Child Abuse

Kristin Weber, LGSW

Biography

Ongoing child protection worker at St Louis County PHHS in Duluth, MN for over six years. Prior to that, I was a foster care and adoption case manager for a nonprofit/private child welfare Agency for four years. 

Address:
St. Louis County PHHS
320 W 2nd St.
Duluth, MN 55802

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Kristen Wolfs

Biography

Child protection through CHIPS, child welfare to support family preservation, permanency and post permanency, adoption and transfer of custody as well as extended foster care services.

Address:
Mower County Health and Human Services
201 1st Street NE Suite 18
Austin, MN 55912

Kristen Wolfs

Kelsey Bonkoski

Biography

I greatly enjoy my current role working as a mental health professional. I practice in the outpatient setting both in person and virtually. I work with children, youth, and families with a variety of diagnoses. I have the most experience working with individuals impacted by trauma, and I am trained in EMDR. I have experience professionally working with individuals and families who have experienced adoption and foster care, and I also have personal connections to adoption as my sister is an adult adoptee. 

Kelsey Bonkoski

Alyssa Kittleson, MSW, LICSW, LADC

Biography

I am an outpatient therapist, working with children, adolescents, and young adults. I have 5+ years of experience as a therapist, and I have experience working in day treatment and intensive outpatient settings. I utilize a strengths-based, attachment-based, and trauma-focused lens when working with clients and their families. I highly value collaboration with clients and their families together, as well as professional collaboration and consultation.

Alyssa Kittleson

Joni Hillary, MSW, LGSW

Biography

HELP Program Specialist with over a decade of direct work experience in Child Welfare in five Midwestern states; specifically in foster care, adoption (foster care/ international/ domestic infant), foster care licensing, crisis intervention, and school social work. 

Address:
Foster Adopt Minnesota
2446 University Ave. W
Suite 140
Minneapolis, MN 55114

Joni Hillary

Sabrina Garrido

Biography

I have approximately 11 years of experience working in the child protection system, including ten years in the Case Management field working with foster placement and permanency. 

Address:
Hennepin County
300 S. 6th St. MC-643
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Sabrina Garrido

Kallie Severin, MSW, LICSW

Biography

Kallie Severin, MSW, LICSW has been practicing as a therapist since 2019, with specialized expertise in working with children who have experienced trauma, involved in the foster care system, and with high behavioral needs. She is dedicated to supporting the mental health and well-being of children and their families through compassionate, evidence-based care.\

Kallie Severin

Kara Goehring

Biography

Enhancing the well-being of families in our community by addressing the safety and well-being needs of the individuals, family, and community which includes but is not limited to: connecting individuals and families to resources, advocating for clients and my community, and practicing with cultural competence.

Address:
Cass County Health, Human and Veterans Services
400 Michigan Ave W.
Walker, MN 56484

Kara Goehring

Wei "Rhouth" Zhou, MA, LPCC

She/Her/Hers
Biography

My vocational calling is to support the psychological and spiritual well-being of children, adolescents, and adults within adoptive, foster, and kinship family systems. My specialties involve working with individuals navigating adoption- and foster-related transitions, grief and loss, identity development, early and complex trauma, and attachment disruptions, as well as developmental differences and relational challenges. I approach this work with an understanding of how these experiences unfold across the lifespan and within the context of family and relational systems.

Wei Zhou