Attachment Issues

I hold an AS, BSW, MA, and have advocated for children as a Guardian Ad Litem since 1997. A background in Early Childhood Education, Bachelors Degree in Social Work and a Masters Degree in Forensic Mental Health. I pursued a degree in Forensic Mental Health because of personal experience working with children and adults with mental illness, many with adverse childhood experiences, including FASD and other neurobehavioral disorders resulting in out of home placements; foster care, adoption, disrupted adoptions, child protection, or involvement in the criminal justice system.

Clinician is an intensive treatment in foster care therapist spending part of time with foster families and part of time in office with children, teens, and adults. Clinician engages with a variety of issues including some specialization in the areas of adoption, trauma, TF-CBT, ARC, and ADHD.

Address:
Ellie Mental Health
652 Bielenberg Drive
Woodbury, MN 55125

The focus of my practice is working with children 1-18 years of age in foster care or that have been adopted and/or trauma focused treatment with children and their families. I am trained in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), the ARC model (Attachment, Regulation and Competency), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), sand tray therapy and Polyvagal theory and am currently in training for Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP).

Amy Hagstrom, PsyD, LP has over 15 years of experience working with children, families and adults around issues of trauma. Her specialties include psychological assessment, play therapy, and EEG biofeedback/neurofeedback. She works with preschool and school age children as as foster, adoptive and biological families, especially with children in transition. She has experience supervising an adolescent sexual abuse program for survivors and perpetrators of sexual abuse. She currently is in private practice in Edina and at Northland Counseling Chaska.

Tarah Groettum holds a Master of Science in Education (MSEd), with a clinical counseling focus. As a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), Certified Autism Specialist (CAS), Permanency and Adoption Competency Certified (PACC), and Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional (CCATP), Tarah brings a wealth of specialized training to her practice. She is also fully trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT).

I provide mental health counseling to children, adolescents and their families. Our private practice specializes in working with families that has a member with hearing loss (Deaf, deaf or hard of hearing). I’m fluent in American Sign Language (ASL) and have worked with children and parents in the Deaf community for over 20 years.

Christina enjoys providing psychotherapy to children, adolescents, adults and families. She has special training in assessing and treating Children Birth to 5 years, and working with Children/adolescents who have experienced Complex Trauma.

Kristin is a licensed clinical therapist trained in Child Parent Psychotherapy. She has been a foster and adoptive momma for 20 years and is intimately familiar with the ins and outs of transracial adoption.

Address:
Washburn Center for Children
1100 Glenwood Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55101

Meagan Galbari, MA, LPCC has been working with children and families for over 25 years in a variety of settings including psychiatric hospitals, day-treatment programs, domestic violence refuges, residential treatment centers and in private adoption agencies.  Meagan’s passion is in adoption and foster care and supporting children and families through their journey.  Meagan is committed to assisting parents through the lifelong process of adoption and empowering them with the tools to help children heal while maintaining healthy families.