Les Morrison

Professional Credentials

  • Licensed Professional Counselor in Michigan

  • MA in Counseling, Siena Heights University

  • BA in Church Growth, Lincoln Christian College

  • Ordained Minister with the Christian churches/churches of Christ

Experience

  • Marriage specialist, presently in private practice in Lake Orion, MI

  • Clinical Therapist (marriage specialist) at Insight Counseling Services, Auburn Hills, MI, for 10 years

  • Clinical Therapist and Director of Marriage & Family Services, Perspectives Counseling Center, Troy, MI, for almost 4 years

  • Intake Specialist at Lincoln Behavioral Services, Redford, MI, for 2 years

  • Pastoral leadership roles (church staff positions) in churches in the Midwest, for 17 years

  • Taught/facilitated dozens of marriage retreats and conferences

Training & Certifications

  • Emotionally Focused Therapy

  • Gottman Method Couples Therapy

  • Relational Life Therapy

  • Restoration Therapy

  • Facilitator of Prepare/Enrich and SYMBIS assessments

Affiliations

  • American Association of Christian Counselors

  • International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy

  • Co-Founder and Board Member of the Michigan Community for Emotionally Focused Therapy 

Compelled to enter Christian ministry, I graduated from Bible college and spent the first 17 years of my career in full-time Christian ministry in various churches throughout the Midwest. It was my pastoral counseling experiences, along with my passion to facilitate healing and renewal in broken relationships, that motivated me to change my career focus to pursue a counseling profession. I began my counseling career in 2008.

Besides spending time with family and friends, I also enjoy running (1 marathon and several half-marathons), kayaking, genealogy research, and watching college basketball (Go Hoosiers!). Rhonda and I are active members of a local non-denominational Christian church.

Either on my own, or along with Rhonda, I am available for speaking engagements and leading marriage conferences or retreats (see our website: https://www.theheartofmarriage.com).

On a personal note . . .

All relationships matter to me but none matter more to me than my own family. My wife, Rhonda, and I were married in 1985 and we have two sons, a daughter-in-law, and three grandchildren.

I was born in southern Indiana and raised in a Christian home with three siblings.

“I am a Christian counselor . . .

And what that means is that I present a God-centered approach to people’s needs, problems and solutions.  While I respect and honor differing beliefs and religious convictions of my clients, my approach to counseling is based on a Biblical worldview and integrates both Christianity and psychology. I have a personal conviction that God designed marriage to be a sacred, lifelong covenant between a man and a woman.” - Les Morrison