Psychoanalytic Therapists in Richfield, MN
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Ann L. P. Steely
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW, LADC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Richfield, MN 55423
Waitlist for new clients
I use an integrated psychoanalytic, emotion-focused, and somatic approach to therapy, which focuses on exploring your thoughts, feelings, senses, and behaviors so you can feel more confident, less confused, and more satisfied in your life.
My name is Ann L. P. Steely and I am a clinical social worker and owner of Heartland Psychotherapy. I specialize in working with adolescents/adults in individual and family therapy. My focus in therapy is on my relationship with you, understanding what you need as an individual, and using this understanding to help you find insight into how to make the changes you want to make in your life. Psychotherapy is a process of working together towards healing and change. I will help you understand yourself authentically and find greater ease through the exploration of your emotional experience, thoughts, behaviors, and relationships.
I use an integrated psychoanalytic, emotion-focused, and somatic approach to therapy, which focuses on exploring your thoughts, feelings, senses, and behaviors so you can feel more confident, less confused, and more satisfied in your life.
My name is Ann L. P. Steely and I am a clinical social worker and owner of Heartland Psychotherapy. I specialize in working with adolescents/adults in individual and family therapy. My focus in therapy is on my relationship with you, understanding what you need as an individual, and using this understanding to help you find insight into how to make the changes you want to make in your life. Psychotherapy is a process of working together towards healing and change. I will help you understand yourself authentically and find greater ease through the exploration of your emotional experience, thoughts, behaviors, and relationships.
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Fabio Azeredo (he/him), has a PhD in Psychology and has been working as a mental health clinician for over 20 years. Having long been licensed in Brazil, he is currently pursuing his license as a Psychologist. Fabio has worked with children, teenagers, and adults to navigate through life transitions and crises. Along with his clinical skills and knowledge, he does so by listening and providing guidance to individuals and engaging families in developing strategies that make sense to them.
Fabio Azeredo (he/him), has a PhD in Psychology and has been working as a mental health clinician for over 20 years. Having long been licensed in Brazil, he is currently pursuing his license as a Psychologist. Fabio has worked with children, teenagers, and adults to navigate through life transitions and crises. Along with his clinical skills and knowledge, he does so by listening and providing guidance to individuals and engaging families in developing strategies that make sense to them.
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Amanda Suncire-Nerison
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Richfield, MN 55423
In the midst of life's storm, finding solace and healing is not just a distant dream – it's an achievable reality. If you're grappling with the heavy weight of depression, the relentless grip of anxiety, or the lingering echoes of past traumas, please know that you're not alone. Together, we can navigate the labyrinth of emotions, working hand in hand to bring back the light that depression has dimmed. Let's uncover the roots of your anxiety and cultivate tools to regain control over your thoughts. And as we address the scars left by trauma, we'll embark on a journey towards reclaiming your power and rewriting your story.
In the midst of life's storm, finding solace and healing is not just a distant dream – it's an achievable reality. If you're grappling with the heavy weight of depression, the relentless grip of anxiety, or the lingering echoes of past traumas, please know that you're not alone. Together, we can navigate the labyrinth of emotions, working hand in hand to bring back the light that depression has dimmed. Let's uncover the roots of your anxiety and cultivate tools to regain control over your thoughts. And as we address the scars left by trauma, we'll embark on a journey towards reclaiming your power and rewriting your story.
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Cindy Lou Fischer Hancock
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, LADC
Verified Verified
Richfield, MN 55423
My focus in therapy is to provide an environment where clients can develop coping skills and explore their own thoughts and feelings. By providing evidence-based practices including CBT and DBT, mind-body skills work clients can increase their awareness of how their own thought patterns and their impact emotionally. I have a history of skills in developing rapport and making effective progress with clients who have co-occurring disorders of mental health and addictions. My approach is integrative, collaborative, client-centered and includes alternative complimentary modalities. and co-occurring disorders from Alfred Adler Graduate School.
My focus in therapy is to provide an environment where clients can develop coping skills and explore their own thoughts and feelings. By providing evidence-based practices including CBT and DBT, mind-body skills work clients can increase their awareness of how their own thought patterns and their impact emotionally. I have a history of skills in developing rapport and making effective progress with clients who have co-occurring disorders of mental health and addictions. My approach is integrative, collaborative, client-centered and includes alternative complimentary modalities. and co-occurring disorders from Alfred Adler Graduate School.
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Jonathan Michael Guzman
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, MA, LPCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Richfield, MN 55423
Have you been feeling dissatisfied or discouraged in your day-to-day life? Do you feel like what you are doing falls short of what you want to accomplish? This can be pretty demoralizing, and it is not uncommon to keep doing what you are doing in the hopes that things will change or get better. Unfortunately, this is often not the case. Hoping for change is not enough for most people, and while there is comfort in knowing what to expect, it doesn’t get you any closer to the life that you deserve. You deserve to be healthy, happy, and fulfilled in all areas of your life. Together, we can get you in a place to make that happen.
Have you been feeling dissatisfied or discouraged in your day-to-day life? Do you feel like what you are doing falls short of what you want to accomplish? This can be pretty demoralizing, and it is not uncommon to keep doing what you are doing in the hopes that things will change or get better. Unfortunately, this is often not the case. Hoping for change is not enough for most people, and while there is comfort in knowing what to expect, it doesn’t get you any closer to the life that you deserve. You deserve to be healthy, happy, and fulfilled in all areas of your life. Together, we can get you in a place to make that happen.
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Christine Mia Kerno
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Richfield, MN 55423 (Online Only)
Not accepting new clients
I specialize in trauma focused EMDR and Adaptive Internal Relations (AIR Network), substance use issues, and the care and treatment of the LGBTQIA community including transgender folk. As a male to female transgender person and a mental health professional I provide culturally specific services to the LGBTQIA community. I am an expert in the care and treatment of people living with or at high risk for HIV.
I specialize in trauma focused EMDR and Adaptive Internal Relations (AIR Network), substance use issues, and the care and treatment of the LGBTQIA community including transgender folk. As a male to female transgender person and a mental health professional I provide culturally specific services to the LGBTQIA community. I am an expert in the care and treatment of people living with or at high risk for HIV.
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Mary Louise Gooch
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Minneapolis, MN 55419 (Online Only)
Using psychoanalytic couples theory, Gottman, PESI (neurobiology) and EFT (emotionally focused therapy).
Therapy with your partner will explore the essential aspects of being in a relationship. If you are experiencing couples’ burnout or any other difficult situation with your partner, just know that in relationships there are times that are difficult and challenging which can open up feelings of numbness, grief, anger, helplessness, sadness and intense stress. I will help you create a sense of understanding and to learn how to talk and be with each other in a different way. To be able to see and listen and enjoy each other again. At this time I am only seeing couples, couples on the brink of divorce and families with adult children.
Using psychoanalytic couples theory, Gottman, PESI (neurobiology) and EFT (emotionally focused therapy).
Therapy with your partner will explore the essential aspects of being in a relationship. If you are experiencing couples’ burnout or any other difficult situation with your partner, just know that in relationships there are times that are difficult and challenging which can open up feelings of numbness, grief, anger, helplessness, sadness and intense stress. I will help you create a sense of understanding and to learn how to talk and be with each other in a different way. To be able to see and listen and enjoy each other again. At this time I am only seeing couples, couples on the brink of divorce and families with adult children.
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Twenty eight years in private practice. I work with psychological issues of depression, anxiety complex trauma and more. During the initial meeting a process of assessment and sharing of personal and family history will be our focus. Together a process of psychoanalytic informed psychotherapy will begin. Our work will focused on how to improve your ability share, identify and understand your psychological experience with the focus on changing personal symptoms, patterns and perceptions. I want to help you be more intentional in your life as you navigate your worlds of love and work.
Twenty eight years in private practice. I work with psychological issues of depression, anxiety complex trauma and more. During the initial meeting a process of assessment and sharing of personal and family history will be our focus. Together a process of psychoanalytic informed psychotherapy will begin. Our work will focused on how to improve your ability share, identify and understand your psychological experience with the focus on changing personal symptoms, patterns and perceptions. I want to help you be more intentional in your life as you navigate your worlds of love and work.
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I've been a psychotherapist for over 40 years. What I have found is the most powerfull tool is the relationships I develop with my clients which are often deeply meaningful, based on understanding the depth of the person, often extending to the inclusion of spiritual experience. I am a fully trained marriage and family therapist, and I have graduated from the Minnesota Psychoanalytic Institute as a certified Psychoanalyst. The American Psychoanalytic Institute has awarded me the status of a Training and Supervising Analyst, the highest level of certification awarded. I want to help people find their own sense of truth.
I've been a psychotherapist for over 40 years. What I have found is the most powerfull tool is the relationships I develop with my clients which are often deeply meaningful, based on understanding the depth of the person, often extending to the inclusion of spiritual experience. I am a fully trained marriage and family therapist, and I have graduated from the Minnesota Psychoanalytic Institute as a certified Psychoanalyst. The American Psychoanalytic Institute has awarded me the status of a Training and Supervising Analyst, the highest level of certification awarded. I want to help people find their own sense of truth.
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Tara Waldron
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Minneapolis, MN 55417
Waitlist for new clients
I practice from a contemporary psychoanalytic perspective; I completed a post-graduate 2-year program in the theory in 2021.
Clients I see are looking to recover from misattuned parenting or difficult families, to improve their relationships, to decrease fear, and to problem-solve here-and-now tasks of daily living. People often begin therapy while in the midst of a transition, or after a long period of knowing they should, or because they want to engage in deeper, more long-lasting psychodynamic work. Nervousness in the beginning is expected - those feelings can be explored and worked with. In fact, whatever we can identify that comes up in you or between us in session we can try to understand together - this is the nature of psychodynamic psychotherapy.
I practice from a contemporary psychoanalytic perspective; I completed a post-graduate 2-year program in the theory in 2021.
Clients I see are looking to recover from misattuned parenting or difficult families, to improve their relationships, to decrease fear, and to problem-solve here-and-now tasks of daily living. People often begin therapy while in the midst of a transition, or after a long period of knowing they should, or because they want to engage in deeper, more long-lasting psychodynamic work. Nervousness in the beginning is expected - those feelings can be explored and worked with. In fact, whatever we can identify that comes up in you or between us in session we can try to understand together - this is the nature of psychodynamic psychotherapy.
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Currently, I am also a candidate in Psychoanalysis at the Minnesota Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.
Life is full of relationships, experiences, and events that impact us and ultimately shape who we are and how we interact with the others in the world. I strive to join with my patients to work through the challenging and painful things in life so that together we can move towards greater understanding. The relationship between patient and therapist creates the foundation essential to explore and ultimately work through these difficulties that cause pain and struggle. In order to move towards healing we need to feel heard, understood, and accepted just as we are.
Currently, I am also a candidate in Psychoanalysis at the Minnesota Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.
Life is full of relationships, experiences, and events that impact us and ultimately shape who we are and how we interact with the others in the world. I strive to join with my patients to work through the challenging and painful things in life so that together we can move towards greater understanding. The relationship between patient and therapist creates the foundation essential to explore and ultimately work through these difficulties that cause pain and struggle. In order to move towards healing we need to feel heard, understood, and accepted just as we are.
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Currently accepting new clients. We are a team of dedicated therapists working to address mental health concerns through high-quality psychotherapy, in south Minneapolis and via telehealth. We value honesty, compassion and a genuine presence in the work and in relationship with you. While we work with a wide range of concerns, areas of focus include anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma, identity exploration, grief/loss and self-esteem. We provide individual and couples therapy, and work with children (ages 7+), adolescents and adults.
Currently accepting new clients. We are a team of dedicated therapists working to address mental health concerns through high-quality psychotherapy, in south Minneapolis and via telehealth. We value honesty, compassion and a genuine presence in the work and in relationship with you. While we work with a wide range of concerns, areas of focus include anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma, identity exploration, grief/loss and self-esteem. We provide individual and couples therapy, and work with children (ages 7+), adolescents and adults.
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Compassionate courage lives at the intersection of a supportive, safe environment and a willingness to kindly challenge yourself, and it is what I wish to provide for you. Actively questioning the ideas of “normalcy,” I work with you to unravel what assumptions you may have about yourself or the world around you. As we work together, I will help you contextualize our discoveries socially, developmentally, culturally, and biologically.
Compassionate courage lives at the intersection of a supportive, safe environment and a willingness to kindly challenge yourself, and it is what I wish to provide for you. Actively questioning the ideas of “normalcy,” I work with you to unravel what assumptions you may have about yourself or the world around you. As we work together, I will help you contextualize our discoveries socially, developmentally, culturally, and biologically.
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Nicki Vasquez
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Bloomington, MN 55425
My clinical work focuses on building strong, meaningful, reparative connections with people, in which I truly honor your vulnerability and wisdom. In our work together, I will meet you exactly where you are in your journey, and bring high energy and passion as we work to help you navigate your current challenges. I work primarily with adolescents, young adults, parents, and helping/service industry professionals, and have 10+ years experience in the mental health field.
My clinical work focuses on building strong, meaningful, reparative connections with people, in which I truly honor your vulnerability and wisdom. In our work together, I will meet you exactly where you are in your journey, and bring high energy and passion as we work to help you navigate your current challenges. I work primarily with adolescents, young adults, parents, and helping/service industry professionals, and have 10+ years experience in the mental health field.
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Having someone listen to you, without judging or minimizing what you feel and think, is powerful. I provide a safe, supportive and collaborative environment where you can develop a greater understanding of yourself and your relationships, improve your emotional health and well-being, and develop new ways of responding to life's challenges. While searching online for a therapist can be overwhelming, I encourage you to trust in your ability to find the right person to help.
Having someone listen to you, without judging or minimizing what you feel and think, is powerful. I provide a safe, supportive and collaborative environment where you can develop a greater understanding of yourself and your relationships, improve your emotional health and well-being, and develop new ways of responding to life's challenges. While searching online for a therapist can be overwhelming, I encourage you to trust in your ability to find the right person to help.
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Elisa Sarmento
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPCC, LADC
Verified Verified
Bloomington, MN 55431 (Online Only)
Starting now, you can begin a brand new journey toward a more positive path for yourself – one that’s filled with growth, well being, acceptance, and empowerment.
Starting now, you can begin a brand new journey toward a more positive path for yourself – one that’s filled with growth, well being, acceptance, and empowerment.
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I have immediate openings for new clients and afternoon appointment times available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. I lead with warmth, compassion, and curiosity and take a flexible approach with each individual I meet, seeking to find the best way of supporting you in achieving your unique goals. My approach to therapy is integrative and is primarily grounded in psychodynamic, person-centered, narrative, and existential therapy.
I have immediate openings for new clients and afternoon appointment times available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. I lead with warmth, compassion, and curiosity and take a flexible approach with each individual I meet, seeking to find the best way of supporting you in achieving your unique goals. My approach to therapy is integrative and is primarily grounded in psychodynamic, person-centered, narrative, and existential therapy.
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Catherine Phibbs
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Bloomington, MN 55431
Reaching out to a therapist is a bold move. It takes courage to begin the process of self exploration and discovery, and it takes a safe place to do that important work. I am committed to providing that safe space for my clients. I believe that the relationship between a therapist and client is a unique and healing one. It is two minds coming together to explore the ways in which current life stresses intersect with painful past experiences to create suffering. When a client feels respected and seen, they are able to grieve their past hurts and find new paths for coping.
Reaching out to a therapist is a bold move. It takes courage to begin the process of self exploration and discovery, and it takes a safe place to do that important work. I am committed to providing that safe space for my clients. I believe that the relationship between a therapist and client is a unique and healing one. It is two minds coming together to explore the ways in which current life stresses intersect with painful past experiences to create suffering. When a client feels respected and seen, they are able to grieve their past hurts and find new paths for coping.
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Jessica L. Metzger
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, ATR-BC
Verified Verified
Minneapolis, MN 55419 (Online Only)
We all can benefit from support from time to time. Perhaps you are entering a new phase in life, coping with a mental or physical illness, navigating conflict, loss or trauma. Art therapy can be that support regardless of your experience and skill level. Tap into your innate creativity for healing and change.
We all can benefit from support from time to time. Perhaps you are entering a new phase in life, coping with a mental or physical illness, navigating conflict, loss or trauma. Art therapy can be that support regardless of your experience and skill level. Tap into your innate creativity for healing and change.
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We don't always get to choose what life brings us. I work to help clients positively adapt and grow from the circumstances that they are given. This is accomplished by teaming up with clients to develop healthy ways to work through difficult situations. My goal is to create serenity and harmony for individuals and within relationships through using a non-judgemental, proactive, and direct approach.
We don't always get to choose what life brings us. I work to help clients positively adapt and grow from the circumstances that they are given. This is accomplished by teaming up with clients to develop healthy ways to work through difficult situations. My goal is to create serenity and harmony for individuals and within relationships through using a non-judgemental, proactive, and direct approach.
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Psychoanalytic Therapists
Does psychoanalytic therapy work?
Psychoanalytic therapy derives from the work of Sigmund Freud. In this type of therapy, discovering buried thoughts and emotions from the unconscious will help a person work through their difficulties and negative behaviors. Research shows that psychoanalytic therapy can be highly effective, with patients reporting improvement in mood, quality of life, and overall well-being.
How long are people typically in psychoanalytic therapy?
Traditional psychoanalysis is in-depth and is conducted in five sessions every week. Today, modern psychoanalytic therapy is less intense and normally incorporates as few as one or two sessions a week. In some cases, positive change can occur quickly. However, if the condition, difficulty, or behavior is deep-seated, improvement may require many months or years of therapy.
Is psychoanalytic therapy suitable for young people?
Children and adolescents can benefit from this type of therapy. Many kids and teens are often unable to form and communicate their thoughts and emotions. Psychoanalytic therapy uses specific techniques such as dream analysis, symbolism, and free association or word association; all of which can be useful tools for less-communicative young people. Through this therapy, a patient will hopefully make connections between what they feel inside and how the world works outside.
Can psychoanalytic therapy be done online?
Modern-day psychoanalytic therapy is very different from traditional psychoanalysis. While an individual can sit face-to-face with the psychoanalyst for multiple sessions a week, they do not have to. Today, psychoanalytic therapy can be effectively conducted online or by phone. The key is that the individual confronts what is repressed and avoided, and this can be done whether in person or over online video.