Office Services Staff Archives - Relate Counseling Center

Office-Based Therapist

Minnetonka Office

Janine offers individual, couples, and family therapy for adults, adolescents, and children. She is passionate about creating a warm, supportive, and safe environment where clients can grow, build meaningful connections, and experience positive change. She understands that life can present challenges, and that having compassionate support along the way can make a meaningful difference. Outside of her work at Relate, Janine enjoys spending time with her basset hound, Doug, going for walks, exploring local coffee shops, and relaxing with her favorite shows, including The Price is Right, Survivor, and Guy’s Grocery Games.

Therapeutic Modalities: Solution-Focused, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Play Therapy techniques, Narrative, Strengths-based

Specialties: Children ages 6+, families, couples, anxiety, depression and life adjustments/transitions

Relate Communications March 17th, 2026

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Office-Based Therapist

Eden Prairie Office

Cynthia Fossan is a Licensed Clinical Counselor with a Master degree in Counseling and a PhD in General Psychology. She has worked in a variety of mental health genres including (but not limited to) outpatient therapy, inpatient therapy, clinical supervision, private practice, adjunct professor, clinical director and a variety of support groups. She is an outpatient therapist in the Eden Prairie office of Relate, working primarily with adult and geriatric clients. Cynthia is a clinician who truly cares for the clients she sees and will work together with you to address your issues with a friendly, supportive, and goal oriented approach to lessen the stress you are carrying. Her primary goal is to provide a safe and supportive space for you to share and address any concerns you may have while helping you to find a way to decrease the anxiety, depression, trauma, shame, guilt and other feelings that may be causing distress in your life.

Therapeutic Modalities: Cynthia has an eclectic approach and uses several evidenced based practices in her work.

Specialties: The interaction of physical and mental health, chronic illness, non-pharmacological pain management, grief, ambiguous loss, life transition, stress management.

Trainings/Certifications: Extensive training in grief/loss, non pharmacological pain management, stress reduction, life transitions, aging, spirituality, depression and anxiety.

Relate Communications February 9th, 2026

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Office-Based Therapist

Minnetonka Office

Ellen works with adults and children ages 6 and up. Her background includes many years of improvisational theater as well as experience in hospice. She believes that healing arises both in the space of warm, attuned relationship and through experiences in other realms (like play, movement, or art) where shifts in perspective translate back into daily life. She helps clients explore patterns in their lives, process emotions, and develop skills for connecting with themselves and others.

Ellen grew up in the area, and after some years in Chicago and Seattle, returned to be near family – a classic Minnesotan boomerang. In her free time, she loves being with her husband, family, and far-flung friends, cooking and eating, slouching around the woods with her dog, and abandoning most of the hobbies she starts.

Therapeutic Modalities: Relational, humanistic, existential, psychodynamic, mindfulness oriented, play therapy, narrative therapy

Specialties: Grief & loss, chronic illness, life transitions, anxiety, depression

Relate Communications January 12th, 2026

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Office-Based Practicum Therapist

Eden Prairie Office

Tina Hoversten is a master’s-level counseling student and office-based practicum therapist. She identifies as a white, cisgender woman. Tina brings a strong service-oriented background to her clinical work, shaped by years of nonprofit leadership and her current role as a volunteer crisis counselor providing suicide prevention, emotional support, and safety planning for individuals in distress. Guided by a trauma-informed, relational lens, she helps clients feel seen, heard, and valued while supporting emotional regulation, mindfulness, and a holistic, strengths-based approach to achieving goals aligned with their values. Tina believes healing happens in connection and is committed to creating a safe, collaborative therapeutic environment that honors each client’s lived experience.

Outside of her professional work, Tina enjoys reading, long walks, sunny days, dark chocolate, and time with friends and family. She values creating and leading opportunities for connection and community engagement and believes that everyone has something meaningful to contribute.

Therapeutic Modalities: Person-Centered & Relational, Strengths-Based, Trauma-Informed, Mindfulness & Emotional regulation skills, Crisis Support & Safety Planning, Somatic-Informed

Specialties: Anxiety, Depression, Grief and Loss, Self-Esteem, PTSD, Empaths, Teens, Adults

Certifications: ASIST Suicide Prevention Training, Mental Health First Aid, ACE Certified Group Fitness Instructor (& Behavior Change Specialist)

Relate Communications December 16th, 2025

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Office-Based Practicum Therapist

Minnetonka Office

Bre is pursuing her master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Walden University. She is passionate about working with youth and young adults and approaches counseling through a client-centered, trauma-informed lens. Bre values collaboration and works alongside clients to identify and build upon their strengths, process thoughts and emotions, and promote healing within a safe, supportive, and accepting environment. Outside of her clinical work, Bre enjoys cooking, spending time with her spouse and two dogs, weightlifting, traveling, and being outdoors.

Therapeutic Modalities: Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness, Trauma-Informed

Specialties: Young adults, Adolescents, Life adjustments/transitions, Anxiety, Depression, Grief/Loss

Relate Communications December 16th, 2025

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Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) | Remote

Amanda provides psychiatric evaluation and medication management for children, adolescents and adults. She integrates evidence-based practice with a compassionate, person-centered approach to support each individual’s unique mental health needs. Amanda prioritizes creating a collaborative, judgment-free environment and values understanding the full context of each patient’s lived experience. Her work emphasizes safety, connection, and clear communication to promote stability, insight, and meaningful progress.

Please note: Due to DEA and legislative restrictions on remote care (telehealth), prescribing medications considered to be “scheduled,” such as stimulants and benzodiazepines, will only be considered on a limited basis.

Clinical Approach: Person-centered, trauma-informed, evidence-based medication management, holistic and strengths-based care

Specialties: Ages 6+, mood disorders, depression and anxiety disorders, trauma-related conditions, ADHD, and complex psychiatric presentations

Certifications: Board-Certified PMHNP

Relate Communications December 9th, 2025

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Janine Gallagher, MA (She/Her)

Cynthia K. Fossan, MA, LPCC, PhD

Ellen Haeg, MSW, LGSW (She/Her)

Tina Hoversten (She/Her)

Bre Smith (She/Her)

Amanda Wollschlager, APRN, PMHNP-BC (she/her)

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