The Focused Mindfulness Center
The Focused Mindfulness Center
Gary Brookmyer Lambert, Jr.
Licensed Professional Counselor/Founder
Gary Brookmyer Lambert, Jr.
Licensed Professional Counselor/Founder
Our founder, Gary, is a highly trained clinician with a degree in Clinical Mental Health. He also obtained a post-graduate in Marriage, Family, and Couples Therapy and holds certifications in Addictions Counseling and Brainspotting. He also holds a doctorate in Interdisciplinary Healthcare Studies with a major area of study on performance related anxiety and serves as a professor in the Integrative Health Care Studies program at Western Michigan University. All of our clinicians meet his rigorous standards of training and client care.
Gary has lived and practiced in West Michigan since January 2009, moving here most recently from Chicago. He is active in the running community and serves on the Board of Directors for the Kalamazoo Area Runners. He has completed multiple triathlons, half marathons, full marathons and two ultra marathon. He has been practicing mindfulness in his personal life for 20 years and applies the principles to his own training and coaching.
Dusten A. Lyvers
Licensed Professional Counselor
Dusten is currently pursuing his doctorate in Counselor Education & Supervision at Western Michigan University. Dusten has a degree in Clinical Mental Health and a second degree in Comparative Religions. Before moving to Kalamazoo Dusten practiced in South Bend, IN.
Dusten says "I help people heal from emotional wounds, sit with people as they discover who they are, and promote overall wellness in my clients." Currently he is only available via telehealth. He provides many different models of counseling, but specializes in mental health and integrate spiritual/religious competent care as well as culturally competent care. He is person-centered in his approach to counseling and adjusts his counseling style to better fit the client. Who you are is important to him, and he willing to listen and work with your specific needs.
Curtis Pierce
Limited Licensed Professional Counselor
The most important choice you will ever make is not the one you made yesterday, but the one you make today. Tomorrow is in the future, today is now, choose today. The time is now. I empower people to achieve personal, professional, and spiritual growth in their lives. I am committed to helping others change their lives by exploring personal strengths.
Relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, stress, PTSD, children and teen behavioral problems, marital, parenting, military and veteran issues are some of the areas which I can help. I enjoy working with children of all ages, adolescents, and family members. I incorporate multiple evidence-based treatment modalities which guide the counseling process.
"Coming to therapy helped me realize there was a whole new possibility for my life. It was the best decision I made. "