About Regina
Regina Ambs is a licensed professional counselor in Michigan who helps people weather difficult emotions and life changes. She supports clients dealing with relationship strain, grief, trauma, anxiety, stress, parenting concerns, and career questions. Regina also addresses issues such as sleeping problems, self-esteem, anger, and compassion fatigue.
She relies on straightforward, person-centered work. Sessions focus on listening, practical tools, and clear steps clients can try between meetings. Regina draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thinking and on mindfulness to help people settle their nervous systems.
How Regina works
Regina brings 16 years of experience to her practice. That background includes work with people facing family problems, attachment and abandonment concerns, adoption and foster care matters, blended family issues, aging and caregiving stresses, and the emotional fallout from illness or loss. Her approach is collaborative and goal-oriented.
She helps clients clarify what matters to them, sets small achievable goals, and checks progress along the way. Solution-focused techniques are used when clients want concrete changes in communication or daily routines. Regina aims to make therapy useful and accessible.
Conversations are paced to the person in front of her, and practical coping skills are emphasized. Over time she supports clients in strengthening relationships, improving coping, and rebuilding confidence.
Regina lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Regina works with
The areas below are the ones Regina selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy is based on listening deeply and following the client's lead. It helps people feel heard, clarify values, and make choices that fit their life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing small behavioral changes to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and shift mood. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on processing traumatic experiences in manageable steps and teaching coping skills for stress responses.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Regina collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. She checks in regularly and adjusts techniques based on what is working and what feels useful to the client.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a deeper connection helps. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging let clients check in between sessions or use brief written check-ins when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to keep momentum and practice new skills in daily life.
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