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Michigan

Suzanne Gareiss, LPC

Licensed Professional Counselor

Traverse City, MIOnline Therapy
License #640122284721 years of experienceAges 18+

Hello, and congratulations to you for seeking out a richer life through better mental health. My goal as a therapist is to support individuals while steering through feelings of confusion, sadness, loneliness, and depression.

Through my own counseling, I have learned to work in the gray, give myself grace, accept myself and others, and be genuinely happy. I aspire to provide hope to people in need.

Counselors are like shoes, some fit well, and some do not. I encourage you to meet with me for an initial session to see if the “shoe fits.” 

I work with

IndividualsCouplesFamily (Adults)

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

  • Behavior Therapy/Behavior Modification
  • Career Counseling
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Panic Attacks
  • Separation Anxiety
  • Social Anxiety
  • Blended Family
  • Infidelity
  • Intimacy Issues
  • Parenting
  • Bullying
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Treatment approaches

  • Behavior Therapy/Behavior Modification
  • Career Counseling
  • Attachment-based
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Brief Psychotherapy
  • Culturally Sensitive
  • Solution Focused Therapy
  • Psychodynamic
  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Cognitive Therapy

Communities I work with

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

Education

Masters of Arts in Counseling

Central Michigan UniversityGraduated 2005