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Mental Health Coaching to Achieve Balance

Mental Wellness Counseling is a practice devoted to wellness, where owner and counselor Nicole Ball takes a compassionate approach to teaching parenting, working through past trauma and building coping skills to find more peace in life. She works with clients dealing with anxiety or a transition due to divorce, life changes or relationship changes that want quick results to get back to life using a holistic approach to therapy. Telephone, virtual (telehealth) and face-to-face sessions are offered by appointment, as well as onsite wellness services to aid in the quest for mental wellness, healing and self-care.

            Ball says, “Through counseling, we’ll help you identify how best to make progress toward creating a life of wellness. Our mental health therapists take a whole health approach to help individuals, couples and families find balance. No matter what that final thing was that made you come here, we want to help. If you’re ready to start a better life, we’d love to join you in this journey!”

Locations: 1844 Oak Hollow Dr., Ste. B, Traverse City; and 525 W. 14th St., Ste. D, Traverse City. For appointments and more information, call 231-714-0282, email [email protected] or visit MentalWellnessCounseling.com.

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