HealthPartners of MN and WI Therapists in Blaine, MN

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the challenges of life? Maybe you are a woman who is struggling with anxiety and stress. Or maybe you are a man who does not know how to communicate with those close to you. Or perhaps you are a teen who is struggling with boundaries with your peers or conflict with your family. Whatever you are challenged by or struggling with, having someone come alongside you to navigate through them will help you in finding understanding and working towards healing and change.

Immediate Openings! I am dedicated to providing a warm and welcoming environment for everyone to explore their feelings and challenges. It is my belief that every person's journey is unique, and I am here to support you in discovering your inner strength, self-confidence, and potential for healing. Together, we will embark on a path of self-exploration and growth, fostering a deeper understanding of yourself and enhancing your overall emotional well-being. I look forward to accompanying you on this transformative journey towards a happier and healthier life through openness, humor, and unconditional positive regard.

I utilize a solution-focused approach and aim to empower, while integrating the body, mind, and spirit. Through bringing compassion and listening to your story, I work with you to find the root causes of your challenges, identify beliefs, and help you transform them into positive ways of thinking so you have a more joy-filled and fulfilling life. I work with children, teens, adults, and couples utilizing a variety of holistic techniques to address issues such as anxiety, depression, life transitions, trauma, parenting issues, codependency, and marital issues.

Feeling overwhelmed? Struggling to identify a positive sense of self? You are not alone. Trying to navigate the pressures of the world can be exhausting. I believe in building an authentic and trusting therapeutic relationship, where you’re the expert on your own journey. Working collaboratively with you, I strive to create a safe, non-judgmental environment for you to explore and work towards positive change through patience, authenticity, and humor. My goal is to create a welcoming space for you to explore and work through challenges you've encountered on your personal journey.

Are you tired of using quick fixes to deal with the problems in your life? Have you been to therapy before but you were left with unresolved or ongoing problems? Do you want to get to the root and heart of your pain and concerns? I can help you take a deeper dive to discover the places you wish to explore, heal, and grow. You will find me to be warm, empathic, challenging, and insightful. We will work together to identify ineffective and unhelpful patterns and cycles of thinking and behavior, and then I will help you find ways to disrupt and change them.

Making the choice to start therapy is a difficult one. You’re here because you are making a brave choice and you’re wanting help to break from that feeling of being stuck in one or more areas of your life. You try and form healthier habits and quit the old ones, but for some reason it is not working. You desire relationships that build you up, but more often than not, you find yourself in unhealthy ones, and are left feeling confused and alone. Parenting, school and life feel overwhelming and you are ready for a long lasting change. Good News, you’ve come to the right place !

With over 14 years of experience as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), I have dedicated my practice to helping individuals overcome anxiety, depression, eating disorders, co-dependency, developmental trauma, and women's issues. I often collaborate with other experienced practitioners to provide a well rounded, holistic and concise approach.

I focus on meeting clients where they are at, offering a safe and supported space to express the past and present challenges that can disrupt and occupy areas of their lives. I also highlight accountability and appropriately challenging clients to apply the things processed and discovered in therapy into their daily lives. I work with clients using a strength based, client-centered, and collaborative approach. I also assist individuals in creating and maintaining lifelong skills to better manage challenges and current symptoms.

I believe that people are complex, capable beings that have many of the internal resources that they need, but trauma and daily life stress can make it hard to function and consistently access those resources within.

I have experience working with a culturally diverse population of individuals. My clients range from age 6 to age 65. Most of my experience is working with children, teens, young adults, adults, and families. I believe the greatest success is to accompany the client on their journey and to be the guide to navigate through the challenges of life. I regard the client to be the expert in their lives and it is important for them to discuss their goals and their expectations. My clients who experience the greatest success are motivated and ready to work, open-minded, flexible, introspective, honest, and trusting.

Does it seem like everyone around you has it all together while you’re barely keeping your head above water? Does it seem as though your thoughts have been filled with unstoppable worry and maybe they've even begun to tell you lies that you’re beginning to believe. Perhaps it feels that no matter how much you’ve tried to erase ‘it’ from your mind, it keeps coming up and interrupting your life – making it hard to trust, to feel, to focus, to dream, to enjoy life. You wish for a day where you are free from it all and you want a therapist who understands and can help you heal from deep within. I just might be your therapist...

I have over 10 years of clinical experience working in outpatient clinics, schools, and emergency departments. I enjoy working with adolescents and adults. I specialize in supporting individuals with anxiety, depression, trauma, suicidal ideation, self-harm, life transitions, identity concerns, and cross-cultural challenges. I practice from a systems lens to help clients understand how their personal experiences within their family and communities have impacted them. I work with clients to explore their values and goals, process difficult emotions, identify maladaptive patterns, and improve coping skills.

We all encounter hardships and struggles at various times in our lives. I deliver assessment and therapy services to children, adults, and families to identify possible mental health concerns and promote understanding and healing across the lifespan. I value taking the time to develop a meaningful therapeutic relationships with my clients. I will join you and your family to discover insight, acceptance, and balance. It is my sincere hope that during our work together you experience flexibility, warmth, and compassion in order to overcome obstacles that may interfere with the overall health and well-being of you and your family.

Christina enjoys working with individuals, couples and families helping support them in making changes they want to make. She has her B.A. in Sociology and Diversity Studies from SCSU and her M.S. in MHC from Walden University. She is an LPCC, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in the State of MN. Christina has worked 10 years in clinical counseling. She has 24 additional years working with children, and families with services that are person-centered, strength-based and therapeutic. She has worked in foster and long-term residential based programs, as well as crisis, substance abuse treatment, vocational and education areas.

Life can be hard - you don’t have to struggle alone! The decision to be open to begin therapy is a major step forward. If you're experiencing low self-confidence, doubt, grief, anxiety, shame, or stress, there is a path to help you create a more fulfilling life in the present. I provide a safe nonjudgmental space where you can feel supported, and empowered as you go on this journey.

I am a licensed professional clinical counselor with special interest and training working with individuals with histories of complex trauma and dissociation. As a queer clinician, I am also passionate about working with the LGBTQIA+ community. I recognize that we all hold various intersectionalities and identities that shape our life experiences and I strive to constantly challenge my own privileges (such as being biracial and white-passing) and personal experiences to hold space for all of my clients to live authentically in the therapeutic setting.