Self-esteem therapists

Counselor, LMHCA

Stephanie Angione is a licensed mental health counselor associate in Kirkland who practices with Self Space. She works with teens, adults, older adults, couples and families going through depression, anxiety, trauma, grief or chronic pain, and with relationship problems around communication, intimacy and conflict. She also offers psychedelic integration support. She believes deeply in the healing power of connection and offers trauma-informed, compassionate guidance aimed at recovering parts of the self that were pushed aside and making room for more joy. Her methods include attachment-based, emotionally focused, Gottman Method, IFS, Jungian and psychodynamic therapy, and she welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. She sees clients online.

Mental Health Counselor, LMHC

Kate Oliver is a licensed mental health counselor in North Bend who works with preteens, teens, adults and couples. She helps people who feel worn out after a long stretch of difficulty, whose worries have grown harder to manage, or who have lost their sense of self in a new role such as motherhood, adolescence or a career change. She also supports clients with grief, anxiety, relationship concerns, low self-esteem, stress, eating disorders, postpartum concerns and LGBTQ+ issues. She offers practical tools alongside attentive listening, weaving in ACT, DBT and RO-DBT, narrative, solution-focused, play therapy and other methods as needed. She sees clients in person in North Bend and online.

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.

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, PhD, LP

Dr. Alison Vogelsang is a licensed clinical psychologist in Edina, Minnesota, who specializes in treating children, teens and families, and also sees adults. She looks at mental and physical health together and pays close attention to the various systems that shape a person's life. She works with anxiety, trauma, ADHD, autism and developmental concerns, behavioral problems, parenting and family conflict, self-esteem and substance use. She values collaboration with clients and close consultation with other members of a treatment team, and she also offers psychological testing. Her methods include CBT, DBT, play therapy, family systems, attachment-based and psychodynamic work. She sees clients in person in Edina 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.