Telka's Solution Focused Therapy Services. Hours by appointment only Monday through Friday, 8:30a to 5:30p.
Telka Arend-RitterA.C.S.W., a graduate of Michigan State University, is a licensed Social Worker for the State of Michigan. Telka has been providing cognitive- behavioral, solution-focused services and facilitating workshops, seminars, and classes since 1984. Telka's professional experperience includes 10 years part-time faculty at Lansing Community College, and 23 years as an outpatient behavioral health therapist for Sparrow Hospital. In 2007 Telka launched her private practice where she specializes in brief cognitive behavioral treatment. Telka's "Life Solutions" program was approved in 2006 as a 22-credit Social Work continuing education series. This program, based on her book "Change Your Thoughts, Heal Your Life, An 11-Week Self-Help Workbook", is an 11-session therapy program covered by health insurance for the treatment of stress, anxiety, depression and relationship problems. Telka and her psychologist husband have one adult daughter, also a Spartan.
