- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- Court and mediation experience
- Faith-inclusive counseling
About Ann
Ann Bodensteiner is a Minnesota Psychologist (MN Psychologist LP3829) with 28 years of experience. She has a long history helping people with relationship and family concerns, as well as with depression, anxiety, stress, and life changes.
She spent two decades working with District Court Family Services focused on divorce, custody, mediation, and conflict resolution. That work shaped her approach to relationship patterns and difficult family dynamics. She has also worked in private practice, seeing individuals and couples for a wide range of mental health issues.
Ann uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside other approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy. In sessions she listens for emotional patterns that keep people stuck and helps them name what is happening. She also brings practical tools for coping with anxiety, grief, parenting strain, and stress related to caregiving or work.
She can include a faith-based dimension for people who want Christian or Catholic perspectives in therapy. For those who do not want that element, she adapts to other spiritual views and focuses on clients' goals. Ann describes herself as someone who works directly with emotions, communication problems, and practical next steps.
People often come for help with intimacy, adoption and foster care issues, body image, codependency, or the fallout from loss and trauma. Her background in courts and mediation informs a focus on clear communication and resolving conflict in ways that fit each person's life.
How Ann’s approaches translate to online work
Ann often draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to identify and name difficult emotions and interaction patterns in relationships. EFT focuses on how emotions shape behavior and helps people communicate needs and fears more clearly. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is used to help people clarify values and take action in line with those values despite uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and the client’s perspective and supports people as they find their own solutions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ann will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences and then decide together which methods to emphasize. That collaborative process helps shape session focus and practical next steps.
The biography does not list specific remote session formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes it possible to keep continuity of care from different locations, while still working on relationship patterns, anxiety, grief, or parenting concerns with the same clinician.
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Experience
28+ years
Listed in
Minnesota
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
She helps people with relationship and family issues, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strain, addictions, and related concerns.
What is her therapeutic approach and style?
She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside ACT, Client-Centered Therapy, CBT, and Mindfulness Therapy. Sessions focus on emotions, communication patterns, and practical coping skills.
How much experience does she have?
She has 28 years of experience, including about 20 years working with District Court Family Services on divorce, custody, mediation, and conflict resolution.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Minnesota Psychologist (MN Psychologist LP3829) and practices in Minnesota.
Which languages are supported and can I work from another country?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking as formats are not specified in the biography.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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