Areas of Expertise and Special Interest:
Psychotherapy for children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral issues, family structure, relational issues, communication, domestic violence, victimization.

Professional Affiliations:
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy; Minnesota Association for Marriage and Family Therapy; Association for Play Therapy.

Network Provider For:
Anoka County, Cash.

Areas of Expertise and Special Interest:
Individual/marital/family therapy; adolescents; adults; trauma/PTSD; anxiety; mood disorders; grief and loss; adjustment disorders; behavioral problems; Extensive training/experience in using Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).

Professional Affiliations:
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) International Association.

Network Provider For:
Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Health Partners, Medica, Medical Assistance, Metropolitan Health Plan,  Preferred One, Tri-Care, U-Care, and ValueOptions.

Areas of Expertise and Special Interest:
Individual therapy with adolescents and adults.  Working with anxiety, depression, trauma/abuse, relationship, grief and loss, work stress, adolescent behavior problems, anger issues, domestic violence, and self-harm.  Psychological testing and assessment including ADHD and Gastric surgery evaluations.

Network Provider For:
Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Health Partners, Medical Assistance, Medicare, Metropolitan Health Plan, Preferred One, and U-Care.

Areas of Expertise and Special Interest:
Family/couple/individual therapy; children, adolescents, adults.  Experience in working with children and adolescents with SED/EBD concerns.  Utilizes creative and play therapy techniques with children, adolescents and families.  Strength-based, family systems approach in working with relational, behavioral and communication issues.

Professional Affiliation:
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy; Minnesota Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

Network Provider For:
Anoka County, Cash

Areas of Expertise and Special Interest:
Individual/marital/family therapy.  Solution focused, strength based, family systems approach in working with communication, relationship, behavioral, anger management, and ambiguous loss issues.  Experienced in working with children and adolescents with SED/EBD concerns.  Utilizes creative and play therapy techniques with children and adolescents.

Network Provider For:
Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Health Partners, Medica, Medical Assistance, Metropolitan Health Plan, Preferred One and Tri-Care.

Areas of Expertise and Special Interest:
Family/couple/individual therapy; children, adolescents, adults; adjustment disorders; trauma/abuse/post-traumatic stress disorder; anxiety and mood disorders.  Solution-focused, narrative and cognitive behavioral therapies.  Training and consultation in family systems therapy.  Approved supervisor for the Minnesota Board of Social Work and the Minnesota Board of Marriage and Family Therapy.

Professional Affiliations:
Member, National Association of Social Workers; Member, Minnesota Family-Based Services Association; Member, American Association of Marriage & Family Therapy.

Network Provider For:
Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Health Partners, Medica, Medical Assistance, Preferred One, Tri-Care, and U-Care.

Areas of Expertise and Special Interest:
Individual counseling, family counseling, marital counseling, psychotherapy for adolescents including eating disorders.

Network Provider For:
Anoka County, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Healthpartners, Medical Assistance, Metropolitan Health Plan and EAP's.

STEVEN P. JOHNSON, MS
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Areas of Expertise and Special Interest:
Marital counseling, family counseling, psychotherapy for children and adolescents, play therapy.

Network Provider For:
Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Health Partners, Medica, Medical Assistance, Metropolitan Health Plan, Preferred One, Tri-Care, and U-Care.

Areas of Expertise and Special Interest:
Adolescent therapy including family and individual; therapy for men.

Network Provider For:
Anoka County, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Health Partners, Medical Assistance, Metropolitan Health Plan, and Tri-Care.

Areas of Expertise and Special Interest:
Adolescents, couples, persons with disabilities and their families, elderly and their families, adults with anxiety, depression, relationship issues, low self esteem, stress, work issues.

Professional Affiliations:
National Association of Social Workers, E.A.P.A.

Network Provider For:
Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Health Partners, Medica, Medical Assistance, Medicare, Metropolitan Health Plan, Preferred One, Tri-Care, U-Care, and Value Options.

Areas of Expertise and Special Interest:
Family and individual therapy; children and adolescents with behavioral issues.  Solution focused and strength based systems approach.

Network Provider For:
Anoka County, Cash.

Areas of Expertise and Special Interest:
Individual, family, children and adolescents;

Professional Affiliations:

Areas of Expertise and Special Interest:
Families and children who may be in transition, having behavioral or emotional issues, anxiety, depression, AD/HD or relational difficulties.  Use of play therapy and a strengths based, systems approach.

Network Provider for:
Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Health Partners, Medica, Medical Assistance, Metropolitan HealthPlan, Preferred One, and U-care.

Areas of Expertise and Special Interest:
Working with children and adults with developmental disabilities/special needs; working with single moms; parent education; groups (womens, adolescent); Family Group Decision Making Facilitator.

Network Provider For:
Anoka County, Cash, Medica (Children In-Home Only), Medical Assistance (Children In-Home Only), Scott County.