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My Approach to Helping

When we are confronted with personal, emotional, and physical suffering, talking with someone trained to understand our psychosocial and emotional needs has been demonstrated to be highly beneficial. The therapists at Blue Iris Center are experienced professionals who have been trained to work with you towards healthy change within your life to ease your suffering.

In promoting health and wellbeing for our patients, we believe that the life struggles they are faced with arise out of interactions with one's environment as well as the significant relationships in their lives. As such, we strive to provide an atmosphere that is connected through supportive, respectful and confidential interactions.

 

More Info About My Practice

The Blue Iris flower has been incorporated into our name to symbolize several elements that we believe contribute to health and wellbeing. The Blue Iris flower is a symbol of hope and faith, while the color blue represents calmness and relaxation and finally, flowers symbolize for us that life changes and is impermanent. Thus, all we have is this moment for which we need to be fully aware, fully awake, and fully present to engage life regardless of the challenges.

Blue Iris Center is a small group practice located in Richfield, Minnesota. Our therapists provide a variety of services, including:

Individual Psychotherapy
Relational & Family Therapy
Group Therapy
PREPARE/ENRICH Counseling
Health Psychology
Behavioral Medicine

The therapists at Blue Iris Center work with individuals, couples and families of all ages who are dealing with various life challenges. Along with the day-to-day struggles that arise out of our relationships, our therapists have worked extensively with blended family issues, divorce and remarriage, children who are dealing with developmental, emotional, and behavioral problems, GLBT challenges, substance use disorders, grief and loss, anger management, eating disorders, chronic pain management, sleep disorders, acute and chronic health problems, anxiety disorders, and affective disorders (i.e., depression and bipolar disorder).

Appointments are available Monday through Saturday, days and evenings.

All major and most minor insurance and MA accepted.

Services I Provide

• Individual Therapy & Counseling
• Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
• Family Therapy
• Clinical Supervision
• Online Counseling / Phone Therapy

Ages I Work With

• Teens
• Adults
• Elders

Languages I Speak

• English

Groups I Work With

Chronic health condition, auto-immune diseases such as, Crohn's Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Diabetes, MS

Chronic Pain, G & J-tubes, gastroparesis, motility disorders, kidney diseases, cartovascular problems, etc.

Therapy Approaches I Use

• Biofeedback / Neurofeedback
• Contemplative Psychotherapy
• Depth Therapy
• Depth-Oriented Brief Therapy
• Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy
• Emotion Focused Couples Therapy
• Existential Psychotherapy
• Family Constellations
• Family Systems Therapy
• Feminist Therapy
• Holistic Psychotherapy
• Humanistic Psychology
• Integration of different therapy models
• Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy
• Interpersonal Psychotherapy
• Mindfulness Based Approaches
• Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
• Person Centered / Rogerian
• Psychodynamic
• Relational Psychotherapy
• Solution Focused Therapy
• Systems Theory /Therapy

Concerns & Issues I Help With

• Addictions & Compulsions
• Life Changes
• Social Skills & Problems
• Abuse: Emotional, Physical, or Sexual
• Health & Body
• Anxiety, Fear, & Stress
• Emotion Management
• Attachment
• Depression & Mood
• Family Problems
• Childhood & Adolescence
• Relationships & Marriage
• Occupational & Academic Issues
• Trauma
• Identity Issues
• Self-Esteem & Confidence
• Sexuality
• Reproduction
• Self-Harm & Suicide
• Spirituality