Mindfulness-Based (MBCT) Therapists in Minneapolis, MN
I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with over 10 years of experience in the mental health field. I completed my Bachelors and master’s in social work at St. Cloud State University. I have experience working with various mental health conditions and use a variety of evidence-based approaches, such as CBT, person centered therapy, psychodynamic therapy, and DBT to help my clients reach their goals. I am committed to creating a safe, non-judgmental space where clients can explore their feelings, thoughts, and behaviors to make positive changes in their lives.
I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with over 10 years of experience in the mental health field. I completed my Bachelors and master’s in social work at St. Cloud State University. I have experience working with various mental health conditions and use a variety of evidence-based approaches, such as CBT, person centered therapy, psychodynamic therapy, and DBT to help my clients reach their goals. I am committed to creating a safe, non-judgmental space where clients can explore their feelings, thoughts, and behaviors to make positive changes in their lives.
Currently, I am offering online and in-office sessions. If the whole world's a stage (as Shakespeare wrote), you are the lead actor. I take a supporting role for you or your child to achieve optimal mental health. I welcome all ages and forms of diversity, including non-binary or trans-identified individuals. I work with children/adolescents, adults, couples and families of any configuration.
Currently, I am offering online and in-office sessions. If the whole world's a stage (as Shakespeare wrote), you are the lead actor. I take a supporting role for you or your child to achieve optimal mental health. I welcome all ages and forms of diversity, including non-binary or trans-identified individuals. I work with children/adolescents, adults, couples and families of any configuration.
Nina Shadi
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, MS, LPCC
Verified Verified
Minneapolis, MN 55410
You're a woman/mother/mom-to-be looking for a therapist that will understand you. Or parents dissatisfied with your relationship. You’re struggling, questioning so much and want clarity. You long to understand your thoughts, feelings, and dynamics but don't know where to start. So much is weighing on you. You miss balance. You're not alone and our therapeutic relationship can help. Through an eclectic approach, -utilizing techniques specific to YOUR needs we'll work together to resolve, not bandaid your struggles. You'll change maladaptive patterns and build a foundation of strength and self-worth, fostering healing, change.
You're a woman/mother/mom-to-be looking for a therapist that will understand you. Or parents dissatisfied with your relationship. You’re struggling, questioning so much and want clarity. You long to understand your thoughts, feelings, and dynamics but don't know where to start. So much is weighing on you. You miss balance. You're not alone and our therapeutic relationship can help. Through an eclectic approach, -utilizing techniques specific to YOUR needs we'll work together to resolve, not bandaid your struggles. You'll change maladaptive patterns and build a foundation of strength and self-worth, fostering healing, change.
Patricia Jean Welch
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, ATR-BC
Verified Verified
Minneapolis, MN 55414
I help people find their voice and true selves, whose lives have been impacted by trauma and various forms of abuse in their childhood. By engaging in deep meaningful conversation and exploring with art materials in sessions, we can choose to move from survival and reactions to owning and living our lives fully. Much of traumatic experiences reside in the non-verbal part of the brain. The use of creative art therapy allows the individual to express feelings in a visual and sensory way, allowing for a better understanding of the feeling which allows us to find our own buried truths.
I help people find their voice and true selves, whose lives have been impacted by trauma and various forms of abuse in their childhood. By engaging in deep meaningful conversation and exploring with art materials in sessions, we can choose to move from survival and reactions to owning and living our lives fully. Much of traumatic experiences reside in the non-verbal part of the brain. The use of creative art therapy allows the individual to express feelings in a visual and sensory way, allowing for a better understanding of the feeling which allows us to find our own buried truths.
Life hands us many experiences. We all try to manage when things come up. But sometimes we struggle with things beyond our control, difficult thoughts, feelings or circumstances. Therapy gets to be a space where you are supported with whatever it is. You may want to address current stressors, find new ways to cope or heal from past experiences. You may be focused on self-growth, and quality of life or wanting to build better relationships or intimacy. In therapy you get to do those things.
Life hands us many experiences. We all try to manage when things come up. But sometimes we struggle with things beyond our control, difficult thoughts, feelings or circumstances. Therapy gets to be a space where you are supported with whatever it is. You may want to address current stressors, find new ways to cope or heal from past experiences. You may be focused on self-growth, and quality of life or wanting to build better relationships or intimacy. In therapy you get to do those things.
I strive to bring unconditional positive regard, empathy, and cultural responsiveness to meet you where you are and walk in this journey of discovery, growth, and healing with you. I believe in the power of a strong therapeutic relationship, insight, and therapeutic tools and skills to actualize positive, productive change in your life. I will honor you as the expert of your own life and value your autonomy in counseling direction, decision-making, and taking action. Practicing from a strengths-based, trauma-informed, and client-centered approach, I work with primarily adults.
I strive to bring unconditional positive regard, empathy, and cultural responsiveness to meet you where you are and walk in this journey of discovery, growth, and healing with you. I believe in the power of a strong therapeutic relationship, insight, and therapeutic tools and skills to actualize positive, productive change in your life. I will honor you as the expert of your own life and value your autonomy in counseling direction, decision-making, and taking action. Practicing from a strengths-based, trauma-informed, and client-centered approach, I work with primarily adults.
Brianna places tremendous value on the therapist-client relationship and believes nothing is more important than cultivating a strong, trusting connection with clients. She believes a misconception exists that says advice giving is what is most helpful, but Brianna prefers to offer her clients alternative perspectives and create space for a collaborative approach to explore new ways to overcoming obstacles. Clients can expect a safe, nonjudgmental therapy environment to express themselves and be heard. Her environment is one of active listening, empathy, empowerment, support, collaboration, and humor.
Brianna places tremendous value on the therapist-client relationship and believes nothing is more important than cultivating a strong, trusting connection with clients. She believes a misconception exists that says advice giving is what is most helpful, but Brianna prefers to offer her clients alternative perspectives and create space for a collaborative approach to explore new ways to overcoming obstacles. Clients can expect a safe, nonjudgmental therapy environment to express themselves and be heard. Her environment is one of active listening, empathy, empowerment, support, collaboration, and humor.
Emily Eng
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA
Verified Verified
Minneapolis, MN 55419
Waitlist for new clients
I am a biracial Cambodian-American therapist providing relational psychodynamic therapy that is trauma-informed and neurodiversity-affirming. I approach therapy with honesty, compassion, and respect. I know reaching out can be difficult, especially when you're not sure what you need. I am dedicated to providing a deeply nonjudgmental space where you can explore your thoughts, feelings, and desires, begin to put words to your experiences, and better understand the patterns that shape your life. Together, we can explore what feels stuck and consider if, when, and what kind of change might feel right for you at this time.
I am a biracial Cambodian-American therapist providing relational psychodynamic therapy that is trauma-informed and neurodiversity-affirming. I approach therapy with honesty, compassion, and respect. I know reaching out can be difficult, especially when you're not sure what you need. I am dedicated to providing a deeply nonjudgmental space where you can explore your thoughts, feelings, and desires, begin to put words to your experiences, and better understand the patterns that shape your life. Together, we can explore what feels stuck and consider if, when, and what kind of change might feel right for you at this time.
Kristin Kane Art Therapist
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, ATR-BC
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Minneapolis, MN 55439
I offer a collaborative holistic and strengths based approach that empowers clients. I provide a supportive environment for self-expression to help return clients to a sense of wellness and health. I believe that through embracing creativity client's can find relief from emotional pain, gain self-awareness and insight, and heal from trauma. I help others empower themselves to heal through compassionate presence.
I offer a collaborative holistic and strengths based approach that empowers clients. I provide a supportive environment for self-expression to help return clients to a sense of wellness and health. I believe that through embracing creativity client's can find relief from emotional pain, gain self-awareness and insight, and heal from trauma. I help others empower themselves to heal through compassionate presence.
Understanding the self is the first step toward change. Through compassion, reflection and skill development one has the opportunity to remove obstacles in the form of beliefs, mobilize one's inner resources, reduce suffering and create a more meaningful life. I have worked with adults who have survived trauma/abuse, struggled with problems in mood and thought and experienced self-worth injuries.
Understanding the self is the first step toward change. Through compassion, reflection and skill development one has the opportunity to remove obstacles in the form of beliefs, mobilize one's inner resources, reduce suffering and create a more meaningful life. I have worked with adults who have survived trauma/abuse, struggled with problems in mood and thought and experienced self-worth injuries.
I have current openings for both in-person and telehealth appointments. Being willing to work on bettering yourself takes a lot of bravery and hard work. I am here to help you along this journey. To support, validate, and lift you up. To help you gain a better understanding of yourself. To teach healthy ways of coping with life’s hardships. To encourage you when things are tough, and hope seems lost. To challenge you to do, think, and feel different as you work towards having a life that feels worth living.
I have current openings for both in-person and telehealth appointments. Being willing to work on bettering yourself takes a lot of bravery and hard work. I am here to help you along this journey. To support, validate, and lift you up. To help you gain a better understanding of yourself. To teach healthy ways of coping with life’s hardships. To encourage you when things are tough, and hope seems lost. To challenge you to do, think, and feel different as you work towards having a life that feels worth living.
Meet Our Mindfulness-Based (MBCT) Therapists
Heather Barrett
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, LADC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Minneapolis, MN 55446
Immediate Openings online and in Plymouth office! I provide a supportive and non-judgmental space where you can explore what brings you to therapy and figure out how to take steps forward (or back if that's what you need). My style of connection is down-to earth, compassionate, humorous, and real. If you are new to therapy, have been in therapy awhile, experiencing a life event, or trying to figure out why things are the way they are and how you can feel better, reach out and let's talk about it.
Immediate Openings online and in Plymouth office! I provide a supportive and non-judgmental space where you can explore what brings you to therapy and figure out how to take steps forward (or back if that's what you need). My style of connection is down-to earth, compassionate, humorous, and real. If you are new to therapy, have been in therapy awhile, experiencing a life event, or trying to figure out why things are the way they are and how you can feel better, reach out and let's talk about it.
Through my 18 years as a therapist I’ve come to understand the common issues that get in the way of peoples’ growth and success. I can help you identify what is getting in your way, understand what you learned early on that caused you to feel stuck, and address those issues in a way that creates lasting change. I utilize trauma treatments such as EMDR and other experiential strategies to help you live life with more vibrancy and joy. I am also getting certified in Terry Real's Relational Life Therapy (RLT) for couples counseling and welcome couples to therapy utilizing this effective approach for sustainable relational change.
Through my 18 years as a therapist I’ve come to understand the common issues that get in the way of peoples’ growth and success. I can help you identify what is getting in your way, understand what you learned early on that caused you to feel stuck, and address those issues in a way that creates lasting change. I utilize trauma treatments such as EMDR and other experiential strategies to help you live life with more vibrancy and joy. I am also getting certified in Terry Real's Relational Life Therapy (RLT) for couples counseling and welcome couples to therapy utilizing this effective approach for sustainable relational change.
“Stuck.” This is a word that often comes up in therapy: feeling stuck with painful feelings, with past traumatic experiences, in unhealthy ways of coping, or in challenging relationship dynamics. When stuck with thoughts of the past or worries about the future, this gets in the way of living in the present. Especially as environments are often invalidating of emotional experiences, getting unstuck is about making room for what we've learned to avoid. Through a close and meaningful relationship, I am passionate about creating a safe environment in which we can get to the bottom of what is keeping you from the life you want to lead.
“Stuck.” This is a word that often comes up in therapy: feeling stuck with painful feelings, with past traumatic experiences, in unhealthy ways of coping, or in challenging relationship dynamics. When stuck with thoughts of the past or worries about the future, this gets in the way of living in the present. Especially as environments are often invalidating of emotional experiences, getting unstuck is about making room for what we've learned to avoid. Through a close and meaningful relationship, I am passionate about creating a safe environment in which we can get to the bottom of what is keeping you from the life you want to lead.
Picture this: you and your partner once shared everything—quiet moments, dreams for the future, and a sense of connection. However, as life brings the ups and downs of fertility, pregnancy, and navigating new parenthood, it can feel like a wall has risen between you. Counseling approaches tend to focus on one partner, but I’m here to support both of you. Whether you’re tired from constant arguments or silence that feel heavier than ever, it’s often the unmet needs and a desire to feel seen and understood that lie beneath the surface.
Picture this: you and your partner once shared everything—quiet moments, dreams for the future, and a sense of connection. However, as life brings the ups and downs of fertility, pregnancy, and navigating new parenthood, it can feel like a wall has risen between you. Counseling approaches tend to focus on one partner, but I’m here to support both of you. Whether you’re tired from constant arguments or silence that feel heavier than ever, it’s often the unmet needs and a desire to feel seen and understood that lie beneath the surface.
We all experience times when life becomes overwhelming, leaving us feeling vulnerable and off-centered, sometimes leading to profound depression, grief, anxiety or the use of unhealthy coping strategies. Stressors include major life transitions, relational challenges (conflict, separation/divorce, domestic abuse), parenting or/caregiving responsibilities, health difficulties, social oppression/discrimination, and trauma as a child or adult. No matter how strong you may be, you don't have to go it alone. Everyone struggles from time to time, and many benefit from seeking help from an experienced, highly trained psychotherapist.
We all experience times when life becomes overwhelming, leaving us feeling vulnerable and off-centered, sometimes leading to profound depression, grief, anxiety or the use of unhealthy coping strategies. Stressors include major life transitions, relational challenges (conflict, separation/divorce, domestic abuse), parenting or/caregiving responsibilities, health difficulties, social oppression/discrimination, and trauma as a child or adult. No matter how strong you may be, you don't have to go it alone. Everyone struggles from time to time, and many benefit from seeking help from an experienced, highly trained psychotherapist.
Lyndsie Standerwick
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, RPT
Verified Verified
Minneapolis, MN 55407
In-Person sessions with COVID-19 precautions in place and Virtual sessions available. Lyndsie Standerwick is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Registered Play Therapist. She has over 10 years of experience working in the mental health field with children, adolescents, women, and families. Lyndsie is passionate about walking alongside clients and families as they find what they need within themselves to live life more fully. Lyndsie aims to listen to clients without judgement and to provide feedback and support honestly.
In-Person sessions with COVID-19 precautions in place and Virtual sessions available. Lyndsie Standerwick is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Registered Play Therapist. She has over 10 years of experience working in the mental health field with children, adolescents, women, and families. Lyndsie is passionate about walking alongside clients and families as they find what they need within themselves to live life more fully. Lyndsie aims to listen to clients without judgement and to provide feedback and support honestly.
My name is Melissa Weidendorf and I have an LPCC. I specialize in treating trauma and stress related mental health concerns for adults. I work a lot with people in the queer community because this is my community, too. My approach is to create a container for people to explore their own "stuff".
My name is Melissa Weidendorf and I have an LPCC. I specialize in treating trauma and stress related mental health concerns for adults. I work a lot with people in the queer community because this is my community, too. My approach is to create a container for people to explore their own "stuff".
Each life is incredible with so many different and unique experiences with some pleasant and/or unpleasant, some easily making sense and/or some convoluted. All of these experiences are meaningful. Growing on a farm around a beautiful coastal area and experiencing many challenges directly and indirectly, I have had wonderful opportunities to learn the value of life for every living being and to realize, despite challenges, its willingness to put in the best effort for its life. I believe every living being has the right to pursue the life that we want with good intentions and willingness to put on best foot forward.
Each life is incredible with so many different and unique experiences with some pleasant and/or unpleasant, some easily making sense and/or some convoluted. All of these experiences are meaningful. Growing on a farm around a beautiful coastal area and experiencing many challenges directly and indirectly, I have had wonderful opportunities to learn the value of life for every living being and to realize, despite challenges, its willingness to put in the best effort for its life. I believe every living being has the right to pursue the life that we want with good intentions and willingness to put on best foot forward.
Who are you? Who do you want to become? What do you need in life to find meaning, purpose, and to grow? What's holding you back? Let's explore these questions together. Therapy can offer a safe space to navigate and find relief from anxiety, difficulty getting started on the things that matter to you, and to process experiences that have shaped who you are. Therapy can help you to understand your past, embrace your present, and create a fulfilling future. Let's uncover your strengths and build a life you love! Contact me today for a free 15-minute consultation.
Who are you? Who do you want to become? What do you need in life to find meaning, purpose, and to grow? What's holding you back? Let's explore these questions together. Therapy can offer a safe space to navigate and find relief from anxiety, difficulty getting started on the things that matter to you, and to process experiences that have shaped who you are. Therapy can help you to understand your past, embrace your present, and create a fulfilling future. Let's uncover your strengths and build a life you love! Contact me today for a free 15-minute consultation.
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