About

Professional Biography
Coryanna graduated with a Bachelor's of Science in Psychology and a Master of Arts in Counseling, both from Eastern Michigan University.  She was honored to intern at The Women's Center of Southeaster Michigan, which continues to provide valuable resources to underserved women in the local area today.

At the beginning of her career, Coryanna worked on a multi-disciplinary team at a non-profit organization in Los Angeles, CA.  There, she provided mental health therapy for probationary teens and their families, in an effort to successfully reintegrate them into their communities.  Eventually, she transitioned to become a reunification specialist in Santa Barbara, CA.  There, she worked with children who had been removed from their parents due to abuse or neglect, as well as the parents who were working to reunify with their children.  This involved working with California's Department of Children and Family Services, WrapAround Services, and other community resources, to achieve successful outcomes.  These two experiences provided Coryanna with invaluable knowledge about undocumented and non traditional families, implicit bias that was/is insidious within the very systems that are supposed to protect and serve, and the oppression that forced parents to work several jobs, leaving their children feeling abandoned, and thus, sought familial bonds within gang structures.

Upon returning to Michigan, Coryanna worked in community mental health and TBI (traumatic brain injury) rehabilitation to continue working with youth, young adults, and their families.  This furthered her knowledge and experience of working with marginalized communities who battled for resources and fought to be heard.

Up to this point in Coryanna's career, nearly all of her counseling was done "in the field".  This required her to drive to clients and their families to provide counseling within their home or elsewhere in the community.  She realized this was draining her capacity to serve others and she was quickly approaching compassion fatigue.  To prioritize her own mental health, she decided to shift gears and work with a collective of mental health providers at Integrative Empowerment Group, PLLC with a focus on serving diverse communities.  This was an expanding and rejuvenating experience, which was exactly what she needed to continue on as a mental health counselor.

To continue her passion for serving marginalized communities, Coryanna established Counseling by Coryanna, PLLC in March 2022.  She works to ensure mental health services are accessible to those who cannot afford to pay out-of-pocket, but who have private or employer-paid health insurance.  She has worked hard to become in-network with most of the insurance providers used in southeastern Michigan, included Medicaid through Blue Cross Complete.

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