Services

Art of Counseling’s DBT Program Mission: At Art of Counseling, we are dedicated to providing our clients with comprehensive DBT and other supportive therapies in a warm, nonjudgemental and collaborative environment. We meet clients where they are, accept their challenges and offer them tools to create and rebuild their lives. What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy… Continue reading Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

As an expressive medium, art can be used to help clients communicate, overcome stress, and explore different aspects of their own personalities. In psychology, the use of artistic methods to treat psychological disorders and enhance mental health is known as art therapy. Art therapy integrates psychotherapeutic techniques with the creative process to improve mental health… Continue reading Art Therapy

Eye Moment Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) – is an extensively researched and highly effective psychotherapy method proven to help people recover from trauma and other distressing life experiences, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, and panic disorders. EMDR therapy does not require talking in detail about the distressing issue or completing homework between sessions. EMDR therapy, rather… Continue reading EMDR

A trauma-informed approach can be implemented in any type of service setting or organization and is distinct from trauma-specific interventions or treatments that are designed specifically to address the consequences of trauma and to facilitate healing. Six Key Principles of a Trauma-Informed Approach A trauma-informed approach reflects adherence to six key principles rather than a… Continue reading Trauma-Informed Approach

TELEMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES Art of Counseling provides teletherapy services in the entire State of Minnesota to ensure excellent mental health services are widely accessible and convenient. We provide individual, couples, and group therapy/training using reliable, secure high-quality video tools. Our telemental health therapy appointments can take place nearly anywhere. They only require is a private… Continue reading Telemental Health

About Art Therapy and Schools* Research on the use of art therapy in schools is sparse. Advocates suggest it is an innovative way to help children who are manifesting learning or emotional problems. They stress that schools enable art therapy to be provided with equity of access, flexibility, and personalization. They propose integrating art therapy… Continue reading School Art Therapy

This is a 15 week, 1.5 hour, in-person therapy skills and psycho-education group.  Together we will explore how trauma impacts the brain, and our perceptions, emotions, thoughts and responses to everyday events. We will also explore skills to help better manage mental health symptoms and trauma responses, improves one’s sense of freedom and choice, reduce… Continue reading Adaptive Internal Relational Network (trauma informed) Skills Group