Works with
- Anger
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
How Ula works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Ula
Ula Rutan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan with ten years of experience. She brings a down-to-earth manner and a gentle sense of humor to sessions. Her goal is to help people feel seen, heard, and understood while they work toward clearer choices and healthier reactions.
She focuses on practical, everyday concerns like stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and anger. She also helps with relationship and family issues, parenting pressures, career changes, and the challenges that follow trauma or loss.
Background and approach
People often come for help with self-esteem, communication problems, and feeling isolated. Ula trained at Siena Heights University and holds a master’s degree in community counseling. Her background includes about a decade of work with individuals and caregivers facing tough life transitions and trauma-related concerns.
That experience informs how she helps people sort through difficult feelings. In sessions she uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to notice unhelpful thinking, mindfulness skills to manage stress and reactivity, and motivational interviewing to help people set realistic goals.
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. Ula helps clients practice new skills in the moment and apply them between sessions. She aims to make therapy useful and doable for people juggling busy lives.
What Ula works with
Everything Ula lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Ula's practice.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ula lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional responses. Online sessions can help people notice patterns in how they connect with others and practice new ways of relating.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It often uses concrete exercises and homework that adapt well to video or text formats to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and manage stress. Short guided exercises work well in a phone call or video session and can be practiced between meetings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals and comfort level, and she will adjust strategies as needs change. That collaborative planning happens in early sessions and continues over time.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to stay consistent with care. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and guided practice, phone sessions can fit into a lunch break, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection or coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to keep progress moving when life is busy.
Questions people ask about Ula
What concerns does Ula commonly address?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, relationship and family challenges, parenting strain, trauma and related issues like post-traumatic stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is down-to-earth and collaborative, with a mix of practical skill building and reflective conversation to help people make changes that fit their daily life.
What is her professional background?
She earned a master’s degree in community counseling from Siena Heights University and has about ten years of clinical experience working with individuals and caregivers.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Michigan and practices from that location.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different scheduling needs and preferences.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Ula?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.