Kian Rank

CLINICAL PRACTICUM

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I work with the queer and trans community through an intersectional, sex and kink positive, and anti-oppressive lens. I am especially passionate about working with trans and gender diverse individuals with concerns around disordered eating, exercise, and body image. 

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 I am especially passionate about working with trans and gender diverse individuals with concerns around disordered eating, exercise, and body image. Other interest areas include relationship trauma, marginalized spiritual communities, identity work, disability justice, and community building. I come from a dance and poetry background and enjoy incorporating somatic and creative principles into my practice. I believe that healing is a communal process, and am here to hold space with you on your journey to find fulfilling relationships with both yourself and others. ​
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​Locations: Edina, Telehealth

Ben Powers 

MA, LPCC

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I specialize in helping individuals experiencing difficulties related to gender and sexuality, chemical dependency and family change.
​I provide an LGBT*QIA+ and Sex-Positive approach to create an open and accepting environment free of judgment and stigma.  ​

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I use cognitive behavioral, narrative, and mindfulness techniques to provide counseling that is tailored to each person’s individual needs.  I provide an LGBT*Q and Sex-Positive approach to create an open and accepting environment free of judgment and stigma.  ​

Locations: Edina, Telehealth

Madigan Shank

MSW, LGSW

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 I work with the LGBTQIA+ community, non-monogamous clients, and clients who have struggled to find a place in the therapeutic environment. My focus is on adolescents as well as adults with a background in trauma, attachment, gender and sexuality, and issues relating to food and body image.

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I enjoy working with adolescents and adults working through trauma—with specific interest in early childhood/complex trauma and sexual trauma—attachment, dissociation, self-esteem, gender and sexuality, and issues relating to food and body image.
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I accept individuals, families, and couples seeking to increase connection and learn tools for interpersonal healing and the development of deeper communication channels.

I am trained in Somatic Experiencing and integrate DBT, CBT, narrative, mindfulness, and other creative methods based on the needs and desires of the individual. I strive to create a safer space that is free from judgment, through which clients can find self-empowerment to explore and heal. Through a social justice lens, I work with the LGBTQIA+ community, non-monagamous clients, and clients who have struggled to find a place in a therapeutic environment.

Pronouns: They/them
Locations: Edina & Telehealth

Isabelle Lankhorst

MA, LMFT

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Focus areas include body image (HAES), obsessions and compulsions, anxiety, launching into adulthood or new life phases, desire, sexual pain, intimacy, and power play/differentials in relationships.

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I am a sex and relationship therapist focusing on issues of trauma and attachment. I enjoy working with couples in a tough place, such as those deciding whether to open up the relationship or close it off. Finally, I like working with adolescents and young adults, and have experience working with families around sexual trauma and development. I also practice using EMDR.

Locations: Edina, Teletherapy

Bekkah Olson

MSW, LGSW

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I work with teenagers and adults, especially LGBTQIA+ individuals, around issues of mood, attachment, trauma, addiction, and identity. I enjoy helping clients explore what mental, emotional, and sexual health mean in their own lives and relationships.

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I believe that everyone has the right to sexual health. I specialize in working with individuals whose bodies, identities, or experiences of desire fall outside of dominant cultural norms. My approach is sex-positive, queer/trans inclusive, and affirming of BDSM, kink, and non-monogamous relationships. My therapeutic style is informed by principles of narrative therapy, which positions the client as the expert of their own life, and systems theory, which considers the role of the systems impacting the individual. My areas of interest include racial identity, disability justice, chemical health, and harm reduction. I am interested in the ways in which our bodies store memory and emotion, and the possibilities for how we might unlearn pain. 
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​Locations: Edina, Telehealth

Joanna Diem 

MA, LMFT

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My areas of special interest include families coping with chemical addictions, anxiety & depression, grief & loss, and intimate relationships.

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I empower couples, individuals, and families to overcome personal obstacles. I assist my clients to find an understanding of themselves in order to strengthen their connections and their relationships. I am a relational therapist and have my degree in Marriage and Family Therapy.

Locations: Edina, Teletherapy

Samantha Zaid

Ph.D, LMFT

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Through conversation, genuine compassion, humor, and intuition, I offer clients safety to create subtle and powerful changes.

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Therapy is an invitation to transform ourselves, our relationships, and our lives.  Licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist since 2010, I have been working in the field for over 10 years.  I am an MN-BMFT Approved Supervisor, AAMFT Approved Supervisor and Clinical Fellow, and an associate professor in an accredited graduate program.  Whether you are healing past hurts, needing support and clarity around a current challenge, or exploring new possibilities, I am honored to walk with you on the journey.    

Locations:  Teletherapy

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Anne Bauers 

MA, LMFT

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I specialize in working with couples and individuals experiencing challenges related to sex. ​For couples, this might look like having different levels of desire, struggling with infidelity, or managing the effects of past sexual trauma.

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Individuals may want to address performance difficulties, sexual pain, or struggles with past sexual abuse. I’m also passionate about working with individuals and couples that are considering or going through separation or divorce, as you seek to heal and build a new kind of family. My goal in therapy is to create a safe environment where we can openly address your challenges. I welcome clients of all relationship styles and backgrounds, including the LGBTQ community and those in non-traditional relationships. I hold a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy.

​Locations: Edina

Sherry Merriam

MA, LPCC

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I love working with the overlapping and diverse cultural communities of kink, non-monogamy, Paganism, and geeks. My interests include relationships, women’s issues, sexuality, health/chronic pain, disability, life transitions, self-esteem, spirituality, and creativity.

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I incorporate Adlerian, Narrative, Mindfulness, DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy), CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), and integrative wellness concepts into my approach, using psychoeducation to help you understand yourself and life in a culturally aware context of racial and social justice.
I am LGBTQ+-knowledgeable and take a sex-positive and non-judgmental approach to gender and sexual diversity, and I welcome BIPOC.  I enjoy working with adolescent and adult individuals, couples, and other relationships.

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Locations: Edina

Sara Mehalick

MA, LPC

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I offer single session and brief therapy (2 to 5 sessions) to support individuals & couples through interpersonal conflict, strengthening relationships, and developing communications skills. I also offer support to clients pursuing gender affirming surgery looking to meet therapist letter requirements. 

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I am a client-centered, trauma-informed, and sex-positive queer therapist with 15 years of experience in the mental health, coaching and counseling fields. I work with adults, especially members of the queer (LGBTQ) community, people in non-monogamous relationships, and non-traditional families and am trained as a mediator and conflict coach. My  approach is rooted in a belief that healing happens in relationship to others and that personal, interpersonal, and societal transformation are deeply connected. My practice is informed by somatic, narrative, and collaborative therapies in order to shift how we hold pain in our bodies, our stories, and our relationships.

Locations: Telehealth

Cara Mielke

MA, LMFT

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I enjoy helping clients navigate issues related to sexual functioning and desire within the context of individuals and relationships.  I work from a systemic perspective with people from all relationship styles and identities.

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My work is collaborative, and I strive to promote opportunities for positive change in the lives of those I encounter.  In addition I am a certified ​PREPARE/ENRICH 
facilitator and can work with couples as the begin to grow their lives together. 

Locations: St. Louis Park, Teletherapy

Jackie Jasken 

MA, LMFT

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I take special interest in working with individuals who are experiencing relationships issues due to self-esteem/body concerns, anxiety, and depression as well as family system issues.

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I am a relational therapist and have experience working with couples and families coping with chemical dependency and substance abuse. I also work with polyamory. Other interests include working with couples who struggle with sex, intimacy, and communication.

Locations: Edina, Teletherapy

Shawny Sena

MS, LPC

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I work with children, couples, and families on emotions that feel out of control, trauma, family conflict, gender and sexuality concerns and issues unique to the queer and transgender experience.

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I work with children, couples, and families on emotions that feel out of control, trauma, family conflict, gender and sexuality concerns and issues unique to the queer and transgender experience. Through my intuitive and body oriented approach, my clients tune into their innate wisdom, discover internal balance and connect with the people they love. In my work with youth, play therapy is a passion, and I especially love working with pre-school and elementary age kids! In my work with adults, I proudly offer space for folks who identify as kinky, polyamorous, body positive, and sex workers. 
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​Locations: Edina, Telehealth

Morgan Sieglaff

MS, LPC

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I work with individuals, couples, trauma, and sexuality.  I have a sex-positive approach to my relational work and I am affirming of kink, non-monogamy, and LGBTQIA+ relationships and communities.

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I'm experienced as a sexual assault advocate and am passionate about providing excellent care to victim-survivors of sexual violence, both individually and in partnership. I hold my Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, with a certificate in sex therapy, and deeply appreciate working with relationships of all kinds, at all phases, as well as with sex and sexuality directly.  I embrace and emphasize intersectionality in life and the complexities of the world around us.  As a bisexual, biracial Latina, I am passionate about defining your identities as YOU see fit. I firmly believe that you are the expert of your own life; however, I will seek to support you in meaningful ways and together we may be able to create a new path and perspective for your story.

Locations: Edina, Telehealth

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Rachel Bauer

CLINICAL PRACTICUM

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​I work with individuals, couples, adolescents, and adults. I specialize in working with alternative relationship styles, Health At Every Size, ​trauma, identity, sexual difficulties, inter-relational issues, and generalized mood regulation.
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 I’m passionate about working with individuals and couples. My goal in therapy is to create a safe environment where we can openly address your challenges, healing, and safety. I welcome clients of all relationship styles and backgrounds, including LGBTQIA2 folx and those in non-traditional relationships. I am specifically motivated by an overt commitment to social justice and my work reflects this lens.

​Locations: Edina, Telehealth, Coming Soon: Uptown location

Patrick Parker

MA, LMFT

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I enjoy working with people to overcome obstacles such as relational issues, chemical dependency, conflict, grief/loss, anxiety, and depression. I work from an integrative approach with clients, collaborating on techniques that can be used to support your success long after formal treatment is complete.

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I have extensive experience working with adolescents experiencing co-occurring issues. I have provided counseling for couples who are working through relational challenges and life-cycle transitions. I offer teletherapy service to accommodate busy schedules. I'm committed to providing an empathetic, honest and high-quality experience to each and every person I work with.

I serve on the MAMFT board as the PR committee chairman and I'm also a MN state-approved supervisor for MFT's and LPC/LPCC's. 

Locations: St. Louis Park, Edina, Telehealth
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Emalie Coplan

MA, LPC

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Client-centered and trauma-informed, I enjoy supporting individuals & couples through interpersonal conflict, depression, anxiety, and trauma work.  I work with LGBTQIA+ folx, older teens, adults, couples, and non-traditional family systems. 

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My  approach is rooted in a belief that healing happens in relationship to others and that personal, interpersonal, and societal transformation are deeply connected. My practice is informed by narrative, collaborative, somatic, mindfulness based, critical, and relational therapies in order to shift how we hold pain in our bodies, our stories, and our relationships. LGBTQIA+-identified provider.

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​Locations: Edina, Telehealth

Andrew Kishel

MSW, LICSW

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I work with adult individuals on trauma, mood, and connection with others. I have a special interest in working with people who have been oppressed or excluded because of non-dominant spiritual beliefs, lived LGBTQIA+ experience, homelessness or substance use. DBT/Polyvagal provider.

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It is my job to create a compassionate space to process your struggles and focus your aspirations.  My approach draws from science about the nervous system (polyvagal/interpersonal neurobiology), DBT, parts work (IFS), acceptance and commitment therapy, and mindfulness. 
 
I am a sex-positive and affirming therapist and I strive to understand and honor the many ways social justice and mental health are connected.  I form a collaborative and nonjudgmental relationship with each of my clients that we use to recognize, prepare, and move forward.

Locations: Lyndale, teletherapy

Allen Stock

MA, LP

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Allen Stock is a Licensed Psychologist who specializes in neurocognitive and diagnostic assessment of children, adolescents and adults.

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His work includes: ADHD, learning disorders/disabilities, mood disorders (like depression or anxiety), memory and executive function deficits, emotional and behavioral issues, Autism Spectrum Disorders, substance abuse, traumatic brain injury and chronic/persistent mental illness.

​Allen is a life-long resident of the Twin Cities.  He has worked as a mental health professional in the Twin Cities since 1986 (LP since 1992). Allen has conducted assessments in clinical and academic (k-12 and post-secondary) settings, for forensic purposes and in correctional facilities throughout Minnesota. Allen works in collaboration with all concerned parties to formulate a comprehensive evaluation and treatment plan.

Locations: Edina, St. Louis Park

Contessa Johnson

MA, LPCC

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Trauma-informed, I'm experienced working with couples, adults, and teens with anxiety and depression, trauma, and addictive cycles. I work from a sex-positive lens to discuss how healthy boundaries, communication, and self-acceptance can enhance our lives. EMDR certified.

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I am passionate about working with issues related to sexual health because I believe sexuality is an essential component of our personhood. My goal as a sex and relationship counselor is to create a safe place for clients to learn how to enjoy their own sexuality to the fullest. I am experienced working with adults and teens from a sex-positive lens to discuss how healthy boundaries, communication, and self-acceptance can enhance our lives. My approach is to evaluate what messages one may have received about values, bodies, relationships, and sexual behaviors in order to encourage a more authentic expression of self.

Focus Areas:
Adults, couples, sexual health, individual psychotherapy, group therapy, psychosexual evaluations. Eclectic approach: Client-centered, psychodynamic, existential, behavioral, CBT, EMDR, DBT, systems, as tailored to the client’s needs.

Locations: Edina, Maple Grove​, Teletherapy