Trauma and PTSD Therapists in Mounds View, MN

Life can be tough and at those times psychotherapy can be a lifeline. For over 45 years I have worked with men and women dealing with personal and relationship issues. My practice provides a safe place where you can give voice to your struggles, find perspective and get support while developing strategies to help you cope and move through life's challenges.

I promote growth by offering a safe, accepting atmosphere so that you can feel heard, validated, and empowered. It takes courage to take the first steps towards change. If you are ready to take that step, I am here to support and empower you. I look forward to working with you! I am a dually Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC, LPC) in Minnesota and New Jersey with over 20 years of experience working with adults and geriatric clients in several diverse settings promoting a holistic approach to counseling by addressing, emotional, physical, mental, and social needs.

I have been practicing therapy in various settings since 2013. I enjoy working with adults, older-adults and have a specific passion for helping emerging adults. In therapy, I engage with my clients through curiosity, creativity, humor, empathy and collaboration. I also emphasize skills-building, value-guided behaviors, and mindfulness as a means to encourage and support my clients as they identify their path in life.

I specialize in working with men who identify as LBGTQIA+ who are feeling stuck and are ready to sit with their feelings, and with young adults in their 20s who live with anxiety, depression, and trauma.

Hi. I'm Kristen Lund. I have over 28 years of experience providing psychotherapy to individuals, families and groups. I am also the owner of The Art of Validation and Change, LLC. As a person many people find me genuine, humorous and warm. As a therapist many clients find me direct, challenging, compassionate, intuitive and respectful. I enjoy working with male and female adults of many different orientations, races and cultures. If I am full, I have many wonderful therapists on my team that can see you! Check out my website to meet them. www.kristenlund.com They can see clients as young as 6 and as old as 100 years.

For support in managing difficulties in your personal & professional lives caused by unresolved traumas or conflict, therapy can help. I work with individuals, couples, & families to help collaboratively tackle the challenges they are facing, through creating a new insight & forming an action, solution plan. Additionally, I practice EMDR therapy, AEDP, Brainspotting and Neurofeedback and find it powerful in healing a range of psychological concerns including depression, anxiety, shame and trauma and areas where clients experience "being stuck". My practice is based on years of well-established evidence-based effective treatments.

Supportive co-exploration of emotions and patterns that often underlie mental health symptoms can increase hope, facilitate meaning and connection, and improve overall wellness. I aim to create a warm and safe environment that encourages individuals, families, and couples to identify, explore, and heal their particular areas of pain. Professional interests include trauma and attachment with an understanding of the ways the brain and nervous system, emotions, and relationships are impacted throughout the lifespan. Others include depression, anxiety, addiction, grief and loss, relational conflict, and life transitions. LGBTQ+ allied.

I am a therapist for those who are looking to find their own place within this cosmos of existence. With all the cultural programming within this world it is difficult to find our own core truths and how to navigate within them towards our own version of a fulfilling life. I work with individuals and relationships looking to find and understand their own truths about themselves, their existence and how to navigate in a world that so often is not built for our own wellness. From highly sensitive persons, to artists, and Queer folx, immigrants and multiracial persons, I am here to help you find what is getting in the way of thriving.

Client needs, preferences, and strengths form the basis of my work. The emphasis is on collaboration. I draw from several therapeutic traditions, including family systems, CBT, solution-focused, family systems, insight-based therapies, as well as EMDR and other strategies for working through trauma. By identifying strengths and hopes, we together to define goals and a plan to reach them. We work on effective communication, building connections and problem-solving to help lead you the life you want.

Sandy Clark is a Minnesota Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor, National Certified Addiction Counselor II, Substance Abuse Professional, Certified Grief Educator, EMDR Therapist and Certified Animal-Assisted Interventions Specialist. She holds a master’s degree in Co-Occurring Disorders Counseling with specialization in depression, grief, anxiety, trauma/PTSD, personality disorders, substance abuse, disordered eating, stepfamilies and justice involved individuals.

As a marriage and family therapist I specialize in work with individuals and couples who find themselves wrestling with their own brokenness. I am passionate about building healthy connections with my clients and using that platform of trust to help facilitate self-compassion, shame resilience, and healing. I offer a non-judgmental, strength based perspective, in which I work together in a team approach with my clients to help them achieve their goals. I identify as a Christian and incorporate faith into my sessions as much or as little as clients want.

I work primarily with adults that desire to live a life without symptoms of trauma, addiction, codependency, anxiety or depression. I believe healing is possible by reconnecting to your authentic self and rediscovering your beliefs & values. I have witnessed my clients achieve and maintain lasting change through the use of skills and changing unwanted behavior. Along the way, we make the healing process fun and easy. I gently challenge clients yet hold space for vulnerability and trial & error. I connect with clients by being authentic and encourage clients to be the same.

You can make the change you want. And I can help. I can assist you in transforming negative and destructive thoughts and behavior into more helpful and compassionate responses. I start with assessing your particular patterns that are self-defeating to what you would like to change in your life. Then I design a program to help you change these behaviors and cope with your existing situation. This mindfulness-based therapy emphasizes working together to help you with depression, anxiety, addictions, eating disorders, and chronic or emotional pain; resolve relationship issues; or recover from trauma and grief.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and have been working in the field of psychology for 20+ years. I enjoy providing therapy for children, adolescents, and adults. I utilize Experiential Play Therapy to help children recover from trauma and abuse as well as for children experiencing life stressors such as divorce and difficulties at school. I also practice Filial Therapy to strengthen parent-child relationships and reduce difficult behavior such as tantrums and defiance. I am trained in Somatic Experiencing to address symptoms of trauma such as flashbacks, avoidance, anxiety, depression, self-harm, etc.