Therapy in Holland, Michigan
In Holland, many individuals have built lives centered around family, meaningful work, long-standing relationships, and deep ties to community. These commitments aren’t just things people happen to have — they’re things people have actively chosen and worked to protect.
What can become harder to notice, over time, is when those same commitments begin asking something of you that exceeds what your usual supports can hold. Therapy can be a space designed for exactly that — not a replacement for the relationships that matter to you, but a focused place to address what’s harder to address in those relationships, so the life you’ve built stays strong.
We provide psychotherapy services to individuals in Holland and throughout Michigan, offering thoughtful, specialized care for those navigating trauma, chronic illness, medical experiences, grief, anxiety, and other complex emotional challenges.
Now accepting new clients. Call or request an appointment to get started.
How Services Are Delivered
Services are primarily delivered through secure telehealth, allowing for greater consistency, privacy, and flexibility without the limitations of travel or local availability.
In-person appointments may be available on a limited basis within Michigan when clinically appropriate.
What Brings People to Therapy
People often reach out when they recognize that emotional challenges are beginning to affect the areas of life they value most.
We work with individuals navigating:
- trauma that continues to affect day-to-day life
- anxiety, stress, and emotional overwhelm
- chronic illness and complex medical conditions
- medical trauma and difficult healthcare experiences
- grief and loss
- relationship concerns
- life transitions and identity changes
- emotional patterns that feel difficult to fully resolve
- a sense of disconnection from yourself, your relationships, or the life you’ve built
Holland is a community where connection, commitment, and continuity often play an important role in daily life. Many individuals here have invested deeply in their families, relationships, homes, careers, and faith communities — building lives shaped by what they value most. While those commitments often bring real purpose, they can also make it easy to place personal emotional needs behind the needs of others. For many people in Holland, therapy is not about fixing something that is broken. It is about creating space to reflect, process experiences, strengthen resilience, and care for the parts of life that matter most.
Approach
Our work is grounded in trauma-informed, evidence-based approaches that support deeper processing, emotional regulation, and meaningful change over time.
We focus on helping individuals move beyond understanding patterns and toward creating lasting change that integrates with the life you’ve built rather than asking you to step away from it.
What This Work Involves
This includes:
- processing experiences that continue to carry emotional weight
- working through patterns that persist despite insight or effort
- strengthening the parts of yourself that hold everything else together
- supporting regulation when internal systems feel overwhelmed
- navigating the emotional impact of chronic or complex health conditions
- creating meaningful change that carries into daily life
Specialized Care Available to Holland Residents
Heart and Mind Counseling specializes in clinical work that often goes beyond what general therapy practices offer. Our practice is built around individuals facing complex experiences — trauma, the emotional weight of serious illness, presentations that haven’t responded to traditional therapy, and the kinds of work that benefit from dedicated training and clinical depth.
We work extensively with complex PTSD and long-standing trauma, including experiences that have been carried for many years without a clear space to be addressed. The work is paced thoughtfully, and the deeper material is approached only as trust and readiness allow.
For individuals living with chronic and complex illness, we provide therapy that specifically addresses the emotional and identity dimensions of long-term health management — including cancer, transplantation, autoimmune and inflammatory conditions, congenital heart disease, neurological conditions, chronic pain, and the cumulative weight of multiple conditions at once. If your specific condition isn’t named here, reach out — we likely either work with it regularly or have clinicians experienced in similar presentations.
We also work with individuals navigating grief, life transitions, caregiver fatigue, and the emotional impact of medical experiences for both patients and the families around them, along with those managing ADHD, OCD, complex anxiety, dissociative experiences, and eating disorders.
Trauma work is one of our practice’s deepest specializations. Our team includes multiple clinicians trained in EMDR (led by a Certified EMDR practitioner), a Brainspotting-trained clinician, a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP), and a clinician certified in Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT), with somatic approaches integrated throughout our trauma work.
Our clinical approaches include:
We welcome individuals across all relationship structures, backgrounds, and identities — including those in polyamorous relationships.
Michigan Connection
We work with individuals throughout Michigan, allowing for continuity of care regardless of location.
Get Started
Now accepting new clients.
If you are located in Holland or elsewhere in Michigan and are looking for thoughtful, specialized support, we invite you to call or request an appointment online to get started.
When you reach out, you’ll speak directly with Deb Benoit, Practice Manager, who will help guide you through next steps and scheduling.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does telehealth therapy work?
Telehealth sessions happen over a secure, HIPAA-compliant video platform — much like a regular therapy session, just from wherever you feel most comfortable. You’ll get a private link before each appointment, and most clients tell us they actually prefer it: no commute, more privacy, and easier scheduling around real life.
Is therapy just as effective via telehealth as in person?
Yes. Research over the past decade has consistently shown that telehealth therapy is as effective as in-person care for most conditions, including depression, anxiety, PTSD, and complex trauma. For many people, it’s actually more sustainable long-term — easier to keep appointments, less disruption to daily life, and a sense of safety that comes from doing the work in your own space.
Can EMDR and Brainspotting be done via telehealth, and is it as effective as in person?
Yes — and this surprises a lot of people. Both EMDR and Brainspotting have been studied and adapted for telehealth delivery, and outcomes are comparable to in-person sessions when delivered by a trained clinician. Trauma work is one of our practice’s deepest specializations — our team includes multiple clinicians trained in EMDR (led by a Certified EMDR practitioner), a Brainspotting-trained clinician, a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP), and a clinician certified in Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT), with somatic approaches integrated throughout our trauma work. This means we can match the right modality and clinician to what each person actually needs.
I’ve built a life I care deeply about, and I’ve always handled challenges through the people and relationships around me. Where does therapy fit?
Many people who reach out to us have spent years relying on their own resilience, their families, close relationships, or trusted communities for support. Therapy is often something they consider only after realizing they would benefit from a dedicated space focused entirely on their own experiences and well-being. It isn’t a replacement for the relationships and connections that matter — it’s another form of support, designed specifically to help you protect and strengthen the parts of life you’ve built.
Do you take Priority Health and other West Michigan insurance plans?
Yes. We’re in-network with Priority Health, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and many other major insurance plans common in West Michigan, and our panel is continually expanding. When you reach out, our Practice Manager Deb Benoit can verify your specific plan and benefits before your first appointment, so there are no surprises. We also offer self-pay options for clients who prefer to keep therapy outside their insurance records.