Specialties & focus areas
Using evidence based and trauma informed approaches, we work with adults, couples, children, and families navigating a wide range of real-life challenges, including anxiety, depression, neurodivergence, complex trauma, life transitions, postpartum adjustment, divorce, and stress related to race, culture, identity, and major life changes.
We provide therapy services in Maple Grove and Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, and offer telehealth therapy across Minnesota.
Whether you're a parent worried about your child, a new parent adjusting to a major life change, a teen feeling overwhelmed, a couple struggling to communicate, or an adult carrying long standing emotional pain, we work together to help you feel more regulated, understood, and empowered.
Below you'll find more information about each area of focus.
Trauma Therapy
Trauma therapy helps individuals process painful experiences, reduce PTSD symptoms, and feel safe, regulated, and in control again.
What this often looks like
- Nightmares, flashbacks, or intrusive memories
- Feeling constantly on edge, anxious, or easily startled
- Avoiding people, places, or situations that remind you of the past
- Difficulty trusting others or feeling safe in relationships
- Feeling numb, disconnected, or emotionally overwhelmed
- Childhood trauma affecting adult relationships or self-esteem
How we can help
We provide trauma informed therapy for individuals who have experienced childhood trauma, relationship trauma, cultural trauma, and other overwhelming life experiences. Therapy moves at a pace that feels safe and supportive.
Together, we work to reduce trauma symptoms, build emotional regulation skills, and help you feel more in control of your life and relationships.
Therapy for OCD & Anxiety
Anxiety and OCD can feel exhausting, overwhelming, and difficult to control. Persistent worry, panic attacks, intrusive thoughts, or compulsive behaviors can interfere with sleep, relationships, work, and daily life. With the right support, you can learn to manage anxiety, reduce OCD symptoms, and feel more in control.
What this often looks like
- Excessive worry or constant "what if" thoughts
- Panic attacks or racing thoughts
- Intrusive thoughts that feel disturbing, scary, or hard to stop
- Compulsive behaviors such as checking, reassurance seeking, counting, or mental rituals
- Rumination or overthinking conversations, decisions, or past events
- Difficulty relaxing or feeling constantly on edge
- Avoiding situations due to fear, anxiety, or obsessive thoughts
- Physical symptoms such as rapid heart rate, muscle tension, or stomach distress
How we can help
We take an evidence-based approach when working with clients struggling with OCD and anxiety symptoms, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), nervous system regulation, and mindfulness-based strategies.
Therapy focuses on helping you understand anxiety and OCD patterns, reduce compulsions and avoidance behaviors, tolerate uncertainty, and build confidence in your ability to handle difficult thoughts and feelings.
Therapy for Depression, Mood, and Personality Challenges
Depression, Persistent Mood Disorders, Bipolar Disorders, PMDD, Personality Patterns, among other diagnoses
Mood and personality related challenges can affect how you feel, think, and relate to yourself and others. These concerns may show up as persistent sadness, emotional overwhelm, chronic emptiness, difficulty maintaining relationships, or long standing patterns that feel hard to change.
What this often looks like
- Persistent sadness, hopelessness, or emotional emptiness
- Long-term low mood or fatigue (persistent depressive disorder / dysthymia)
- Loss of interest in daily activities or motivation
- Changes in sleep, appetite, or energy
- Irritability, emotional reactivity, or mood instability
- Cycles of elevated and depressed mood (bipolar spectrum)
- Severe mood changes, irritability, or depression before menstrual cycles (PMDD)
- Mood changes linked to hormonal cycles
- Difficulty maintaining relationships or regulating emotions
- Feeling disconnected from yourself or others
- Long-standing relationship or personality patterns that feel hard to change
How we can help
Therapy focuses on helping you understand your emotions, stabilize mood, improve relationships, and build healthier patterns over time. We work on emotional regulation, communication, coping skills, and understanding patterns that may be contributing to depression, mood instability, or relationship difficulties.
The goal of therapy is not just symptom reduction, but helping you feel more stable, more in control of your emotions, and more confident in your relationships and daily life.
Neurodivergent Affirming Therapy (ADHD & Autism)
Neurodiversity affirming therapy for ADHD, autism, and other sensory and brain differences.
What this often looks like
- Feeling like you don't fit in or are "too much" or "not enough"
- Sensory overwhelm, shutdown, or burnout
- Executive function challenges (planning, organizing, time management, starting tasks)
- Masking or camouflaging to fit in (and the exhaustion that comes with it)
- Difficulty with transitions, routines, or unexpected changes
- Social exhaustion or difficulty maintaining relationships
- Feeling misunderstood, overwhelmed, or constantly behind
- Late diagnosis ADHD or autism and trying to understand yourself
How we can help
Our approach is neurodiversity affirming. We don't try to make you more "neurotypical." Instead, we work together to understand how your brain works, develop strategies that fit your neurology, reduce masking fatigue and burnout, improve executive functioning skills, and build a life that works with your brain's wiring and for you rather than against you.
Child & Family Therapy
Child and family therapy supports children, parents, and families in improving communication, managing behavior challenges, navigating life transitions, and building healthier family relationships.
What this often looks like
- Behavioral challenges at home or school
- Anxiety, emotional outbursts, or difficulty regulating emotions
- Parent-child conflict or communication difficulties
- Sibling conflict or family tension
- Divorce, separation, or blended family transitions
- School stress, social challenges, or bullying
- Trauma, grief, or major life changes
- Parenting disagreements or co-parenting challenges
- Supporting a neurodivergent child (ADHD, autism)
- Family stress related to cultural expectations or life transitions
How we can help
Child and family therapy focuses on improving communication, strengthening parent-child relationships, and helping families develop healthier patterns at home. Therapy may include emotional regulation skills for children, parenting strategies, communication skills, behavior support, and family sessions to work through challenges together.
The goal is to help children feel understood and supported, help parents feel more confident and less overwhelmed, and help families create a more peaceful and connected home environment.
Couples Therapy
Support for communication, conflict, connection, and navigating life together
Couples therapy provides a structured space for partners to improve communication, work through conflict, rebuild trust, and strengthen emotional connection. Whether you are dating, engaged, married, co-parenting, or navigating major life changes together, therapy can help you better understand each other and build a healthier relationship.
What this often looks like
- Communication problems or frequent arguments
- Feeling disconnected or emotionally distant
- Trust issues or rebuilding after betrayal
- Parenting stress or disagreements about parenting
- Cultural differences or family expectations
- Neurodivergence impacting the relationship
- Life transitions (new baby, move, job changes, immigration, etc.)
- Difficulty resolving conflict without escalation
- One partner feeling unheard, unseen, or misunderstood
- Considering separation and wanting clarity
How we can help
Couples therapy focuses on improving communication, understanding relationship patterns, and helping both partners feel heard and understood. We work on communication skills, conflict resolution, emotional regulation, boundaries, and rebuilding trust when needed.
Therapy is not about choosing sides. The goal is to help both partners understand each other better, communicate more effectively, and build a healthier and more stable relationship.
Play Therapy for Children
Play therapy provides a supportive space for children to explore big feelings through play based therapy, helping them express emotions, build emotional regulation skills, and navigate anxiety, ADHD, trauma, behavioral challenges, and school difficulties.
What this often looks like
- Difficulty expressing emotions verbally
- Behavioral challenges at home or school
- Anxiety, fearfulness, or withdrawal
- Emotional outbursts or difficulty regulating emotions
- Adjusting to major life changes (divorce, moving, new sibling)
- School difficulties or social challenges
- Processing trauma, grief, or stressful experiences
- ADHD, attention, or impulse control challenges
How we can help
Play therapy allows children to communicate through their natural language; play. Using a child centered, developmentally appropriate approach, we create a safe, nonjudgmental space where children can process experiences.
We help children develop emotional regulation and coping skills, improve behavior and communication, and build emotional resilience at their own pace.
Cultural Identity, BIPOC & Immigration Therapy
Culturally responsive therapy that honors culture, identity, family systems, immigration experiences, and the unique stressors faced by BIPOC individuals, immigrants, and multicultural families.
What this often looks like
- Feeling caught between cultures or identities
- Family expectations, cultural expectations, or generational differences
- Immigration stress, adjustment, or identity changes
- Parenting between cultures or raising bicultural children
- Experiencing racism, discrimination, or microaggressions
- Feeling misunderstood by others who don't share your cultural background
- Pressure to succeed or support family
- Navigating boundaries with family while respecting culture
- Intergenerational trauma or family patterns
- Identity questions related to culture, race, or belonging
How we can help
Therapy provides a space where your cultural background, identity, and lived experiences are understood and respected, not something you have to explain or defend. We can explore identity, family dynamics, cultural expectations, immigration experiences, and the stress of navigating multiple worlds.
Therapy may focus on boundaries, identity development, intergenerational patterns, relationships, burnout, anxiety, or trauma, while honoring your cultural values and experiences. The goal is to help you feel more grounded in who you are, more confident in your decisions, and more balanced between your different roles, identities, and expectations.
Life Transitions & Adjustment Therapy
Life transitions can be difficult, even when the change is expected or positive. Therapy provides support as you navigate major life changes, identity shifts, stress, and uncertainty during different stages of life.
What this often looks like
- Moving to a new city or country
- Immigration or adjusting to a new culture
- Starting college or a new job
- Career changes or burnout
- Marriage, divorce, or relationship changes
- Becoming a parent or adjusting to parenthood
- Children growing up or leaving home
- Loss of identity or feeling stuck
- Major life decisions or uncertainty about the future
- Caregiving for a parent or family member
- Feeling overwhelmed, lost, or unsure of the next step
How we can help
Life transitions often bring stress, uncertainty, identity changes, and emotional challenges. Therapy provides a space to process change, build coping skills, make decisions with more clarity, and adjust to new roles and responsibilities.
Therapy may focus on stress management, identity development, decision-making, boundaries, communication, emotional regulation, and building confidence during times of change. The goal is to help you feel more grounded, more confident in your decisions, and more prepared for the next stage of life.
A collaborative approach
Our approach to therapy is collaborative, compassionate, and grounded in evidence-based practices. Our work is culturally responsive, BIPOC-affirming, LGBTQ+ inclusive, and neurodivergent-affirming. We use approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), trauma-informed therapy, mindfulness-based strategies, family systems therapy, and nervous system regulation to help clients understand patterns, reduce distress, build coping skills, and create meaningful, lasting change.
We provide therapy services in Maple Grove, Brooklyn Park, and surrounding Minnesota communities, and offer telehealth therapy across Minnesota.
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