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Deborah Johnson Spence
Counselor, PhD, LPC, ACS, NBC, SLP
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Finances
Fees
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by American Express, Cash, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Visa
Insurance
- Aetna
- ASR Health Benefits
- BCBS Medicaid
- Blue Care Network
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Carelon Behavioral Health
- Cofinity | First Health
- Coventry
- Elevance
- Health Management Systems of America EPA
- McLaren
- TRICARE
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Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Michigan / 6401009062 Deborah Johnson Spence
- License: State of Florida - Clinical Mental Health Counselor MH210016 / 2022
- Certificate from State of Michigan CC-UVN770177252 / 1991
- Attended Andrews University, Graduated 2003
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Depression
- Relationship Issues
- Anxiety
Expertise
- ADHD
- Anger Management
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Autism
- Bariatric Concerns
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Cancer
- Career Counseling
- Child
- Chronic Illness
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Developmental Disorders
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Dual Diagnosis
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Family Conflict
- Infidelity
- Intellectual Disability
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Men's Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Testing and Evaluation
- Thinking Disorders
- Trauma and PTSD
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Veterans
- Veterans
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
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Ethnicity
Religion
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Communities
Ethnicity
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Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Clinical Supervisor for LLPC's
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Existential
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Interpersonal
- Multicultural
- Person-Centered
- Psychological Testing and Evaluation
- Speech Pathology
Groups
Dealing with emotional trauma
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Share your story in a safe space. Turn trauma and challenges into resilience, wisdom, and success. Create an atmosphere of support as you turn your trauma into growth opportunities. Women's group. 6-8 weeks. Former participants report high satisfaction and resolve, intimacy, and support. Get in the next online group!
Expertise
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Group Meets
Location
Need to Talk, LLC
Farmington, MI 48336
Abstract Painting and Mood - Master Artist
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Join master teacher and renowned artist: Frank Kelley Jr. Mr. Kelley has joined forces with Dr. Spence to create an innovative and cutting edge class series (3 to 4 weeks) that transfers feeling onto the canvas of an abstract. You do not want to miss this course starting March. Registration opens February 14, 2022. To see his master class go to: https://bit.ly/3Ghh8cC (adult and youth classes available). Classes will be taken from the privacy of your own space, so join up online. You must purchase materials before class begins.
Expertise
Types of Therapy
Age
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New groups to come.
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If you would like to request a group not shown, or if you would like for us to customize a group, contact Dr. Spence (313) 924-1365 or schedule a consultation. Get your session free each time your group meets. Minimum 10 participants per group.
Location
Need to Talk, LLC
Farmington, MI 48336
Location
Primary Location
Need to Talk, LLC
32740 Grand River Avenue
Suite B
Farmington, MI 48336
(313) 924-1365Email me
Nearby Areas
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