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Children's Mental Health Social Worker -
Adam is a licensed psychotherapist, and co-director of Enliven Psychotherapy. He works with individuals and families through a trauma lens. He is particularly passionate about working collaboratively to increase a feeling of safety in the body. Adam has worked in schools, summer camps, after school programs, arts organizations, athletic settings, day treatment centers, correctional facilities, and residential treatment centers. For over ten years Adam combined his passions for healing and the arts, serving as Founder and Artistic Director of blank slate theatre, a personal growth-oriented theatre for youth in Saint Paul, Minnesota. While there, he collaborated with culturally and ability diverse youth to produce over two dozen theatre pieces focusing on themes of mental health and social change, including the award-winning Disordered [thy name is teenager], and Bottom, a play on child sex trafficking. Adam also was proud to serve as chair of the "Safe Schools, Safe Students Conference," which sought to address mental health issues in schools, innovate family involvement with schools, soothe peer aggression (bullying), and eliminate school shootings. Adam continues his special interest in collaborating with culturally and ability diverse persons, frequently treating mental and chemical health concerns within transracially adoptive families, persons with developmental disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ community. He is trained in, and commonly utilizes, Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. When not at Enliven, Adam practices yoga, watches Pixar movies, listens to nerdy podcasts, and internally processes his cognitive dissonance regarding his affection for NFL football. -
Aimee Klinski, MSW, is the Permanency/Adoption Social Worker for Winona County providing services related to permanency planning and the elements of adoption for children under the guardianship of the State of Minnesota. She works closely with Ongoing Child Protection Case Managers for concurrent permanency planning. Practice includes court involvement, adoption assistance and modifications (Minnesota Assessment of Parenting for Children and Youth -- MAPCY), referral for services, Interstate Compact on Placement of Children (ICPC placements), step-parent adoption, and adoption finalizations for children ages 0-17. Agency: Winona County Community Services Agency Address: 202 West Third Street City/Town: Winona State: MN ZIP: 55987 Country: USA Email Address: aklinski@co.winona.mn.us Phone Number: 507-457-6500
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Creative Connections is a private practice offers consulting and counseling services for children, adults, and families. Our mission is to maximize the potential of individuals, couples, children, and families by providing individualized, and family-centered services. Alex Gregory has been working in the field since 2010. Alex specializes in working with individuals and families ranging from birth to adulthood. Alex strives to provide a welcoming and trusting environment, where people can enhance their strengths and learn new tools to handle a variety of life stressors or challenges. Alex has experience working with individuals, children, and families that present with concerns of anxiety, depression, ADHD, adoption, autism, trauma, attachment, behaviors, and relationships. Alex earned a Master’s Degree from St. Cloud State University and a Certificate in Permanency and Adoption from the University of Minnesota; she is trained in early childhood mental health and Circle of Security. Agency: Creative Connections Agency Address: 720 8th Ave. N City/Town: St. Cloud State: MN ZIP: 56303 Country: USA
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I provide mental health counseling to children, adolescents and their families. Our private practice specializes in working with families that has a member with hearing loss (Deaf, deaf or hard of hearing). I’m fluent in American Sign Language (ASL) and have worked with children and parents in the Deaf community for over 20 years. I am a Theraplay Certified Therapist, providing attachment-based play therapy to families. I also use non-directive play therapy, directive play therapy modalities, sandtray and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy techniques in my work with children, adolescents and family. -
Agency: Anu Family Services Agency Address: 6000 Gisholt Drive Suite 109 City/Town: Madison State: WI ZIP: 53719 Country: USA Email Address: alehnherr@anufs.org Phone Number: 6085544293
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I currently am a County Social Worker with Rice County Social Services providing children’s services in the areas of Child Protection, Child Welfare and the Parent Support Outreach Program. I have previously worked in the area of family reunification and adoption providing families with Family Group Services in Blue Earth, Nicollet, Sibley, Brown and Watonwan counties. Prior to that I have several years’ experience doing In-home Family Therapy and skills work. Many of the children I work with struggle with permanency and adoption issues. My goal is to provide my families access to the resources that they need to be successful. -
Amelia Franck Meyer has spent her 25 year career dedicated to serving children and families in the areas of out-of-home care, family-based services and disability services. She has been the CEO of Anu Family Services since 2001. Anu is a child welfare agency located in Wisconsin and Minnesota which is producing nationally-recognized child permanence and placement stability outcomes for children in out-of-home care and is on the leading-edge of promoting and measuring wellbeing. Anu is a winner of the prestigious Bush Innovation Prize (2013) and also received Youth Thrive Award for Exemplary Programs (2014) from the national Center for the Study for Social Policy, the Eureka! Innovation Award (2014) from the Twin Cities Business Journal, and the Mission Innovation Award (2014) from the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (finalist). Amelia is a national trainer and expert on topics including understanding grief, loss and trauma for children living in out-of-home care, child wellbeing, child permanence and placement stability, change management, social work leadership, management, supervision, and many others. Amelia has provided training and consultation on child welfare practices in counties and states throughout the country.Agency: Anu Family Services, Inc. Agency Address: 2233 University Avenue W., Suite 325 City/Town: St. Paul State: MN ZIP: 55114 Country: US Email Address: afranckmeyer@anufs.org Phone Number: 612-940-0061 -
Amy Hagstrom, PsyD, LP has over 15 years of experience working with children, families and adults around issues of trauma. Her specialties include psychological assessment, play therapy, and EEG biofeedback/neurofeedback. She works with preschool and school age children as as foster, adoptive and biological families, especially with children in transition. She has experience supervising an adolescent sexual abuse program for survivors and perpetrators of sexual abuse. She currently is in private practice in Edina and at Northland Counseling Chaska. Address Agency: Edina Play & NeuroTherapy Agency Address: 6950 France Ave South Agency Address 2: Suite 28 City/Town: Edina State: MN ZIP: 55435 Country: USA Email Address: amyhagstrom@ymail.com Phone Number: 612.226.8581
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I am a licensed marriage and family therapist and licensed psychologist. I specialize in clinical work with children, adolescents, and their families. I provide family, group, individual, and couples therapy. I also complete comprehensive psychological evaluations for children, adolescents, and adults. My professional interests include complex trauma, issues surrounding adoption and foster care, youth involved in the juvenile justice system, grief and loss, and high-conflict families going through a divorce or separation. I have been working with youth and their families for over seven years in a variety of clinical settings, including residential treatment centers, schools, private practice, community mental health centers, and an outpatient hospital clinic. I believe that when working with children and adolescents, family involvement is crucial to the change process. Areas I have received specific training experiences include: Comprehensive psychological evaluations for complications related to prenatal exposure to alcohol and other substances, early childhood assessment and therapy, including Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), trauma work utilizing the evidence-based treatment of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TFCBT), court-ordered evaluations, and attachment work with families and youth who have been adopted. Agency: Hennepin County Mental Health Center Agency Address: 1801 Nicollet Ave City/Town: Minneapolis State: MN ZIP: 55403 Email Address: amy.gold@hennepin.us Phone Number: 6125960805
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I have been a county social worker since 2009. I provide children's mental health case management as well as child protective services and adoption case management. Many of the children I work with struggle with permanency and adoption issues. My goal is to help families access appropriate resources so children can stay in their home. Agency: Nicollet County Social Services Agency Address: 108 S Minnesota Drive, Suite 200 City/Town: St. Peter State: MN ZIP: 56082 Country: USA Email Address: aobermiller@co.nicollet.mn.us Phone Number: 507-934-8588 -
Anita joined WLCFS in 2012. She received her BA in Elementary Education from Concordia University, Chicago and her MS in Counseling from Minnesota State University, Mankato. Anita has much experience working with pre-school, elementary, adolescents, and college students. Prior to joining WLCFS, Anita was a therapist in the Mankato/New Ulm area for six years serving children, women, and couples with Christian counseling and in the education field for over 20 years. She has served on the Minnesota State Advisory Board for Permanency in Adoption since 2014. She has a passion for working with families and helping people. She specializes in work with children, play therapy, families, marriage, attachment, trauma focus treatment, and adoption related issues. In addition to her clinical work, Anita also teaches Marriage and Family as an adjunct instructor at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, Minnesota. Agency: WLCFS Christian Family Counseling Agency Address: 421 East Hickory Street Agency Address 2: Suite #402 City/Town: Mankato State: MN ZIP: 56001 Country: USA Email Address: asmith@wlcfs.org Phone Number: 800-438-1772
