Linda Gensheimer, MSW, LICSW, PhD

  • 25 years of Experience
  • United States
  • Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Specialties: Aging, Career Counseling, Marital / Premarital, Depression, Education/Personal Development, Family Conflict, Grief, Immigration/Newcomer, Interpersonal Relationships, Life Transitions, Multicultural Issues, Parenting, Personality Disorders, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Orientation, Stress, Trauma / PTSD, Women's Issues

Specialties

Aging, Career Counseling, Marital / Premarital, Depression, Education/Personal Development, Family Conflict, Grief, Immigration/Newcomer, Interpersonal Relationships, Life Transitions, Multicultural Issues, Parenting, Personality Disorders, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Orientation, Stress, Trauma / PTSD, Women's Issues

Languages

English

Age Group Focus

Adolescents, Adults, Seniors

Treatment Approaches

Advocacy, Behavioral, Coaching, Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Crisis Intervention, Dream Work or Analysis, Education Consultation, Ericksonian, Evaluation/Diagnostic, Expressive Therapy, Feminist, Gestalt, Holistic, Humanistic, Imago, Information and Referral, Long-Term, Meditation/Relaxation, Mindfulness Based Approaches, Narrative, Parent Guidance, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Play Therapy, Prevention, Psycho-Educational, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic, Relational, Satir, Schema Therapy, Sex Therapy, Short-Term (Brief Treatment), Social Support, Somatic, Systemic, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Vocational Counseling/Rehabilitation

Issues

Anger Management, Anxiety, Attachment Disorders, ADHD, Behavior Issues, Bipolar Disorder, Child Abuse and Neglect, Domestic Violence, Dual Diagnosis, Gender Identity, Men's Issues, Neurological, Pain Management, Physical Illness/Impairment, Postpartum, Psychoses/Major Mental Illness, Runaways, Self Abuse, Sexual Disorders, Sexuality Issues, Spirituality, Traumatic Brain Injury

State License

Minnesota

About Linda Gensheimer

When someone considers starting therapy, it may be for any number of different reasons: relationship issues, job loss/change, grief and loss, mood changes, aging parents, managing stress, etc. Whatever the reason or trigger event, it can be helpful to navigate these changes or challenges with a therapist. 

BRINGING TOGETHER ART AND SCIENCE is a statement that reflects how I work. My clinical practice with adults, adolescents and couples has a theoretical grounding in attachment theory, developmental/complex trauma, cognitive behavioral theory, psychodynamic theory and cultural competency. My clinical practice also integrates emerging neuroscience research about the brain and how childhood and family experiences, including trauma, affects the brain and becomes the blueprint for subsequent relationships throughout our lives.

But my clinical practice also has a human and artistic element in terms of how this knowledge and theoretical frameworks are applied. Everyone is different and unique and I do not practice from a one-size-fits-all approach.

Here is my basic philosophy of therapyself-reflection + gaining insight + applying one or more specific models/approaches of making change + courage + relationship with a therapist = the ability to make change in your life.

If you would like to make an appointment, or have a brief phone consultation, to talk about how we might work together, please call me at 612-875-1121 and leave a message.

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