Clinical Staff Archives - Relate Counseling Center

Office-Based and School-Based Therapist
Minnetonka Office and Minnetonka School District

Carly is a warm, passionate therapist who provides human-centered therapy for individuals, couples, and families. Her therapy is inclusive and trauma-informed to provide safety and reduce shame throughout the therapeutic process. Carly works with clients to understand what is bringing them in, and why now. She practices under the belief that meaningful therapy requires a secure therapeutic relationship and is motivated to help her clients create change. Her empathy, acceptance, and consistency allow clients a safe space to turn towards their pain and begin healing. Outside of work, Carly enjoys yoga, listening to music and podcasts, and spending time with her newborn niece.

Therapeutic Modalities: Emotionally Focused Therapy, Experiential, Attachment, Differentiation, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Gottman, and Narrative
Specialties: LGBTQIA+, couples, Sex Therapy, ADHD/ASD, Eating Disorders/Disordered Eating, mindfulness, and emerging adults
Certifications: Certificate in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, TF-CBT Web 2.0, Certificate in Counseling on Access to Lethal Means, Suicide Prevention Research Center

Lauren Abdill February 21st, 2023

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School Services Therapist
Mound Westonka School District

Maedelin is a White, cis-gender female who provides psychotherapy for adolescents and young adults. She enjoys working collaboratively throughout the healing and growth process with each participant and integrating an approach that promotes health, wholeness, and empowerment. Outside of Relate, Maedelin enjoys spending time with family, walks with her dog, music, and trying new restaurants.

Therapeutic Modalities: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness, strength-based, person-centered
Specialties/Interests: Domestic violence, sexual violence, anxiety, and self-esteem work

Lauren Abdill February 21st, 2023

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School Services Therapist
Eastern Carver School District

Jeanne offers psychotherapy to children and their families. She aims to create a warm, safe, accepting, and culturally responsive environment for clients to process emotions and experiences. Jeanne integrates multiple approaches to therapy while maintaining creativity, flexibility, and awareness to best meet the unique needs of each client and their family. Outside of the office, Jeanne enjoys family time, pickleball, traveling, jigsaw puzzles, and walking with her dog, Phoebe.

Therapeutic Modalities: attachment, play therapy, psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), existential, and family systems therapy
Specialties: grief/loss

Lauren Abdill February 21st, 2023

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School Services Therapist
Eastern Carver School District

Tonia provides psychotherapy for children and families. She aims to bring empathy, warmth, and safety to the therapeutic relationship through a relational, trauma-informed, strengths-based lens. Tonia’s applies a variety of techniques to meet individual needs including cognitive-behavioral and play therapy techniques. Tonia has clinical interests in issues related to attachment and the parent-child relationship. Outside of work, Tonia enjoys time with her family, running, sports, podcasts and taking her dog, Cooper, on long walks.

Certifications/Trainings: DC 0-5, Theraplay Level 1 training, and TraumaPlay

Lauren Abdill February 21st, 2023

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School Services Therapist
St. Louis Park School District

Halen offers school-based therapy for elementary children K-5 and their families. She strives to bring presence, empathy, curiosity, and delight into her connections with students, their families, and with school staff. Halen has taught yoga and mindfulness for 10+ years and teaches these skills in individual sessions and classrooms. Outside of work, Halen enjoys spending time with family/friends, cooking, climbing, swing dancing, and adventuring with her dog, Sugar.

Therapeutic Modalities: Child centered play therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and mindfulness techniques
Specialties: Children ages 5-11, parent-child relationships, trauma responsive yoga, mindfulness
Certifications/Trainings: Move Mindfully Trainer, Adapting Yoga for Disability, and Radiant Child Family Yoga

Lauren Abdill February 21st, 2023

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Office-Based Therapist
Eden Prairie

Jaelyn provides individual psychotherapy to children, adolescents, and adults by providing a safe, non-judgmental environment for clients to process, explore, and be held with unconditional positive regard. Jaelyn is passionate about working with young children and their caregiver(s) to support healthy development, strengthen attachment relationships, and encourage harmony and satisfaction in the parent/child relationship. Jaelyn also provides a space for adolescents and adults to nourish their inner child needs and create opportunities for growth. In each therapeutic relationship, Jaelyn prioritizes clients’ needs to be seen, heard, and understood as their most authentic selves.

Therapeutic Modalities: Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), psychodynamic, play therapy, art therapy, attachment-informed, mindfulness, trauma-informed, CBT, and behaviorist
Specialties: Children aged 0-5, anxiety disorders across the lifespan, emotional dysregulation, ADHD, OCD, and LGBTQIA+ Affirming
Certifications/Trainings: Exposure and Response Prevention, Circle of Security Parenting, and DC: 0-5

Lauren Abdill February 21st, 2023

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