Sherry
Mullins strives to help you live your
best life with purpose and integrity. She truly believes that healing
is possible and that you have the opportunity to be happy, healthy,
and whole.
Sherry received her M.A. in Counseling in
1993 from Wayne State University. She also spent two years studying
with the Michigan Academy of Healing Arts. Recently, she became
a Board Certified Chaplain. Her private
practice work has focused on helping women live
better, more fulfilling lives.
Sherry dedicates her work to honoring her
sister, Christine, who died at age 37 of cancer in 2008. “Christine
lived her life well. She taught me the true meaning of the Serenity
Prayer. ‘God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I
cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom
to know the difference.’ She taught me that in the face of
any adversity; a woman can live her life with wisdom, acceptance,
peace, intelligence, joy, bravery, spirituality, and a sense of
fulfillment.” Godspeed, Christine. I hope to live my life
as well as you lived yours.
My mission is to help alleviate suffering
and to facilitate desired growth and change. As
a counselor I listen, support, challenge, and educate. My own education
is continually upgraded to assure you a variety of safe, effective,
state of the art cognitive and experiential processes that I use
to guide your progress. Since these approaches promote integration
of body, mind and spirit, results are more readily achieved and
long-lasting.
My life work is motivated by my passions
for learning, service and spirituality. Love of learning attracted
me to my first career teaching elementary school students. Later
I was drawn to a second vocation in counseling. Working primarily
with adults, I developed a style that has been described as collaborative
and co-creative.
In all my relationships, personal and professional,
I strive to live and work with intention and integrity, in balance
and compassion.
Life events such as care giving for several family members, experiencing
grief and a personal encounter with cancer propelled me toward related
volunteer activities and work experiences. Volunteer activities
have included pastoral care, presenting workshops on patient and
caregiver stress and teaching the uses of imagery to cancer patients.
Employment as a bereavement counselor, as a complementary and integrative
medicine specialist and experience in outpatient mental health and
traumatic brain injury clinics have enabled me to serve others as
well as learn and grow in spirit.
EDUCATIONAL, COMMUNITY AND WORK EXPERIENCES:
B.A., Wayne State University; M.A. in Counseling, Oakland University
COMMUNITY: pastoral care at William Beaumont Hospital and in church
community; group leader at Gilda's Club; presenter at Gilda's Club
Spa Day; presenter at Hospice of Michigan Conference for Home Health
Aides
WORK: Pioneer Counseling; Southfield Mental Health Associates; Center
for Integrative Medicine, Henry Ford Health System; Cranbrook Hospice;
Traumatic Brain and Catastrophic Injury, PC