Find therapists and counselors in Burnsville

Nicole L. Hildebrandt (Gougeon)

Most of my clients are in their 30's, 40's, and 50's, often parents, who want to learn healthy self care, better boundaries, and ways to become who they truly want to be as an individual, a parent, a spouse and a friend. Whether you're new to therapy or coming back again to connect more dots, I can help you heal from core emotional issues, build resiliency skills, implement coping strategies, and learn practical tools to decrease anxiety, improve relationships, and create long term change.

Justin Less

I work with a broad and divorce range of clients ages 13 and up. I see clients from a variety or cultural, racial, sexual/gender identity, and socioeconomic status backgrounds. I work well with clients who are interested in asking the hard questions: what they are most wanting to create and cultivate in their lives and consciously choosing to live in alignment with these values. Clients tell me they are comforted and motivated by my empathetic, down-to-earth, and solution focused style.

Lynne Silva-Breen

I see a wide range of clients, young adults to seniors, who hope to improve their relationships and emotional functioning. I have particular skill helping clients with marriage, family of origin problems, personality and identity issues, anxiety, and issues of grief and chronic illness. A Lutheran pastor for 20 years, I have a deep respect for and knowledge of various religious practices and traditions. I help clients think about their core beliefs and values as they consider change.

Shaundra Olson

I love working with LGBTQ+ and BIPOC identified clients. There are many facets about living an underprivileged life that may be a stressor and worthwhile to process in therapy. I also enjoy working with those who have experienced trauma, especially religious trauma. My other specialties are anxiety, OCD, hoarding disorder, and phobias. Therapy can appear intimidating and hard. That's why I love to incorporate humor in session! My style is authentic, transparent, and compassionate.

Kai Gunty

I have particular expertise and interest in helping families and children with autism (ASD), attentional challenges (including ADD and ADHD), developmental delays and disabilities, histories of trauma, complex medical conditions, anxiety, depression, and other emotional and behavioral challenges. I have specialized training in conducting diagnostic assessments for children under 5 years old. I also enjoy working with gender nonconforming and gender expansive children and their families.

nina mackta @ Water's Edge Therapy, LLC

I have worked with children, teens and adults over a period of many years. I am open to working with all genders and many types of issues. Over the past 20 years I did work in public schools and have a deep knowledge of school aged children and their families . I also have worked in a crisis setting with women, in hospitals and social service agencies with families and youth.

Jean Budge

My ideal clients want to make positive, meaningful changes in their lives. You understand that you are the expert on your own life and want me to walk alongside, offering support and encouragement as you navigate your path. You are open to seeing things differently and coming up with new ideas to make changes that are important to you. Together we will work through life's challenges by utilizing your strengths and new tools you will learn.

Lorena Villaseñor

Cameron Small

What’s it been like for you to process your personal experience of birth family, loss, grief, race, identity, or even those seemingly benign curiosities about your narrative that come up from time to time? For parents, of course you want to help your children as they embark on that path. This can often feel uncertain or overwhelming, with so many subtle nuances that feel way too complicated to handle without appropriate support.

jan weber

I have been honored by participating in many people's experience of healing and am inspired about the future I see people creating for themselves. I have confidence from repeated experience that meaningful changes happen during counseling. The amazing secret is that when you chose to accept yourself as you are and treat yourself respectfully, that is when change is most likely to happen. My clients are motivated to live the changes and willing to put in the effort to have the life they desire.

Katie Egge

I provide individual, couple, and family therapy for adults who have experienced Childhood Emotional Neglect.

Shelly Melroe

You are ready to do the hard work of healing in a safe, nurturing space. Regardless the specific symptoms that bring you to therapy, you want relief and to find ease with living - with yourself and your relationships. By going below the surface, there's self compassion for your innate ability to survive, so healthy changes can come naturally AND stick. By lessening the grips of the past, there's an ease to be in your best rhythm for living each and every day.

Jessica Nelson

We all have personal strengths that can seemingly disappear when facing challenging situations: a major life transition, overwhelming feelings of anxiety or depression, substance use concerns, unhealthy relationships, or even coping with the ever-changing stressors of navigating life during a global pandemic. Together we can identify and address your stressors, needs and goals. I enjoy working with first responders and veterans with combat exposure, including deadly use of force encounters.

Jessica Smith

I help individuals, couples and families navigate times of stress and learn tools to cope with their struggles. I specialize in assisting individuals of all gender identities during their reproductive years with infertility, pregnancy/infant loss, postpartum conditions and transitions in parenthood.

Kayla Estenson Williams

I'm passionate about working with creatives, healers, highly-sensitive people, entrepreneurs, new parents, and those looking to deepen connection to their values and goals. I primarily work with those who are struggling with anxiety/perfectionism, compassion fatigue, relational trauma, and life transitions. I also work with couples who are looking to deepen their connection and support through different phases of life.

Elizabeth Braun

I am passionate about working with my patients to provide the structure and support that enables them to create the best version of their lives, heal from past trauma, and attend to their mental health concerns. I believe that developing a solid therapeutic relationship with my patients plays an essential role in their pursuit of health and that the important work my patients do to improve their mental health benefits themselves, their families, and the community at large.

Julia Murtha

The shame of not being in control of your life can feel so isolating and anxiety provoking. And the thought of talking about it with someone else can feel paralyzing. How did I get here? Why can't I fix this on my own? Why do I keep going back? What is wrong with me? Do I have a drinking problem? Why can't I sleep? Do I need to quit or can I just cut back? Why is my relationship so difficult? Why can't I follow through on my promises to myself? These nagging thoughts could go on and on.

Anne C. Johnson

She serves adults, couples, families, and adolescents ages 14 and older. She specializes working with couples going through life stressors/transitions, individuals who work have experienced racial or sexual trauma, as well as adolescents and young adults who are struggling with racial and/or adoption identities and attachment disorders.

Jenna Brownfield

Your identities aren’t too complicated, society just needs to catch up. You're fed up with having your sexual, gender, or racial identities invalidated and devalued. You’re bombarded with feeling like you’re not enough and at the same time, you’re told that you’re too much. All this chatter makes you doubt and question what your identities mean to you. I get it. I've been there. And I'm here to help.

Melissa Stricklin

Do you feel like you are good at taking care of everyone but yourself? Do you want to experience connection and fulfillment instead of the chronic desire to zone out? Do you want a therapist who avoids being "Minnesota nice" and instead shows up in a way that is honest, straightforward, and kind? If so, please contact me so we can work together to help you start thriving instead of just surviving.