Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
Helping People Heal Relationships, Resolve Conflict, and Restore Balance.
Becoming Balanced provides relationship-centered mental health, conflict resolution, and education fro individulas, families,
Finding Balance Looks Different For Everyone
Our Philosophy
People don't live in pieces.
Our mental health, relationships, experiences, environments, and conflicts are interconnected. What affects one area of our lives can ripple into another.
Becoming Balanced believes that understanding the whole person—and the relationships and systems around them—creates opportunities for meaningful change.
Understanding brings the power to change.
HEAL RELATIONSHIPS | RESOLVE CONFLICT | RESTORE BALANCE
How We Help
Heal
Relationships begin with understanding.
Support individuals, couples, and families in strengthening relationships with themselves and one another through mental health and relationship-centered care. Evidence-based therapy for children, teens, adults, and couples. Explore Individual & Family Services →
✓ Individual Therapy
✓ Family Therapy
✓ Couples Therapy
✓ Children & Teens
Resolve
Conflict doesn't have to mean disconnection.
Navigate conflict with greater understanding, communication, and clarity through mediation, facilitated conversations, and conflict-resolution support.
Explore Conflict Resolution →
✓ Civil Mediation
✓ Co-parenting Support
✓ Consultation
Restore
Understanding creates opportunities for change.
Equip people and organizations with practical knowledge, tools, and skills through education, training, workshops, and facilitation.
Explore Organizational Services →
✓ Workshops
✓ Speaking
✓ Organizational Training
✓ Panelist
✓ Consultations
At Becoming Balanced, we believe every conflict has an emotional component, and every emotional struggle affects our relationships. That's why we combine therapy, mediation, and education to create lasting solutions—not temporary fixes.
Meet Your Therapist & Mediator
Shacara Burrel
Founder & Chief Visionary
Therapist | Lawyer | Certified Civil Mediator | Professor
Shacara Burrel brings an interdisciplinary perspective to mental health, relationships, and conflict. Her experience across clinical practice, legal systems, mediation, education, and community work shapes Becoming Balanced's human-centered approach to helping people better understand themselves, one another, and the systems they navigate.
MEET SHACARA →