Find a Therapist in Hastings, Minnesota.

I adopt a holistic approach to therapy. I view you as an integrated whole--a person with unique goals, hopes, and fears. I do not endorse a 'one size fits all' approach; thus, my services are tailored to your specific needs. I offer strength based and solution focused services. Thus, I emphasize your existing skills, help identify your areas of growth, and offer you specific strategies to promote your personal growth. Our work together challenges unhelpful thinking patterns and self-defeating behaviors, increases self-empowerment, promotes physical health and emotional well-being, and creates the space for your hopes to materialize.

I specialize in depression, trauma, stress and past abuse issues. DEPRESSION – Major depressive disorder, situational depression, grief and bereavement issues ANXIETY - Generalized anxiety disorder, panic, phobias, and post-traumatic stress disorder, TRAUMA – Trauma from past emotional, physical and sexual abuse; PTSD for veterans; trauma after surgery; trauma related to accidents; acute stress disorder; sleep disturbances related to trauma. STRESS – Acute Stress, Episodic Stress, Chronic Stress

I look at therapy as building a proverbial toolbox. The tools that fill this toolbox are coping skills. Some things we try will work for you while other coping skills won't. We work together to figure out what will work best for you. You will find that psychotherapy with me addresses your primary concern, not mine! I work with you to identify goals and we work to achieve those goals.

If you're like most people, you have been thinking about counseling for awhile now. It often takes people months, sometimes years to finally make that first appointment. Congratulations. It takes a tremendous amount of courage to admit to needing help and even more to seeking it out. I continue to be honored and humbled by my clients' willingness to open up to me and allowing me to help them. What you are about to do (or are at least thinking of doing) is a decision that could profoundly change your life for the better. Let me help you to recognize your own courage, strength and other unique abilities and draw on them to see lasting change in your life.

Not everyone who attends therapy is suffering from major depression or anxiety disorders. Sometimes we all need a space to process our feelings and experiences in order to grow and become better versions of ourselves. One of my favorite things as a therapist is to walk with someone who has great awareness and insight, while also wants to become healthier and grow into a better version of himself/herself. I truly believe that therapy can be beneficial for everyone because the process of being vulnerable, open, and connecting with another human brings about knowledge, growth, and satisfaction!

Psychotherapy is a very general term that refers to the process of a trained professional helping an individual, couple, or family sort through their feelings, thoughts, and relationships. I have been providing psychotherapy for over 10 years, using a very practical, problem-solving, strengths-based approach. Often this involves the use of hypnosis, but not necessarily. I like to identify up-front with my clients the goals they are looking to achieve, so that we can assess together over time how well we're doing at reaching them. We adjust the process along the way to help them get the maximum benefit out of their sessions with me.