Today we’d like to introduce you to Venus Works.
Hi Venus, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
Founder and Lead Therapist Venus L. Works, MA, LPC, is a native Detroiter whose clinical journey began with a deep commitment to the city’s youth. After earning her Master’s degree in School and Community Counseling from Wayne State University, Venus spent years serving as the Director of College & Career Development for University Prep Schools in Detroit. In this role, she directly managed academic, personal, and character development programs across seven K-12 schools.
While guiding hundreds of high-achieving students and families through intense academic and performance pressures, Venus discovered a critical limitation. School guidance could only support a child so far—the true root causes of youth anxiety, performance pressure, and emotional distress were deeply tied to the complex dynamics, transitions, and stressors within the home ecosystem.
Driven to bridge this gap, Venus founded Counseling Works, PLLC in 2017. Armed with Executive Leadership Training, Small Business Development Training, and her background as a Certified Clinical Counseling Supervisor, she designed a boutique practice that looks at the family holistically.
Over the past nine years, the practice has grown into a hand-selected, specialized collective of talented Black women clinicians. Today, we focus intentionally on The Modern Family Dynamics—providing deeply professional, culturally aligned care tailored specifically to high-achieving women, high-performing children, and blended family structures.
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
Some of my challenges have included new and existing client’s ability maintain healthcare to cover mental health services. We strive to ensure we help alleviate this burden by providing a variety of health insurance plan options, including many Medicaid plans. Also, we strive to create affordable options via income-based payment options.
We’ve also had some challenges with ensuring enough women, children and couples are aware of our services. We’re working diligently to increase our marketing and outreach to increase our exposure to those in need of our care.
Appreciate you sharing that. What should we know about Counseling Works, PLLC?
Counseling Works, PLLC is a premier boutique private practice providing expert in-office and virtual mental health services across Metro Detroit. As a specialized collective of Black women clinicians, we bring clinical excellence, deep cultural alignment, and a sophisticated, warm approach to therapy. Our services have recently expanded to include Psychiatric Evaluations + Medication Management for women and children.
For over nine years, we have served as a trusted sanctuary for high-achieving women, high-performing children, and families navigating The Modern Family Dynamics—helping you bridge the gap between individual wellness and systemic harmony.
Our mission remains that we support the personal growth, systemic harmony, and resilience of strong women and modern families through deeply personalized, culturally attuned clinical care.
How can people work with you, collaborate with you or support you?
We’re always look for talented, professional, Black female mental health professionals to expand our service reach.
We also welcome partnerships and direct referrals from family law firms, family courts, and local school districts to offer culturally attuned mental health care to women, children, and couples navigating modern family dynamics and coparenting challenges.
New clients can visit our website and easily review our network of providers and make an online appointment request with ease.
Pricing:
- $168 per standard therapy session
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.counselingworkspllc.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/counselingworks.pllc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/counselingworkspllc
- Twitter: @CounselWrksPLLC
