Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapists in Minneapolis, MN
Stressors in our lives often become overwhelming and confusing. They challenge our ability to cope. In collaboration with you, I provide practical guidance, support, and compassion to understand what might be helpful. I will gently and consistently challenge you to effectively change and move towards a meaningful and purposeful life.
Stressors in our lives often become overwhelming and confusing. They challenge our ability to cope. In collaboration with you, I provide practical guidance, support, and compassion to understand what might be helpful. I will gently and consistently challenge you to effectively change and move towards a meaningful and purposeful life.
Hello! I’m a licensed psychologist specializing in mental health and well-being. My practice focuses on supporting individuals dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, parenting, and relationship challenges. I’m passionate about helping people navigate life’s complexities and find healing. Feel free to reach out if you’d like to explore therapy together!
Hello! I’m a licensed psychologist specializing in mental health and well-being. My practice focuses on supporting individuals dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, parenting, and relationship challenges. I’m passionate about helping people navigate life’s complexities and find healing. Feel free to reach out if you’d like to explore therapy together!
I believe that understanding, accepting, and committing to our values is an integral part of recovery and creating a meaningful life. I aim to provide tools and support that allow individuals to resolve their past and thrive in the present. My professional experience and training is focused on providing advocacy and guidance for adults seeking management and relief from PTSD, substance use concerns, mood and anxiety disorders, and personality disorders.
I believe that understanding, accepting, and committing to our values is an integral part of recovery and creating a meaningful life. I aim to provide tools and support that allow individuals to resolve their past and thrive in the present. My professional experience and training is focused on providing advocacy and guidance for adults seeking management and relief from PTSD, substance use concerns, mood and anxiety disorders, and personality disorders.
Melanie M Alford
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, MPH, LICSW
2 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
Real change comes from understanding why our own impulses and behaviors hold us back from experiencing our true potential and discovering the skills to create the change we seek. I believe in a holistic, person-centered approach to therapy that helps people find the answers that were inside them all along. As a therapist, I am intuitive and compassionate, yet direct, and employ a mix of modalities, including traditional psychotherapy, cognitive therapy and mindfulness techniques.
Real change comes from understanding why our own impulses and behaviors hold us back from experiencing our true potential and discovering the skills to create the change we seek. I believe in a holistic, person-centered approach to therapy that helps people find the answers that were inside them all along. As a therapist, I am intuitive and compassionate, yet direct, and employ a mix of modalities, including traditional psychotherapy, cognitive therapy and mindfulness techniques.
I'm a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), and I bring over a decade of experience supporting clients of all ages - especially adolescents and young adults—on their journeys of self-discovery, healing, and growth. I use a trauma-informed approach, rooted in extensive training in attachment and trauma to provide a compassionate and safe space for exploration and change.
With training in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and years of experience conducting professional trainings, I integrate evidence-based practices with systems thinking to address individual and environmental influences on mental health.
I'm a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), and I bring over a decade of experience supporting clients of all ages - especially adolescents and young adults—on their journeys of self-discovery, healing, and growth. I use a trauma-informed approach, rooted in extensive training in attachment and trauma to provide a compassionate and safe space for exploration and change.
With training in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and years of experience conducting professional trainings, I integrate evidence-based practices with systems thinking to address individual and environmental influences on mental health.
I have 20 years' combined experience working with culturally, ethnically and generationally diverse clients in therapy, chemical use, restorative justice, and counseling children and families in need. I'm dedicated to enthusiastic, respectful and dynamic interactions as a means of creating and nurturing community interest. As a psychotherapist and LADC, I've worked with adults, adolescents, and families from all walks of life. My goal is to foster well-being in individuals and families. I seek to eliminate the stigma of shame and guilt associated with mental health and substance use, which leads to understanding, respectful conversations that enable healing.
I have 20 years' combined experience working with culturally, ethnically and generationally diverse clients in therapy, chemical use, restorative justice, and counseling children and families in need. I'm dedicated to enthusiastic, respectful and dynamic interactions as a means of creating and nurturing community interest. As a psychotherapist and LADC, I've worked with adults, adolescents, and families from all walks of life. My goal is to foster well-being in individuals and families. I seek to eliminate the stigma of shame and guilt associated with mental health and substance use, which leads to understanding, respectful conversations that enable healing.
It is my goal as your therapist to create a safe and supportive space for you to explore who you are and strive for change! Whether you're struggling with anxiety, depression, life transitions, trauma, or self-esteem, I am here to support you. I like to help empower my clients to be able to process and express their emotions in a more effective and healthy manner, develop healthy relationships, process past experiences, and strengthen their sense of self.
It is my goal as your therapist to create a safe and supportive space for you to explore who you are and strive for change! Whether you're struggling with anxiety, depression, life transitions, trauma, or self-esteem, I am here to support you. I like to help empower my clients to be able to process and express their emotions in a more effective and healthy manner, develop healthy relationships, process past experiences, and strengthen their sense of self.
I work with people who want to show up in the world and be embraced for ALL of who they are. Most of us have things that we keep hidden from others around us - locked away because we are worried that we are broken, weird, fearful of how we will be judged. The problem is, even when we are great at hiding - these things slowly but surely permeate our lives from the inside out. Everyone around you thinks you've got it all together, but on the inside - you know something is off, and you're ready to figure it out and do something different. You're ready to be honest and curious and make a change - to find YOUR courageous truth.
I work with people who want to show up in the world and be embraced for ALL of who they are. Most of us have things that we keep hidden from others around us - locked away because we are worried that we are broken, weird, fearful of how we will be judged. The problem is, even when we are great at hiding - these things slowly but surely permeate our lives from the inside out. Everyone around you thinks you've got it all together, but on the inside - you know something is off, and you're ready to figure it out and do something different. You're ready to be honest and curious and make a change - to find YOUR courageous truth.
If you're here because your past traumas are creeping up on you, what you show the world doesn't align with what's on the inside, or your anxiety/depression has depleted you---I want to work with you. You might be someone who has a hard time asking for help, so the fact that you're even thinking about getting it is a big step. Sometimes, we just need a therapist to guide us along our path to feeling better. I want you to feel equipped to handle life’s ever-changing ups and downs, and to be able to do it with a sense of purpose, stability, and self-awareness.
If you're here because your past traumas are creeping up on you, what you show the world doesn't align with what's on the inside, or your anxiety/depression has depleted you---I want to work with you. You might be someone who has a hard time asking for help, so the fact that you're even thinking about getting it is a big step. Sometimes, we just need a therapist to guide us along our path to feeling better. I want you to feel equipped to handle life’s ever-changing ups and downs, and to be able to do it with a sense of purpose, stability, and self-awareness.
I specialize in dealing with the impact of depression, anxiety, grief and trauma that alters client’s lives. I help individuals, couples and families identify and work through abandonment and early attachment injuries to prevent current and future toxic relationship patterns. I am passionate about practicing a culturally specific and holistic approach to therapy.
I specialize in dealing with the impact of depression, anxiety, grief and trauma that alters client’s lives. I help individuals, couples and families identify and work through abandonment and early attachment injuries to prevent current and future toxic relationship patterns. I am passionate about practicing a culturally specific and holistic approach to therapy.
Arielle Johnson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Minneapolis, MN 55417
Waitlist for new clients
Welcome! My name is Arielle, I also go by AJ, and I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker. My approach to therapy is rooted in intersectional feminism, racial equity, and queer and trans liberation. I am excited to work with individuals of all gender and sexual identities. As a queer, gender-expansive person, I am especially passionate about working with folks from the LGBTQIA2S+ community, particularly those who identify as bi+, pansexual, trans, nonbinary, and/or minoritized/invisible in our community. I bring an interpersonal, strengths-based lens to this work.
Welcome! My name is Arielle, I also go by AJ, and I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker. My approach to therapy is rooted in intersectional feminism, racial equity, and queer and trans liberation. I am excited to work with individuals of all gender and sexual identities. As a queer, gender-expansive person, I am especially passionate about working with folks from the LGBTQIA2S+ community, particularly those who identify as bi+, pansexual, trans, nonbinary, and/or minoritized/invisible in our community. I bring an interpersonal, strengths-based lens to this work.
Missy Parsons-Stadler
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, MA, LPCC, LADC
1 Endorsed
Online Only
If you've been affected by addiction, emotionally distant parents, or just find yourself struggling in life... I offer a safe and compassionate space for you to explore your struggles and find ways to change dysfunctional relational patterns. If you are ready to start the journey of understanding, acceptance, and work toward change where it's needed...I will hold space for you and start where you are at, with no judgment. My specialty is working with relational change, addictive patterns, and adult women with ADHD or those suspect they might. However, I also enjoy working with anyone in life transition or who are "feeling stuck".
If you've been affected by addiction, emotionally distant parents, or just find yourself struggling in life... I offer a safe and compassionate space for you to explore your struggles and find ways to change dysfunctional relational patterns. If you are ready to start the journey of understanding, acceptance, and work toward change where it's needed...I will hold space for you and start where you are at, with no judgment. My specialty is working with relational change, addictive patterns, and adult women with ADHD or those suspect they might. However, I also enjoy working with anyone in life transition or who are "feeling stuck".
I transitioned to the counseling profession at age 50 and I believe my diverse background before becoming a counselor is a benefit for my clients. I draw upon my lived experiences as an athlete, entrepreneur, business owner, wife, and mother, as well as my education and training in counseling. As a person-centered, strength-based therapist, I strive to build a collaborative relationship with clients, help them discover and build on their strengths, and work together to determine a path forward. I believe everyone can heal and change, and that journey most often begins with gentle acceptance and self-compassion.
I transitioned to the counseling profession at age 50 and I believe my diverse background before becoming a counselor is a benefit for my clients. I draw upon my lived experiences as an athlete, entrepreneur, business owner, wife, and mother, as well as my education and training in counseling. As a person-centered, strength-based therapist, I strive to build a collaborative relationship with clients, help them discover and build on their strengths, and work together to determine a path forward. I believe everyone can heal and change, and that journey most often begins with gentle acceptance and self-compassion.
I am passionate about supporting women as they navigate the perinatal period - pregnancy, birth and postpartum. This is a period of transformation, where we may experience changes emotionally, physically, interpersonally, and with identity. The experience surrounding pregnancy and birth, especially when one or both don’t go as planned, can increase feelings of distress, isolation, and overwhelm - adding challenge to an already intense life transition. We tend to have a lot of judgements about how we "should" feel during this time, and it can be quite upsetting when that doesn't match our experience.
I am passionate about supporting women as they navigate the perinatal period - pregnancy, birth and postpartum. This is a period of transformation, where we may experience changes emotionally, physically, interpersonally, and with identity. The experience surrounding pregnancy and birth, especially when one or both don’t go as planned, can increase feelings of distress, isolation, and overwhelm - adding challenge to an already intense life transition. We tend to have a lot of judgements about how we "should" feel during this time, and it can be quite upsetting when that doesn't match our experience.
I am currently accepting new clients! I work with individuals 16+ who are navigating the complexities of being human. My approach to therapy is grounded in warmth, collaboration, and genuine curiosity. I'm passionate about supporting people in reconnecting with parts of themselves. Maybe you tend to lead with logic but struggle to access or express emotion. Or maybe your feelings are so big and consuming that they cloud your sense of identity. Wherever you find yourself, I offer a space grounded in honesty, curiosity, and care. All identities are welcome here, and your full self is invited into the room.
I am currently accepting new clients! I work with individuals 16+ who are navigating the complexities of being human. My approach to therapy is grounded in warmth, collaboration, and genuine curiosity. I'm passionate about supporting people in reconnecting with parts of themselves. Maybe you tend to lead with logic but struggle to access or express emotion. Or maybe your feelings are so big and consuming that they cloud your sense of identity. Wherever you find yourself, I offer a space grounded in honesty, curiosity, and care. All identities are welcome here, and your full self is invited into the room.
Ann L. P. Steely
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW, LADC
1 Endorsed
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Waitlist for new clients
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.
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.
The people I work with often feel disconnected from the deep intimacy they desire with friends, family, and partners. After experiences of harm or trauma, relationships might feel risky, exhausting, or unsatisfying. Together we'll work to understand how you show up in relationships and why, exploring what it could look like to be more fully seen and loved.
My aim is to nurture a safe environment where you feel heard, held, and gently challenged as you observe your patterns, reclaim choice, grow self-compassion, and come into greater alignment with your hopes and values. Your autonomy and security are centered every step of the way.
The people I work with often feel disconnected from the deep intimacy they desire with friends, family, and partners. After experiences of harm or trauma, relationships might feel risky, exhausting, or unsatisfying. Together we'll work to understand how you show up in relationships and why, exploring what it could look like to be more fully seen and loved.
My aim is to nurture a safe environment where you feel heard, held, and gently challenged as you observe your patterns, reclaim choice, grow self-compassion, and come into greater alignment with your hopes and values. Your autonomy and security are centered every step of the way.
Feeling stressed and confused about who you are, where life is taking you or what to do next? I work with adults who are struggling with uncertainty, life transitions, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, family, relationship problems, and codependency. I have special interest in working with adult children from dysfunctional family settings, individuals living beyond addiction recovery, and family and friends of those with alcohol and substance use disorders. I value and support diversity and welcome people from all identities. I meet you where you are at and offer you encouragement, insight, and tools to help you live your best life
Feeling stressed and confused about who you are, where life is taking you or what to do next? I work with adults who are struggling with uncertainty, life transitions, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, family, relationship problems, and codependency. I have special interest in working with adult children from dysfunctional family settings, individuals living beyond addiction recovery, and family and friends of those with alcohol and substance use disorders. I value and support diversity and welcome people from all identities. I meet you where you are at and offer you encouragement, insight, and tools to help you live your best life
New openings as of 5/27/25! As a therapist, I want you to feel comfortable, supported, and truly seen. My hope is to create a space that feels warm and safe - where you can show up as you are and move through things at your own pace. I believe that healing happens through real connection, compassion, and curiosity. In our sessions, I’ll listen without judgment and offer support as you sort through what’s coming up. Everyone’s path is different, and I’m here to walk alongside you, wherever you are in your journey.
New openings as of 5/27/25! As a therapist, I want you to feel comfortable, supported, and truly seen. My hope is to create a space that feels warm and safe - where you can show up as you are and move through things at your own pace. I believe that healing happens through real connection, compassion, and curiosity. In our sessions, I’ll listen without judgment and offer support as you sort through what’s coming up. Everyone’s path is different, and I’m here to walk alongside you, wherever you are in your journey.
I believe that building an authentic relationship with each client is one of the first steps in moving towards peace, hope, and healing. As we seek to understand ourselves and the patterns of distress, conflict, or confusion we fall into, taking space to explore our strengths and connections is an important step in building a foundation for how we want to move through our world. I value creating a non-judgmental space for each individual, couple, or family to identify their goals and work together to reflect and acquire the necessary tools to begin to feel whole.
I believe that building an authentic relationship with each client is one of the first steps in moving towards peace, hope, and healing. As we seek to understand ourselves and the patterns of distress, conflict, or confusion we fall into, taking space to explore our strengths and connections is an important step in building a foundation for how we want to move through our world. I value creating a non-judgmental space for each individual, couple, or family to identify their goals and work together to reflect and acquire the necessary tools to begin to feel whole.
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