LICSW, 12 years of experience
Hi, I'm Venus, I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker licensed in the state of Minnesota. I have over 12 years of experience providing psychotherapy for individuals, couples, families, and young adults. I provide a safe space to talk openly about present issues, relational concerns with friends, family, spouse and partners, and can help you identify personal goals to improve your social emotional health and wellness.
During your first therapy session, you can expect to discuss an issue or problem you'd like to address in counseling. I will ask clinical questions, cover medical, mental health history, developmental history, and social/relational history to gain a better sense of what your life experiences.
Having had 12 years of experience working with parents/caregivers, families, and adults in educational and clinical settings, I am well versed in providing strategies to support effective communication. Together we can effectively identify root causes of problems and develop a treatment plan to help resolve them.
My ideal clients would be those seeking to improve their lives through cognitive processing, those who are open to new and different ways of resolving conflict or learning how to move through often tough situations, emotions, and situationships through individual, couples counseling, and/or career counseling.
SFT is centered around the presenting issue a client is experiencing and identifying short-term goals and solutions to resolve the problem or identify ways of lessening it over a specific period of time with strategies and suggestions discussed in session and agreed on.
Brain spotting is a method of treatment to help client process unresolved feelings and emotions root in traumatic events in their lives. It involves focusing your mind on body sensation and sensory awareness to find meaning to stimuli using a pointer.
CBT is used to help clients identify what feelings and thoughts lead to certain behaviors and how that behavior is impacting their daily lives. Cognitive Processing is a part of this method and it allow allows exploration of our core beliefs.
Motivational Interviewing is asking pertinent questions to help clients explore their experiences and rational/reasoning.