Staff of Living Life Livonia and Brighton Counseling Locations
Gregg Natkowski, Director
Gregg Natkowski, MA, LPC, CAAC is the Director of Living Life Counseling and holds a Masters degree from Wayne State University in Marriage and Family Counseling. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Certified Advanced Addictions Counselor, and a Substance Abuse Professional. Gregg has been providing Christian counseling to individuals, couples, and families for over 22 years.
Gregg does extensive work with couples on marital enrichment and in preparation for marriage with a focus on creating enduring, harmonious, and successful relationships. He also works extensively with the court systems in providing mandated services for individuals requiring substance abuse and anger management counseling.
Gregg has been trained extensively in Core Beliefs PsychotherapySM and applies a Christian counseling approach to this highly effective therapy method. Gregg also conducts a variety of seminars for churches throughout the Detroit metropolitan area and assists pastors and church professionals with the unique counseling needs that they encounter.
Marilyn Kistler, MA, LLPC
Marilyn Kistler is a Limited License Professional Counselor at our
Livonia office location
and has a Master of Arts in Counseling from Spring Arbor University. She is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) and has completed their training in Christian Counseling. In addition, she has
worked with the Care Ministries at NorthRidge Church for several years as a mentor and as a support group leader. She currently serves on the board of the LifeCare Christian Center which provides support groups and seminars to the community and training in Care Ministries for churches.
Marilyn currently works with individuals, couples, and groups and has a special interest in relationships, married life, and blended families. She also works with many women's issues including anxiety, depression, and codependency.
Kim M. Snyder, MS, LLPC
Kim Snyder is a Limited License Professional Counselor at our
Livonia office location
and has a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling from Walden University. Kim’s area of expertise includes parenting, interpersonal relationships, anxiety, and adjustment disorders. She works with individuals, couples, families, and children. Kim approaches counseling from a Christian perspective, with its roots founded in genuine love, which creates a solid foundation to build upon.
Kim is also the founder of “The Power in Parenting”, specializing in parenting related challenges, and her counseling style offers a new perspective on understanding negative behavior.
Kristy Lindberg , Counseling Intern
Kristy Lindberg is an intern at Living Life's
Brighton office location
and is finishing her Master’s Degree in Counseling at Spring Arbor University. After graduation Kristy will continue to pursue her Limited License Professional Counselor (LLPC) license. Kristy hopes to apply her counseling skills and passion to help people through life’s challenges while supporting them in achieving their personal goals.
Kristy believes in supporting marriages and families and enjoys spending time with adolescents and young adults too. She has 18 years experience as a wife and mother in addition to being a mentor to teens and young moms. Kristy has special interest in overcoming addictions and living a balanced, fulfilled and healthy life.
Elena Vaduva , Counseling Intern
Elena Vaduva is an intern at Living Life's
Livonia office location
and is finishing her Master’s Degree in Counseling at Spring Arbor University. After graduation, Elena will continue to pursue her goal as a Limited License Professional Counselor (LLPC). She is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) and graduated from their Christian training. She also completed the Exchanged Life Advanced Training obtaining the Certificate as a Lay Christian Counselor in 1995.
Elena is serving on the board of Upper Room Fellowship Ministry that offers family, parenting, pre-marital, women and youth-related seminars. For the past fifteen years, she has been helping people to cope with life’s challenges and relationship problems. She is passionate to work especially with women who struggle with depression, anxiety, abuse or parenting issues. She also loves to help couples overcome their marital challenges and enhance their communication skills.
Elena’s counseling approach combines her skills and abilities as a Therapist with godly wisdom and knowledge. Her main purpose is to understand your needs and goals and help you find healthy ways to deal with your difficulties. She can help you explore new strategies to turn today’s emotional and spiritual struggles into life-long victories.
Tami Scott , Counseling Intern
Tami Scott is an intern at Living Life's
Brighton office location
and is finishing her Master’s Degree at Spring Arbor University. After graduation Tami will continue to pursue her Limited License Professional Counselor License. She believes that change and growth is a continuous process, and hopes to use her experience and education to assist others in meeting their personal goals.
Tami has over 13 years experience working in the mental health field. She has a special interest in working with adults and young children in the areas of relationships, depression, anxiety, and sexual abuse recovery.
How to Contact Us
We can begin helping you immediately by offering a confidential telephone consultation at no cost. For maps and directions to our offices please go to the Office Locations page on this website or call us at 734-591-6277. To send us an email go to the Contact Us page on this website and complete the Contact Us email submission form.
Living Life Serves the Detroit Metropolitan Area
Living Life is proud to be providing Christian counseling to the many communities in Southeast Michigan including Ann Arbor, Brighton, Canton, Dearborn, Detroit, Fowlerville, Farmington, Farmington Hills, Hartland, Howell, Livonia, Milford, Northville, Novi, Pinckney, Plymouth, Salem, South Lyon, Southfield, Walled Lake, Wayne, West Bloomfield, Westland, Whitmore Lake, Wixom, Livingston County, Oakland County, Washtenaw County, and Wayne County.
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