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MEET YOUR THERAPIST
Barb Nasser-Gulch, MA, LPC
I’m Barb.
Growing up, I learned to manage others’ emotions, minimize my own needs, and walk on eggshells in relationships. As an adult these same patterns showed up as chronic guilt, difficulty identifying what I wanted and needed, people-pleasing, and a persistent sense of shame and self-blame.
Can you relate?
Like me, many of my clients experienced emotional neglect, parentification, or inconsistent caregiving—not always through obvious trauma, but through what was missing: emotional support, attunement, and safety.
Our work in counseling is about several things: looking into the past to discover the origin of when we started to lose a sense of ourselves, connecting to versions of ourselves that we try to hide, and learning to break free from patterns that keep us feeling like we live in circles.
I would love to connect with you and find out if we might be a good fit to work together. I love my work as a therapist and the lasting impact it has on my clients.
If you’re ready to slow down, listen inward, and learn how to take up space in your own life—reach out today to get started.
Maybe you’re thinking:
“But nothing that bad happened to me!”
Labeling, blaming, or comparing aren’t the point.
Healing begins when you simply start listening to what hurt.
Difficult experiences throughout your life — even ones that you may think of as small or insignificant — shaped how you see yourself and others.
Many of my clients did not experience overt abuse. Instead, they grew up emotionally unsupported, unseen, or overly responsible. Emotional neglect and relational trauma are defined as much by what didn’t happen as by what did.
Unconscious beliefs, unwritten family rules (like “Feelings are weak” or “We don’t allow anger in this house”), and automatic strategies you developed to gain some measure of acceptance, love, or safety (like trying to earn your worth by being perfect) are all still alive in you.
These invisible forces are still actively shaping how you interpret and react to your circumstances and relationships.
Let’s get to the bottom of what hurt you — together — so you can heal.
Trauma isn’t what happened.
It’s how what happened affected you.
My Story
What began as a personal healing journey has evolved into something more. My own therapy and deep healing changed how I show up with people.
What I learned in that quiet inner work now travels farther than I ever expected.
I hold a MA in Counseling and am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan and Ohio. I run my own private practice in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area and see clients virtually.
I am an EMDRIA-approved EMDR-trained therapist as well as a National Certified Counselor (NCC) and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP).
