About Ann
Ann Bodensteiner is a Minnesota psychologist with 28 years of clinical experience. She meets people where they are and helps them deal with relationship strain, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting stress, and other life changes. Ann aims for a straightforward, calm approach in sessions and adapts to each person's values and needs.
She spent two decades working with District Court and Family Services, focusing on divorce, custody matters, mediation, and conflict resolution.
How Ann works
That background shaped a practical skill set for sorting complex family concerns and communication problems. More recently she has worked in independent practice with individuals and couples on a wide range of issues. Ann blends several therapeutic styles to match what a person needs.
She uses cognitive behavioral tools to address thinking patterns and emotion-focused methods to strengthen bonds and intimacy. Mindfulness and acceptance strategies help people manage stress and painful feelings without avoidance. For those who want a faith perspective, Ann can include a Catholic or Christian dimension in sessions.
She is also respectful of other spiritual views and will adapt therapy to fit personal beliefs and goals. Ann works with adults on topics like parenting, addiction, caregiving strain, body image, and family of origin concerns. Sessions are offered via video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
She holds the credential MN Psychologist LP3829 and practices in Minnesota. Getting started involves a short questionnaire and scheduling a first session.
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What Ann works with
The areas below are the ones Ann selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | MN Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 28 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Minnesota |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches that work well online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes by teaching acceptance of difficult feelings while moving toward meaningful goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and testing new ways of responding. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and managing daily routines and habits.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people strengthen emotional connections and improve communication. It can be helpful for relationship or intimacy concerns by creating clearer emotional understanding and new interaction patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist discusses goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Then she recommends methods and adapts over time so the approach matches the client's needs and progress.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people meet. Video calls let the therapist and client work face to face when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share updates, do shorter check-ins, or continue skills practice between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and daily life.
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