Allison’s interests include donuts, breakfast, soy-vanilla lattes, dark chocolate, writing, encouraging people, med. rare hamburgers, tandem biking with her husband, sitting outside with a good book, and occasionally stealing her neighbor’s garden gnome.

 

She is a licensed professional clinical counselor licensed by the MN Board of Behavioral Health and is a Minnesota Board Certified Supervisor for LPC and LPCC clinicians. She received her master’s degree in counseling and psychological services from the University of Saint Mary’s in 2014.  She is the founder and owner of Flourish Counseling Center. She is committed to creating a safe, supportive therapeutic environment where a client feels free to be their self. Allison is certified in Perinatal Mental Health through Postpartum Support International.  She is an EMDRIA trained Level 1&2 EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Preprocessing) therapist and has training and experience in CBT and ACT therapy. In 2016 she completed the Circle of Security Parenting facilitator training. Allison believes every therapeutic relationship begins with fostering trust. From there she designs evidence-based therapeutic interventions based on each person’s individual goals and personality. 

 

Allison provides counseling and support for the following:

 

• Anxiety

• Depression

• Dissociative Identity Disorder 

• Grief and Loss

• Self-Esteem

• Life Transitions

• Body-Image

• Trauma and Abuse Recovery

• Pregnancy Depression  Anxiety  Bi-Polar  OCD  PTSD

• Postpartum Depression  Anxiety  Bi-Polar  OCD  PTSD

• Pregnancy Loss Miscarriage  Stillbirth Infant Death

• Fertility Struggles

• Traumatic labor experience

• Baby Blues

• Help for Dads / Partners

• Transition to Motherhood

 

Dare to Lead™ Trained 

professional training & coaching
 

In addition to individual therapy, Allison offers business consulting and coaching. She loves using her expertise to create unique mental health programming tailored to meet your business’s needs. She also makes an excellent speaker and loves speaking on a variety of topics. Whether encouraging you on the couch, in the workplace, or center stage Allison is here to help you develop a life in which you flourish.