Luke Borkenhagen, LICSW

Luke Borkenhagen is a licensed clinical social worker in Minnesota with five years of professional experience. He frames therapy as a partnership, listening closely and offering new perspectives as people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, and difficult life changes. Luke aims to help clients build confidence and move past obstacles that keep them stuck.

He draws on several approaches to guide sessions, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based ideas, client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, and Jungian concepts. In practice he uses somatic awareness, parts work, and archetypal thinking to help people understand how feelings and behaviors connect to life stories and relationships. Sessions focus on practical steps alongside deeper exploration.

Common concerns he addresses include anger, self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, compassion fatigue, and family conflict. He also works with people facing dissociation, addiction, caregiver stress, and the effects of trauma and abuse. Luke notes additional focus on attachment issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, and kink and alternative sex culture when these topics are relevant to a client’s goals.

His style is collaborative and straightforward. He helps clients set goals, try new ways of responding, and notice what shifts. He encourages moving gently outside comfort zones while keeping the work grounded in everyday life.

Luke invites prospective clients to share their story and see whether the working relationship feels right. He uses a step-by-step intake process to match needs to approach and timing.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then taking actions that align with personal values; it can help with anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence current patterns and helps people adjust how they relate to others and to themselves. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Luke will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. He mixes techniques when useful and checks in regularly to see what is helping and what needs to change.

Confirm session formats before booking to know how therapy will be delivered. 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 simpler to continue momentum between appointments by keeping sessions consistent during life transitions. Luke aims to help clients use therapeutic tools in everyday situations so change can happen outside the therapy hour.