Wellspring Christian Counseling Staff:

Hank Verkaik

Hank and his wife, Nancy, were, for many years, foster parents to teenage girls.  Not only did they enjoy those relationships but, over the course of time, Hank was affirmed by others that he was very good at working with the girls.  A friend once said to him, “Larry Crabb really speaks your language.”  So Hank read Inside Out and was impressed by Crabb’s work.  At that point, Hank had worked for the State of Michigan for 30 years.  When offered an early out, he retired and decided to become a counselor and attended Colorado Christian University where Larry Crabb worked and wrote.  When asked what he most enjoyed about his work at Wellspring, Hank replied, “I’m heartened when I see people struggling to work through their issues, when they honestly and sincerely get to know themselves more completely as Christians and as individuals.”  He also said, “When I worked for the State I was exhausted at the end of the day.  Now I work 9 to 9 but I’m still energized.  Energy is emitted from working with people.”  Hank has been at Wellspring for 10 years.  He works with teens, adults, couples, and men’s issues. 

Wellspring Counseling Services
Executive Office Park, Suite 108
5030 Northwind Drive
East Lansing, MI 48823
Phone 517-336-4335
FAX: 517-336-0101