Johnathan Lein, LMSW

Johnathan Lein is a Michigan-based Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) with 40 years of professional experience helping people move past obstacles and improve their day-to-day lives. He focuses on meeting clients where they are, providing practical tools and guidance to manage current challenges and to better navigate future difficulties.

Over his career he has worked across medical social work, educational social work, and psychotherapy and counseling, supporting young people, adults, geriatric adults, and members of the LGBT community. He has also worked in school administration in both public and private settings. In addition, he has developed extensive experience working with medical providers at many stages of training and practice, from students to doctors, nurses, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners.

Johnathan draws on a client-centered foundation while integrating a range of clinical approaches to tailor care to each person. His methods include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy. He works with concerns such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, grief, parenting, bipolar disorder, depression, ADHD, relationship difficulties, and coping with life changes, as well as related areas like abandonment, communication problems, forgiveness, and career transition. He treats the work of therapy as a collaborative journey and considers it a privilege to support each individual who seeks his care. He is not currently accepting new clients.