Richele Groeneweg, MS, LMFT
Richele is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She has experience working with children, individuals, couples and families who are experiencing relationship issues, grief and loss, life transitions, anxiety, and depression in community mental health and church settings. In addition, she has provided therapeutic services to immigrants and refugees, utilizing interpreters within the sessions to ensure barriers to mental health can be eliminated and healing can be found.
As a client-centered clinician, Richele takes an integrative approach to working with clients utilizing EMDR, Internal Family Systems, Restoration Therapy, Gottman Couples Counseling approach, Narrative Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She is trained in EMDR, is a Level II Gottman Trained Therapist, and a Prepare Enrich marriage assessment facilitator.
Richele believes it is an honor to walk alongside others as they pursue wholeness individually or within relationships and is inspired by the courage, strength, and perseverance she views within her clients. To be invited into another’s journey is a gift to Richele, and she seeks to offer a warm, welcoming space for a client’s vulnerability and openness to be embraced. Richele joins with her clients through securing a solid therapeutic relationship and encourages them to live more wholeheartedly. She integrates faith and spirituality through a Christian perspective if desired yet also enjoys working with individuals from various faith backgrounds.
Richele has a Master of Science degree in Education and a Master of Science degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, which were obtained in 2015 from Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne. Richele also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2006.
As a client-centered clinician, Richele takes an integrative approach to working with clients utilizing EMDR, Internal Family Systems, Restoration Therapy, Gottman Couples Counseling approach, Narrative Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She is trained in EMDR, is a Level II Gottman Trained Therapist, and a Prepare Enrich marriage assessment facilitator.
Richele believes it is an honor to walk alongside others as they pursue wholeness individually or within relationships and is inspired by the courage, strength, and perseverance she views within her clients. To be invited into another’s journey is a gift to Richele, and she seeks to offer a warm, welcoming space for a client’s vulnerability and openness to be embraced. Richele joins with her clients through securing a solid therapeutic relationship and encourages them to live more wholeheartedly. She integrates faith and spirituality through a Christian perspective if desired yet also enjoys working with individuals from various faith backgrounds.
Richele has a Master of Science degree in Education and a Master of Science degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, which were obtained in 2015 from Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne. Richele also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2006.