Adolescents

Debra Dalin, BSW

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I work in child welfare in the area of permanency for Olmsted County Health, Housing and Human Services. I have the privilege to serve foster and adopted children, youth and their families. This is a true gift!

Address:
Olmsted County Health, Housing and Human Services
2117 Campus Drive SE
Rochester, MN 55904

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Katherine Dachtler, MSW, LCSW, LICSW

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Katherine Dachtler is an international, Transracial Adoptee who was raised and lives in the upper Midwest. Katherine strives to meet you where you are and aims to uncover and focus on your strengths to empower you throughout your healing journey. She believes each individual has a unique, intersectional framework through which they experience the world. She specializes in working with Adoptees, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA2S+ communities and has worked with folx impacted by medical trauma, differing abilities, sexual assault/abuse, and domestic violence.

Katherine Dachtler

Yaneth Cunningham, LMFT

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My personal journey of Adoption has fueled my passion to provide unconditional and authentic support for families and individuals with warmth & compassion. Since 2007 I’ve been working in the mental health field in a variety of roles which have enriched my clinical practice. I draw upon a strength based, resiliency building & collaborative style of therapy to empower families and individuals to find inner healing while providing tools to enhance their daily life functioning.

Yaneth Cunningham

Anjaly Connors, BSW, LSW

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Anjaly is a licensed social worker in the state of Minnesota who graduated in 2023 with a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work. She joined Ampersand Families in January 2024 as a Youth Permanency Specialist, where she works to ensure older youth in foster care find lasting and supportive connections. In her role, Anjaly prioritizes relative and kinship placements, and strongly advocates for youth to have a voice in all permanency-related decisions. As a transracial adoptee herself, Anjaly brings a personal and informed perspective to her work.

Anjaly Connors

Briana Colton, MA, LPCC, ATR-BC

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As a Board-Certified Art Therapist and Anchor Relational (formerly AIR Network) trained therapist, and I incorporate Developmental, Intersectional, and Trauma-focused lens into my practice. I believe safety, trust, honesty, creativity, and humor are essential elements in a therapeutic relationship. I utilize a client-centered and relational approach to therapy, weaving psychoeducation with introspection and self-reflection. I incorporate art therapy interventions, mindfulness techniques, and somatic and sensorimotor experiences within sessions.

Briana Colton

Lisa Coleman, MA

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Supporting, Training and Licensing Foster Parents and Prospective Foster Parents. Including: home study assessments, placements, foster care support groups, foster care and adoption training, and post-adoption support and resources.

Address:
Anoka County
2100 3rd Ave.
Anoka, MN 55303

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Anna Clavin, MA, LMFT, IECMH-E

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I am dedicated to working with individuals, couples, and families by supporting hope and growth through a family systems perspective and trauma informed care. My passion is attachment, relationships, and development and their impact on functioning throughout one’s life. I find encouragement in my work through helping others find hope, strength, and healing within their environment and relationships. I am also trained in Theraplay, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), and Circle of Security-Parenting.

Anna Clavin

Holly Clark, MSW, LICSW

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Holly provides individual and family therapy in Elementary Schools to children and family. Within her previous positions in Day Treatment and In-Home services Holly has experience working with individuals and families who are in foster care, have been adopted, and have experienced trauma. Holly is also trained in providing DC 0-5 assessments for children birth to five years old. She believes that the best outcomes happen when the whole family is engaged in services.

Address:
Therapeutic Services Agency
202 Railroad St SE
Pine City, MN 55063

Holly Clark

Ashley Chase, MSW

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I am a permanency social worker for St. Louis County. My current caseload includes kinship, adoption, guardianship and extended foster care. I also am a back-up petition writer. Prior to switching to this role in August of 2023, I did ongoing case management in child protection for 6.5 years.

Address:
St. Louis County
1814 14th Ave E
Hibbing, MN 55746

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Hannah Burton, MSW, LISW, JD

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Child welfare policy reform, legal services for parents and relatives/kin in juvenile protection matters.

Hannah Burton