Licensed to practice in Minnesota and accepts 25 insurances. Specializes in Anger Management, Anxiety, Trauma and PTSD and 5 more.
Hello, my name is Stephanie Koslowski, and I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker licensed in the state of MN. I bring with me a lifetime of experience and wisdom. I have been counseling people for over 30 years. I stated with counseling people in battered women's shelters. I went from there to counseling at the Division of Indian Work for 15 years total in the Family Violence Program working with people who have trauma history, anger issues, substance abuse issues and various other disorders. I have also done therapy in a clinic setting. I have extensive experience in serving diverse populations. Adept at cross-cultural communication from work with Native American, African American, Asian, and Latino populations as well as immigrants from other countries and of various ethnic, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds. I’ve worked with clients with a multitude of issues: trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, anger issues, and other mental health disorders. My clinical practicum was completed in the Diversity Social Work Advancement Program with the clinical focus on the treatment of trauma. Training and experience in trauma therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy {CBT}.
After introductions I will go through informed consent and their right to transfer of care if they choose to. Then I will ask what brings them in for therapy and if they had therapy before. Next we will do an intake and later after that has been completed we will discuss the treatment plan. What do you want to achieve, what are your goals for therapy?
I have been counseling people for over 30 years. I offer clients my experience and expertise. Clients feel assured when they have a therapist that is experienced. I am a listener that is “present.” All my clients are treated with respect and compassion in a non-judgmental way. I strive to make my clients feel comfortable and build on areas of trust. I don't go on about myself I give clients the time to talk about themselves and what they need. Most clients are comfortable with me will talk openly about themselves. I give client's feedback and will tell them what they need to hear to help them in their recovery,
My youngest client was 20 and my oldest is 92. I work well with all age groups. I find it particularly rewarding to help a senior person make positive changes in their life after living in dysfunction, emotional pain for over 50+ years. They never knew how their childhood trauma and hurts from the past effected their lives so negatively and that they can heal from that hurt from the past.
By learning how your thoughts effect your feelings and behaviors you will learn how you can change a situation by changing your thoughts, feelings and how you react resulting in a more positive outcome. Taking control of your emotions instead of them controlling you. By learning how to recognize and change negative self-talk you will learn how to see things more clearly make changes and have a more positive outcome.
Also included with CBT I include trauma therapy for people who have experienced trauma in their childhood and/or as an adult. For people who have experienced trauma in their childhood I utilize Inner Child work by John Bradshaw. People that have unresolved issues from their past are effected by it in their behaviors as adults. Working through the hurts from the past is healing and freeing, the burden of that hurt is lifted and you are free to move on in your life a good way.
For people that have faith as an important part of their life I will incorporate Christian counseling in their treatment