Our Philosophy: Healing Begins With Understanding.
At the heart of our work is a simple belief: you make sense. Your reactions, patterns, and protective responses developed in context. Understanding what happened, how your mind and body adapted, and why those patterns made sense can change the way you relate to yourself.
At Loving Circle Counseling, we are deeply interested in trauma, attachment, dissociation, the nervous system, relationships, and the ways people learn to survive and protect themselves. But understanding is not the endpoint. We use individualized approaches—including EMDR and IFS—to help clients process what remains unresolved and create something different in the present.
Who We Are
Loving Circle Counseling is a trauma-specialized psychotherapy practice serving teens, adults, and couples in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, with telehealth available throughout Michigan. Our clinicians bring advanced training and genuine curiosity to the work of helping people understand themselves and heal.
Understanding is where we start—not where we stop.
We believe healing often starts with understanding what happened, how your nervous system adapted, why certain patterns made sense, and what you need now. From there, therapy can move beyond insight into processing, integration, new emotional experiences, and more flexible ways of responding.
That means we do not start by forcing every person into a diagnosis or a single therapy model. We start by listening.
Our Mission
Loving Circle Counseling’s mission is to provide thoughtful, trauma-specialized therapy within a relational community of care where both clients and therapists feel genuinely seen, supported, and valued.
We help people understand themselves, heal from the experiences that continue to shape them, and create greater freedom in the way they feel, relate, and live. At the same time, we believe meaningful and sustainable clinical work depends on caring for the people who provide it.
Our mission is not only to help clients heal, but to create a practice where therapists are supported, empowered, and able to do work they genuinely love—without sacrificing their own humanity in the process.
Our Vision
Our vision is to create a deeply human healing community where clients feel understood and therapists feel supported; where excellent trauma care, meaningful work, continued learning, connection, and wellbeing can exist together.
We envision a practice where clinicians can thrive alongside their clients, where work and wellness are not treated as opposites, and where the principles we bring into the therapy room—curiosity, compassion, authenticity, safety, respect, and connection—also shape the way we lead, collaborate, and care for one another.
Loving Circle strives to be a place where healing extends beyond symptom reduction: into greater understanding, freedom, connection, and a more sustainable way of being—for the people we serve and the people doing the work.
Values In Action
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Understanding Before Judgment
We believe people make sense when their experiences are understood in context. We approach symptoms, behaviors, protective patterns, and relationships with curiosity rather than judgment.
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Compassion
We approach clients and colleagues with genuine care, empathy, and respect, honoring each person’s pace, nervous system, lived experience, and humanity.
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Individualized Care
Therapy should fit the person—not force the person to fit a model. We thoughtfully integrate approaches such as EMDR, IFS, attachment-focused work, somatic interventions, CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and relationship-based therapies according to the needs of the individual.
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Trauma Specialization & Growth
We are deeply committed to understanding trauma, attachment, dissociation, relationships, and the nervous system. We value advanced training, curiosity, reflection, feedback, and continued growth as clinicians and as people.
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Integrity
We practice ethically, communicate honestly and transparently, maintain appropriate boundaries, and take responsibility for our words, choices, and impact.
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Authenticity
We believe therapy can be deeply professional without becoming impersonal. We value humility, genuineness, imperfection, and showing up as real human beings while maintaining the boundaries that make therapy safe.
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Connection
We believe healing happens in relationship. Presence, attunement, trust, collaboration, and genuine human connection are central to the work we do with clients and to the culture we create with one another.
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Care for the People Doing the Work
We believe therapists do their best work when they are supported, respected, cared about, and given room to grow. We want Loving Circle to be a place where clinicians can build meaningful careers, feel connected to the work they love, and remain whole people outside of it.
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Balance & Sustainability
We value healthy boundaries, flexibility, rest, and sustainable ways of working. Caring deeply about the work should not require clinicians to deplete themselves in order to do it well.
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Joy
We believe meaningful healing work can hold warmth, humor, creativity, playfulness, and joy alongside depth and pain. Healing is not only about moving away from suffering; it is also about creating more room for life.
How We Live Our Values
At Loving Circle Counseling, our values are meant to shape more than the words on our website. They influence how we make clinical decisions, structure our practice, support our therapists, communicate with one another, and care for the people who trust us with their stories.
We strive to balance compassion with accountability, flexibility with clarity, depth with warmth, and care with sustainability. We honor nervous systems, maintain ethical boundaries, communicate openly, continue learning, and make decisions with the long-term wellbeing of both clients and clinicians in mind.
We believe the kind of care we hope to offer outwardly should also be reflected internally. When therapists feel supported, connected, and able to do meaningful work they love, they are better able to offer the thoughtful, present, deeply human care our clients deserve.
Inclusive And
Affirming Care
We want clients to be able to bring the fullness of who they are into therapy. Loving Circle is committed to providing respectful, affirming care across identities, backgrounds, relationships, neurotypes, family structures, and life experiences. We also recognize that safety and trust are built through our actions, not simply through a statement on a website.
What To Expect
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Reach out
Complete the inquiry form and tell us a little about what you are looking for.
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Therapist matching
We consider clinical fit, therapist style, specialty, availability, location preference, and insurance/payment needs.
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Practical details
We confirm scheduling and provide the information you need for intake and insurance/payment.
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First appointment
Your therapist begins by getting to know you, your goals, history, current concerns, and what you hope will feel different.
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Ongoing treatment
Therapy is individualized and adjusted as your needs become clearer.
Fees & Insurance
Loving Circle Counseling accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS), Blue Care Network (BCN), and Aetna. Insurance participation and benefits may vary by clinician and plan.
We also offer private-pay therapy with sliding-scale options.
For clients with out-of-network benefits, we can provide superbills that may be submitted to your insurance plan for possible reimbursement. Out-of-network benefits and reimbursement are determined by your insurance plan. Please contact the practice for more information about private-pay rates, sliding-scale availability, and out-of-network/superbill arrangements.
Good Faith Estimates are available as required for clients who are uninsured or choosing not to use insurance.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to know which therapist or modality I want?
No. We can help with matching.
Do you offer in-person therapy?
Yes, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Do you offer online therapy?
Yes, for clients located in Michigan, depending on clinician and clinical fit.
Do you accept insurance?
Yes. Loving Circle Counseling accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield, Blue Care Network, and Aetna. Participation and benefits may vary by clinician and plan. We also offer private pay with sliding-scale options and can provide superbills for clients using out-of-network benefits. Please contact the practice for details.
Do you offer EMDR?
Yes. EMDR is a prominent part of our trauma-specialized work and is offered by appropriately trained clinicians.
Do you offer IFS?
IFS/parts-based therapy is available with clinicians who use that approach.
Do you work with teens?
Yes, with selected clinicians.
Do you offer couples therapy?
Yes, with clinicians who specifically provide couples work.
What is your cancellation policy?
We require at least 24 hours' notice to cancel or reschedule an appointment. Appointments canceled with less than 24 hours' notice, as well as missed appointments, are subject to a cancellation fee.
How do I start?
Complete the contact form and we will help you identify the next step.