For couples, polycules, chosen families, relationships that fit the standard mold, and the ones that don’t.
Looking for relationship or couples therapy in Lansing? You’ve found a place where your different relationship structures are seen as equal and as normal as historically typical ones.
Every relationship hits hard patches. The same argument on repeat, distance that crept in without anyone deciding it should, trust that got shaken, or just a sense that you’re not as connected as you used to be. Coming to therapy together doesn’t mean your relationship is failing. It means you care enough to work on it. Relationships that get support, especially early, tend to come out stronger.
Who this is for
We work with relationships of all shapes and sizes. Married couples and dating couples. Polyamorous folks and polycules. Chosen families. Queer and straight relationships. Kinky relationships. Long-term partners and people just figuring out what they want to build. Whatever your relationship looks like, you won’t have to explain or justify its structure before we can get to work. We start from respect for how you love, and go from there.
What we help relationships work on
People come to us wanting to:
- Communicate without it turning into the same fight
- Repair after a rupture, a betrayal, or a hard season
- Rebuild trust that’s been shaken
- Feel close again, emotionally and physically
- Navigate big decisions, transitions, or differences in what you each want
- Open up, restructure, or renegotiate a relationship with care
- Move through conflict without tearing each other down
You don’t need to arrive with the perfect words for what’s wrong. Sometimes “things feel off, and we want help” is exactly the right place to start.
How we work
Relationship therapy with us is a space where each person gets heard, not a courtroom where someone gets declared right or wrong. Our therapists help you see the patterns and cycles underneath the conflict, the ones that keep pulling you into the same place, and build new ways of connecting. We draw on well-supported, evidence-based approaches, which research shows help couples lower conflict, rebuild trust, and feel closer. These approaches work for all kinds of relationships, including queer relationships, where they’ve been shown to be just as effective.
And because we’re affirming to our core, we bring particular care to the parts of your relationship other providers might fumble: navigating identity within a relationship, non-monogamy done ethically and intentionally, the weight the outside world can put on a queer or interracial or otherwise “non-standard” relationship, and the specific joys and challenges that come with loving outside the mold.
Our other therapy services
Our therapy services also include support for individuals, children, and teens. Our team of social workers, counselors, marriage & family therapists, and interns offers evidence-based therapy approaches to meet your specific needs.
Start therapy in just 3 easy steps!
- Click Request Appointment and complete the form.
- We will email you with your scheduled appointment details and other info the same day or the next day.
- Complete intake forms and attend your appointment!
*If you prefer to get started via phone, call us at 517-798-6745 and let us know you want to skip the form.
Insurance and fees
We work hard to make therapy as accessible as possible. We accept several insurance plans, including several Medicaid plans, and offer a grant to cover therapy as well.
Meet your future therapist
Research shows the single biggest predictor of whether therapy helps is the therapeutic relationship between the two of you. When you trust your therapist, feel safe with them, and agree on what you’re working toward together, therapy works better. Feeling heard, safe, and understood, including in your identity and culture, is what makes the hard work of therapy possible. We do our best to find you a great match, and your input matters.
Our team brings different specialties, styles, and lived experiences. Browse our team and use the filters to find your match.
Where we offer therapy
We offer in-person therapy in Lansing, MI, at our office inside Wild Ferns Wellness Center. Our office is located on the Lansing/East Lansing line and just minutes from MSU. There is a CATA bus stop a half block away from us. Our office is wheelchair accessible, and there is an elevator.
Prefer to meet from home? We offer online therapy across Michigan, so you can work with an identity-affirming therapist wherever you are in the state.
Crisis lines
If you’re in crisis or need support right now, you don’t have to wait for an appointment.
- Blackline 1-800-604-5841
- Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988
- Trans Lifeline 1-877-565-8860
- Trevor Project: Call 1-866-488-7386 or text Start to 678-678
- Click here for crisis lines and warm lines whose protocols include not involving police
A note about calling 911
If you or someone else is in immediate danger and you need to call 911, please know that police are not trained to provide mental health care. For Black and Brown people, trans people, disabled people, and people in psychiatric crisis, a police response can make things more dangerous. If you can, ask a friend, neighbor, or family member to be there with you when they arrive.