Deena Iris Cantu
Licensed Professional Counselor, LLP, LPC
Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
3 Endorsed
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Let's Connect (616) 965-2049
I work well with clients seeking help for problems with anxiety and depression. Those referred to me with these issues find that symptomatically they are struggling with panic, sleep disturbances, worry thoughts, self-defeating thoughts/behaviors, eating disorders,addictions and unknowingly, at times, some of their difficulties have been attached to old trauma. Many people with these sorts of struggles find that this spills over into problems with relationships and/or functioning at work and school. Areas of intimacy, both emotional and sexual are important work also. I work with individuals, married couples,families, and groups.
I use EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) Mindfulness, CBT, and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy treatment to help those suffering with PTSD e.g., combat veterans, post aborted women, post-partum depressed, sexual abuse, childhood trauma and others. This helps move memory forward while decreasing activation in the nervous system.
I believe the healing capacity is within our minds and bodies but most importantly between us. "Where two or more are gathered..."
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $150
- Couple Sessions $150
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by Cash, Check, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Visa
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (616) 965-2049
Deena Iris Cantu
Licensed Professional Counselor, LLP, LPC
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Michigan / 6401012284 Deena Iris Cantu
- In Practice for 23 Years
- Certificate from Michigan LPC 6401012284 / 2010
- Attended Western Michigan University, Graduated 1988
Feel free to ask about qualifications and training experience. Email or (616) 965-2049
Deena Iris Cantu
Licensed Professional Counselor, LLP, LPC
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Anxiety
- Trauma and PTSD
- Relationship Issues
Expertise
- Addiction
- Cancer
- Child
- Chronic Pain
- Codependency
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infidelity
- Marital and Premarital
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- post abortion
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Thinking Disorders
- Veterans
- Women's Issues
Do these issues align with your needs? Email or (616) 965-2049
Deena Iris Cantu
Licensed Professional Counselor, LLP, LPC
3 Endorsements
Client Focus
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Group
Ethnicity
Other Racial or Ethnic Background
Religion
Christian
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Group
Ethnicity
Other Racial or Ethnic Background
Religion
Christian
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Christian Counseling
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Eclectic
- EMDR
- Emotionally Focused
- Existential
- Family / Marital
- Integrative
- Interpersonal
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Person-Centered
- Physical and Developmental Trauma
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Sensorimotor psychotherapy (Mind/Body)
- Somatic
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
Ask about what different forms of therapy will be like. Email or (616) 965-2049
Deena Iris Cantu
Licensed Professional Counselor, LLP, LPC
Location
Nearby Areas
Neighborhoods
Call for a free consultation now - (616) 965-2049
Deena Iris Cantu
Licensed Professional Counselor, LLP, LPC