LICSW

Lisa Corradi, MSW, LICSW

Biography

I am a therapist who has worked in the human service field for 25 years who mainly works with children, teens or troubled youth. I have an extended background of working with tribal & county youth. Which includes providing DBT therapy for the past 10 years.

Address:
North Homes Children & Family Services
1880 River Road
Grand Rapids, MN 55744

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Holly Clark, MSW, LICSW

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Biography

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

Kristle Chase, LICSW

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Biography

I provide focused practice on Prenatal (pregnant birthing person) through childhood and the family support along the way. I am certified in TF-CBT. I will be working on my perinatal certification and EMDR Certification. I have extensive training in TBRI, play techniques, nature based techniques, and mindfulness.

Address:
True Compass Counseling
126 Fourth St. North
Atwater, MN 56209

Kristle Chase

Sarah Brunner, MSW, LICSW

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Biography

I work in Child Welfare as a Social Work Unit Supervisor in Ongoing Child Protection.

Address:
Hennepin County
300 South 6th St.
Minneapolis, MN 55487

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Miranda Barker, LICSW, LCSW

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Biography

I’m a therapist who specializes in working with individuals going through life transitions (becoming parent, job changes, graduating college) and families touched by adoption, including birth parents, adoptive parents, and adoptees. I bring experience from both the clinical side and the child welfare world, and I love helping people of all ages feel seen and supported. I am an adoptive parent myself and with adoption in my family of origin.

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Sharon Bonnett, MSW, LICSW, RPT

Biography

I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and Registered Play Therapist providing therapeutic services for children, adolescents and families. I received my Bachelors Degree in Social Work from Bethel University, St. Paul, a Masters of Social Work from Minnesota State University, Mankato . I am passionate about helping children and families work together toward positive change and healing.

Sharon Bonnett

Kaysie Bergum, MSW, LICSW

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Biography

I have been working as an Adoption Resource Worker with HI have worked in the area of Permanency with Hennepin County since 2019. Currently, my title is Permanency Resource Worker (PRW) where I support children 0-18 who are in foster care. In this role, I help children achieve permanency by supporting paths toward a Transfer of Permanency Legal and Physical custody (TPLPC) or adoption when concurrent permanency planning is necessary.  ennepin County since 2019.

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Megan Benedict, LICSW

Biography

Attended Winona State University for a Bachelors in Social Work and minor in Child Advocacy Studies. Attended University of South Dakota for a Masters in Social Work. I previously worked at the Human Services Center in Yankton, SD on the long term adolescent unit and did Child Protection/Adoptions/Children’s Mental Health Case Management for a county prior to working with children at Western Mental Health Center.

Address:
Western Mental Health Center
1212 East College Drive
Marshall, MN 56258

Megan Benedict

Melissa Batalden Mendez, MSW, LICSW

Biography

Melissa joined the University of Minnesota School of Social Work’s Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) in February 2013 as the Title IV-E Child Welfare Field Coordinator. In this role, she works directly with the IV-E MSW scholars who are focusing their studies and field experiences in child welfare practice, and with public and private agencies that provide child welfare services.

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Christina Bast, MSW, LICSW

Biography

I believe that working with adoptees should include their whole family, as adoption is a whole-family experience. I practice from a strengths and systems theoretical perspective, and see relationships as the key to therapeutic progress.

Address:
Fraser
6458 City West Parkway
Eden Prairie, MN 55344

Christina Bast