Emotionally Focused Therapists in Red Wing, MN
Being a Mom is hard! With the daily tasks of getting everyone out the door, planning meals, and taking care of everyone else's needs but your own. Have you ever felt that the workloads of life are not balanced? Felt this sense of resentment towards your spouse and children because they don’t appreciate you? Often women are defaulted to the family CEO, balancing, anticipating, planning, and preparing invisible, but necessary household tasks. The inequitable distribution of invisible labor takes a toll on our relationships with ourselves as well as our relationships with our partners and children.
Being a Mom is hard! With the daily tasks of getting everyone out the door, planning meals, and taking care of everyone else's needs but your own. Have you ever felt that the workloads of life are not balanced? Felt this sense of resentment towards your spouse and children because they don’t appreciate you? Often women are defaulted to the family CEO, balancing, anticipating, planning, and preparing invisible, but necessary household tasks. The inequitable distribution of invisible labor takes a toll on our relationships with ourselves as well as our relationships with our partners and children.
Emotions makes our lives matter. They convert our lives into a series of events that become our living breathing human experience. As a therapist I meet my clients where they are at. We will work together to celebrate the positive experiences in your life and identify strategies for moving through the difficult ones. I collaborate with individuals, partners, and parents to create a wholistic plan of care. You are the center of this whole process and the expert on you. We will create your best life and achieve your goals.
Emotions makes our lives matter. They convert our lives into a series of events that become our living breathing human experience. As a therapist I meet my clients where they are at. We will work together to celebrate the positive experiences in your life and identify strategies for moving through the difficult ones. I collaborate with individuals, partners, and parents to create a wholistic plan of care. You are the center of this whole process and the expert on you. We will create your best life and achieve your goals.
I support individuals navigating life transitions, especially those adjusting to the U.S., racial harm, or generational trauma. My work often centers on rebuilding family relationships, addressing employee burnout, and fostering healing from depression, anxiety, PTSD, or Autism-related challenges. My approach is relational and culturally responsive, helping clients reclaim their stories and move toward grounded, compassionate growth.
I also have services dedicated for bookish individuals interested in engaging in Bibliotherapy using my Subtext framework.
I support individuals navigating life transitions, especially those adjusting to the U.S., racial harm, or generational trauma. My work often centers on rebuilding family relationships, addressing employee burnout, and fostering healing from depression, anxiety, PTSD, or Autism-related challenges. My approach is relational and culturally responsive, helping clients reclaim their stories and move toward grounded, compassionate growth.
I also have services dedicated for bookish individuals interested in engaging in Bibliotherapy using my Subtext framework.
I am a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and board approved LPCC licensure supervisor with extensive experience working with individuals of all ages. I believe that everyone's life story is a work in progress, and that even with a difficult beginning, that we are able to overcome our past history and obstacles to write a fulfilling story. I understand that therapy can be challenging and uncomfortable, so I strive to create a comfortable and engaging environment to build relationships. If you are wanting to begin your journey to healing, lets connect and get started on the next steps!
I am a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and board approved LPCC licensure supervisor with extensive experience working with individuals of all ages. I believe that everyone's life story is a work in progress, and that even with a difficult beginning, that we are able to overcome our past history and obstacles to write a fulfilling story. I understand that therapy can be challenging and uncomfortable, so I strive to create a comfortable and engaging environment to build relationships. If you are wanting to begin your journey to healing, lets connect and get started on the next steps!
Seeking support can be a nerve-wracking experience, but with the right provider it doesn’t have to be. I am a doctoral-level psychologist dedicated to providing compassionate, person-centered care to people of all ages. I have over 15 years of experience using a variety of therapeutic styles to meet the individual needs of each client, couple, or family I treat. While I utilize evidence-based treatments including EMDR, CBT, IFS, and DBT therapies, I strongly believe that treatment must be tailored to each client’s needs. I also believe that a strong, supportive therapeutic relationship with one’s provider is the key to success.
Seeking support can be a nerve-wracking experience, but with the right provider it doesn’t have to be. I am a doctoral-level psychologist dedicated to providing compassionate, person-centered care to people of all ages. I have over 15 years of experience using a variety of therapeutic styles to meet the individual needs of each client, couple, or family I treat. While I utilize evidence-based treatments including EMDR, CBT, IFS, and DBT therapies, I strongly believe that treatment must be tailored to each client’s needs. I also believe that a strong, supportive therapeutic relationship with one’s provider is the key to success.
My goal as a therapist is to genuinely connect with and support clients in their journey. It is a privilege to walk with others on their path towards healing and knowing themselves. I strive to make sure my clients feel seen and heard as their true selves, experience warmth and security in the counseling room, and know that I unconditionally accept them. I believe therapy should be a true partnership between myself and my client; we are a team working toward your desired healing, growth, and change. I am committed to providing a safe and inviting atmosphere for all people, identities, and needs.
My goal as a therapist is to genuinely connect with and support clients in their journey. It is a privilege to walk with others on their path towards healing and knowing themselves. I strive to make sure my clients feel seen and heard as their true selves, experience warmth and security in the counseling room, and know that I unconditionally accept them. I believe therapy should be a true partnership between myself and my client; we are a team working toward your desired healing, growth, and change. I am committed to providing a safe and inviting atmosphere for all people, identities, and needs.
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Welcome, I’m Sarah, and I’m here to support you on your journey toward healing and growth! As a therapist, I really believe in the power of understanding and making connections. My approach combines empathy and evidence-based practices to create a safe, non-judgmental space for you to explore your thoughts and feelings. Whether you’re dealing with anxiety, depression, relationship issues, trauma, or life transitions, I’m committed to helping you navigate these challenges with compassion, insight, and maybe a little humor along the way.
Welcome, I’m Sarah, and I’m here to support you on your journey toward healing and growth! As a therapist, I really believe in the power of understanding and making connections. My approach combines empathy and evidence-based practices to create a safe, non-judgmental space for you to explore your thoughts and feelings. Whether you’re dealing with anxiety, depression, relationship issues, trauma, or life transitions, I’m committed to helping you navigate these challenges with compassion, insight, and maybe a little humor along the way.
My practice is a collaborative healing process where you can be your authentic self in a trusting, respectful environment. My priority is to build a safe, caring, validating space where you can be known and understood. It’s a privilege to build strong relationships and notice the positive effects that therapy can have on their lives. I use a systemic, collaborative, strengths-based therapeutic approach to help you through the challenges of life, connecting with your strengths to help learn new ways to live in wholeness.
My practice is a collaborative healing process where you can be your authentic self in a trusting, respectful environment. My priority is to build a safe, caring, validating space where you can be known and understood. It’s a privilege to build strong relationships and notice the positive effects that therapy can have on their lives. I use a systemic, collaborative, strengths-based therapeutic approach to help you through the challenges of life, connecting with your strengths to help learn new ways to live in wholeness.
Life can feel especially heavy when you’re facing infertility, navigating pregnancy or postpartum challenges, or living with anxiety, depression, or OCD. You don’t have to go through it alone. I specialize in supporting adolescents and adults through these difficult seasons with compassion, understanding, and evidence-based care.
I believe therapy should feel like a safe space where you’re truly seen and supported. My style is gentle, person-centered, and tailored to your unique needs.
Life can feel especially heavy when you’re facing infertility, navigating pregnancy or postpartum challenges, or living with anxiety, depression, or OCD. You don’t have to go through it alone. I specialize in supporting adolescents and adults through these difficult seasons with compassion, understanding, and evidence-based care.
I believe therapy should feel like a safe space where you’re truly seen and supported. My style is gentle, person-centered, and tailored to your unique needs.
I have 13 years of clinical experience working in outpatient mental health clinics, schools, and hospitals. I enjoy working with adolescents ages 11+ and young adults. I specialize in supporting individuals with anxiety, depression, trauma, suicidal ideation, life transitions, identity concerns, and cross-cultural challenges. I practice from a systems lens to help clients better understand how their personal experiences within their communities influence them. I work with clients to process emotions, identify maladaptive patterns, improve coping skills, and explore their values and goals, so they can achieve the life they envision.
I have 13 years of clinical experience working in outpatient mental health clinics, schools, and hospitals. I enjoy working with adolescents ages 11+ and young adults. I specialize in supporting individuals with anxiety, depression, trauma, suicidal ideation, life transitions, identity concerns, and cross-cultural challenges. I practice from a systems lens to help clients better understand how their personal experiences within their communities influence them. I work with clients to process emotions, identify maladaptive patterns, improve coping skills, and explore their values and goals, so they can achieve the life they envision.
I believe each person deserves to live the best life possible. Often, that can be a challenge due to difficult things that have happened in the past or current challenges we face. Trauma and hurt effect how we view the world and ourselves. I work with individuals in including teens and adults, as well as couples, to help them get to a better place in their life. We will work together to figure out how move through current and past challenges more effectively so that hope and ease become a part of everyday life.
I believe each person deserves to live the best life possible. Often, that can be a challenge due to difficult things that have happened in the past or current challenges we face. Trauma and hurt effect how we view the world and ourselves. I work with individuals in including teens and adults, as well as couples, to help them get to a better place in their life. We will work together to figure out how move through current and past challenges more effectively so that hope and ease become a part of everyday life.
Are you expecting a baby and feeling anxious? Are you a new parent feeling overwhelmed by the huge adjustments? Are you finding it hard to cope with your current situation? Transitioning into parenthood is an enormous adjustment that affects everything around us. Research shows that accessing support early on can help you to explore, process and resolve your concerns, and confidently cope with in your new role so that you can enjoy all the beauty that parenthood has to offer.
Are you expecting a baby and feeling anxious? Are you a new parent feeling overwhelmed by the huge adjustments? Are you finding it hard to cope with your current situation? Transitioning into parenthood is an enormous adjustment that affects everything around us. Research shows that accessing support early on can help you to explore, process and resolve your concerns, and confidently cope with in your new role so that you can enjoy all the beauty that parenthood has to offer.
Prof. Phil McClelland
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, MA, MDiv, LPCC-S, NCC
3 Endorsed
Online Only
Emotionally drained by anxiety, unresolved trauma, poor sleep, or relationship distance? You want anxiety therapy, trauma informed counseling, or couples therapy that is evidence based and faith sensitive. Online therapy for high functioning adults and couples ready to regain clarity, confidence, and real connection.
Emotionally drained by anxiety, unresolved trauma, poor sleep, or relationship distance? You want anxiety therapy, trauma informed counseling, or couples therapy that is evidence based and faith sensitive. Online therapy for high functioning adults and couples ready to regain clarity, confidence, and real connection.
Dr. Penticoff is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in individual, adolescent and family therapy. With over 25 years of experience providing therapy and community based services, Dr. Penticoff serves as a private practitioner working with a broad spectrum of clients. Among her areas of expertise are adolescent struggles, depression, anxiety disorders in children, and family therapy. Dr. Penticoff is an interactive, solution-focused therapist. Her therapeutic approach is to provide support and insight oriented feedback to help clients effectively address personal life challenges.
Dr. Penticoff is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in individual, adolescent and family therapy. With over 25 years of experience providing therapy and community based services, Dr. Penticoff serves as a private practitioner working with a broad spectrum of clients. Among her areas of expertise are adolescent struggles, depression, anxiety disorders in children, and family therapy. Dr. Penticoff is an interactive, solution-focused therapist. Her therapeutic approach is to provide support and insight oriented feedback to help clients effectively address personal life challenges.
Reaching out for support can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to navigate life’s challenges alone. My priority is to provide a warm, compassionate space where you feel truly seen, heard, and supported. No matter where you’re starting from, I believe in your ability to grow and heal. Together, we’ll take a client-centered approach tailored to your unique needs, using evidence-based techniques like CBT, ACT, mindfulness, and interpersonal psychotherapy.
Reaching out for support can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to navigate life’s challenges alone. My priority is to provide a warm, compassionate space where you feel truly seen, heard, and supported. No matter where you’re starting from, I believe in your ability to grow and heal. Together, we’ll take a client-centered approach tailored to your unique needs, using evidence-based techniques like CBT, ACT, mindfulness, and interpersonal psychotherapy.
Welcome! Are you or your child facing struggles that leave you feeling anxious, hopeless, or alone? Perhaps you're unsure of the next steps, but know you need to feel better. Everyone deserves support for navigating life's challenges, and I recognize your courage in being here today. Together, we can explore your needs and goals, find meaning, and discover new paths. With empathy and positivity, I promote dignity while providing you with knowledge and resources that will build on your strengths and improve your overall well-being.
Welcome! Are you or your child facing struggles that leave you feeling anxious, hopeless, or alone? Perhaps you're unsure of the next steps, but know you need to feel better. Everyone deserves support for navigating life's challenges, and I recognize your courage in being here today. Together, we can explore your needs and goals, find meaning, and discover new paths. With empathy and positivity, I promote dignity while providing you with knowledge and resources that will build on your strengths and improve your overall well-being.
You may be functioning on the outside, working, leading, caring for others, but inside you feel overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected from yourself. Maybe old experiences keep showing up in your body, sleep, or relationships, even though you’ve “moved on.” Maybe you’re carrying grief, trauma, or a quiet sense of moral conflict you can’t quite name. You don’t have to hold this alone.
You may be functioning on the outside, working, leading, caring for others, but inside you feel overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected from yourself. Maybe old experiences keep showing up in your body, sleep, or relationships, even though you’ve “moved on.” Maybe you’re carrying grief, trauma, or a quiet sense of moral conflict you can’t quite name. You don’t have to hold this alone.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, stuck in your head, or frustrated in your relationships, you’re not alone. Many of the adults I work with are busy parents and professionals who carry a lot of responsibility and pressure. On the outside, things may look fine. Internally, it feels heavier than it should, and hard to slow down or make sense of what you’re feeling.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, stuck in your head, or frustrated in your relationships, you’re not alone. Many of the adults I work with are busy parents and professionals who carry a lot of responsibility and pressure. On the outside, things may look fine. Internally, it feels heavier than it should, and hard to slow down or make sense of what you’re feeling.
Other therapeutic approaches include (but are not limited to): Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused, Mindfulness, Holistic Approaches (mind-body connection), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Emotions Focused Therapy ( EFT).
Ellen primarily works with adults and couples dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, relational challenges, and wanting to improve on their communication as well as the perinatal population. The perinatal population includes but is not limited to: people on their journey to becoming a parent, pregnancy, and postpartum.
Other therapeutic approaches include (but are not limited to): Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused, Mindfulness, Holistic Approaches (mind-body connection), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Emotions Focused Therapy ( EFT).
Ellen primarily works with adults and couples dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, relational challenges, and wanting to improve on their communication as well as the perinatal population. The perinatal population includes but is not limited to: people on their journey to becoming a parent, pregnancy, and postpartum.
Offering counseling to individuals and couples. My approach is trauma informed, free of judgement, and evidence based with roots in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), the Duluth Model, and the Gottman Approach to couples counseling. Special interests include supporting those who are navigating grief, anxiety, post traumatic stress, anger management, and active recovery from substance use disorders. I also lead a twice weekly men's group centered around nonviolence in relationships, which assists clients with developing emotional awareness, skills for handling stress, and alternatives to DV.
Offering counseling to individuals and couples. My approach is trauma informed, free of judgement, and evidence based with roots in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), the Duluth Model, and the Gottman Approach to couples counseling. Special interests include supporting those who are navigating grief, anxiety, post traumatic stress, anger management, and active recovery from substance use disorders. I also lead a twice weekly men's group centered around nonviolence in relationships, which assists clients with developing emotional awareness, skills for handling stress, and alternatives to DV.
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Emotionally Focused Therapists
Who is emotionally focused therapy for?
Emotionally focused therapy (EFT) is for couples who are emotionally distressed, stuck in an unsatisfying relationship pattern or feeling deeply alienated. They may even believe the relationship is beyond repair. Very often, the partners display intense anger, fear, grief, loss of trust, or a sense of betrayal in the relationship. In addition, EFT is helpful to couples and individuals who have difficulty expressing emotions and those who have trouble regulating emotions.
Why do people need emotionally focused therapy?
People need emotionally focused therapy because the need for others is built into the brain, but the pressures of daily life can erode feelings of love, and couples often do not have the skills to find their way back to the comfort of each other. Instead, they may be stuck in repetitive patterns of anger, fear, grief, loss of trust, or a sense of betrayal. Emotionally focused therapy regards such strong negative feelings as expressions of protest over the loss of connection and turns them into pathways of reconnection.
What happens in emotionally focused therapy?
Over the course of eight to 20 weekly sessions, couples de-escalate their negative emotional reactivity to one another so that they can listen to each other and be responsive to each other’s needs. Then the deep emotional and physical bond is restored, giving partners a sense of comfort and security, which they can use to solve whatever problems come their way. The therapist plays an active role, helping partners understand how anger and withdrawal are actually misguided cries for connection.
What problems does emotionally focused therapy treat?
EFT is designed to help couples stuck in dysfunctional relationship patterns regain closeness and rebuild their relationship. Typically, such couples experience considerable distress, with partners feeling alienated and distrustful of one another, not certain their relationship can survive. EFT is also helpful to individuals experiencing attachment-related fears of loss; it helps them learn to use their fears as a way of eliciting the closeness they desire.