Tonya’s specific areas of experience, expertise, and passion are:
All Aspects of Grief & Loss
Tonya understands and is deeply committed to assisting individuals and families through the anguishing experience of loss. For the grieving, life has changed without their permission. The journey toward healing and re-defining one’s self in response to loss takes courage, patience, and endurance. Tonya is honored and humbled to assist others with these overwhelming challenges.
Divorce, Remarriage, and Blended Families
Married for over 35 years, Tonya and her husband have successfully launched five children into adulthood. As the mother of a blended family of his, hers and theirs, she fully understands the, often times, overwhelming complexity of bringing together children from previous relationships. As a result of her personal experiences, Tonya has found working with issues related to divorce, remarriage, second families, and step parenting to be especially rewarding.
Parenting Challenges
Being a good parent is A LOT of hard work. Effective parenting requires unwavering commitment, diligence and perseverance. It requires the ability to find energy when you don’t think you have any left. It requires placing the needs of others before your own. Having raised five children of her own, Tonya enjoys working with parents to improve or strengthen their own parenting efforts.
Clinical Supervision
Tonya also provides supervision for LLCs who are working toward their 3,000 hours for professional licensure. She has completed extensive post-graduate training in Clinical Supervision as required by the state of Michigan, and is certified as an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS). She has provided supervision in both university and private practice settings.
