About Us

Why Choose Blooming Consultants?

Compassionate, evidence-based mental health care for children, adults, families, and couples. Since 2012, Blooming Consultants, PLLC has helped clients work through anxiety, depression, trauma, abuse, neglect, medical-related stress, family challenges, and major life transitions with personalized therapy and behavioral health support.

About Us

Blooming Consultants, PLLC is a private counseling practice located in Hale, Michigan, serving clients across Northeastern Michigan’s Sunrise Side. Our practice provides psychotherapy and behavioral health services for children, adults, families, and couples, with experience supporting clients from ages 3 to 88.

Founded by Ann Marie Shay, MA, LPC, CTP, MITS, Blooming Consultants has been serving the community since 2012. Ann Marie is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Trauma Practitioner, Michigan Licensed Supervisor for Limited Licensed Counselors, and the creator/owner of the practice. With experience working with over 10,000 clients seeking mental health care, the practice is rooted in compassion, resilience, and helping people feel seen, heard, and supported.

We believe mental health care is not only for crisis moments – it can also be preventive. Therapy can help individuals build coping skills, improve emotional regulation, strengthen relationships, process trauma, and develop the resilience needed to live healthier, happier, and more peaceful lives.

What our clients say

5/5

I've been seeing Anne at Blooming Consultants and she's truly made a difference in my life. She taught me coping mechanisms that I actually use daily and has honestly helped me become a better person. Anne is also super compassionate and understanding, and you can just tell she genuinely cares and wants to see her clients succeed. Can't recommend her enough.

5/5

Annmarie is a wonderful lady! She saved my marriage-my whole family for that matter. We started out seeking marriage counseling which led to individual counseling as well. We have been over the moon with our results. Annmarie is kind, educated, and thorough. We love her and her amazing staff-the environment makes me feel very safe and comfortable.

5/5

My oldest daughter has been seeing Ann Marie since 2017! I chose to seek some extra guidance for some of the behaviors she was displaying at home. The tools she gave my daughter and I made it so much easier! Few years after we started to see her their father and I divorced. Ann Marie has helped both my daughters navigate through it. She has been a tremendous help with and for my girls, with many issues that comes with growing. Some included living in separate homes, solving peer issues in school, anxiety, depression, learning to communicate their feelings and even with self harm! My kids absolutely love having another safe ear to talk too! We discuss any and all issues that need to be discussed as whole family and it has helped bring us closer together! I was devastated when she had to stop practicing due to her own health issues but so was relieved when she came back stronger and gave us a call to come in! We attempted to see 3 other counselors during her time off but nothing compared to the comfort, active listening, tools, and positive words of encouragement we get from her every visit we see her! Plus the girls always look forward to being spoiled with her snacks, goodies, hot chocolate and prizes. If you’re looking for some help I highly recommend her and all the gals at Blooming Consultants in Hale! We have been seeing her for years and never once have had a problem with discussing things together as a family since.

5/5

I have taken my girls to Ann Marie for the last 3 years for therapy. She has been a God sent to not only my girls but to me as well. One of my girls have seen several therapists throughout the years and I have to say that Ann Marie has been the one that can connect to her like nobody else has. She is caring, charismatic, bubbly and the sweetest. She goes above and beyond to help and is there for them. You can see from the very first appointment that it's s not just a job for her, she truly cares. May God Bless her today and always for all she does for her clients. As I was reviewing the comments on here, I came across a very disturbing one with a 1 star. I'm not sure if this person is sincerely has a clue what she is saying because these characters describing Ann Marie are not just inaccurate, but also very insulting to her character. Not in just a professional manner, but a personal one. She would give the shirt off her back to ANYONE in need. Her love for people is deeper than most I have ever met. She loves deeply and cares deeply. Most times, these types of posts are a reflection of the writer not the person they are writing about. Next time you decide to post something so grossly incorrect, remember this hurts the person to a whole different level and you may want to look inside of your own heart and motive. Keep your chin up Ann Marie and know you are appreciated.

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