Let’s Find the Right Support for Your Family
Holistic, integrative and relational Therapy for children, teens, & parents
Share what you’d like us to know about your child or family, the support you’re looking for and any questions you have.
If someone on our team stands out to you, let us know.
Prefer Another Way to Connect?
We’re always available by email, text or phone call for your convenience:
📩 Info@MIWellbeing.org
📱 (248) 266-5775
Insurance, Fees & Access
We're a fully virtual practice, so you can meet with us from wherever you are in Michigan.
In-network: Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna and Priority Health.
UnitedHealthcare and HAP PPO are coming soon. We do not accept Medicare or Medicaid.
Self-pay: $165–185 for a 53-minute therapy session, depending on clinician credentials. Ask us about sliding-scale options if cost is a concern.
How We Work With You
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Through a trusting relationship with their therapist, your child or teen can begin to make sense of experiences they may struggle to explain, discover what helps them feel more grounded and build confidence in expressing who they are. We bring their interests into the work through conversation, creative online activities and opportunities to explore emotions, relationships and the challenges that matter to them.
Alongside that deeper understanding, therapy offers practical ways to communicate needs, navigate friendships, respond to stress and advocate for support, connecting what happens in sessions with the life they are growing into.
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Parent sessions bring together practical guidance and a deeper understanding of your child’s development, helping you respond to difficult behaviors, support emotional regulation and build routines that fit your family. We help you make sense of research on developing brains and nervous systems, translating relevant findings into ways to recognize overwhelm, offer co-regulation and set boundaries while preserving connection.
As you try approaches at home, we talk through what you notice and refine the strategies together, so you have support with both the everyday decisions and the questions that take more time to untangle. Parents seeking their own individual therapy can explore that with our team as well; depending on the treatment arrangement and what best supports everyone involved, care may involve the family’s therapist or a separate clinician, with roles and privacy expectations discussed clearly.
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Shared sessions create opportunities to work directly on communication, trust and patterns that keep families feeling stuck. Some sessions support a child’s individual treatment goals with a parent involved. In family therapy, the family’s relationships are the focus of care, with shared goals for how you understand and support one another.
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As your child’s therapy develops, we stay in conversation with you about the goals taking shape and how you can support the work at home. Parent updates may include strategies to try together, ways to respond when difficulties arise and observations that help us refine the plan, while clear agreements about privacy give your child or teen room to build trust with their therapist.
Our aim is to help your family build understanding, communication and relationship skills you can continue drawing on through future stages of life.
Our Approaches in Practice
Neurodiversity & Executive Function
We celebrate different ways of thinking while taking support needs seriously. Care can include executive function training, education about ADHD and autism, sensory adjustments, social communication and self-advocacy, helping your child build on their strengths at home and school.
CBT, ACT & DBT Skills
Cognitive behavioral therapy explores patterns in thoughts and responses. Acceptance and commitment therapy supports action guided by what matters, while skills from dialectical behavior therapy can help with intense emotions and communication.
Family Systems & Relational Therapy
Family systems, attachment-based and relational work explores how family members understand and respond to one another. We work on communication, emotional safety and repairing conflictnwith psychodynamic and emotionally focused approaches.
Behavioral Skills & Parent Training
Together, we explore what happens around difficult behaviors and develop practical responses, including positive reinforcement, predictable routines and collaborative problem-solving. We consider your child’s development stage while helping parents set boundaries and preserve connection.
Emotional Regulation & Somatic Approaches
Body-based work helps children notice how stress and emotions feel physically and explore grounding, movement and co-regulation. This may include polyvagal-informed approaches or Somatic Experiencing when appropriate to the treatment and clinician’s training.
Nervous System Regulation & the Safe and Sound Protocol
We help clients learn how to cultivate a regulated nervous system, using somatic approaches and polyvagal work. We offer The Safe and Sound Protocol, which uses specially filtered music as a listening-based addition to an integrative care plan. Explore the Music Therapy page for more about SSP.
Your child’s strengths, your family’s culture and the goals we develop together guide how these approaches are combined.
When Everyday Moments Leave You Wondering How to Help
We support children, teens, and families with:
ADHD, autism and neurodivergent experiences: Executive function, masking, burnout, giftedness or understanding a new diagnosis.
Diagnostic clarity: ADHD and comprehensive mental health assessments to understand symptoms and clarify next steps.
Sensory needs and emotional regulation: Overwhelm, transitions, intense emotions, meltdowns and shutdowns.
Parenting and family relationships: Difficult behaviors, communication, boundaries, sibling relationships, and differences in parenting approaches.
Adoption, blended families and life transitions: Preparing for adoption, supporting adopted children, separation, divorce, co-parenting and grief.
School and peer relationships: School avoidance, academic stress, learning differences, bullying, friendships and adapting to a new school.
Anxiety, mood and stressful experiences: Persistent worry, sadness, irritability, withdrawal and distressing events.
Identity, confidence and belonging: Self-esteem, cultural identity, LGBTQIA+ experiences and understanding who they are as they grow.
Not sure what kind of support you need? We can start with a conversation and figure out the next step together.
We’d Love to Hear What’s Bringing You Here
We can start with a free consultation and explore together what kind of support may feel like the right fit for you or your family.
What To Expect at Michigan Wellbeing
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Beginning with a parent or caregiver conversation gives us time to learn about your child’s history, strengths and support network while hearing what you hope therapy will offer.
Together, we consider how to introduce your child to the process in a way that feels comfortable and makes room for their perspective.
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Your child’s first meeting may include you, or an older child or teen who feels ready may prefer individual time after the parent conversation.
As the relationship develops, we pay attention to what helps them feel comfortable enough to participate, allowing their developmental needs and treatment goals to guide the pace.
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We work with our clients to decide how often to meet and which session formats best support your goals. Your treatment plan may include individual sessions with your child, one-on-one parent sessions, shared parent-child sessions and family sessions as appropriate.
We explain the purpose of each session format and adjust the frequency and mix as your family’s needs evolve.
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We work with you and your family to create a treatment plan with goals for your child’s individual needs and your family’s relationships.
Parent updates, practical strategies and opportunities to practice between sessions help connect therapy with life at home. We revisit those goals together and adapt the plan as your needs change.
Common Questions
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We are a fully virtual practice, providing therapy for children, teens, and families who live and resdie in Michigan. Virtual care allows children to meet from a familiar environment, without the added stress of travel, waiting rooms, or transitions before a session.
For many children and teens, especially those with sensory sensitivities, anxiety, or busy family schedules, meeting from home can make therapy feel more accessible and easier to integrate into daily life.
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Parents and caregivers are an important part of a child’s support system, and we want you to feel informed, supported, and better equipped to understand what your child may need. Children do not grow or heal in isolation, which is why we make room for the people, relationships, and routines that shape their daily life.
From the beginning, we will talk together about how parent involvement can best support care. Depending on your family’s needs, this may include parent sessions, parent coaching, family sessions, conversations about goals and general themes, or strategies that may be helpful to try between sessions.
We will also explain confidentiality and its limits clearly. Your child or teen needs room to build trust and speak openly with their therapist, while you remain meaningfully involved in the work and supported in the role you play at home.
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Many children and teens feel uncertain about therapy at first, especially when they are not the one who asked for help. They do not need to arrive ready to open up or explain everything right away.
We take time to build trust, follow your child’s pace, and create a space where they can feel respected rather than managed. For some families, beginning with parent coaching or caregiver sessions helps create more understanding at home and makes therapy feel less threatening to a child over time.
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Yes, with your consent. A child’s wellbeing is shaped by more than what happens in therapy, which is why collaboration can be an important part of care.
When helpful, we will connect with teachers, school counselors, pediatricians, psychiatrists, occupational therapists, and other providers involved in your child’s life. We can also help you think through school accommodations, communication with educators, and changes that may make home or school feel more manageable.
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Yes. We offer weekday morning, afternoon and evening appointments, along with morning and afternoon appointments on weekends. Availability depends on the clinician. Let us know what times work for your family when you reach out.
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Yes. Michigan Wellbeing Therapy Clinic offers virtual ADHD and mental health assessments, along with consultations about treatment planning, neurodivergence, giftedness, sensory needs and school support. You can book these without starting ongoing therapy, and they can complement work with an existing therapist. We do not offer comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations which require in-person testing.
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For therapy, your child’s clinician must be licensed or otherwise authorized to provide care in the place where your child is physically located during each session. Clinicians who are licensed only in Michigan can meet with clients only while they are in Michigan, even if they are traveling temporarily.
Some coaching services may be available to families outside Michigan. If your child will be traveling or spending time in another state, please let us know before scheduling. We can clarify which services may be available and help you plan ahead.