Dr. Carrie Sword, Ph.D., L.P.C., N.C.C.
Dr. Carrie Sword, Ph.D., L.P.C., N.C.C.
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Telehealth Available
Professions: Psychotherapist, Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor
License Status: I'm a licensed professional.
Primary Credential: L.P.C.
Secondary Credential: Certificate
Billing and Insurance:
Weekend Availability
Evening Availability
Therapy in:
3012 Fillmore Street N.E.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55418
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What's My Approach to Therapy?
This is a collaborative process aimed to give you access to what your unconscious mind is saying. This changes the information used in your decision-making. For many, it changes how life feels--deepens it.
When life feels more alive to you, everything else changes.
I'm adept at Jungian dreamwork, a process of uncovering meaning from nighttime dreams. This can enable you to map your unconscious complexes and change the infrastructure of your psychology. This process takes time and commitment. It can produce big change in your self-concept and outlook.
Research has shown that depth psychotherapy is effective compared to other methods, but also promotes development of personal strength, resilience, capacity for relationship, and the ability to utilize talents (please see: dreamtherapyminneapolis.comdepth-psychology).
. Additionally, this approach minimizes cultural biases and prejudice against individual uniqueness, because the change process is propelled by your own unconsious mind.
My Practice & Services
Deep change can include journeying through symptoms, rather than assailing them as an enemy. Often, a symptom brings a message about an imbalance in your psychology that can be addressed. A symptom may signal that energy is stuck in your unconscious mind because you don't yet understand the growth that wants to happen. Gaining insight about it and taking action can bring much relief, both in terms of the symptom, and also in knowing that this type of problem can ultimately bring positive results. People I’ve worked with have been astonished at how much they changed, and how this caused them to experience life from their depths.
Why Going to Therapy Does Not Mean You are Weak or Flawed
In Jungian psychotherapy, a symptom like anxiety is sometimes the start of an individuation process. Individuation is an unfolding of personal potential. Having a symptom is a lucky pain-in-the-neck that initiates a meaningful evolution. If you want to see research studies about the effectiveness of Jungian and Psychodynamic therapy, please visit my website and go to the research sections under Jungian Psychotherapy and Depth Psychology.
Therapy Services & Specialties
Client Age Groups I Work With
- Adults
- Elders
Languages
- English
Groups I Work With
- I work with adults from all walks of life, especially people who want to work with dreams and engage in personal growth. I\'m a depth therapist and work with people who don\'t remember dreams. And at the same time, I\'m a Jungian psychotherapist with a niche in dream analysis.
Industries & Communities Served
- BIPOC
- Education
- Entertainment Industry
- First Responder/Medical Professionals
- LGBTQ+
- Professional Sports
- Self-Employed and Freelance Professionals
Client Challenges & Concerns I Address
- Abortion / Post Abortion Issues
- Academic Concerns
- Addictions and Compulsions
- Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
- Adoption / Reunion Issues
- Aggression and Violence
- Aging and Geriatric Issues
- Agoraphobia
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Bipolar
- Blended Family Issues
- Cancer
- Career Choice
- Caregiver Issues / Stress
- Child and/or Adolescent Issues
- Chronic Pain
- Codependency / Dependency
- Communication Problems
- Compulsive Spending / Shopping
- Control Issues
- Creative Blocks
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce / Divorce Adjustment
- Drug and Alcohol Addiction
- Eating and Food Issues
- Emotional Intelligence
- Emotional Overwhelm
- Emptiness
- Family Problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief, Loss, and Bereavement
- Habits
- Health / Illness / Medical Issues
- HIV / AIDS
- Identity Issues
- Inadequacy
- Inattention, Impulsivity, and Hyperactivity (ADHD)
- Infidelity / Affair Recovery
- Irritability
- Isolation
- Learning Difficulties
- LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Issues
- Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance
- Men's Issues
- Midlife Crisis / Midlife Transition
- Mood Swings / Mood Disturbance
- Multicultural Concerns
- Obsessions and Compulsions (OCD)
- Oppositional and Defiant Behavior in Children and Teen
- Panic
- Parenting
- Phobias
- Post Partum Depression
- Posttraumatic Stress / Trauma
- Pre-Marital Counseling
- Prejudice / Discrimination
- Relationships and Marriage
- Religious Issues
- Self-Care
- Self-Confidence
- Self-Criticism
- Self-Doubt
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Love
- Sensitivity to Criticism
- Sexuality / Sex Therapy
- Shame
- Social Anxiety / Phobia
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Suicidal Ideation and Behavior
- Suspiciousness / Paranoia
- Trust Issues
- Values Clarification
- Women's Issues
- Workplace Issues
- Worry
- Worthlessness
Therapeutic Approaches & Evidence-Based Methods
- Body Psychotherapy
- Body-Mind Psychotherapy
- Creative Art Therapy
- Culturally Sensitive Therapy
- Depth Therapy
- Dreamwork
- Ecotherapy / Nature Therapy
- Experiential Therapy
- Expressive Arts Therapy
- Integration of different therapy models
- Jungian Psychotherapy
- Poetry Therapy
- Psychodrama
- Psychodynamic
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