“I find deep meaning in helping individuals navigate life’s hardest questions and transitions—whether that’s through healing from loss, managing anxiety or rediscovering hope after hardship. My work is grounded in the belief that everyone has the capacity to grow, recover and reconnect with purpose.”
Dr. DeVries brings a reflective and compassionate style to therapy, working collaboratively with both adolescents and adults to better understand emotional patterns, make meaningful change and support healing. He integrates a range of evidence-based approaches tailored to each client’s needs, including cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), insight-oriented techniques, and mindfulness-informed strategies. His work is informed by a strong clinical foundation in mood and anxiety disorders, as well as medicine/health psychology.
Dr. DeVries has a particular interest in the emotional and relational impacts of grief and loss, shame, forgiveness, substance use recovery, and challenges unique to adoption and foster families. His approach is rooted in empathy and clinical rigor, with a focus on both symptom relief and deeper personal insight.
Dr. DeVries is a fully licensed psychologist at the Pine Rest Kalamazoo Clinic. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Calvin College and completed both his Master’s in Theology and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary. His completed an internship at the Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center Outpatient Clinic, an APA-accredited training site. Before relocating to West Michigan in 2010, Dr. DeVries spend 14 years working in various clinical settings in the Seattle, Washington area.
Dr. DeVries participates with Faith Community Outreach, an initiative within Pine Rest that seeks to connect area clergy, churches and ministries to services available from Pine Rest; as well as develop new services specifically designed to benefit the faith community.
