🌿 Welcome to Healthy Roots Counseling 🌿

✨ Where women and children come to heal their past to help them thrive in the future ✨

At Healthy Roots Counseling, we believe healing begins with feeling seen, heard, and supported. Whether you're navigating anxiety, trauma, motherhood, or helping your child through emotional challenges — you're not alone.

Our compassionate therapists specialize in guiding women and children on their unique journeys toward emotional wellness and personal growth. Together, we’ll untangle the roots of pain and plant the seeds for a thriving, empowered future. 💚

Let’s grow through what you go through. 🌱

Meet the Team

  • A woman with blonde hair smiling, wearing a black blazer and a blue and white patterned blouse, standing in front of a floral painting.

    Katie Gerwel

    M.Ed., LPC., NCC

    Owner/ Therapist/ EMDR Trained

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  • A smiling woman with dark brown, wavy hair sitting on a gray sofa, wearing a white blazer with black floral patterns, a black blouse, burgundy pants, a watch, and black nail polish.

    Emily McCarty

    MS, LPC, NCC

    Therapist/ EMDR Trained

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  • Kari Sugiyama

    MS, LPC, NCC

    Therapist/Play Therapy Trained

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  • Melanie Shands, LCSW

    LCSW, RPT

    Certified EMDR Therapist and Registered Play Therapist

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