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Heather Heide, MA, LMFT, CSAT

Heather believes change is a collaborative process where trust, laughter, and safety are essential to the therapeutic journey. She strives to understand your goals quickly and create lasting changes to help build relationships with solid foundations. With 10 years of experience and speciality trainings in EMDR and sexual addictions, she offers comprehensive services to facilitate growth and healing.  Heather has specialized training with Dr. Ken Adams on enmeshment, you can find her listed on his provider list hereShe believes finding the right fit for therapy can be a huge relief for the journey ahead.  She has a gentle, yet direct approach to therapy. 

Heather is licensed in Minnesota and Wisconsin, seeing individuals in person and via Telehealth.  

Heather has a tight knit family and a love for spending time outside.  In the summer, you can find her on the ATV with grandma, listening to vinyl on her turntable, or reading on her deck.  Winter months aren't her favorite so she is generally planning her next vacation or working on perfecting her sourdough recipe.


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Maria Wasem, MA

Maria is a passionate therapist who sees each session as a place to get things done! She works with individuals to create a safe and inviting environment. This leads to a level of vulnerability and exploration for her clients to do the deep and restorative work necessary for lasting positive change. She specializes in working with individuals struggling with difficult transitions in their life including parenting struggles, relationship dynamics, career anxiety and grief/loss. Maria has a gentle and inviting presence, where she blends humor and healing!

Outside of work, Maria is married and mother of three elementary aged children who keep her busy!  She enjoys biking, waterskiing, and always has music playing.





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Chase Claflin, MA, CSAT-Candidate

Chase brings a high level of energy and insight into his sessions. He will be the first one to tell you that emotions are necessary for activation of the healing process but not always the most fun to get into, though many of his clients will tell you that he makes it fun! He has a skillful ability to help clients access emotions, pain and trauma that can impact daily

life. Chase has worked in addictions with emphasis on trauma responsive care and is currently adding additional speciality in sexual addictions and betrayal trauma with IITAP's intensive CSAT Training. Chase sees the nuances and challenges that addictions present and works collaboratively with clients to help attain their goals.

 Chase is a lover of all things endurance. You can find him out for a long trail run or a bike ride around the city. He finds joy in discovering new music, being an uncle, and walking the lakes with his dog.



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Beth Lanis, MA, LPCC, CSAT-Candidate

Beth considers trust and safety to be the two most important elements in therapy, so she provides a warm and non-judgmental presence, utilizes humor when appropriate, and listens actively to truly understand you. To help you make the changes you want in your life, she uses a compassionate yet direct approach, helping you to challenge your thought processes and behaviors. She specializes in trauma and addictions, and is currently training to become a certified sex addiction therapist. She also works with a variety of other issues you may struggle with, such as having a new baby, relationship and trust difficulties, divorce, anxiety, depression, poor self-esteem, impulsivity, or concentration issues.

She uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to treat several different types of mental health symptoms, mind-body and somatic techniques, and family systems and parts work. You can expect to learn practical skills to cope with emotions and to get to the root of issues so you're better equipped to meet your life goals.

Beth likes music, reading, and spending time with her family in her free time. Her 3-year-old daughter helps her stay up to date on her Disney movies and superheroes.

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