Melissa Handt
Welcome! I'm Melissa, a licensed independent clinical social worker. I have 10+ years of experience in a variety of mental health positions, including case management, ARMHS, county social work, substance use treatment settings, and hospital settings. I have a master's in social work from The University of New England. I work with a variety of diagnoses, including anxiety, depression, PTSD, adjustment disorder & personality disorders. Also, phase of life concerns from adjusting to an addition to the family to retirement. I work primarily from a solution focused prospective. Working to change how experiences affect today's behaviors. I work primarily from a solution-focused approach through narrative therapy. Processing how experiences affect today and how to work through it. Making meaningful change to improve relationships, functioning, and happiness.
I have 10+ years of experience in a variety of mental health positions, including case management, ARMHS, county social work, substance use treatment settings, and hospital settings.
First session
In a first session we will discussed expectations of therapy. Yours and mine. Your needs, symptoms, and what you are looking to get out of therapy.
Strengths
My strengths include open mindedness, direct responses, and values based goals.
Ideal clients
An ideal client would be someone looking for talk therapy to process experiences and behaviors. Looking to processes how their behaviors affect others, themselves, and how they can adjust to grow as a person. Open to direct responses and action based goals. Phase of life changes, relationship issues, and parenting.
Treatment methods
Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
Working with goals based on individual values to adjust life circumstance
Location
Virtual sessions
In-person sessions36090 400th Ave, Aitkin, MN 56431
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Licensed in
- MinnesotaLicense 29806