Rob Hejna

Rob Hejna is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, whose private practice is Apple Blossom Holistic Therapy in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Rob currently sees clients mostly through telehealth, with a focus on individuals in their thirties or older, and occasional couples, who are experiencing increased worry or decreased meaning and hope, trouble with distractibility, difficulty coping with life transitions, or challenges in relationships perhaps because of earlier trauma. Rob welcomes all genders, but is especially dedicated to helping men negotiate their way through this stressful world.

Much of Rob’s forty-four year career was spent in work with children and youth in wilderness, inner-city, school, and psychiatric settings. He gained skill as an innovative therapist, inventing play therapies and motivational strategies for extreme cases. He now uses an innovative approach in work with adults, and has the advantage of easily relating to the ‘child within’.

The term holistic refers to the inter-relationship between our human aspects: emotion, mind, body, spirit--the imaginative, insightful part of us that finds meaning in all we do. With further background in metaphysical healing, Rob views everything as connected in a meaningful way. Life transitions such as moves, job or relationship changes, losses, or traumas impact us in all aspects.

Rob does what he calls ‘holistic systems work’, which is neither traditional analytic, nor modern behavioral. It draws on elements of each. Unproductive thoughts, for instance are fueled by subconscious feelings, trouble with the physical, or lack of purpose. Using tools like journaling for pattern awareness, dialogue with nature to build awareness of one’s true self, and methods like guided visualization to rapidly reveal the subconscious combine like a rocket fuel for healing and growth.