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I provide affirming therapy for LGBTQIA+ adults and parents of gender diverse kids. I identify as queer, cis, white, on the GenX/Millennial cusp, and am a Minnesota transplant originally from the regional south/west. I have personally and professionally cared for gender expansive folks for over 20 years and consider this the main focus and passion of my life.
I’ve done a lot of therapy myself and appreciate the hard work it takes to change. Therapy is a great way to feel better day-to-day and to hone one's own life purpose. I have deep respect for those who are vulnerable and work on their inner landscape. When we realize what we can change within, life gets a lot better.
Since 2009, I have worked with children and families in crisis, in a community mental health clinic, alongside medical professionals providing integrated behavoral health care, in inpatient hospital units, and in a refugee resettlement agency. I've been a clinical supervisor since 2013. I started More to Life Therapy in 2021.
People tell me I am insightful, thoughtful and kind. I also delight in seeing wonder and beauty in the mundane.
My office is located at the Parkview Professional Building
348 Prior Ave N, St Paul, MN 55104
I primarily conduct sessions in person
I primarily conduct sessions in person
Credentials
University of Minnesota School of Social Work - graduated 2009
License and State: MN Board of SW 19769 - since 2011
Board Approved Supervisor: MN for LGSWs
Certified Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner
Internal Family Systems Level 1
Psychoanalytic Training Program at MPSI
Other special interests
Enneagram, Systemic Constellations, attachment in adult relationships, addiction recovery and adult children of alcoholics, adult children of emotionally immature parents, navigating multple cultures
Insurance - I am in network with Cigna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, HealthPartners, and Optum insurance companies. I am out of network for all other insurance companies but will gladly provide you documentation, called a superbill, so you can submit for reimbursement.
Private Pay - The below fees are standard for therapy services. If you are financially secure I ask that you pay the full fee. If the full fee prohibits you from accessing services, ask me if can offer a sliding fee scale.
Initial phone consultation (15-20 min): free
Intake session (55 min): $225
Individual session (55 min): $195
Clinical supervision (55 min): $140
Late cancel: $75
No show: $150
Somatic Experiencing® supports the nervous system by using a "bottom-up approach." This refers to the structure of the brain and a focus on working with automatic reactions and basic survival mechanisms. This is quite different from many other types of therapy that focus primarily on thinking. Researchers have learned that we cannot think our way out of trauma, we must sense and feel our way through them to heal.
Internal Family Systems is a deeply humane approach centering the idea that we all are made of various parts - a multiplicity - because from an early age learn very creative ways of coping with life's stressors. Our inner worlds are made up of parts that work very hard at managing our lives. Through compassionate exploration of our parts, we can ask them to work together so that we feel more cohesion, peace and ease.
Questions? Contact me at amelia at moretolifetherapy dot org or call me at 651-243-0156
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