Psychotherapist in Edina
In Edina, many people want more than talk. They want therapy with clear tools and steps. Cabot Psychological Services offers structured, research-backed psychotherapy, including CBT, DBT, ACT, ERP, EMDR, and trauma-focused care.
Work with a licensed psychotherapist trained in proven methods. Sessions are available in person or virtually, close to home. To begin, book a first session to talk about your concerns. Your psychotherapist will suggest a method that fits your goals and explain how sessions work.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in Edina
Your thoughts shape how you feel and what you do. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps teens and adults with anxiety, depression, panic, insomnia, or negative thinking. It works well for people who want practical, goal-based sessions.
In CBT, you learn how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Cognitive therapy uses simple worksheets and weekly practice to build new habits. Over time, these skills can help you respond to hard moments in a new way.
Residents near Wooddale and Minnehaha Creek often ask for sessions that fit a work or school schedule. CBT is often short-term, with clear goals set from the start.
Trauma Therapy in Edina
Trauma can stay with you long after the event is over. Our trauma therapy supports adults and teens living with the effects of abuse, assault, car accidents, combat, or sudden loss. We treat both PTSD and complex trauma.
Trauma-focused counseling builds a sense of safety first. Then your therapist helps you process painful memories at a pace that feels manageable. Therapy can help ease flashbacks, improve sleep, and give you more control over triggers.
Winter crashes on Highway 169 and nearby roads leave some drivers shaken for months. Trauma care can help people feel safer behind the wheel again.
EMDR Therapy in Edina
Some memories feel stuck, no matter how much you talk about them. EMDR therapy helps people with trauma, PTSD, or distressing memories who feel stuck in talk therapy. It is also used for some phobias and anxiety.
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing uses guided eye movements or tapping while you recall a memory. Your therapist guides each step and checks in often. For many people, the memory can start to feel less intense over time.
Many clients like to take a quiet walk after a session. Nearby paths at Bredesen Park offer a calm place to reset.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in Edina
Big emotions can feel impossible to manage. Dialectical behavior therapy helps teens and adults with intense emotions, self-harm urges, or unstable relationships. It often helps people who haven’t found relief with other types of therapy.
DBT skills training covers four areas: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion control, and relationship skills. Sessions include homework so you can practice these skills every day. Step by step, you build tools for your hardest moments.
Families in White Oaks and Indian Hills often seek DBT for a teen in crisis. Parents may join sessions to learn the same skills and support their child at home.
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) in Edina
OCD can make small tasks feel exhausting. Exposure and response prevention helps children, teens, and adults with OCD, intrusive thoughts, or strong phobias. It addresses checking, washing, counting, and reassurance-seeking habits.
OCD treatment through ERP means facing fears in small, planned steps without doing the ritual. Your therapist builds the plan with you, so you are never pushed too far too fast. With practice, anxiety can ease and compulsions can lose some of their hold.
Exposures often happen in real places, not just the office. A session might include a trip to a busy spot, like the shops along Normandale Road.
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) in Edina
Are you tired of fighting your own thoughts? Acceptance and commitment therapy helps adults with anxiety, chronic pain, burnout, or long-term stress. It offers a different path than trying to push hard feelings away.
ACT helps you make room for difficult emotions instead of battling them. You’ll clarify what matters most to you. Then you’ll take small, steady steps toward those values, even on hard days.
Clients near the Braemar area often describe busy, high-demand lives. ACT helps them focus on what matters most, even when stress doesn’t go away.
Book Your First Session
The right therapy method can make a real difference. Contact Cabot Psychological Services to book your first session, in person or online. We’ll talk through your goals and help you find an approach that fits.
If you are in crisis or having thoughts of harming yourself, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, available 24/7.
Cabot Clients Say
"Sessions with Amanda are empowering."
Sessions with Amanda are empowering. She is a deeply kind therapist who has helped me to process, heal, and develop as a person.
"I have been a client of Cabot since the inception in 2010"
I have been a client of Cabot since the inception in 2010; my experience with the therapists and administrative staff have always been positive. I trust them and have referred both family and friends to Cabot and all have come back thanking me for the referral and have benefited from the caring and compassionate work of the Cabot staff.
"Cabot provides a welcoming and safe environment"
Cabot provides a welcoming and safe environment for those who may be struggling or need additional support. Each time I come for an appointment I am welcomed with a smile and hello not only from my therapist but others who pass through the waiting room.