Stephanie Clausen-Swenson

Stephanie Clausen-Swenson is a licensed marriage and family therapist and a licensed professional clinical counselor in Minnesota. She has 15 years of clinical experience and also holds roles as an Adlerian life coach and an endorsed infant mental health specialist. Stephanie is working toward a Ph.D. in infant and early childhood development with a dissertation focused on infant and toddler attachment and fathers.

She has supported people through parenting struggles, attachment issues, grief, pregnancy and postpartum challenges, and severe anxiety. She has experience helping with trauma, parental separation, and other difficult life events. Stephanie has also consulted with childcare providers and worked with clients during crises to identify supports and safety plans.

Stephanie often helps young adults clarify goals and take concrete steps toward change. She frames therapy as a collaborative effort where practical next steps matter. Her sessions commonly include role-play, assertive communication practice, and mind-body techniques like deep breathing and guided imagery.

Her clinical style blends psychodynamic ideas with Adlerian practical psychology. She reports using Trauma-Focused Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy as tools she draws on. Nature and movement are sometimes woven into sessions when helpful.

Clients can expect a focus on small, achievable changes and on aligning goals between therapist and client. To begin, interested people are invited to reach out to discuss goals and which approaches might suit them.

How therapy approaches guide online care

Trauma-Focused Therapy aims to help people process and reduce the ongoing effects of traumatic experiences. It usually focuses on understanding what happened, developing tools to manage strong emotions, and taking steady steps toward feeling safer in daily life.

Attachment-Based Therapy centers on relationships and bonding. It looks at how early connections influence current reactions and helps people practice new ways of relating and connecting with others.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the client's perspective. The therapist listens closely, validates feelings, and helps people find their own answers rather than prescribing solutions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, needs, and preferences and then suggest which methods to try. Decisions are made collaboratively and can shift as progress is made.

Confirm available session options before booking, since specific formats are not listed in the profile. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people try techniques like guided imagery and breathing exercises in their everyday routines while working with a licensed professional to adapt them to real life.