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Michigan

Carole McEdwards, LMFT

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Online TherapyKalamazoo, MI
License #410100662916 years of experienceAges 20+

Carole McEdwards is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She earned an MAMFT from Evangelical Seminary in Myerstown, Pennsylvania. Carole has effectively helped couples work through difficult relationship issues such as infidelity, poor communication, financial stresses, sexual problems, parenting struggles, spiritual differences, and many more. She is certified in pre-marital counseling, Christian sex therapy, Eye Movement Integration, and Myers-Briggs. Carole utilizes CBT, psychodynamic, emotionally focused, and other models of treatment. She works with individuals who suffer from anxiety, depression, and phobias, using these research-based, successful methods of treatment. She believes that the mind, the body, emotions, and the spirit are all connected, so she offers a holistic approach to therapy. Her hobbies include hiking, kayaking, tennis, healthy cooking, making music, and snorkeling. Carole brings compassionate attitudes to help others realize a more hopeful existence in an often-anxious world. If you are looking for a therapist you have already begun a courageous first step toward healing. There is always hope, and together we may find a path toward self-acceptance, emotional health, productivity, and joy.

I work with

IndividualsFamily (Adults)Couples

Accepted insurances

  • 6 Degrees
  • 90 Degree Benefits
  • Aegis LLC
  • Aetna/ First Health
  • Aetna
  • Aetna Affordable Health Choices/ Aetna Voluntary
  • Aetna EAP
  • Allstate Benefits (through Allied Benefit Systems)
  • American Continental (Aetna Senior Supplemental)
  • Assured Benefit Administrators
  • Boon-Chapman Administrators/ Wellnet Healthcare
  • Christian Brothers Services

I specialize in

Treatment approaches

  • Sex Therapy
  • Faith Based - Christian
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Culturally Sensitive
  • Family Systems
  • Gottman Method
  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Psychodynamic
  • Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
  • Solution Focused Therapy
  • Trauma Focused

Communities I work with

  • Bisexual/Pansexual Allied
  • Body Positivity
  • Gay Allied
  • Lesbian Allied
  • Non-Binary Allied
  • Queer Allied
  • Transgender Allied

Education

Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy

Evangelical SeminaryGraduated 2010

AAMFT Clinical Fellow ABCST EMI (Eye movement integration) Prepare/Enrich Myers/Briggs