Introducing Maker Story Creative, an expressive arts mental health collective.
Get inclusive/supportive mental health therapy, expressive arts workshops, and a support system to heal from trauma all in one place!
Our approach
We were built for connection. Finding a group of people who see, get, and support us is what we all are searching for. This connection can be especially difficult for the unique, creative, and guarded souls we partner with. Our therapy services (Maker Story Creative Counseling, PLLC) provide a renewing of the mind and coping skills to heal, while our expressive art workshops and Creative Skills Coaches (provided by Maker Story Creative Collective Inc.) facilitate a space to find a support system and practice the tools they have to build strong resilience. Our initiatives unite every professional creative, human service professional, adolescent partner, and sponsor with a support system which teaches expressive arts coping skills, holistic health (physical, emotional, relational, spiritual, and entrepreneurial), as well as a place to belong and be understood.
Providing you with a safe space to relax
All your individual appointments will take place in our soothing creative environment with fully private rooms, complimentary tea and water, and individualized care. Your group therapy appointments and expressive arts workshops will be in our front space with the room to express yourself with a variety of mediums.
In-person and remote options
Our office is conveniently located in downtown Ionia. Can’t make it into the office? No worries – we’ve got you covered with virtual consultations and teletherapy.
Our services
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Therapy
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Expressive Arts Workshops
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Creative Skills Coaching
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Support System
Meet our Partners
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Kyle Ford MA, LPC
Owner/Founder
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Elizabeth Ford
Executive Assistant & Support System Director
“To use the arts expressively means going into our inner realms to discover feelings and to express them through visual art, movement, sound, writing or drama. This process fosters release, self-understanding, insight and awakens creativity and transpersonal states of consciousness.”
— Natalie Rogers