Starfish Behavioral Health Services - Livonia

Connecting children’s mental health treatment with parent participation, Starfish Behavioral Health Services - Livonia offers outpatient counseling and intellectual and developmental disability services at its Middlebelt location. Therapists address ADHD, anxiety, depression, and adjustment disorders through individual, family, and group therapy for ages 3-21. The clinic forms part of Starfish Family Services, a nonprofit founded in 1963 that also provides early childhood education and parenting programs across Metro Detroit.

Counseling Across Home and School

Therapists create treatment plans with clients and families and offer telecounseling for many services. Home-based therapists work with ages 7-21 through strength-based assessments, parent skill-building, and at least 2 hours of counseling weekly. School-based therapists collaborate with teachers and administrators. Case managers and supports coordinators help families navigate resources, disability services, and school accommodations, while wraparound teams coordinate family and provider participation, and parent and youth peer partners contribute lived experience.

Parenting Groups and Early Childhood

Livonia offers a 10-week parenting group for pregnant women and mothers with children from birth to age 6, in person and virtually. Two facilitators lead weekly meetings covering self-care, parenting skills, stress reduction, and parent-child activities. Participants also connect with other mothers. Through Partnering with Parents, therapists make weekly home or community visits to pregnant women and families with children through age 5, addressing child development, challenging behaviors, and parenting stress.