Marriage Counseling Therapists in Anoka County, MN

My specialties include anxiety, depression, abuse/trauma, behavioral disorders, borderline personality disorder, gambling addiction, hypnotherapy, phobias, sexual identity disorders, chronic illness and schizophrenia.

We are an outpatient mental health clinic. The owner of the clinic is Marcie Stresemann, Ph.D., L.P.C.C. with other licensed therapists on staff. Dr. Stresemann is a Minnesota Qualified Neutral under Rule 114, and provides Mediation Services to couples negotiating divorce and family changes. This includes division of assets and liabilities, parenting time agreements, child custody issues, dispute resolution process and other issues. We are a practice that provides the highest level of service in an ethical, professional manner that protects the confidentiality of those we serve. Mediation is not covered under insurance.

Hello and welcome! My name is Amanda and I have been in the field as a therapist for over 10 years. As a therapist it is my goal to give you the space, time, and support to overcome the struggles you may be facing. I work hard to help you find your own empowerment to work through the difficulties that life throws your way. I am gentle, yet direct when needed, in therapy. When it comes to working with families or children/adolescents, my goal is to teach the family how to communicate and work together more effectively. I look forward to helping guide and support you in the ways you need to heal.

I believe that the best therapy is radically empathetic, that all people hold the innate capacity for healing, and that courage and strength are discovered when people are allowed the space to express and release emotional pain. I use relational, evidence based approaches and work collaboratively with my clients to target the issues most challenging to them. The approaches I use vary and are dependent on the needs of the individual, family, or couple that I'm working with, modalities include DBT, TF-CBT, EMDR, psychodynamic and attachment theory.

You, the client, are the priority of my psychology practice. I work as a Licensed Psychologist and a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker. What your goals and vision are for your life personally and professionally is the focus of your psychotherapy and/or marriage therapy. I will provide a therapeutic environment based on positive regard for you and assist and assess what your wants and needs are psychologically. I am willing, committed, and trained as your psychologist/coach to help empower you in your life choices. I specialize in Couples Counseling, Marriage Therapy, Trauma Therapy, Depression Therapy, and Life Coaching.

Sometimes in life, we experience stressful situations which can cause our lives to unravel. I am passionate about assisting people who have been through stressful experiences. I help clients find healthy perceptions of themselves. I work with a wide range of issues including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and loss issues, relationship/ marriage and family concerns, crisis management, and anger management. My clients include adults (18 and older), individuals, couples, and families. ​

It is difficult and very anxiety provoking to make the initial appointment, although, that is the first step towards success! I want to validate that emotional response, and to bring comfort by providing a faith driven approach enlightened with hope and strength for your personal growth and development. I assist my clients to be empowered by their self-worth, and work collaboratively to reach their ideal goal of success and progress. I provide a supportive, humorous, and safe environment where it's possible to connect on a therapeutic level.

Do you feel alone in your marriage or family? Are you contemplating separation, divorce and/or remarriage? I would like to come along side you and understand your challenges and empower you to make life altering choices in your personal life to facilitate healing and wholeness. By using our faith as the foundation of accepting who we are and where we are at in our lives, we can come to understand our purpose and work with the gifts that God bestowed upon us to grow and to learn to love ourselves.

I want to support you in the analysis of your, patterns, challenges and transitions. Are you unsure of your direction, your next move? Do you find yourself in familiar place, in spite of the fact that you've changed partners, jobs or the place you live? I've been there and at one particularly trying time in my life decided to go back to school and study RELATIONSHIPS. What I learned, backed by contemporary research, changed my life and set me on the path to helping others. KNOWLEDGE can help you establish a more satisfying direction and life. Start today with a free phone consultation or half hour session.

Overwhelmed? Feeling distressed with worry, fear, sadness, despair, or a combination of difficult feelings? Relationship challenges? Parenting challenges? Terry is a family therapist who believes most people can manage their own lives, except for those few times when life throws a curveball, then we may have difficulty figuring how to handle that ball. We often find ourselves going in circles using old techniques. My desire and privilege is to come alongside you in your journey forward.

Compassionate and Caring. Over 30 years experience with individual, marriage and family therapy. Certified Family Trauma Professional.

"I am not crazy," is the first thing many hear when thinking of mental health. Mental health is less about being crazy and more about over all well-being. Research shows that expressing ourselves can lead to positive change and better understanding of ourselves. During our journey together, I respect my clients by bringing in a culturally informed and non-judgmental lens, utilizing personal, religious/spiritual, and/or cultural strengths approach to healing. Together we will work on listening to our bodies and minds, integrating both in ways that bring positivity and restoration to ourselves and our relationships.

The headlines read : These are the worst of times (Styx,1981). At times our situations can be overwhelming and truly feel like the worst of times. Life can be painful and difficult and sometimes feels out of control. I help clients deal with a variety of “worst of times” including marital conflict, medical crisis or chronic illness, parenting issues, a difficult child/teen, anger, depression/anxiety, etc. I will help you to solve these and other issues, and work together to make lasting changes.

Corona virus concerns? I offer Online Video Therapy. My focus: HOPE & ACTION involving Marriage Family services for individuals, couples, children, adolescents and pastors. Since most issues that people present are about morals and and values, I believe that often a Christian moral baseline must be considered. With this approach i have seen CHANGES HAPPEN MORE RAPIDLY and are longer lasting. ISN'T THAT WHAT WE ARE ALL LOOKING FOR? My therapy is collaborative, very interactive, practical and DOWN TO EARTH. Homework and handouts are provided for future tools. Also, you will find that I am VERY APPROACHABLE and ENJOY A GOOD LAUGH.

I have spent my career working with people in their darkest of times, from marital conflict or a still-conflicted relationship with a parent, to surviving the loss of a loved one by murder or suicide. Trauma is something you carry with you for years, maybe for your whole life. I will aid you in developing skills and tools to live with the trauma in your life but not be the trauma. Therapy is change. I can't "fix" you, but I can help you heal yourself. It's a team approach. Together we can make this better. (Evenings available.)

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice. I offer individual, family, and couples counseling in Wayzata. I am certified in Prepare-Enrich and trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). I am skilled in Emotionally Focused Couples’ Therapy (EFT) and Narrative-Informed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I am an advocate for bringing contextual factors, such as ethnicity and gender, into the therapy room.

Aloha-Namaste! A person who curiously explores the potentials from their life struggles is someone who is well-positioned to actualization their innate purpose. This person belongs to an elite group of people who refuse to be reduced by their challenges (Maya Angelou) and instead be uplifted by them. The shift from struggles to strengths is the destination of our work together, but only if you are ready, willing, and able to turn those grave-stones into stepping-stones! Success has been achieved by people with childhood challenges who seek to sustainably and naturally live well and serve the greater good as an end.

Liz has her master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. She has attended advanced trainings on Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and is on the certification track for EFT, an empirically researched, and proven effective model for therapy. Liz utilizes this and other attachment-based approaches with couples and individuals. Liz believes secure relationships are the foundation to a happy, healthy life. She aims to assist clients in forming deeper and more meaningful connections in their significant relationships through facilitating new interactions.

I am not currently taking new clients, but anticipate having some availability open up in late May/early June 2022. If you would like to be added to my waiting list, please email me by clicking the "email me" button to the left. Thank you.