I strive to make each client feel heard, valued and safe. When we can achieve this, he or she will be on a path to mental wellness. I want to help each person learn new and better ways to communicate. Sometimes, we just need to be heard by someone. I want to hear from each client by listening deeply to what they are saying. I believe that by listening to each person and helping them uncover the potential consequences to each decision they are considering I can help them to make choices that are right for them. I believe each person's situation is unique and should be treated on its own merit.
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Ashley Hanberry, LPC
DIRECTOR OF INTERNS and Grandville Team Leader
It seems like it’s way too easy to get lost or stuck in life. Sometimes it can be a slow build-up over time, or a major life event can quickly bring life crashing down. Whatever it is that’s gotten you here, I would love to work with you to help you live the life you want.
I believe in taking the time to get to know each client's uniqueness and what they are going through. It's very important that each client feel valued and respected throughout their counseling process. My goal in every session is to provide a compassionate and encouraging environment to help people gain confidence in the choices they make.
I have helped people struggling with anxiety, relationships issues, trauma, identity development, and life transitions. I am passionate about helping those who feel lost, stuck, overwhelmed, or afraid. I believe it's important to have a relaxed and positive environment where we can work together to create changes and growth. We’ll work together to find a way to help you work through your unique struggle.
Wayne Haines, LPC
Finding ways to change thought pattern can be difficult. It is not uncommon for individuals to find themselves thinking, “I am worthless”, “Nobody loves me”, “I will always be like this”. It is easy to get caught up in destructive thinking, and often a person has no idea how to change. As a therapist, I focus on the individual. It is my desire to help each client go from destructive thoughts to healthy, positive thoughts.
Whether you are married, single, young or elderly, I want to help you become the person you want to be. I strive to provide my clients with a comfortable and safe environment. Each person is unique and different. It is my desire to help each client overcome dysfunctional thinking and behavior, and strive to achieve individual wellness.
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Rachael Kool, LPC
Finding solutions to everyday problems people struggle with is what I strive to help each client do in creative ways. I believe the client is the true expert; therefore I help each client that is having a hard time putting their finger on what they need to change, find creative solutions to dealing with their problems.
I specialize in dealing with anxiety issues, depression, eating disorders, and mood disorders but will also see clients who need help navigating Marriage and family issues. I'm not the typical counselor who sits in front of you, waiting for you to talk. Making the client feel comfortable is of top importance to me so I have found that expressive arts, play therapy, and other useful activities can help ease the stress of talking to a stranger.
Dean Dorman Ed.D, Licensed Psychologist
I am a licensed psychologist and hold a doctorate from Western Michigan University. I have been a therapist in private practice specializing in couples counseling for over twenty years. Currently, I reside with my family in West Michigan. I am considered an expert in the areas of couples counseling, depression, anger management and Attention Deficit Disorder.
Betsy Love, MFT
I deeply love and value people. It is with this care and concern that I approach each session. I know that it can be scary to walk into a therapy room and share things that require great vulnerability. It is my hope that through intentional conversation and listening, you would feel heard, valued, safe, and empowered. I consider it a privilege and an honor to meet people in their most challenging times and journey alongside them to higher ground.
Relationships can be messy and a source of pain. We all have triggers and hurts that cause us to feel pain. In my experience as a clinician, I see the need for love and trust in relationships in order for people to feel safe and secure. When either love or trust is violated, pain is experienced and often spirals. Oftentimes, a person is not experiencing 50 different conflicts, but it is the same source of pain being played out in different ways. Therapy becomes a place for cycles to be explored, unlearned, and new coping and patterns learned in order to bring about healing and restoration.
It is my goal to teach healthy patterns for coping and communicating by fostering a relationship that is based on trust, safety, and authentic care. Whether I am meeting with a child or an older adult, an individual, a couple, or a family, I am willing to engage in meaningful conversation to uncover pain, bring about healing and restoration, and provide the necessary tools to live life wholeheartedly.
Andrew Olson, LLPC
"In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for their own personal growth"
�--Carl Rogers
I deeply enjoy the collaborative nature of counseling and helping people achieve increased stability and clarity so they can build the lives they want to. I believe that each person is unique, as are the problems they sometimes need help with. Therefore, designing solutions that are as fitted to you as your problems are is my primary goal. In order to achieve this, building a strong relationship of trust and understanding is very important to me. You don't come to counseling to feel judged or worried about being yourself, so my goal for each session is to foster an environment where neither of those concerns exist as we work together to lighten your emotional load.
I have helped people through various difficulties, from things like depression and anxiety, all the way through to uncertainties about their core identity. As such, I am very comfortable taking on clients with a wide variety of concerns. Augmenting my clinical education with empathy, acceptance, and active listening, I have found success in illuminating the personal strengths each client can use to make the changes they need and become happier in life.
Chris Ostrander, LMSW
My background is in treating clients from all walks of life with most having mental health concerns coupled with trauma and/or addiction. There are three main goals I pursue with my clients. First is to create a safe, collaborative relationship where the client is valued and heard. Secondly, I help clients gain the self-awareness and skills to make better choices and solve problems. Third, I help clients accept what they cannot change and be at peace with who they are.
One of my main tools is empathy. I really strive to see things from my client's perspective. Every client is unique, so I am very flexible and skilled in several therapeutic disciplines. My focus is to use the therapeutic interventions that work best for the client.
Ryan Hanberry, LLPC, Grandville Team Leader
Human suffering is our common shared experience in this life and lets be honest, it's probably not going anywhere anytime soon. How many of us have felt the sting of loss, disappointment, broken relationships and families? Trauma? Abuse? Depression? Suicidal thoughts or attempts? Emotional chaos and racing thoughts? Distraction? My passion is to help people understand their suffering and learn to free themselves from it by getting to its root.
I work with children, tweens, teens, adults, individually, as a family, or in groups. My areas of interest are ADHD, Bullying, depression, PTSD, anxiety, divorce recovery, parenting, trauma, family reunification, and borderline personality disorder. I have a patient-first philosophy to counseling and use methods that are simple, effective, and direct. I highly value keeping up on current research into the human brain, neuroscience, and the most effective psychotherapy techniques to make sure I can provide the best counseling services possible.
I'm a survivor of severe depression, have struggled with anxiety, ADHD, and am living proof that these things can be overcome. I specialize in attention, mindfulness-based treatment, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (a powerful, and highly effective therapy on the cutting edge of mental health treatment). I'm also a single dad whose weathered the storm of divorce and have dedicated a portion of my practice to helping families heal from this wound.
I look forward to joining you on your journey toward the life you truly desire.
Tracy Slager MA LLPC
Life can be challenging and many people feel hopeless, helpless and worthless. I believe that the role of a counselor is to be there for people in times of crisis and life transition. Change is possible and hope is powerful. I believe that every client has what they need inside themselves for healing, hope, and emotional wellness but at times need help in identifying these. I strive to work with each client to help them uncover the thoughts and beliefs that disrupt their daily life. Working together we can identify faulty beliefs and patterns of thinking that affect personal growth. My goal is to help my clients live a life with quality, purpose, and meaning. My area of interest is in helping individuals at risk for suicide or other self-injury, as well as individuals and families with a loved one who died by suicide.
Marissa Freyling MA, LLPC, Human Resource Manager
Have you ever had a pair of sunglasses with the perfect lens to look through? Then one day, you lose them. The task of finding a new pair that has similar feel, comparable look, and same perspective can seem quite daunting. It may be a silly analogy, but I believe counseling can often have the same effect.
Life is a journey of ups and downs, road blocks and detours, times of sorrow, and moments of joy. Often times we look at each area in our lives through the same perspective, the same lens. My goal is to help you gain new perspectives, to guide you in taking a fresh look at life through a new lens. To see the beauty in the broken, to choose joy in the midst of sadness, to find courage in the face of fear, and to have patience in times of longing.
I consider it an honor to walk alongside someone wherever they find themselves within the journey of life. I have a passion for helping children blossom into their personalities and illuminating their emotions, for building a safe and trusting relationship with teenagers who are discovering themselves and their purpose in life, and for adults who are struggling to find balance and value among the pressures of life.
Erica Sehling MA, LLPC and Customer Service Specialist
I have passion in helping adults and adolescents. I have helped those who have struggled with anxiety, depression, identity, loss, sexuality, intimacy, relationship issues, suicidal ideations, self-esteem, abuse, and life change adjustments. Every individual is an expert of their own their own life story. Together we can navigate the path and utilize your strengths in overcoming obstacles and achieving your counseling goals.
Every individual should celebrate in their uniqueness, finding happiness and solace in who they are and what they bring to the world. Sometimes life can present us with reasons and situations that can make this difficult to achieve. Making that first step can be hard, as changes are often needed to be made but aren’t often easy. Together we can overcome the obstacles of change together. I believe every person has an innate inclination to strive towards self-actualization and self-fulfillment. I strive to maintain a relationship of comfort, trust, understanding, and emotional support in a counseling session. I provide an atmosphere free of judgment and full of acceptance no matter the individual or situation.
Donna VanderKodde MA, LLPC
Whatever has brought you to this point--whether it be a slow process or a significant event that has disturbed your world-can make life feel overwhelming. How we perceive life is what is important. Navigating life’s obstacles and relationships are challenging, but both can be improved with healthy communication and a new perspective. I am passionate about assisting you to improve your relationships in a non-judgmental atmosphere, to identify what is and isn’t working in current communication patterns, to gain self-awareness and skills that will help you make better choices, to look clearly at potential consequences, to problem-solve, and to help you learn healthy ways to cope with life challenges. By creating a relationship where you feel heard, valued, and safe, I work to ensure that therapy becomes a place of self-discovery, where destructive thoughts and dysfunctional patterns are uncovered and new, positive skills and ways of thinking are learned to bring growth and restoration. I pledge to walk with you in your vulnerability and through life’s struggles. My goal is not to change you but to help you facilitate the change you desire and bring you to the place where you want to be, or to help you accept the unchangeable to achieve peace.
I have extensive personal experience in parenting (Mom to 7; 6 adopted; some with ADD), and have dealt with grief issues such as infertility and miscarriage, as well as pre and post adoption issues. I have also helped college-aged individuals who are searching for their purpose and dealing with adjustment and anxiety issues, and I have mentored individuals and provided them with leadership growth skills. I am a skilled, caring, compassionate, sensitive counselor who is committed to giving you exceptional care.
Administrative Team:
Joe Martino Owner
Erica Martino Manager
Ashley Sneary Team Leader Grandville
Ryan Hanberry Team Leader Grandville
Kim Cotrrell Client Service Representative Billing
Erica Sehling Client Service Representative Appointments
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