Welcome to The Willow Center

We provide counseling and psychiatric prescribing services for individuals, couples, & families; teens, children and adolescents.

We have the most highly trained licensed therapists in NW Ohio, and a supervisory team with over 100 years of clinical experience. We help you discover solutions for life’s most challenging difficulties.

Our Services
Psychiatry Toledo Ohio

Psychiatry

The Willow Center provides individualized psychiatric services. With a dedicated team of psychiatric practitioners, we provide comprehensive, high-quality care for individuals struggling with mental health challenges.

Immediate appointments available.

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Therapy Counseling Services

Individual Therapy

We specialize in providing therapeutic support for individuals navigating diverse life challenges. Whether you're grappling with anxiety, battling depression, facing the complexities of divorce, managing family conflicts, exploring aspects of LGBTQIA identity, or seeking trauma recovery, our dedicated team of professionals is here for you.
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Marriage counseling and couples therapy

Marriage/Couples Counseling

At The Willow Center we believe that being one half of a couple can be the most rewarding and one of the most difficult things you will do in your life. There isn’t a job out there that doesn’t require a degree or training program, and yet we enter the most important, longest-lasting relationship of our lives knowing next to nothing about how to be good at it.

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EMDR Therapy

EMDR Therapy

EMDR is a powerful therapeutic modality that can help clients process trauma and difficult emotions. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is most useful when seeking to process distressing memories or events.

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Counseling Services for Anxiety

Counseling for Anxiety

At The Willow Center, we understand how overwhelming and challenging it can be to live with anxiety. You are not alone. Anxiety is highly treatable when you work with a qualified therapist.

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Counseling Services for Depression

Counseling for Depression

At the Willow Center, we understand how overwhelming and isolating it can be to live with depression. You are not alone. Depression is highly treatable when you work with a great therapist
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Internal Family Systems

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy is a revolutionary and transformative approach to mental health that is changing lives across the country. The Willow Center has more clinicians trained in IFS therapy techniques than any other practice in the area. 

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a proven, practical approach designed to empower you to regain control of your mental, physical, and emotional well-being. CBT is goal oriented, focusing on self awareness, identifying and changing unhelpful or negative thought patterns that may be holding you back.

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Group Counseling

Groups

Discover support and connection in our group therapy sessions at our therapist office. Join a compassionate community, share experiences, and embark on a journey of healing together. Register now to prioritize your mental well-being and build lasting connections with others on a similar path.
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Bridging Local and Virtual Therapy

In-Person and Online Sessions Tailored to Meet Your Needs

At The Willow Center, we recognize the value of both in-person and virtual therapy sessions. While online platforms such as BetterHelp and Talkspace offer affordability and accessibility, there is something special about connecting with a local therapist. Our therapists, relationship specialists and members of our psychiatry division are dedicated to serving the needs of people in our community with the belief that our work matters deeply.

Dedicated Local Expertise

High-Quality Care with a Community Focus

We take pride in employing the highest quality clinicians in the area. The Willow Center employs 32 therapists, 5 relationship specialists, 2 psychiatrists and 1 psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. Our clinicians are provided ample opportunities for continuing education, collaboration, and consultation. Our specialized services include psychiatry, trauma therapy using EMDR and IFS, couples counseling with use of training through the Gottman Institute, and LGBTQIA concerns. We believe our commitment to professional growth enhances the care we provide, reinforcing our mission to create lasting positive impacts in the lives of individuals, couples, and families in Northwest Ohio.

Expanding Our Reach

Accessible Therapy Across Multiple Locations and Telehealth Options

The Willow Center offers therapy and psychiatry appointments at multiple locations in Toledo, Bowling Green and Oregon. The Willow Center has been a trusted part of the Toledo community on Airport Highway for over five years, following the original opening in Maumee in 2016. A second location was added in Bowling Green in 2020. Due to the growing demand and lack of mental health support in the area, The Willow Center opened a third location in Oregon, OH in July of 2024. We proudly provide services and support to clients from surrounding cities including Perrysburg, Waterville, Sylvania, Fremont and Northwood. Our clients also travel from as far as Lambertville, Bedford, and Monroe, Michigan, as well as Defiance, Bryan, Fostoria, Findlay and Sandusky. In our commitment to making mental health as accessible as possible, our therapists, specialists and psychiatry team also offer telehealth to clients across the state of Ohio.

Best Counseling Practice in Toledo

In the “Best of Toledo” contests sponsored by Toledo City Paper, The Willow Center was named “Best Counseling Practice” in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. 7 years in a row!

The Willow Center continues to meet the counseling needs of the people and families of Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan including Waterville, Maumee, Bowling Green, Perrysburg, Oregon and Toledo. We have offices conveniently located in Toledo (on Airport Highway just west of S Reynolds Road; across the street from AAA and Tim Hortons), Bowling Green (on E Poe Road, just east of N Main Street;  by the train tracks), and Oregon (on S. Coy Road just north of Navarre Avenue; across from Autozone).

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Year EIGHT: Best Counseling Practice in Toledo!
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Thank you to all who voted. We're proud to continue serving the NW Ohio area and provide exceptional mental health services. Keep an eye out for the big things happening at The Willow Center this year!!

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Year EIGHT: Best Counseling Practice in Toledo!
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Thank you to all who voted. Were proud to continue serving the NW Ohio area and provide exceptional mental health services. Keep an eye out for the big things happening at The Willow Center this year!!

#thewillowcenter #gototherapy #mentalhealthmatters #youwilldobetterintoledo ##inmyhealingera ##youarenotalone #therapyisforeveryone ##mentalhealthsupport

Happy International Women's Day 2025. For ALL women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment

Scroll through for words from two of our leaders: Erin Wiley, CEO and Michelle Ruelke, Director of Operations.

##IWD2025 #AccelerateAction #willowcenter #internationalwomensday #empowerment #womanownedbusiness #womeninbusiness #herhub419 #WhoRunTheWorld #nwowbc #womenforwomen #SpeakUpAndSpeakOut #girlpower
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Happy International Womens Day 2025. For ALL women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment

Scroll through for words from two of our leaders: Erin Wiley, CEO and Michelle Ruelke, Director of Operations.

##iwd2025 #accelerateaction #willowcenter #internationalwomensday #empowerment #womanownedbusiness #womeninbusiness #herhub419 #whoruntheworld #nwowbc #womenforwomen #speakupandspeakout #girlpowerImage attachmentImage attachment+2Image attachment

Social Work is #CompassionPlusAction! For the month of March, we're celebrating all of the amazing social workers who are making a difference but especially our very own Stephanie Doran who won Social Worker of the Year! Let's keep changing the world - one compassionate act at a time.

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Social Work is #compassionplusaction! For the month of March, were celebrating all of the amazing social workers who are making a difference but especially our very own Stephanie Doran who won Social Worker of the Year! Lets keep changing the world - one compassionate act at a time. 

#swmonth2025 #gototherapy #thewillowcenter #mentalhealthmatters #socialwork #socialworkmonth #helpisoutthereImage attachment

Painful, important therapy revelations. This this might be helpful for some of you to see and sit with too❤️‍🩹

#TherapyIsForEveryone #thewillowcenter #SelfCare #inmyhealingera #mentalhealthmatters #gototherapy #internalfamilysystems #wellness #itworksifyouworkit #TrustTheProcess
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Painful, important therapy revelations. This this might be helpful for some of you to see and sit with too❤️‍🩹

#therapyisforeveryone #thewillowcenter #selfcare #inmyhealingera #mentalhealthmatters #gototherapy #internalfamilysystems #wellness #itworksifyouworkit #trusttheprocess

Did you all hear about the earthquake in NWOhio on Sunday? We know the cause! Our amazing Psych NP Lexe had her fifth baby, and she and Charlie got the SURPRISE of a lifetime: after four girls they had a BOY!! Willow loves welcoming new family members, so help us welcome Krosby Malone! He’s acclimating to all the girls around him, so let’s give him some time to settle in 😉 Congrats Lexe!!!!! So excited for you! ... See MoreSee Less

Did you all hear about the earthquake in NWOhio on Sunday? We know the cause! Our amazing Psych NP Lexe had her fifth baby, and she and Charlie got the SURPRISE of a lifetime: after four girls they had a BOY!! Willow loves welcoming new family members, so help us welcome Krosby Malone! He’s acclimating to all the girls around him, so let’s give him some time to settle in 😉 Congrats Lexe!!!!! So excited for you!Image attachment

Whether it was a tough year or a great year, you made it through. Keep going ✨️👏

#TherapyIsForEveryone #youdidit #mentalhealthmatters #endthestigma #mentalhealthsupport #thewillowcenter ##gototherapy #helpisoutthere #2024 #progressoverperfection #keepgoing #SmallWinsBigHeart #endoftheyear #reflections #CelebrateTheJourney #healingvibes #newyear #youmatter #winning #strongerthanyesterday
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Whether it was a tough year or a great year, you made it through. Keep going ✨️👏

#therapyisforeveryone #youdidit #mentalhealthmatters #endthestigma #mentalhealthsupport #thewillowcenter ##gototherapy #helpisoutthere #2024 #progressoverperfection #keepgoing #smallwinsbigheart #endoftheyear #reflections #celebratethejourney #healingvibes #newyear #youmatter #winning #strongerthanyesterday
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Our Locations

TOLEDO
5565 Airport Hwy
Suite 100 & 203
Toledo, Ohio 43615

Located just west of S Reynolds Road.

BOWLING GREEN
440 East Poe Rd
Suite 202
Bowling Green, Ohio 43402

Located just east of N Main Street.

OREGON
715 S. Coy Rd
Suite C
Oregon, Ohio 43616

Located just north of Navarre Avenue.

EMDR International Association
The Gottman Institute
Internal Family Systems
Toledo Blade Top Work Place