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Wren Bleisch, LPC, RYT, MA(She/Her/Hers)

(She/Her/Hers)
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Michigan
Suicidal ideation-Mood disorders-Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)-Emotion regulation- Anxiety - Depression-
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Professional statement

Wren Bleisch is a Clinical Mental Health Counselor based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, providing virtual therapy services to clients throughout the state. She works with individuals navigating the effects of family dysfunction or abuse, church hurt, significant life transitions, and the anxiety, depression, and emotional challenges that often accompany traumatic experiences.

Wren’s therapeutic approach is warm, collaborative, and creative. She believes meaningful healing happens within a supportive relationship where clients feel seen, understood, and empowered. Together, she and her clients explore the emotions, body sensations, thoughts, and memories that may be contributing to distress. Her work focuses on understanding how past relationships and experiences continue to shape present-day emotions, behaviors, and patterns of dysregulation. Along the way, she offers both compassionate support and practical tools to help clients move toward greater resilience, self-understanding, and lasting change.

Wren is particularly passionate about supporting clients who are struggling with emotional regulation, relationship difficulties, and the impacts of systemic oppression on women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and marginalized communities. Many of her clients come to therapy seeking greater balance and nervous system regulation, a deeper understanding of past experiences, or freedom from perfectionism, self-criticism, and comparison. Clients often report experiencing a sense of relief and renewed hope within the first few sessions.

Wren practices with cultural humility and a deep respect for the diversity of human experiences. She is committed to fostering an inclusive and affirming therapeutic environment where all individuals feel welcome. Rather than viewing symptoms or behaviors through a lens of judgment, Wren approaches them with curiosity and compassion, helping clients understand how these adaptations may have served an important purpose while supporting them in creating greater balance, flexibility, and well-being in their lives.


Message to clients

I am passionate about creating a therapeutic space where you can show up fully as yourself—without the pressure to perform, fit in, or carry the weight of expectations. Many people spend years adapting to the needs of their families, communities, or environments, often relying on people-pleasing, perfectionism, or other survival strategies to feel accepted and safe. My hope is that therapy can be a place where you no longer have to wear those masks—a place where you can feel seen, supported, and genuinely cared for.

I also enjoy working with individuals who have had difficult or disappointing experiences in therapy. Together, we can explore what felt missing, identify the support you needed, and create a therapeutic relationship that feels collaborative, validating, and responsive to your unique experiences.

Many of my clients are navigating the impacts of church hurt, spiritual trauma, or religious deconstruction. In our work together, we make space to honor your story, hold the grief, anger, and confusion that may arise, and explore the complexities of identity, meaning, and belonging with compassion and curiosity.

Whether you are struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, postpartum challenges, life transitions, or the lasting effects of harm caused by family relationships, faith communities, societal expectations, or systems of oppression, I would be honored to walk alongside you. Together, we can explore your experiences, reconnect with your body's capacity for regulation and safety, and process painful emotions in a way that supports healing, self-understanding, and lasting growth.


Work and Education

Years of Experience: <1 year



Licensure

Michigan: 6451024952

Languages

English

Specialties

Suicidal ideation - Support living with intense pain, distress, and feelings of persistent hopelessness; strengthening meaningful relationships and experiences in one’s life

Mood disorders - Clinical depression, persistent depression, bipolar disorder, and other mood disorders that cause disturbances in the client's mood, causing mood swings, restless sleep, and/or elevated mood

Complex PTSD (C-PTSD) - Recovering from the impact of long-term, repeated traumatic events, such as emotional abuse and neglect

Emotion regulation - Learning how to effectively manage the ups and downs of intense emotions; developing coping skills to use in a variety of settings to calm oneself and to give an appropriate amount of space to emotions

Anxiety - Coping with excessive worry, nervousness, or stress; intense discomfort in social settings (social anxiety); sudden and intense feelings of panic (panic disorder)

Depression - Providing support and promoting healing of hopelessness, low motivation and energy, sadness, irritability, sleep disturbance, and loss of interest and pleasure in life




Clientele

  • Adults (24+)
  • Parents
  • Seniors (65+)
  • Teenagers (13-18)
  • Young adults (18-24)

Locations & Hours


Insurance

  • ASR Health Benefits
  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Optum
  • Priority Health
  • United Healthcare

Wren Bleisch is accepting clients using listed insurances, paying listed fees, or using health insurance out-of-network benefits other than:

  • Medicaid


Out-of-pocket fees

  • Individual sessions:$200 (55min)

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