Depression therapists

Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, MA, LPCC

Fred Kiesel is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in Edina, Minnesota, with three years in practice. He provides individual, couples and group therapy, with particular interest in relationship dynamics, including polyamorous partnerships, and in personal growth. He sees children, teens, adults, older adults, couples and families for anxiety, depression, ADHD, OCD, self-esteem, substance use and eating concerns. His integrative style blends psychodynamic therapy, CBT, ACT and solution-focused work, and he has substantial experience with DBT. With couples he focuses on communication and the challenges partners face together. He meets clients in person in Edina and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW

Kathleen Sprole is a licensed independent clinical social worker in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, with 18 years in practice. She works with teens, adults and older adults on trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions and relationship concerns, and she also treats eating disorders and body image, OCD, substance use, bipolar disorder, self-harm and borderline personality, welcoming LGBTQ+ clients. She believes people have inner strengths they can lose sight of, and her aim is to help clients reconnect with them, develop practical new strategies and become more resilient. She draws on ACT, DBT, accelerated resolution therapy, Adlerian, attachment-based, compassion-focused and gestalt approaches. She sees clients in person and online.

Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, MA, ATR-BC, LPCC

Rafael Cohen is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and board-certified art therapist in St. Paul, Minnesota, with 19 years in practice. He works with adults and older adults facing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship difficulties and life transitions, as well as bipolar disorder, chronic illness and cancer, and he welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Some of the people he sees feel empty even after reaching what they wanted, while others keep undermining their own goals. His work is psychoanalytic and psychodynamic, attending to the whole person rather than a single symptom or diagnosis, and it is also shaped by existential and feminist thinking. He sees clients in person in St. Paul and online.

Family Therapist, MA, LMFT

Julie Richter, a licensed marriage and family therapist with 16 years in practice, sees clients in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Trained at the University of Minnesota and the Adler Graduate School, she is also a special education teacher and a parent and adult educator. She works with families of young children, teens, adults, couples and older adults who are struggling to manage day to day or want a more balanced life. Her practice includes parenting, relationships, depression, anxiety, ADHD, autism, OCD, substance use, eating disorders and postpartum concerns. She combines approaches such as CBT, Adlerian, Gottman, emotionally focused and family systems therapy, and sees clients in person and online.

Psychologist, MA, LP, LMFT

Kalli Nallick is a licensed psychologist and licensed marriage and family therapist in Bloomington, Minnesota. She offers both counseling and coaching, and couples work is one of her favorite parts of the job: partners who feel more like roommates, who worry about a partner's closeness to someone else, whose intimacy has faded or whose arguments have become too much. She also works with children, teens, adults and families on anxiety, depression, life transitions, parenting and family conflict, and provides custody evaluations and parenting consulting. Her methods include the Gottman Method, CBT, internal family systems, structural and family systems therapy, narrative and solution-focused work, and hypnotherapy. She sees clients in person and online.

Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, MA, LPCC

Chad Allen is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in Minneapolis. He works with adults, older adults and couples who understand a good deal about themselves yet keep repeating patterns they have tried to change. Common concerns include depression, anxiety, trauma and painful early experiences, and relationships that leave people feeling stuck or distant, as well as a harder-to-name sense that something remains unresolved. He also works with OCD, substance use and dual diagnosis, eating disorders, dissociation and men's issues, and welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. His approach is psychodynamic and relational, informed by psychoanalytic, existential and humanistic thinking. He sees clients in person in Minneapolis and online.

Psychologist, MA, PsyD, LP

Dr. Josh Meendering is a licensed psychologist in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, with 15 years in practice. He works with teens, adults, older adults and couples who feel stuck in certain thoughts and feelings or keep falling into behaviors that cause problems in their lives. His practice covers anxiety, depression, grief, stress and relationship concerns, along with substance use and dual diagnosis, eating disorders, adoption, family conflict and sports performance, and he welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. He offers a nonjudgmental setting and helps clients find more effective ways of reaching personal or relationship goals. His integrative approach draws on attachment-based, emotionally focused, existential, family systems, narrative and feminist therapy. He sees clients in person and online.

Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, LPCC

Audrey-Mischa Kirk is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Encinitas who also holds an LPCC license and has six years in practice. She works with adults, older adults and couples on anxiety, perfectionism, feeling overwhelmed, depression, trauma and relationship concerns, and as a mother she brings personal understanding to parents navigating change, including the perinatal season. Her work is somatic and trauma-informed, with EMDR at its center, and she also uses ACT, attachment-based therapy, IFS, CBT and mindfulness. She has a background supporting high-achieving clients such as athletes and business owners. She sees clients in person in Encinitas and online.

Family Therapist, MA, LMFT

Phil Howard is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Carlsbad, California, with 11 years in practice. He enjoys a varied, diverse caseload and welcomes adults and older adults who want things to change, whatever their circumstances. He works with relationship concerns, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, stress and bipolar and other mood disorders, as well as men's issues, parenting, sleep problems and body image, and he welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Having worked with many people who felt their lives had slipped out of control, he holds a hopeful view of human resilience. His methods include CBT, ACT, compassion-focused and solution-focused therapy, motivational interviewing and strength-based work. Sessions are online.