Ann Bodensteiner, MN Psychologist LP3829

Ann Bodensteiner is a Minnesota psychologist with nearly three decades of experience helping people through relationship and life transitions. She brings a calm, direct style and offers a space where adults can talk about stress, grief, identity shifts, and the pressures that come with midlife changes.

She spent many years working with district courts and family services, focusing on divorce and custody matters. That background means she is familiar with practical steps around separation and co-parenting, and how those events affect daily life.

In private practice she has supported couples and individuals with a wide range of concerns. Common topics include anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, parenting strain, and career stress. She also addresses family of origin patterns, abandonment, blended family challenges, and caregiver burden.

Her approach draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral methods, emotionally-focused techniques, client-centered care, and mindfulness. Sessions typically emphasize clear goals, thoughtful reflection, and small changes that build better coping over time.

Faith can be part of the work when clients want that. She is a Catholic clinician who will include a faith-based dimension on request, or otherwise work respectfully with whatever spiritual perspective a person brings.

How her approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take small actions that match those values, which can ease the drift that often happens during a midlife shift. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people understand core emotions and improve connection in relationships by naming feelings and tracking interaction patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past, then choose or combine methods that seem most useful. Clients and the therapist make those decisions collaboratively as therapy progresses.

Specific session formats are not listed here, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes regular contact possible for people juggling caregiving, work, or health demands. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and EFT exercises to remote sessions so practical skills and emotional work continue between meetings.