The Rustic Hearth Therapy

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The Rustic Hearth

The Rustic Hearth is a shared professional environment located in the heart of Mishawaka, Indiana, offering private therapy offices, a dedicated group/workshop room, and supportive communal spaces for mental health clinicians and wellness practitioners. Designed with warmth, intentionality, and accessibility in mind, the building serves clients and practitioners across St. Joseph County, Elkhart County, and Southwest Michigan.

The Rustic Hearth operates under a flat-fee rental model rather than the percentage-based revenue splits common in the region. This structure allows practitioners to retain their full earnings while creating stable, dependable revenue for the building. The approach is non-extractive, sustainability-focused, and directly supports practitioner autonomy, professional identity, and long-term community mental health access.

Core Values and Mission

Warmth & Welcome
The environment matters. People heal and grow in spaces that feel safe, human, and cared for.

Professional Integrity & Autonomy
Practitioners deserve to retain ownership of their work — financially, clinically, and relationally.

Community Support & Collaboration
We center mutual support rather than hierarchical models. The Rustic Hearth exists to uplift professionals as they build, strengthen, and sustain their own independent practices.

Accessibility & Inclusion
The building, the business model, and the culture are being intentionally shaped so people of differing mobility, identity, and lived experience can meaningfully engage here.

Sustainable Practice
We aim to leave a lasting positive footprint — supporting long-term professional vitality rather than burnout, imbalance, or extraction.

The Rustic Hearth Collective

The Rustic Hearth is home to a collective of independent therapists who share a common vision—creating a warm, inclusive, and restorative space for healing.

Within its historic walls, each clinician brings their own specialty and approach to mental health care, offering trauma-informed, relational, and evidence-based services for individuals, couples, and groups. Together, these practitioners form a supportive community dedicated to helping clients find balance, connection, and growth in mind and spirit.

The collective includes: Angie Law, LMHC, CGP of Balanced Being Counseling & Consulting, LLC;﻿balancedbeingcounselingllc.com﻿﻿
Kelly Bain-Conkin, LMHC of KBC Therapy, LLC; ﻿https://kbctherapy.clientsecure.me/﻿﻿﻿﻿
Monique Jamesen-Gulis, LMHC of MJ Professional Counseling﻿https://mjprofessionalcounseling.clientsecure.me/﻿﻿
Emily Lehman, LMHC of Emily Lehman Counseling﻿https://www.emilylehmanlmhc.com/﻿﻿
Alissa Hansen, LCSW of Oasis of Healing﻿https://www.oasis-psychotherapy.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=wix_google_business_profile&utm_campaign=6852317470027008518﻿﻿
Amanda Potter, LCSW of Potter Psychotherapy ﻿https://www.potterpsychotherapy.com/﻿﻿
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Each brings a distinct style, depth of experience, and shared commitment to compassionate, personalized mental-health care within The Rustic Hearth.

Every wall, every beam, every detail of The Rustic Hearth carries a piece of our story — months of planning, designing, and building with care.

We’ve worked hard to create a space that feels grounding, inviting, and full of heart.

We can’t wait to share this new chapter with our community and see The Rustic Hearth come to life through the people who fill it.﻿
~ Andy VandeWalle & Angie Law    AV AD Venture, LLC

Core Values and Mission

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~ Andy VandeWalle & Angie Law

AV AD Venture, LLC