Counseling and Therapy Services
Detroit, Michigan
Start My Wellness provides therapy, counseling, medication management, psychological testing, and other wellness services for children, teens, adults, groups, couples and families in the Greater Metro Detroit Area.
Our certified therapists have home-grown roots, so you can feel confident in their skills and at home in your community throughout your experience.
Individual Counseling
Get expert support tailored to your unique needs.
Couples Counseling
Work through your relationship with empathy and guidance.
Grief Counseling
Compassionate support to help you navigate loss and healing.
Family Counseling
Strengthen family bonds with guided communication and understanding.
Marriage Counseling
Improve communication, resolve conflicts, and deepen your emotional connection.
Psychiatry
Medication management and evaluation, psychological testing and treatment planning.
Psychiatric Medication
We provide medication to treat depression, anxiety, and other conditions.
Psychological Testing
We test for a wide range of psychological conditions.
Online Therapy
We provide accessible and efficient therapy from the comfort of your home.
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Maintaining calm amidst a global panic
The uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 virus has led to confusion and has heightened anxiety for many of us, regardless of our mental health status. Recommendations to create social distance and self-quarantine can feel excessive or frightening.
What can the internet teach us about mental health?
Social media has emerged as an interesting platform in the fight to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health. The World Health Organization reports that one in four adults suffers from a diagnosable mental disorder within a given year, yet mental health is a concept that is often misunderstood and misrepresented.
The psychology of work/life balance
The ideal of work/life balance is often praised in popular culture. However, the praise is accompanied with contradictions. And those contradictions obscure the reality of that ideal. What would that ideal look like in a real setting? One answer is that extraordinary sacrifices are made by so many people in the pursuit of success.
What is resilience actually made of?
What does it mean when the CEO persists in her vision? How does she bring it to life? As a psychoanalyst, I often hear the inside story. Emily’s, for example.
Is confrontation ever a good thing?
Many people seek out a therapist because they want someone to listen– to their concerns, stories, fears, and desires. While therapists certainly provide the listening ear, the most meaningful developments in therapy often come from confrontation. The word, confrontation, is often synonymous with accusation and defensiveness, but it is an essential tool in the therapeutic relationship.
How does therapy work, anyway?
About three months into working together, exasperated and exhausted, Todd exclaimed, “I just need you to tell me what to do! Seriously. Please. Just tell me.” His voice was pleading, and it was clear that his confusion and uncertainty were cause for emotional pain.
Dr. Babushkin Makes Oakland County’s 40 Under 40 List!
An FBI special agent, an Oakland County commissioner, a farmer/ township trustee and a cancer survivor who rose from a part-time deli clerk to become corporate affairs manager for a major grocery chain are among those selected for the Oakland County Executive’s Elite 40 Under 40 Class of 2020.
What is the link between our upbringing and today?
We live in a culture in which we are bombarded by advertisements for optimal performance. We must be our best selves! Advertisements promise us the means to achieve the best experiences, the edge over our competitors. The sales of energy drinks, caffeinated beverages, and supplements rely on the pitch that we can do it all with just a little help: increase our energy and deepen our concentration.
Business strategy is personal
As a psychoanalyst and an entrepreneur, I often think about the commonalities between these two disciplines. Michael Watkins, writing in Harvard Business Review, defines business strategy as “a set of guiding principles that, when communicated and adopted in the organization, generates a desired pattern of decision making…it defines the actions people should take (and not take) and things they should prioritize (and not prioritize) to achieve desired results.”
Thriving as a young adult
Thriving as a young adult - Lindsay Hall, MSW *(the examples provided below are composite cases, synthesizing disguised information and not any patient in particular) Lately, I have encountered a number of “coming of age” stories: in media, in my family, and in work...