Our Staff
Telehealth Sessions Available | 30% Discount for Private Pay Clients | Serving Waite Park Since 1980
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Meet Our Caring and Understanding Staff
The counseling professionals at Processus PA are all fully licensed and have years of experience. Trust our friendly and caring counselors to guide you through your mental health journey. Call us to get the personalized care you want for your specific mental health needs.. Telehealth counseling is available.
Our Administrative Team
Our friendly, professional administrative team will help you feel comfortable and get you off to a good start.
Tanya Leither
Business Administrator
Sophie Poppe
Administrative Assistant/Bookkeeping
Emily Johannes, MSW, LICSW
Areas of Practice:
- Individual therapy with adults and children/adolescents (6-17)
- Family therapy with children/adolescents and their parents/caregivers
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Special Interests:
- Adjustment disorder/life transitions
- Grief/loss
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Trauma/Abuse
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Attention defificit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Oppositional Defiance Disorder(ODD)
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
- Developmental disabilities
- Youth in foster care/foster and adoptive parents
- Caregiver stress
- Stress management and coping skills
- Peer relationships/friendships
- School issuesCouple's counseling: — relationship problems, sexual issues, family and blended family issues, parenting concerns
- Individual counseling — depression, self-esteem, anxiety, abuse, adjustment issues, midlife transition, spiritual concerns
James Bryer, Ph.D, LP
Licensed Psychologist
The Ohio State University, 1976
Specialties:
- Couple's counseling: — relationship problems, sexual issues, family and blended family issues, parenting concerns
- Individual counseling — depression, self-esteem, anxiety, abuse, adjustment issues, midlife transition, spiritual concerns
Special interests:
- Softening to love retreats, workshops, and groups
- Clinical supervision and training
Jodi Nelson, M.Ed., LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
St. Cloud State University
Specialties:
- Individual, couple's, & family therapy
- Depression & anxiety
- Insight-oriented therapy
- Adjustment disorders/life transitions
- Stress management
- Self-esteem
- Grief & loss
- Spiritual growth & development
Special interests:
- Women's issues
- Relationship counseling
- Spiritual concerns
- Meditation, Mindfulness and Yoga
- Holistic Health and Wellness
Adrienne Paulson, Ph.D, LP - Telehealth Link Telehealth Only
Licensed Psychologist
Texas Woman's University, 2008
Areas of Practice:
- Individual psychotherapy with adults and adolescents (16 and up)
Special Areas of Interest:
- Anxiety and depression
- Abuse and trauma issues (including use of EMDR)
- Relationship challenges
- Self-esteem and body image concerns
- Life transitions & stress management
- Women's and LGBTQ+ concerns
- Mindfulness and yoga
Jeannette Verick, MA LMFT - Telehealth Link
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Certified EMDR Therapist
St. Cloud State University, 2005
Areas of Practice:
- Individual and couples psychotherapy with adults (18 and up)
- EMDR therapy
Special Areas of Interest:
- Post traumatic stress
- Abuse and trauma
- Depression and anxiety
- Self-esteem
- Grief and loss
- Stress
- Relationship challenges
Lydia Fruth, MA, LPCC - Telehealth Link
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC)
Crown College, 2020
St. Cloud State University, 2007
Areas of Practice:
- Individual psychotherapy with adults.
- Depression & Anxiety
- Divorce and separation
- Emotionally destructive marriage and relationships
- Pregnancy and adoption loss
- Adjustment disorders/life transitions
- Stress management
- Self-esteem
- Trauma
- Faith exploration, growth & development
- Eclectic therapeutic approach utilizing Adaptive Internal Relational (AIR) Network Model, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Person-Centered Therapy, Immanuel Approach, and Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Special Areas of Interest:
- Women's mental health
- Healthy relationships
- Faith Exploration
Areas of Practice:
- Individual therapy for:
- older adults (65 and up)
- adults
- teens age (15 and up)
- Mindfulness
- Motivational interviewing
- Solution-Focused
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Gestalt Therapy
Special Interests:
- Depression, anxiety and stress
- Physical health/disabilities
- Cancer
- Grief, Aging, Death, and Dying
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Chronic Pain and Illness
- Self-esteem
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Job Stress
Areas of Practice:
- Individual therapy with adults and children/adolescents (6 to 17 years old)
- Family therapy with children/adolescents and their parents/caregivers
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Special Interests:
- Adjustment disorders/life transitions
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Trauma
- Stress Management
- Self-esteem
- Mindfulness and relaxation techniques
- Perinatal Mood Disorders
Special Interests:
- Depression & Anxiety
- Trauma
- PTSD
- Stress Management
- Self-esteem
- Mindfulness and relaxation techniques
- Healthy Relationships
Areas of Practice:
- Individual therapy
- Family therapy with adolescents (12 & up) and their parents/caregivers
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Parents/Caregivers
- Families
Our Partnership Team
James Bryer
Chief Executive Officer
Jodi Nelson
Personnel Manager
Adrienne Paulson
Clinical Director
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