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Counseling and Support

 
 

Pregnancy and parenting bring about unique changes that challenge your identity and significantly impact your relationships. If you find yourself struggling, therapy can provide you with the tools you need to navigate through difficult chapters and empower you to live a more fulfilling life. Nature’s Playhouse offers both in-person counseling sessions and Telehealth. 

Insurance Accepted: Aetna, BC Complete, BCBS of MI, BCN of MI, Beacon Health, Cigna Behavioral, HAP/Healthplus, Mclaren Commercial, Mclaren Medicaid, Medicaid of MI, Meridian Medicaid, Molina, Optum/UBH/UHC, Priority Health, Private and Sliding Scale Available.

To help verify your coverage click HERE for our insurance benefit call form. Please contact us for counselor-specific call forms.

 
 
 
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Counselors
Elizabeth Bayer, LPC
Elizabeth Bayer, LPC

Liz is a licensed counselor that specializes in supporting new mothers with perinatal mood disorders. This can include pregnancy, postpartum, and struggles with the early years of parenting.

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Sarah Bilodeau, Drama Therapist (RDT & HCPC)
Sarah Bilodeau, Drama Therapist (RDT & HCPC)

Sarah is a registered Drama Therapist (RDT & HCPC) with over a decade of experience working with youth, families, and adults. She has experience working with life transitions, child and family struggles, parenting, attachment, loss, trauma, anxiety, selective mutism, aggression, and much more.

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Counselors
Ruth Blake, LMSW, PMH-C
Ruth Blake, LMSW, PMH-C

Ruth is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW). Her post-secondary education began at Central Michigan University where she earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology & Family Studies, later followed by a Master’s of Social Work with a concentration in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy from Wayne State University.

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Emily Bremer, LMSW
Emily Bremer, LMSW

Emily is a limited license social worker who has worked with a wide range of clients from adults to teenagers to children. She has worked extensively with people of diverse cultural backgrounds. Emily has experience working with clients who have experienced trauma, abuse, grief and loss, mood disorders, behavioral disorders, family conflict, physical illness, parenting struggles, and general stress and life transitions.

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Julia Cohen, LMSW, PMH-C
Julia Cohen, LMSW, PMH-C

Julia is a licensed clinical social worker who has committed her life to working with children, youth, and families. She received her B.A. in biology and psychology from Kenyon College and her MSW from University of Michigan.

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Counselors
Tierra Emerson, LMSW
Tierra Emerson, LMSW

Tierra is a Licensed Master Social Worker with over 12 years of experience in working in the mental health field, various Michigan community mental health agencies, hospice care and with managed care organizations. She believes in and utilizes a holistic, strengths based-solution focused approach to treatment.

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Linsey Higgins, LMSW, PMH-C
Linsey Higgins, LMSW, PMH-C

Linsey is a licensed master clinical social worker with specific training in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. She is the mother of two daughters and deeply understands the challenges that pregnancy and parenting bring.

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Mikki Hill, LMSW, Clinical Coordinator
Mikki Hill, LMSW, Clinical Coordinator

Mikki is a licensed master’s social worker who has a Level III Infant Mental Health Endorsement through the Michigan Association of Infant Mental Health. She has specific training and experience with Perinatal Anxiety and Mood Disorders and attachment relationships between parents and young children. She has worked in Community Mental Health settings for the community at Head Start’s, GSRP’s, and preschools for over 10 years.

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Amariah Houseknecht, LMSW
Amariah Houseknecht, LMSW

As a Licensed Masters Level Clinical Social Worker with over sixteen years of experience, Amariah has offered her professional support to individuals and families within community mental health settings, residential facilities, domestic violence shelters, and crisis centers.

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Counselors
Cassie Leger, LLMSW
Cassie Leger, LLMSW

Cassie is a limited licensed clinical social worker who has invested the past 15 years into supporting people’s healing journeys. 

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Brandi McKenzie, LMSW
Brandi McKenzie, LMSW

Brandi is a Licensed Masters Clinical Social Worker (LMSW), with over 10 years of experience providing professional support to individuals and families within human services

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Tiffany Murray, LMSW
Tiffany Murray, LMSW

Tiffany is a fully licensed master-level clinical social worker specially trained in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. After adapting to her own transition through pregnancy and early motherhood with her daughter and working through her own post-partum anxiety and depression journey, Tiffany found the experience of coping with her transition to be a challenge that sparked the motivation to work with others experiencing the same.

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Sara Pitchford, LLMSW
Sara Pitchford, LLMSW

Sara supports individuals through these transitions with compassion, creativity, and care. Her work centers on holding space for complex emotions, reducing barriers to care, and honoring the healing power of community. As a mother and trauma-informed therapist with a background in community mental health, Sara brings both lived experience and professional insight.

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