Claire Blystra MA, LLC
Claire Blystra is a Limited Licensed Counselor in the state of Michigan. She believes that although relationships can be the source of great pain, they are also the key to healing. The therapeutic space provides a warm, safe space to curiously and vulnerably explore not only ourselves but also the impacts of our relationships. Additionally, therapy gives us a chance to practice new ways of being within a secure, nonjudgmental relationship.
We all tell ourselves stories about the world. As a therapist, Claire won’t pretend to fully understand your story from the start or to have the key to the one “right” way of living. Rather, in therapy, we’ll explore how you see the world and how your experiences have shaped the way you’ve moved in it. Together, we’ll unpack your unique values, goals, and challenges and collaboratively explore how new ways of thinking or being can rewrite your life story to one you want to be telling.
Claire earned a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree from Hope College. She employs a collaborative, strengths-based approach in her work with clients. Claire has experience working with both adults and children experiencing challenges including trauma, PTSD, relationship concerns, mood disorders, parenting, and life transitions. She believes that the best therapeutic approach is one jointly determined by both the client and the counselor, and she often works within a variety of trauma-informed and person-centered frameworks including Emotion Focused, Internal Family Systems, self-compassion, and cognitive therapies.
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Cigna
Priority Health (Commercial/Medicaid)
McClaren
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