Substance Use Therapy for North Dakota and Minnesota Residents
After Hours and Weekend Appointments Available. Sanford (ND and MN) and Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Insurance are accepted.
Individual Therapy
I am a substance use/addiction therapist who provides a loving, safe space for self-discovery, a place where you can finally ask, “Why am I the way I am?” and begin to understand the answers with compassion instead of shame. My approach blends evidence-based counseling, holistic healing modalities, and harm reduction therapy to help you explore the “why” and find the “how” to get from where you are, to where you want to be.
I serve as a mirror, reflecting back the gifts, strengths, and light you may not yet see in yourself. I’ll gently help you recognize the ways you’ve been holding yourself back, not through criticism, but through awareness and love. In our sessions, I help you recognize how old survival strategies have shaped your story, and how you can begin to rewrite it with compassion and awareness.
I will see the best in you — even in the moments you’ve forgotten how to see it in yourself.
Attachment wounds heal when someone enters your life and offers love instead of judgment. Your heart heals when you have a space where you are seen, valued, and accepted exactly as you are. Addiction begins to heal when you no longer have to run — when you finally have a safe space to explore all the reasons substances once felt safer than life itself.
This is the space I hold for you. A space where healing happens through connection, compassion, and truth; healing the mind, body, heart, and spirit so you can rediscover wholeness, purpose, and freedom.
Family Therapy
When family becomes involved in the healing process, it can feel stressful at first. Inviting the people you love into your recovery — or stepping into your loved one’s healing journey — takes courage. It can be uncomfortable to open your world to others, especially when there has been pain, conflict, or mistrust.
With my support, guidance, and safe therapeutic space, you and your family will begin to see that love is still at the center of your relationship. Together, we create a compassionate environment where understanding replaces judgment, and communication begins to rebuild trust.
Through family therapy for substance use and addiction, you’ll learn how to heal the hurts that addiction has caused, repair emotional bonds, and rediscover resilience as a family. With time and care, the entire family begins to heal together — strengthening connection, deepening empathy, and creating a foundation of love that supports lasting recovery.
Evaluations
My DUI and substance use evaluations provide a comprehensive assessment of your life, wellbeing, and behavioral patterns to make personalized recommendations that lead to the best possible outcomes. Whether your evaluation is required for a DUI (Driving Under the Influence) or DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) charge, probation, or personal growth, my goal is to help you move forward with clarity and support.
This isn’t just a checklist of problems — it’s an in-depth look at your strengths, goals, and unique circumstances to ensure that the services recommended truly support you and your recovery journey.
Your life is your own, and your path is yours to choose. I’m simply here to walk beside you — providing guidance, care, and insight as you create a future that aligns with who you want to become.
In addition to individual evaluations, I also facilitate DUI seminars and education classes designed to help you understand the deeper reasons behind substance use, strengthen decision-making skills, and support lasting change.
Whether you’re ready to get help now or have a court ordered eval that needs done ASAP, I am available to support you.
Evaluations: $250.
*Fee is expected at time of scheduling.
Schedule your evaluation as soon as tomorrow!
16-Hour DUI Seminar
The 16-Hour DUI Seminar is a psychoeducation class that is specifically designed to meet the requirements of the North Dakota courts and Department of Transportation requirements for a person with a DUI from alcohol or other substances.
An evaluation is required prior to taking the class, these are accepted by other agencies/providers.
Level 2.1 Treatment
For those with a higher intensity need for services, the level 2.1 program utilizes a combination of group, individual, and family sessions to support the individual in gaining the whole life shift necessary to maintain a life of recovery that feels aligned, balanced, and workable for them in their life.
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My Theoretical Approach
These are some short explanations of the approaches I use when I work with clients. Each theory is based on accepted practices in the field of psychology while complementary practices are integrated into and support the widely accepted theories in order to provide a transformative experience in all aspects of whole person centered care.
Holistic Recovery Treatment
My approach integrates traditional therapy with holistic healing methods, understanding that recovery involves healing on multiple levels:
Mind
Processing trauma and emotions
Understanding thought patterns
Developing new coping skills
Building emotional resilience
Body
Energy system regulation
Nervous system healing
Somatic awareness
Physical well-being
Spirit
Finding deeper meaning
Connecting to purpose
Exploring spirituality
Building authentic identity
Energy
Clearing blocked energy
Restoring natural flow
Balancing energy systems
Strengthening boundaries
Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Model
This comprehensive approach recognizes that substance abuse affects and is affected by multiple dimensions of life:
Biological: Physical health, brain chemistry, and genetic factors
Psychological: Mental health, emotions, thoughts, and behaviors
Social: Relationships, environment, and cultural factors
Spiritual: Meaning, purpose, values, and connection to something greater than self
Transpersonal/Existential Approach:
This approach explores:
Questions of meaning and purpose in recovery
Connection to transcendent experiences and states of consciousness
Personal transformation and growth
Integration of spiritual or mystical experiences
Development of authentic identity
Psychodynamic Theory:
This Approach explores the subconscious and hidden aspects of the psyche:
· Focus on early life experiences and relationships
· Exploration of unconscious patterns
· Discussion of dreams and fantasies
· Examination of therapeutic relationship
· Long-term treatment orientation
· Regular session attendance importance
· Open-ended discussion format
· Work with defense mechanisms
· Processing of emotions and memories
· Analysis of current relationship patterns
Harm Reduction:
This approach focuses on providing services in order to build rapport, even when a client is not ready or willing to abstain from substances:
Meets you where you are in your journey
Supports any positive change
Prioritizes safety and risk reduction
Respects your right to set your own goals
Does not require complete abstinence
Positive Psychology Theory:
This approach focuses on building resilience and mental fitness for recovery:
Focus on strengths rather than pathology
Building resilience and positive traits
Enhancing well-being and life satisfaction
Cultivating positive emotions and experiences
Developing character strengths
Finding meaning and purpose
Fostering growth and flourishing
Building optimism and hope
Energy Psychology Theory:
Energy psychology explores the various energy systems within the body based on eastern medicine practices and understanding and clears and moves healthy energy through these energy systems to support healing and wellness. These energy tracks influence and are connected to our thoughts, mind, body, and emotions thus these systems are the key to healing the often challenging and difficult task of transforming patterns of substance use.
· Integration of energy systems and psychological principles
· Work with body's energy fields and meridians
· Connection between energy disruption and symptoms
· Mind-body-energy relationship in healing
· Influence of energy patterns on behavior and emotions
· Role of energy systems in recovery
Complementary and Alternative Healing
May Include:
· Meridian tapping techniques
· Reiki
· Chakra balancing work
· Biofield interventions
· Somatic energy practices
· Energy system regulation