Dr. Gruppen earned her bachelor’s degree from Campbell University in North Carolina and her master’s and doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Wheaton College in Illinois.  She completed a pre-doctoral internship at Mississippi State Hospital prior to moving to the Grand Rapids area. Dr. Gruppen has experience providing psychological services to children, adolescents, and adults in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings. She looks forward to working with clients to foster a renewed sense of hope while honoring each client’s unique personhood and potential. She provides individual and family therapy for adolescents (age 12 and up) and adults, as well as couples counseling. Dr. Gruppen’s style is relational and her professional interests include: