The Holistic Counseling Center

The Holistic Counseling Center Holistic Counseling Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan

✨Your therapist cares about you—probably more than you realize.✨Not because it’s their “job,” but because connection hea...
10/31/2025

✨Your therapist cares about you—probably more than you realize.✨

Not because it’s their “job,” but because connection heals.

Therapists witness your courage, your growth, your pain.
They hold hope for you on the days you can’t.
They care quietly—through boundaries, attunement, and presence—because that’s how real healing happens.

The therapeutic relationship is a sacred one.
Built on trust, safety, and mutual courage.
Because your nervous system needs time to believe—this time, it’s safe to stay. ❤️

✨ Save this post as a reminder that healing relationships exist.

Have you ever felt truly seen by your therapist? Share below ⬇️

✨Feeling rejected by your therapist can be deeply painful — especially when you have a history of complex trauma.✨It’s n...
10/30/2025

✨Feeling rejected by your therapist can be deeply painful — especially when you have a history of complex trauma.✨

It’s not just about what was said or unsaid. It’s about what your body remembers.

Moments that seem small — a boundary, a pause, a missed cue — can echo experiences of being unseen or abandoned in the past.

When that happens, your nervous system isn’t wrong or broken. It’s protecting you in the only way it learned how.

💭 If you’ve ever felt this in therapy:
✨ You’re not too sensitive.
✨ You’re not failing at healing.
✨ You’re re-experiencing old pain in a new, safer space — one that allows for repair.

True healing often happens not in the “perfect” sessions, but in the moments of rupture and reconnection. That’s where trust is built — and safety is restored.

✨Sometimes the urge to leave therapy isn’t a sign you’re done healing — it’s a sign that you’re finally getting close en...
10/29/2025

✨Sometimes the urge to leave therapy isn’t a sign you’re done healing — it’s a sign that you’re finally getting close enough for your nervous system to feel the risk of being seen.✨

Feeling too connected, too reliant, or too cared for can stir up old defenses — especially if safety once felt unpredictable. But this discomfort doesn’t mean you’re regressing. It means you’re healing in real time.

Therapy isn’t meant to last forever, but ending it too soon can mean walking away before your system learns that connection and independence can coexist.

Stay curious, not critical. Healing takes safety — and safety takes time. 🌿

Have you ever felt the urge to leave therapy when things started to feel too close or too vulnerable? What helped you understand what was really happening?

🌿 Introducing “Holistic Wellness™Our officially trademarked brand represents more than a name — it’s a movement.We’re cr...
10/28/2025

🌿 Introducing “Holistic Wellness™

Our officially trademarked brand represents more than a name — it’s a movement.

We’re creating wellness guides, mind–body journaling programs, and holistic health tools designed to help you reconnect with your body, calm your nervous system, and create lasting mental wellness.

From trauma-informed mindfulness to functional nutrition and somatic journaling, our upcoming resources are built to help you heal your body and heal your mind.

This is only the beginning of a new era in holistic health — one rooted in science, soul, and self-awareness.

Follow us and for more mental health wellness education and resources! 🫶

✨We don’t sit in the therapist’s chair because we have it all figured out — we sit there because we’ve walked through ou...
10/28/2025

✨We don’t sit in the therapist’s chair because we have it all figured out — we sit there because we’ve walked through our own fires and learned how to stay present with pain instead of running from it.✨

It’s easy to project perfection onto your therapist — to believe they’re above the pain while you feel broken beneath it.
But healing isn’t about being above anything.

It’s about learning to meet the hard parts of life with compassion, awareness, and steadiness.

Therapy isn’t a hierarchy — it’s a human-to-human relationship built on presence, not perfection.

💭 Have you ever caught yourself idealizing your therapist or feeling shame for needing help? What do you think that part of you might be trying to protect?

✨For many trauma survivors, receiving kindness, care, or appreciation can feel like unfamiliar territory.✨⠀When love onc...
10/27/2025

✨For many trauma survivors, receiving kindness, care, or appreciation can feel like unfamiliar territory.✨
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When love once came with conditions — or safety was something you had to earn — even the gentlest care can activate the same protective responses that used to keep you safe.
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Healing isn’t about “just accepting it.” It’s about re-teaching your body that safety can exist in connection — that love, care, and affirmation can land without fear of loss or control.
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If you find yourself deflecting compliments or downplaying your worth — pause.
Notice what happens in your body.
Breathe instead of brace.
Receiving is a skill too. 🫶
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✨The Holistic Counseling Center✨

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✨When a client says, “You’re just paid to care,”they’re often expressing something much deeper than skepticism.✨For many...
10/26/2025

✨When a client says, “You’re just paid to care,”
they’re often expressing something much deeper than skepticism.✨

For many trauma survivors, love and care once came with conditions — earned through performance, compliance, or perfection. So even safety can feel suspicious.

In therapy, that doubt often re-emerges: “Would you still care if I wasn’t paying you?”

It’s not about money. It’s about testing safety.
It’s the nervous system asking, “Is this care real? Am I worthy of it?”

True healing happens when clients experience care that’s consistent, boundaried, and unconditional within structure — when they realize empathy isn’t performative, and presence isn’t purchased.

We’re not paid to care.
We’re paid to create a safe space where genuine care can finally be received. 💚

💬 Therapists — have you ever had a client question your care?

How do you hold that moment with compassion instead of defensiveness? Share with us ⬇️

✨Complex trauma changes the way we experience safety — even care can feel threatening when it wasn’t safe before. ✨Thera...
10/25/2025

✨Complex trauma changes the way we experience safety — even care can feel threatening when it wasn’t safe before. ✨

Therapy becomes a space where your nervous system slowly learns that it doesn’t have to brace anymore.

That consistency, empathy, and presence can coexist with safety.

Your therapist notices your small shifts — the longer exhales, the softened tone, the moments you stay a little longer instead of shutting down.

Healing isn’t about perfection.
It’s about remembering you were never broken — just protecting yourself the best way you knew how. 💚

✨ Save this as a reminder that your therapist’s care is steady, safe, and intentional.

Have you noticed moments in therapy when your body started to trust safety again?

Share below — your story might help someone else feel less alone. ⬇️

✨Your therapist cares about you — more than you might realize.✨Behind the professional boundaries is a human who holds y...
10/24/2025

✨Your therapist cares about you — more than you might realize.✨

Behind the professional boundaries is a human who holds your story with reverence, roots for your healing, and carries quiet pride in your growth.

Therapy isn’t just about progress notes and sessions.
It’s about connection, presence, and the shared humanity that makes healing possible.

✨Save this as a reminder: you matter, even when you’re not in the room.

How has therapy changed the way you see yourself or others?
Share below — your story might remind someone else they’re not alone. 🤍

✨Healing abandonment isn’t about never feeling afraid again.It’s about learning that safety and connection can coexist w...
10/23/2025

✨Healing abandonment isn’t about never feeling afraid again.
It’s about learning that safety and connection can coexist with vulnerability.✨

In trauma therapy, healing happens through repair, regulation, and relationship — not perfection.

Your nervous system slowly learns that not all distance means danger, and not all closeness ends in loss.

Healing is the art of staying — with yourself, with your emotions, and eventually, with others. 🫶

Save this post as a reminder:
You are allowed to stay.
You are allowed to be seen.
You are allowed to be safe.

If this resonates, share it with someone who’s learning to trust connection again 💚

✨Abandonment wounds don’t disappear when we begin therapy — they show up in the process of healing.✨They shape how we at...
10/22/2025

✨Abandonment wounds don’t disappear when we begin therapy — they show up in the process of healing.✨

They shape how we attach, protect, and test safety with our therapist. These patterns aren’t resistance — they’re protection.

When we can name what’s happening (“I felt hurt when you were away”), and our therapist stays present, repair becomes possible.

Each moment of repair teaches the nervous system: connection can be safe.

✨Healing abandonment isn’t about erasing fear of loss — it’s about learning that love and safety can remain even through distance, silence, or imperfection.

✨I built The Holistic Counseling Center out of necessity — not just for clients, but for clinicians too.✨I wanted to cre...
10/21/2025

✨I built The Holistic Counseling Center out of necessity — not just for clients, but for clinicians too.✨

I wanted to create a space where people could come home to themselves, where healing didn’t feel clinical, cold, or rushed.

A space that treated people as whole humans — mind, body, and nervous system.

Where trauma, nutrition, movement, and relationships could all be part of the same conversation.

I knew from my own story that true healing isn’t just talk therapy — it’s embodiment, safety, and connection.
It’s learning how to live in a body that once felt unsafe.

Today, our team continues that mission every single day.
We’re not just therapists — we’re humans doing the work alongside our clients. 🫶

We believe in slow healing, in nervous-system regulation, in breaking the generational cycles that keep people small.

The Holistic Counseling Center is more than a practice — it’s a community.

A place where healing is collaborative, compassionate, and deeply human. ❤️

If you’ve ever felt like your pain was “too much” — you belong here.

Check out our link in our bio for more information to get started or helpful resources along your journey! 🌱

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Grand Rapids, MI
49506

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 6pm
Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 6pm

Telephone

+16162777533

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