- Relationship issues
- Life transitions
- Mindfulness and ACT
About Ann
Ann Bodensteiner is a Minnesota Psychologist (MN Psychologist LP3829) with 28 years of clinical experience. She works with adults on relationship problems, family concerns, depression, anxiety, stress, grief, addiction issues, and major life changes. She also addresses intimacy issues, parenting stress, career questions, and compassion fatigue.
Her background includes long experience in family law settings and private practice. Ann spent two decades working with District Court and Family Services on divorce, custody, mediation, and conflict resolution. That work informs how she helps people manage separation, blended family challenges, and communication breakdowns.
In private practice she has seen individuals and couples for a wide range of mental health concerns. She uses a mix of approaches including acceptance and commitment techniques, cognitive behavioral strategies, emotionally focused work, client-centered listening, and mindfulness practices. Sessions tend to focus on practical steps and clearer patterns in relationships and behavior.
Ann is open to integrating a client’s faith into sessions when that matters to the person. She will also work with people who prefer a nonfaith approach, adjusting how conversations are shaped to fit values and beliefs.
Her style is straightforward and focused on helping people make changes they can use day to day. People often come for help with feeling stuck after major life transitions, trouble managing stress, or difficulty communicating in close relationships.
How therapeutic approaches guide online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small steps toward them while learning to sit with difficult feelings. It can be useful for people wrestling with life changes, meaning, or stuck patterns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It breaks problems into manageable parts and offers concrete tools for anxiety, depression, and stress management.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on how emotions show up in close relationships. It helps people notice interaction patterns and try different ways of communicating when intimacy or attachment feels strained.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and help choose methods that suit those needs. That collaborative process usually starts by identifying one or two practical targets for change.
If you plan to work online, confirm the specific session formats offered before booking since the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove the need to commute. Therapists will adapt exercises, mindfulness practices, and behavior-change assignments so they work in a remote format.
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Experience
28+ years
Listed in
Minnesota
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with relationship and family concerns, depression, anxiety, stress, grief, addictions, intimacy issues, parenting strain, career questions, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach mixes client-centered listening with practical methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice patterns and try new behaviors.
How much experience does she have?
She has 28 years of experience, including about 20 years working with District Court and Family Services on divorce, custody, mediation, and conflict resolution.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Minnesota Psychologist, credential MN Psychologist LP3829, and practices in Minnesota.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats does she use?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; confirm current options before booking to see which formats are offered.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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