UTS Counseling and Consulting Services LLC

UTS Counseling and Consulting Services LLC Hi! I'm a LPC (MI) and LMHC (FL). I work with teens, adults, and couples. Hi. I am a licensed professional counselor in the state of Michigan.

I am a fully certified Emotionally Focused Therapy and trained in EMDR. My specialties include healthy relationships, maintaining boundaries, and improving self-worth. I work with adult individuals and couples. I specialize in Emotionally Focused Therapy and EMDR to assist those on coping with past and current traumas and to improve relationships.

05/12/2026

Have you drank water today and went outside yet?

Fun Fact Friday 🧠Did you know your attachment style can influence the way you communicate, handle conflict, and connect ...
05/08/2026

Fun Fact Friday 🧠

Did you know your attachment style can influence the way you communicate, handle conflict, and connect in relationships?

Attachment styles are often shaped by early life experiences and can show up in adulthood in ways like:

• Avoiding difficult conversations
• Fear of abandonment or rejection
• People pleasing
• Emotional shutdown during conflict
• Difficulty trusting or feeling safe emotionally
• Needing constant reassurance or independence

The good news? Attachment patterns are not permanent. Through self awareness, healthy communication, therapy, and safe relationships, people can develop more secure ways of connecting.

Mental health and relationship health are deeply connected. Understanding your patterns is often the first step toward creating healthier partnerships, stronger communication, and more meaningful connection.

This Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re creating space for conversations around emotional wellness, relationships, men’s mental health, and healing together.

05/07/2026

It’s not even Halloween yet 👻

04/29/2026

Kids ask the big questions without hesitation — and we should too.
“What’s the meaning of life?”

I finally stopped brushing it off and actually answered it.

For me? Connection.

With people. With nature. With community. With hobbies. With purpose. With yourself.

What do YOU think the meaning of life is?

Fun Fact Friday: People PleasingPeople pleasing is not just about being kind or easygoing.It is often a learned response...
04/24/2026

Fun Fact Friday: People Pleasing

People pleasing is not just about being kind or easygoing.
It is often a learned response rooted in safety, connection, and past experiences.

For many people, this pattern starts early.
Keeping others happy may have helped avoid conflict, gain approval, or create a sense of stability in relationships.

Over time, it can show up in ways like:
• Saying yes when you really want to say no
• Avoiding conflict at all costs
• Over apologizing or over explaining
• Feeling responsible for other people’s emotions
• Struggling to identify your own needs or preferences

From a nervous system perspective, people pleasing can be a form of protection.
If your system learned that tension, disapproval, or conflict felt unsafe, it may default to keeping the peace, even at your own expense.

The hard part is that while it may create short term harmony, it can lead to long term exhaustion, resentment, and disconnection from yourself.

The good news is that this pattern can be gently unlearned.

With awareness and support, you can begin to:
• Notice when you are overriding your own needs
• Practice small, safe no’s
• Build tolerance for discomfort when not everyone approves
• Create relationships where you do not have to perform to feel valued

Reflection:
Where in your life do you notice yourself putting others first at the expense of your own needs?

04/21/2026

As a therapist, protecting my energy isn’t optional — it’s how I show up fully for my clients.

I used to see 12 clients in a row with no breaks and called it dedication. I know better now.

These are the boundaries I hold for myself every week. Because burnout doesn’t just affect me — it affects everyone sitting across from me in that room.

What’s one boundary you’re working on? Let’s normalize this conversation. 👇

🧠 Fun Fact Friday!April is also Counseling Awareness Month, and here is a fact worth knowing. You do not have to be in c...
04/17/2026

🧠 Fun Fact Friday!
April is also Counseling Awareness Month, and here is a fact worth knowing. You do not have to be in crisis to go to therapy.

Let me say that again for the people in the back. You do not have to be falling apart, hitting rock bottom, or in full blown panic mode to deserve support. ✨

Most people in counseling are simply working through things like:
🌱 Life transitions (new job, new baby, new season of life)
💬 Relationship patterns that keep showing up
🧘‍♀️ Stress and overwhelm that never seems to fully go away
💛 Grief, big or small
🌀 Self growth and learning who they actually are underneath it all

Therapy is not just for crisis. Therapy is for clarity. For connection. For catching yourself before you burn out again.
Therapy is for EVERYONE.

The strongest, most self aware people I know are in therapy. Not because something is wrong with them, but because they know the work of becoming who they want to be does not happen by accident.

So if you have been telling yourself you are not struggling enough to reach out, this is your reminder that you are allowed to go to therapy just because you want to feel better. That is reason enough. 💛

👇 Tag someone who could use this reminder today. You never know who might be waiting for permission.

📲 Free 15 minute consultation in bio. Let’s chat.

Hills I will die on as an Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist… 1. There is no such thing as being too codependent.As m...
04/15/2026

Hills I will die on as an Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist…

1. There is no such thing as being too codependent.
As mammals, we need other mammals. We need to be surrounded by a community, and the biggest member of our community should be our partner.
2. Couples therapists should not be diagnosing their couples.
Because the relationship between the couple is the client.
3. The negative cycle is the enemy, not the partner.
The behaviors that the partner displays are part of the negative cycle, which is often triggered by something in the environment or caused by attachment distress.
4. Everything comes down to the view of self.
View of self is how someone sees themselves.
5. You do not need to go work on yourself before working on your relationship with your partner.
Healing actually occurs when you work through the attachment distress with your partner.
6. Emotions are not the enemy.
Emotions are the information that is occurring in the relationship.
7. Content really does not matter.
Because the fight that happened last week is not as important as what is happening in the session.

If this challenges what you’ve been told, that’s okay.
There is more than one way to understand and heal a relationship.

Begin Again 🌱We often hear that the first step is the hardest. While I believe this is true, I believe starting somethin...
04/13/2026

Begin Again 🌱

We often hear that the first step is the hardest. While I believe this is true, I believe starting something anew is even more challenging.

I used to run competitively in high school and college, and then I stopped. After a series of injuries and illnesses, I had to put running on the back burner, and it gradually faded away from me.

I’m also grieving. I’m grieving what I used to be—how fast I used to run, how I could run 50-70 miles a week, and how dedicated I was to the sport and to myself. Grief is a loss. It’s a loss of what used to be, what could have been, and I’m grieving and accepting the new parts of myself that have emerged.

Lately, I’ve been yearning to run again. Part of me felt ashamed for letting it go, while another part was excited about the prospect of starting anew. And it is incredibly difficult. Today was my first run since the fall, and I felt it. I wanted to give up so much. I wanted to cry, scream, and curse myself. But then I realized something. I’m doing it. I’m doing it for myself because I want to rediscover the joy of running. Because it brings me peace, happiness, and clarity. That’s worth starting again.

🧠 Fun Fact Friday!Chronic stress can actually shrink the part of your brain responsible for memory and decision-making.T...
04/10/2026

🧠 Fun Fact Friday!

Chronic stress can actually shrink the part of your brain responsible for memory and decision-making.
That’s the hippocampus, and it is directly impacted by ongoing stress, anxiety, people pleasing, poor sleep, and all the things we push through every single day.
But here is the good news. Therapy and healthy coping skills can help reverse that effect. Your brain is more resilient than you think. 💪
If you have been feeling foggy, forgetful, or like you just cannot make decisions the way you used to, this is your sign that what you are experiencing is real. And it is treatable.

Drop a 🌱 below if you are on your healing journey. I see you and I am rooting for you.

📲 Free 15 minute consultation in bio. Let’s talk.

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