Services
En Route to healing mind-body-spirit
En Route Health & Wellness offers individual mental health therapy sessions for adults (18+) both in person and via telehealth with Heidi A. Schmitz, LMSW-C, MSW, RMT.
In person appointments take place at 103 E. Liberty St. in downtown Ann Arbor. The studio is safe, private, gets plenty of natural light, and accommodates traditional talk therapies and movement therapy. In other words, the couch is comfy plus there’s plenty of room to move!
We are currently in network with: BCBS, BCN, Aetna, Optum, UnitedHealthcare, and Priority Health (commercial HMO and PPO plans.)
Cash and debit/credit card payments are also accepted. For those experiencing financial hardship, please inquire about our sliding scale.
Here is a list of some of the interventions utilized in therapy:
- Mindfulness/bodyfulness approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) skills
- Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)
- Illness, Management, and Recovery (IMR)
- Solution Focused Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing (MI)
- Crisis intervention
- Arts-based interventions
What Is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a form of therapy that addresses various mental health conditions by focusing on thinking and behavioral patterns that lead to impairment in functioning.
What is Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and what are the skills in DBT?
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is a form of psychotherapy that is an extension of CBT. Use of DBT skills can address symptoms of mental health conditions by focusing on mindfulness and attention when managing intense emotions, being able to better cope with challenging situations, and improving interpersonal relationships. DBT teaches 3 main skills including distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
What is Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)?
EMDR is an intervention that addresses distress as a result of “stuck” traumatic memories and triggers that impair functioning. This intervention utilizes bilateral stimulation (such as following the therapist’s fingers from side to side, tapping, or self-tapping) within a set of procedures to help reduce distress responses to such memories and triggers. EMDR is used to address trauma and PTSD.
What is Illness, Management, and Recovery (IMR)?
Illness, Management, and Recovery (IMR) is an intervention that utilizes aspects of CBT for education on mental health and/or substance use recovery, especially for those newly in their recovery journey. This includes ways to manage stress, ways to manage symptoms, and building social supports.
What is Solution Focused Therapy?
Solution Focused Therapy is a brief intervention that focuses on future goals related to mental and physical health. This intervention aims to create behavioral change by focusing on: 1) formulating goals, 2) ways to motivate oneself, and 3) achieving the desired outcome and maintaining it over time.
What is Motivational Interviewing (MI)?
Motivational Interviewing is a type of collaborative, non-judgmental, goal-oriented dialogue that seeks to address and explore a client’s reasons for making change. Additionally, this type of exploration can identify where a person is in terms of making change and exploring the paths enacting change.
What is crisis intervention?
Crisis intervention consists of ways to work through situations that cause distress that require assistance as soon as possible. These types of interventions usually occur with those navigating challenges when newly in therapy and recovery.
What are arts-based interventions?
Arts-based interventions include movement/dance, poetry, writing, drawing, and other artistic activities as an adjunct to the therapeutic process. These types of interventions can help in processing experiences and information that can be difficult to express with talk therapy alone.
What are mindfulness and bodyfulness strategies?
You may have heard of mindfulness strategies, such as meditation, that help you focus on the present moment rather than the past or the future. Bodyfulness is a term coined by the dance/movement therapist Dr. Christine Caldwell, that incorporates the whole body instead of just focusing the mind.