Depression Therapists in Saint Louis Park, MN

It is an amazing feeling when you feel heard and understood. Knowing your story will be held with great care and compassion only adds to feeling emotionally safe. Would you like to have that feeling? No longer feeling emotionally exhausted or being held back by anxiety, depression, or a disturbing experience. Let's explore new possibilities. If you are ready for change, give me a call. During this pandemic and beyond, Gail Yost and Associates is now offering telehealth/virtual visits for your convenience and care. We understand that times like this can be challenging on many levels and want to be sure that you feel supported.

I help people address their struggles related to anxiety, depression, and trauma. I view each person that I work with as a human being, not a diagnostic label. I want to help each person I work with to not only feel better in the present, but to grow as people and move toward a more vital life as well.

I welcome the opportunity to provide guidance in the midst of life's challenges. Areas of expertise include addiction/chemical health, adjustment difficulties, interpersonal concerns, trauma, depression and anxiety. Through a collaborative relationship, I strive to offer education, resources and tools to address concerns. My therapeutic approach is to help clients identify unhealthy patterns, develop greater clarity about how those patterns may interfere with personal values and goals, and work toward needed behavior change. My mission is to provide a safe and respectful environment where clients can view themselves without judgment and embark on a process of healing and change.

***Not taking new clients at this time.*** Therapy can provide the resources, skills, and support to make positive transformations in your life. I'm sensitive to each individual's needs, goals, and comfort with the therapeutic process. My philosophy around change includes looking at past relational and emotional experiences, developing skills to manage difficult emotions in the present, and gaining insight into what might be creating barriers to a satisfying life. I offer this guidance in the context of a safe therapeutic relationship. I incorporate self-exploration and coping skill development to help reach your desired goals.

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.

I am accepting new patients. I currently focus on working with adults and teens who are experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma, disordered eating, eating disorders and relationship concerns. I aim to create an environment where the client feels supported and empowered in order to explore past and present experiences. I work to help clients identify challenges in their life and understand how these challenges or behavior patterns have developed. As a social worker, I am committed to creating a therapeutic space that values multiculturalism and diversity.

Are you feeling overwhelmed with life or struggling to find answers to powerful questions? I provide therapy to adults, adolescents, children, and families who may be struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, divorce, separation, grief and loss, or you may have something that feels overwhelming to you. I create an environment of openness and acceptance where you will be able to work towards healing and growth. I believe in a strength based, client centered, family systems approach that keeps in mind the numerous events that shape our lives and how our early attachments formulate future relating.

I commend you for taking this step. Like most, seeking therapy may have been on your mind for awhile now. My guess is you want to feel better and make changes to enhance your life & relationships. Perhaps you're under stress and are longing to be more relaxed and productive. Maybe you're tired of being anxious, depressed, or stressed-out? Relationships are challenging - you may be looking to resolve ongoing issues so you can have more peace/connection. Whatever it is, I'm here to help you address what's important to you so you can find relief & have more joy!

I'm interested in clients who want to maximize their capacities to work, love, and play. I specialize in treating developmental and complex traumas as well as attachment injuries. It is vitally important to me to establish an extremely safe therapeutic environment with my clients so that we can then deal with issues in a direct and expedient way. My clients typically deal with anxiety, depression, shame, chronic pain, relationship issues, spiritual issues, and many other factors that are inhibiting them from the realization of their full potential.

My ideal client seeks self-exploration & understanding, facing issues like anxiety, depression, or relationship difficulties. They need a supportive space for personal growth, aiming to gain insight, develop coping strategies, improve communication, & foster healthy relationships. They aspire to enhance mental well-being, achieve a better life quality, & unlock their full potential.

I believe that individuals grow and change in therapy mostly because they learn how to think differently about their problems and practice what they are learning. I also believe that growth and change are more likely to occur in the context of a safe, trusting, and respectful therapeutic relationship.

If you are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, depressed, questioning life, or hoping for clarity, I am here to help. Taking the first step towards change is not an easy one, but a courageous one. I believe that most people are capable of change given the opportunity and motivation to do so. I pride myself on meeting my clients where they are at on their journey and working as a team to help clients grow, heal and transform. I offer a safe environment where my clients are free from moral judgment and other biases that may hinder personal development.

Are you struggling with anxiety, depression or relationship issues? Do you notice that past experiences seem to impact your life now in ways that create blocks or difficulty? Have you experienced recent loss or a stressful life change? Psychotherapy is a powerful resource to help restore direction and balance as well as facilitating self-understanding and emotional healing. Exploring and understanding who you are and how you became who you are is part of achieving desired change and growth. I bring 30+ years of experience, training, compassion and commitment to this collaborative and relational process.

It is important to feel seen and cared about in therapy; as we learn to take in this care, great healing can take place. When you are struggling with difficult life issues, it can be difficult to go it alone. I am here to provide support as you move through it. I work with individuals and couples in areas including depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, life transitions and stress management. As someone who has personally engaged in mindfulness practices such as meditation, qigong and yoga for 20+ years, I bring a strong presence and compassion to my work with clients.

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.

Currently accepting new clients! While you begin your search for a therapist it is so important to find someone that is authentic and feels like a good fit for you. By beginning your search you have already started to manifest the change you are looking for. Together we can collaboratively work towards meaningful goals to create change and healing from past experiences. I believe it is so important to meet each individual's unique needs by creating and holding space to simply be heard, develop skills, create life style changes, process emotions and experiences, or develop your personal identity and self-esteem.

Life is complex and often leaves us struggling with transitions, feeling anxious and/or depressed and searching for relief. Life after any loss can feel confusing, without direction, hopeless, full of regret or in some cases filled with relief. I believe listening to you and receiving your story with compassion, will offer healing, hope, and an opportunity for positive change. I endeavor to receive and hold your pain, sadness, anger, or other emotions with grace, while supporting you as you move toward positive change and renewed well-being.

My personal belief is that every person is valuable and has the potential to overcome negative events of the past, find acceptance in their unique identity, and engage in healthy, meaningful, and joy-filled relationships. I come from a passionate Colorado family that has taught me about the importance of caring, accepting, and loving others. These values have made me become an empathic and confident counselor.

Now providing on-line therapy to residence in Minnesota (Self-Pay only) and Colorado (Insurance and Self-Pay) . With over two decades of experience as a mental health therapist, I work with those struggling with life concerns that are keeping them from being the person they truly long to be. Specializing in treatment of abuse and trauma to self-worth, identity, sex therapy, depression, stress, and/or relationship issues.