Existential Therapists in Lake Elmo, MN

At Twin Cities Mental Health & Couples Center, I work with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. I have experience providing therapy to children with behavioral disorders, anxiety, depression, and trauma. I also work with individuals on the spectrum from childhood to adulthood. I have experience providing trauma-focused therapy with adolescents, adults, and families using a person-centered approach. Additionally, I provide support to couples/adults to help them understand their roles in relationships as well as assisting them in creating healthier boundaries for a more fulfilling relationship.

From the Mississippi to the St. Croix River, I am dedicated to providing quality mental health services to Stillwater Area. As a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, I offer individual and family therapy that suits your unique needs.

Every healing journey is unique, and I am eager to help you foster wellbeing in a way that works for you. I work with teens and adults offering trauma-informed, individual therapy to address many issues including anxiety, depression, life transitions, identity development, and grief and loss. I see you as the expert in your life, and I ask questions to help you generate self-awareness and understanding. As a therapist, I want to understand the world as you do and help you cultivate the motivation needed to make changes.

I work with people experiencing a variety of symptoms and diagnoses including but not limited to anxiety, depressive, personality disorders, psychosis, teenage challenges and men's issues. My goal is to provide a non-judgmental space for people to process difficult situations, identify adaptive ways to address symptoms and make change to behavior that aligns with their belief systems, often resulting in increased life satisfaction. I specialize in helping people that feel stuck and helping them create a new path forward. I also do a lot of work with men's issues and general skill building.

I provide Individual counseling via both telehealth and in-person for individuals ages 12 and older at CARE Counseling's Lake Elmo/Woodbury location or via telehealth. I most often work with individuals who experience difficulties with Trauma, body image or self esteem, gender dysphoria, mild eating disorders, stress, anxiety, OCD, depression, and more. I use an Integrated approach of primarily feminist, psychodynamic and exestential therapies, but often pull from other lenses depending on an individual's unique circumstances.

If you’re ready to improve your life, then I am the one to lead you there. Having years of experience as both a client and a clinician, I am very familiar with the process of change and I am well equipped to make it happen. I've helped guide people through issues of simple depression all the way to complex PTSD. I have extensive experience dealing with criminality, all forms of abuse, addiction, and most mental disorders. My blend of psychodynamic education and life experience have suited me well in this field.

There is a person behind that problem who desires to experience a more meaningful, satisfactory, and purposeful life despite past or current life experiences and challenges. I believe this goal can be achieved through a safe and non-judgmental space where I will listen to understand, acknowledge your strengths and experiences, support, empower, and collaborate with you during your recovery journey. It is my great and humble desire to provide my clients from diverse backgrounds with evidence-based interventions that reflect their interests, values, culture, and needs.

I work collaboratively with individuals, couples, & families to help them cultivate a deeper self-awareness, discover new ways of expression, transform dysfunctional patterns, have more satisfying relationships and ensue a more meaningful life. Research has shown having purpose and meaning in life increases overall wellbeing and life satisfaction, improves mental and physical health, enhances resiliency and self-esteem, and decreases the chances of depression.

For support in managing difficulties in your personal & professional lives caused by unresolved traumas or conflict, therapy can help. I work with individuals, couples, & families to help collaboratively tackle the challenges they are facing, through creating a new insight & forming an action, solution plan. Additionally, I practice EMDR therapy, AEDP, Brainspotting and Neurofeedback and find it powerful in healing a range of psychological concerns including depression, anxiety, shame and trauma and areas where clients experience "being stuck". My practice is based on years of well-established evidence-based effective treatments.

I am a Stillwater-based psychologist who provides individual therapy and psychological testing to teens and adults ages 16 and up. Using a relaxed and non-judgmental style, I help people struggling with mood concerns, relationships, work/school stress, life transitions, and trauma. I provide both traditional talk therapy and more specific trauma therapies, such as Brainspotting and EMDR. I also offer supervision and consultation for pre-licensed counselors and psychologists, as well as psychological testing for ADHD and related concerns.