Therapists in Minnetonka, MN
Richard Kofsky, Ph.D., L.P.
Psychologist, PhD, LP
Verified Verified
Minnetonka, MN 55305 (Online Only)
I work with individuals, couples and families who are having feelings such as depression, anxiety, anger and grief. Creating an atmosphere that is both safe and challenging, I help clients gain a perspective that allows them to be clearer about themselves, their interaction with others and their personal and professional direction. I also specialize in consulting and coaching with business leaders and their organizations.
With encouragement, support and genuine concern for my clients, I use all the tools I've gathered through 25 years of professional training and experience to facilitate this process.
I work with individuals, couples and families who are having feelings such as depression, anxiety, anger and grief. Creating an atmosphere that is both safe and challenging, I help clients gain a perspective that allows them to be clearer about themselves, their interaction with others and their personal and professional direction. I also specialize in consulting and coaching with business leaders and their organizations.
With encouragement, support and genuine concern for my clients, I use all the tools I've gathered through 25 years of professional training and experience to facilitate this process.
Julie De Wilde
Counselor, MA, LPCC
Verified Verified
Minnetonka, MN 55305 (Online Only)
Do you find yourself discouraged with the demands of life or with not finding healthy relationships? Do you feel alone with the circumstances in your life? I specialize in working with depression, anxiety, chronic health, chronic pain, grief, abuse, trauma, autism, ADHD, mental illness, marriage issues, and parenting.
Do you find yourself discouraged with the demands of life or with not finding healthy relationships? Do you feel alone with the circumstances in your life? I specialize in working with depression, anxiety, chronic health, chronic pain, grief, abuse, trauma, autism, ADHD, mental illness, marriage issues, and parenting.
Know Thyself Healing & Therapy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW, LMFT, LGSW
Verified Verified
Minnetonka, MN 55305
We have experience working with emotional dysregulation, anxiety, depression, selective mutism, trauma, oppositional behaviors, family change, loss and grief, parenting skills, adoption issues, spiritual awakening, sexual abuse, and domestic violence group work.
Know Thyself Healing and Therapy believes all clients hold the key to their own success and can be guided to that end in a safe, trusting, honest environment. Building relationships and skills for growth, understanding and healing are among our goals in therapy. We connect with our own personal journeys through life’s challenges to connect with clients at a deeper level. We believe this allows us to not only empathize with our clients, but also partner with them on their specific healing journey. We believe the keys essential to reaching any goal lies within each of us believing in ourselves and knowing that someone believes in us.
We have experience working with emotional dysregulation, anxiety, depression, selective mutism, trauma, oppositional behaviors, family change, loss and grief, parenting skills, adoption issues, spiritual awakening, sexual abuse, and domestic violence group work.
Know Thyself Healing and Therapy believes all clients hold the key to their own success and can be guided to that end in a safe, trusting, honest environment. Building relationships and skills for growth, understanding and healing are among our goals in therapy. We connect with our own personal journeys through life’s challenges to connect with clients at a deeper level. We believe this allows us to not only empathize with our clients, but also partner with them on their specific healing journey. We believe the keys essential to reaching any goal lies within each of us believing in ourselves and knowing that someone believes in us.
Anna Schupp
Psychologist, PsyD, LP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Minnetonka, MN 55343
I have helped clients with various issues including depression, anxiety, relationship problems, and life change.
Are you contemplating therapy? Asking yourself if you really need it? The decision to participate in therapy is very personal and rarely straightforward. The majority of clients I work with are competent, well-functioning individuals who are struggling in some way or are feeling dissatisfied, unhappy, or stuck. Whether it's regarding a past experience, your everyday life, your relationship, fears about the future, or something more devastating or extraordinary, therapy can help.
I have helped clients with various issues including depression, anxiety, relationship problems, and life change.
Are you contemplating therapy? Asking yourself if you really need it? The decision to participate in therapy is very personal and rarely straightforward. The majority of clients I work with are competent, well-functioning individuals who are struggling in some way or are feeling dissatisfied, unhappy, or stuck. Whether it's regarding a past experience, your everyday life, your relationship, fears about the future, or something more devastating or extraordinary, therapy can help.
Lisa Wald
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
Minnetonka, MN 55305
For adolescents and adults in the midst of transition, loss or difficulty, finding real help can seem like a dicey proposition. Often people find themselves depressed, anxious, numb or lost, but might feel too ashamed to let others know the extent of their growing unhappiness. Many try to manage their worry in secret, only transmitting their distress after their work/school performance slips, they self-harm or start to abuse chemicals. Family and friends may actively worry about them, but not know how to start the conversation or how to get their loved one help.
For adolescents and adults in the midst of transition, loss or difficulty, finding real help can seem like a dicey proposition. Often people find themselves depressed, anxious, numb or lost, but might feel too ashamed to let others know the extent of their growing unhappiness. Many try to manage their worry in secret, only transmitting their distress after their work/school performance slips, they self-harm or start to abuse chemicals. Family and friends may actively worry about them, but not know how to start the conversation or how to get their loved one help.
Mindfully Healing
Counselor
Verified Verified
Minnetonka, MN 55343
Mindfully Healing is a group practice of mental health clinicians who are committed to helping you overcome a variety of life's challenges through connection, education, and effective professional services. Our group of therapists are available to see adults, teens, couples, and families experiencing trauma, anxiety, depression, personality disorders, parenting concerns, co-parenting, panic attacks, school issues, relationship issues, family communication, grief, life transitions, conflict management, parent/teen conflict, and anger management.
Mindfully Healing is a group practice of mental health clinicians who are committed to helping you overcome a variety of life's challenges through connection, education, and effective professional services. Our group of therapists are available to see adults, teens, couples, and families experiencing trauma, anxiety, depression, personality disorders, parenting concerns, co-parenting, panic attacks, school issues, relationship issues, family communication, grief, life transitions, conflict management, parent/teen conflict, and anger management.
Brooke A Topalof
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Minnetonka, MN 55305 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Whether you're faced with relationship concerns or individual issues, I will help you work through them. I believe you have the answers within you and my role is to help you tap into them. You know yourself best but sometimes it's hard to sort through problems, especially when they're causing stress or depression. I use a collaborative approach to counseling and teach clients strategies to improve their outlook on life. The duration of therapy will depend on the goals identified and your motivation to make changes. I will walk alongside you and encourage your progress without pressuring.
Whether you're faced with relationship concerns or individual issues, I will help you work through them. I believe you have the answers within you and my role is to help you tap into them. You know yourself best but sometimes it's hard to sort through problems, especially when they're causing stress or depression. I use a collaborative approach to counseling and teach clients strategies to improve their outlook on life. The duration of therapy will depend on the goals identified and your motivation to make changes. I will walk alongside you and encourage your progress without pressuring.
Sara Biewen
Psychologist, MA, LP
Verified Verified
Minnetonka, MN 55305 (Online Only)
Some of which includes: depression, anxiety, grief and loss, pregnancy/postpartum, marital problems, work stress, mental illness, life transitions, childhood issues and chemical use.
I have been providing adult individual, couples and group therapy for over 20 years. I listen carefully to address the individual concerns of each client and I incoorperate the whole person, emotions, body, mind and spiritual support to therapy. My gentleness and sense of hope helps clients feel safe and open up to learnng about themsleves to make the changes they desire. Clients tell me that they feel that care about them and help them in many areas of their life - developing life long coping tools.
Some of which includes: depression, anxiety, grief and loss, pregnancy/postpartum, marital problems, work stress, mental illness, life transitions, childhood issues and chemical use.
I have been providing adult individual, couples and group therapy for over 20 years. I listen carefully to address the individual concerns of each client and I incoorperate the whole person, emotions, body, mind and spiritual support to therapy. My gentleness and sense of hope helps clients feel safe and open up to learnng about themsleves to make the changes they desire. Clients tell me that they feel that care about them and help them in many areas of their life - developing life long coping tools.
Max Stoltenberg
Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Minnetonka, MN 55345
Hello, my name is Max and I have worked as a licensed counselor for the past 20 years. The focus of my work is to help people develop the skills and use the tools they need to overcome anxiety, depression, and trauma. I value helping people befriend their mind and their body. What allows change is space. Space to be. Space to be heard. Space to be free. I use my experience with somatic and parts work to help people make space inside themselves for their thoughts, feelings, and actions. Through these exercises, it allows them to have room for a new chapter of healing.
Hello, my name is Max and I have worked as a licensed counselor for the past 20 years. The focus of my work is to help people develop the skills and use the tools they need to overcome anxiety, depression, and trauma. I value helping people befriend their mind and their body. What allows change is space. Space to be. Space to be heard. Space to be free. I use my experience with somatic and parts work to help people make space inside themselves for their thoughts, feelings, and actions. Through these exercises, it allows them to have room for a new chapter of healing.
Matthew Atkins Phd
Psychologist, LP
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Minnetonka, MN 55345
As a counseling psychologist, the majority of my work is focused on helping individuals negotiate the emotional setbacks they encounter throughout their lives. Feeling disconnected from ourselves and others, individuals can easily become depressed, anxious, or feel broken. My work in individual therapy centers on helping my clients to reconnect to stronger parts of themselves. I utilize an integrative approach that combines the science of psychology with interpersonal warmth, acceptance and understanding.
As a counseling psychologist, the majority of my work is focused on helping individuals negotiate the emotional setbacks they encounter throughout their lives. Feeling disconnected from ourselves and others, individuals can easily become depressed, anxious, or feel broken. My work in individual therapy centers on helping my clients to reconnect to stronger parts of themselves. I utilize an integrative approach that combines the science of psychology with interpersonal warmth, acceptance and understanding.
Victoria Elliott
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Minnetonka, MN 55305
My approach is non-blaming, strength based and encouraging. I specialize in relationship issues, anxiety, depression, family-of-origin work, and self-esteem. I use a combination of dependable, proven, effective techniques and integrate ideas and thoughts from many sources. I am a licensed marriage and family therapist with training in individual counseling, family and relationship counseling. If you want practical, realistic, caring help, you will find it here.
My approach is non-blaming, strength based and encouraging. I specialize in relationship issues, anxiety, depression, family-of-origin work, and self-esteem. I use a combination of dependable, proven, effective techniques and integrate ideas and thoughts from many sources. I am a licensed marriage and family therapist with training in individual counseling, family and relationship counseling. If you want practical, realistic, caring help, you will find it here.
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Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, LPCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Minnetonka, MN 55345
While some of my clients may have symptoms like depression or anxiety, I prefer to see the strengths, uniqueness, and possibilities that exist in their lives.
My goal is to help my clients feel confident in drawing conclusions and taking charge of their lives. My approach is to provide a fresh, unbiased perspective drawn from both life experience and current research. Whether you are seeking therapy to better understand yourself or work on a personal relationship that just doesn't seem to improve - together you and I will find solutions that work in real life. I believe you will find me warm, friendly, and down to earth and will leave each session with a new idea to try or or a different perspective to consider.
While some of my clients may have symptoms like depression or anxiety, I prefer to see the strengths, uniqueness, and possibilities that exist in their lives.
My goal is to help my clients feel confident in drawing conclusions and taking charge of their lives. My approach is to provide a fresh, unbiased perspective drawn from both life experience and current research. Whether you are seeking therapy to better understand yourself or work on a personal relationship that just doesn't seem to improve - together you and I will find solutions that work in real life. I believe you will find me warm, friendly, and down to earth and will leave each session with a new idea to try or or a different perspective to consider.
Mary E Einarson
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Minnetonka, MN 55305
I provide help for depression, anxiety, past trauma, and difficult relationships with a special interest in adults with Asperger Syndrome/Autism Spectrum Disorder, and their families. I am trained in EMDR, a treatment for trauma.
I provide help for depression, anxiety, past trauma, and difficult relationships with a special interest in adults with Asperger Syndrome/Autism Spectrum Disorder, and their families. I am trained in EMDR, a treatment for trauma.
Margaret Stearns
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
Minnetonka, MN 55305 (Online Only)
Now accepting new clients! Do you worry a lot or always assume the worst is going to happen? How about your tendency to be a "people-pleaser," causing a lack of confidence in setting healthy boundaries with others for fear you will disappoint them? Is trauma from your past negatively affecting your daily life or creating self-sabotaging behavior in your relationships? Anxiety, stress, depression, and lack of life balance are so common today. If you can relate to any of this, you are not alone and you don't need to struggle in silence. I am hear to help.
Now accepting new clients! Do you worry a lot or always assume the worst is going to happen? How about your tendency to be a "people-pleaser," causing a lack of confidence in setting healthy boundaries with others for fear you will disappoint them? Is trauma from your past negatively affecting your daily life or creating self-sabotaging behavior in your relationships? Anxiety, stress, depression, and lack of life balance are so common today. If you can relate to any of this, you are not alone and you don't need to struggle in silence. I am hear to help.
Cynthia Gill
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Minnetonka, MN 55305
A client who comes to me with honesty, is willing to work towards their goals is an ideal client. Anxiety, trauma, depression and family problems are problems that I treat with skill and sensitivity. Parents who need help parenting, children who suffer from a trauma, teens who are depressed and stressed out, couples who can't figure out why they are fighting so much when they really love each other, wives who struggle with low self esteem, people of any age who are very lonely, all need someone to help them sort out their challenges. "We are all just trying to do life!" That often that means asking for help.
A client who comes to me with honesty, is willing to work towards their goals is an ideal client. Anxiety, trauma, depression and family problems are problems that I treat with skill and sensitivity. Parents who need help parenting, children who suffer from a trauma, teens who are depressed and stressed out, couples who can't figure out why they are fighting so much when they really love each other, wives who struggle with low self esteem, people of any age who are very lonely, all need someone to help them sort out their challenges. "We are all just trying to do life!" That often that means asking for help.
Kelsey Malmstedt
Counselor, MS, LPCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Minnetonka, MN 55305 (Online Only)
I have experience in supporting individuals with concerns such as anxiety, depression, life transitions, grief, identity development, and LGBTQIA+ difficulties.
Have you been feeling stressed, overwhelmed, stuck, or lost? Reaching out for support from a therapist can play a huge role in finding fulfillment and purpose, challenging negative thoughts, and beginning the process of living as your authentic self. When we work together, we collaborate to explore your concerns in a safe, nonjudgmental, and individualized environment. My goal is to help validate, empower, and guide people in their healing as they work towards their goals. Together, we can expand on your strengths, skills, and values to cope through stressors, gain self-awareness and perspective, and find a positive path forward.
I have experience in supporting individuals with concerns such as anxiety, depression, life transitions, grief, identity development, and LGBTQIA+ difficulties.
Have you been feeling stressed, overwhelmed, stuck, or lost? Reaching out for support from a therapist can play a huge role in finding fulfillment and purpose, challenging negative thoughts, and beginning the process of living as your authentic self. When we work together, we collaborate to explore your concerns in a safe, nonjudgmental, and individualized environment. My goal is to help validate, empower, and guide people in their healing as they work towards their goals. Together, we can expand on your strengths, skills, and values to cope through stressors, gain self-awareness and perspective, and find a positive path forward.
Deb Goggins
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Minnetonka, MN 55305 (Online Only)
Do you need help managing stress, anxiety, depression, relationships, toxic behavior, focus/cognitive function, emotions, goal setting, motivation, achievement, career, grief, trauma, self-identity, work-life balance, or finding calm and happiness? I provide encouragement and guidance toward joy and hope with a focus on body, mind, and spirit to achieve wellness. I collaborate with you, and help you focus on yourself, so you find solutions that work for you. You will learn how to enrich yourself with positivity and purpose, and learn how to empower yourself to live authentically in peace.
Do you need help managing stress, anxiety, depression, relationships, toxic behavior, focus/cognitive function, emotions, goal setting, motivation, achievement, career, grief, trauma, self-identity, work-life balance, or finding calm and happiness? I provide encouragement and guidance toward joy and hope with a focus on body, mind, and spirit to achieve wellness. I collaborate with you, and help you focus on yourself, so you find solutions that work for you. You will learn how to enrich yourself with positivity and purpose, and learn how to empower yourself to live authentically in peace.
Lindsay Marcy
Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Minnetonka, MN 55305
My interests lie in assisting adults and teens struggling through anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, disordered eating, relationship issues, and sleep disorders.
Are you struggling with fatigue, disrupted eating patterns, or a diminished sex drive? Are your relationships feeling strained, or are you navigating a challenging life transition? Perhaps you're questioning the value of therapy. We will create a space together that slows everything down, leaning into the remarkable tools of curiosity and authenticity. We will parse it all out and build a map through the chaos and exhaustion. We'll create strategies to encourage joy and stability, ultimately seeking peaceful energy and a healthy hunger for life’s experiences.
My interests lie in assisting adults and teens struggling through anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, disordered eating, relationship issues, and sleep disorders.
Are you struggling with fatigue, disrupted eating patterns, or a diminished sex drive? Are your relationships feeling strained, or are you navigating a challenging life transition? Perhaps you're questioning the value of therapy. We will create a space together that slows everything down, leaning into the remarkable tools of curiosity and authenticity. We will parse it all out and build a map through the chaos and exhaustion. We'll create strategies to encourage joy and stability, ultimately seeking peaceful energy and a healthy hunger for life’s experiences.
Sam Wellman
Counselor, MA, LPCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Minnetonka, MN 55345
Welcome! I'm glad you're here. I know that doing a simple search for a therapist may seem like a small thing, but it's the first step that is going to lead to major improvements in your life. I'm here to help you with the next steps. Odds are you found me because something just isn't going right. Or maybe a lot of things aren't going right. Issues like anxiety, depression, and interpersonal problems can make the struggles of daily life seem nearly unbearable. It can seem like even the sunny days are obscured by a cloud that dulls any sense of contentment. I hear you. The good news is, I can help.
Welcome! I'm glad you're here. I know that doing a simple search for a therapist may seem like a small thing, but it's the first step that is going to lead to major improvements in your life. I'm here to help you with the next steps. Odds are you found me because something just isn't going right. Or maybe a lot of things aren't going right. Issues like anxiety, depression, and interpersonal problems can make the struggles of daily life seem nearly unbearable. It can seem like even the sunny days are obscured by a cloud that dulls any sense of contentment. I hear you. The good news is, I can help.
Life and Light Psychotherapy and Wellness
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC
Verified Verified
Minnetonka, MN 55305
If you are reading this, its an important step you just took towards your own healing journey. At Life and Light Healing and Wellness we lovingly attend to you, to all that makes you...you, to co-create a healing space. Whether it's the dark clouds of depression, the tentacles of anxiety, or the storm of PTSD, our clinicians are equipped with the tools and skills to support you through your journey to healing.
If you are reading this, its an important step you just took towards your own healing journey. At Life and Light Healing and Wellness we lovingly attend to you, to all that makes you...you, to co-create a healing space. Whether it's the dark clouds of depression, the tentacles of anxiety, or the storm of PTSD, our clinicians are equipped with the tools and skills to support you through your journey to healing.
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Depression Therapists
What is the goal of therapy for depression?
Therapy for depression has several major goals. One is to relieve the mental pain of depression, which distorts feeling and thinking so that sufferers cannot see beyond their current state of mind or envision feeling better. Another is to give people the mental tools to recognize and correct the kinds of distorted thinking that turn a problem into a catastrophe and lead to despair. Therapy also teaches people how to process negative emotions in constructive ways, so they have more control over their own emotional reactivity. And it helps people regain the ability to see themselves positively, the motivation to do things, and the capacity for pleasure.
What happens in therapy for depression?
Perhaps most important, no matter the type of therapy, patients form an alliance with the therapist; that connection is therapeutic in itself, plus it becomes an instrument of change. Patients learn to identify and to challenge their own erroneous beliefs and thoughts that amplify the effects of negative experiences. They learn to identify situations in which they are especially vulnerable. And they learn new patterns of thinking and behaving. They may be given “homework” assignments in which they practice their developing skills. In addition, good therapists regularly monitor patients to assess whether and how much the condition is improving.
What therapy types help with depression?
Several types of short-term therapy have been found effective, each targeting one or more areas of dysfunction. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps clients challenge their negative thoughts and beliefs, learn new behavioral strategies, and curb reactivity to distressing situations. Behavioral activation (BA) is a form of therapy often used in conjunction with CBT; it focuses on engagement in rewarding activity as a pathway to changing negative feelings and disturbed mood. Another widely used approach is interpersonal therapy (IPT), which targets the social difficulties that both give rise to and get exacerbated by depression. Therapists may combine approaches as needed.
Can therapy for depression be done online?
Studies have found that online therapy can be highly effective for treating depression, although it may be more challenging to build a good therapist-patient alliance on screen than in person—at least at first. However, online therapy can offer considerable advantages. Accessibility and convenience are tops among them. Some people actually find it easier to talk about problems online than in person. While online therapy typically limits visibility of facial expression and body gestures that give important nonverbal cues to a patient’s state of mind, it can give therapists a glimpse into a patient’s world and life, providing information that can be highly useful in guiding therapy.
How effective is therapy for depression?
Many studies show that therapy is highly effective provided that patients complete the prescribed course of therapy, commonly 16 to 20 sessions. Over the long term, it is more effective than medication and the effects are more enduring. As a result, psychotherapy has the power not just to relieve current suffering but to prevent future episodes of the disorder. Therapy reverses the dysfunction in neural circuitry that disposes individuals to a negative view of themselves, the world, and their future and they acquire coping techniques, problem-solving skills, and understanding of their own vulnerabilities that are useful over the course of a lifetime.