Alexander Newsome, LLMSW
Alexander received his BSW in 2018 and his MSW in 2021 from Eastern Michigan University, specializing in Mental Illness and Chemical Dependency.
Prior to joining Still Waters Counseling as a therapist, he worked as a Housing and Triage case manager with a homeless shelter and interned in private practice doing outpatient therapy with people of all ages, backgrounds, and culture. He is experienced in working with individuals in recovery.
Alexander is open to working with people of all ages and backgrounds and strives to treat every client with dignity and respect. He is LGBTQIA+ friendly. Alexander uses a client centered approach when working with clients and strives to meet his clients needs with a combination of therapies, methods and approaches based on each individual he works with.
Alexander comes from a humanistic approach implementing styles of Carl Rogers, Carl Jung, Alfred Adler and Abraham Maslow. Alexander grew up around Adrian, MI and spent several years living in Ypsilanti, MI while attending university and working in Ann Arbor.
In his free time Alexander enjoys exercising, reading history and spending time with his family.