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Allie Tully, MA

Allie brings a person-centered approach to her work and highlights the importance of meeting each individual where they are at on their life’s journey. She believes that every person has a voice, and every voice’s importance and uniqueness deserves to be heard. Working closely with people of many different experiences and stories, Allie has developed an approach focused on healing, feeling and understanding from within.

Allie strives to continue participating in the lives of individuals ranging from adolescence to young adulthood, as well as families, through the lens of person-centered and family systems modalities. Additionally, Allie has spent valued time working with individuals of all ages who have experienced traumatic brain injuries, anxiety/depression, life transitions and trauma. She has learned the importance of education and understanding, as well as advocacy and progressive recovery.

In her spare time, Allie enjoys spending time outdoors on hikes and at the lake, getting Pup-cup frappuccinos with her best four-legged friend, watching hockey games, and seeing all of the beautiful things this world has to offer. Smiles, laughs, authenticity and making memories are what makes Allie’s world go round, and meeting as many people as she can to share these with is Allie’s main goal.

Alysia Schwartz, MA, LPCC, LADC

Alysia is strengths based therapist practicing from a social justice, trauma informed, and gender-affirming lens. She believes that building an authentic and trusting therapeutic relationship is the foundation to success in therapy. Alysia provides a non-judgmental environment where clients can feel their story matters. She recognizes that therapy is a collaborative process and each individual has a unique set of needs and goals. Alysia is authentic in session and welcomes all the feels and cuss words!

Alysia works primarily with folks in the LGBTQIA+ community. She focuses on helping clients explore their identity, feelings of shame and guilt, and cultural marginalization.

She practices from a (HAES) Health at Every Size framework and works beside clients to explore body neutrality, body awareness, self worth, and self love.

Outside of work Alysia is a dog mom, vinyl collector, thrift shopper, and explorer of coffee, food, music, and nature.

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Ashley Day, LGSW

Beth Rennee, MA, LMFT

Beth is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Described as having a very easy-going and calm temperament, she uses her energy to help support clients. Her approach emphasizes affirming partnerships with clients built on trust, a sense of optimistic and playful curiosity, and a focus on expression and experiences. Through creative exercises, body-based strategies, experiential and play activities, and facilitation of new skills, Beth hopes to present clients with new experiences or perspectives that inspire change. 

Trained in a variety of modalities and relationally-focused work, Beth enjoys working with kids, parents, families, as well as individuals. She has experience in home, school, and out-patient settings and brings a flexible mindset to her therapy. Beth also has experience working with end of life, grief, and loss and is very passionate about helping everyone address these unique challenges and heal through them. 

When she is not at work, Beth struggles to develop her green thumb but keeps trying, loves walking in her neighborhood, finding new sights to see, and spending time with family.  

Brad Crnobrna, LICSW

Cari Kokotovich, PsyD, LP

Cari provides psychological evaluations for children. Cari’s goal is to help caregivers, teachers, and therapists better understand areas where the child has strengths and where they could use more support. Through these evaluations, she can assess for diagnoses such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, as well as other mood and behavioral disorders.

Cari also works with children in therapy, she works with the child and caregivers to maximize the child’s success in their environment. While play is definitely a part of her sessions, she also works to build skills and follows evidence based practices. Cari helps support caregivers in building strategies and identifying solutions for challenging behaviors as well.

Cari has worked with children and their families in a variety of contexts and she greatly enjoys seeing the world from a child’s perspective and joining them in their journey. Cari will bring creativity, energy and research based ideas on how to best address a child's needs in therapy.

When Cari is not at work, she enjoys trying out new adventures and experiences with her family, spending time outdoors, and, of course, curling up on a couch with a good book or show.

Christina Potter, MA, LMFT

Christina is a systems-focused therapist who is passionate in meeting clients where they are in their life while emphasizing on being a guest in the client’s journey. Christina gravitates to a strengths-based approach while focusing on the present and what the possibilities are for the future. Christina takes on the coaching role while working with client’s finding their best way to cope with what life throws at us. 

Christina offers client-centered therapy for adults, couples, and families. She has a history of providing in-home services with adolescents and their families and adults in ARMHS and in-home therapy. Christina also has a history of working with victims and survivors of sexual violence, homeless families, and adults with serious-persistent mental illness. Christina has her Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from The University of Minnesota, St. Mary's and is in the final stages of seeking licensure. Christina is also the Ellie Express program manager at Ellie. 

Outside of work, Christina loves spending time with her GSP, family, and friends. She can usually be found outside on a walk at anytime of year and trying new restaurants. 

Claire Garber, DO

Dr. Garber is a child and adolescent psychiatrist that enjoys the vast diversity that comes with her clinical practice. Areas of interest include the spectrum of neurodevelopmental disorders/Autism, mood and depressive disorders, anxiety disorders and ADHD.  Dr. Garber enjoys working with children over time as they transition into adolescence and early adulthood.

One of the reasons Dr. Garber chooses to do outpatient child and adolescent psychiatry work is that she wants to have the opportunity to work with patients and their families over time. Her goals are to get to know her patients, their strengths and their struggles, and work together on treatment decisions. During her visits, she will focus on understanding the patient’s personal experience of their illness, providing them with psycho-education on what they can expect with their specific diagnosis, and helping them weigh the risks and benefits of treatment options to consider. Dr. Garber believes having consistent psychiatric support over time is what helps patients achieve their functional and wellness goals despite sometimes chronic or intermittent mental health symptoms.  Dr. Garber strives to provide that consistency and reliability for patients.

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Erin Moeller, MSW, LICSW

Erin’s primary experience and interest lie in working with individual adults, exploring issues around trauma, religious trauma, LGBTQ+ identity and growth, and major life transitions.
Clients working with Erin can expect a non-judgmental, trauma-informed, client-led approach. Therapy is a unique experience for everyone, and she will work together with each client toward their individual therapeutic goals.
Erin has training in and regularly uses mindfulness and meditation, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, crisis intervention and de-escalation, and she works through all of these from a trauma-informed lens.
Erin utilizes a strengths-based, client-centered approach, drawing on creativity and humor as re-framing tools where appropriate. She likes to approach therapy as a whole body experience, drawing on the connections between our mental and physical health. But ultimately, she recognizes each person’s journey to healing will look different, and she honors the client as the expert in their own life and experience.
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Licenses and Certifications
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)

Grace Goins, LGSW

Grace is a therapist who values authenticity and candor in her work with clients. Her ideal client welcomes the opportunity to be vulnerable and gain awareness, and is willing to work through challenges and hesitations in a safe and inclusive space. Appreciation for “real talk” and humor is a plus!

Grace values each of her client's experiences and independent lives. She doesn't shy away from honest conversations, but will support you without judgment or shame. Grace is passionate about clients feeling empowered, setting healthy boundaries, gaining insight into their emotions and behaviors, and communicating their needs effectively.   

Grace uses a client-centered framework. She often incorporates cognitive therapy and mindfulness, while also recognizing environmental and systemic factors that may impact your mental health and overall wellbeing.

Grace enjoys working with individuals from late adolescence through adulthood. Her specialties include life transitions, culture and identity, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, medical diagnoses, relationship boundaries, and family conflict.

Kelly Pieper, LICSW, IMH-E®

Kelly Pieper is a licensed clinical social worker and supervisor specializing in work with children and families. She is also the Child Services Manager at Ellie Mental Health, supporting clinicians across Minnesota in their work with children and families.  Within this work, Kelly takes special interest in the early childhood period and has been endorsed as a Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Professional through the MN Association for Children's Mental Health. Kelly is also a rostered Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) provider and supervisor. She had extensive training in early childhood trauma, attachment, as well as specific training in working with children and families on the adoption/permanency spectrum. Kelly also acts as a consultant with the Department of Human Services and provides reflective consultation and training to early childhood care providers throughout the Twin Cities Metro areas.

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Maggie Herriges, MSW, LICSW

Maggie believes that everyone, even little ones, deserve a space to feel safe and heard no matter what. She has a passion for helping kids and their families understand their feelings and behaviors through authentic connection and relationship. She values family involvement and sees the family as critical to the child’s ongoing development and growth. Maggie uses play, art, books, mindfulness, and more to help explore and meet the emotional, social, and mental health needs of her clients.

Maggie has experience working with both children and adolescents, but has a unique passion for and specialization in work with children under 6. Her clinical experience has been in individual and family therapy, clinical care consultation with school teachers/staff and other service providers, and intensive outpatient group therapy. Maggie’s perspective relies heavily on attachment, child development, the impact of family systems and is trauma-informed.

Advanced Training:

DC:0-5 Diagnostic Criteria for Children Under 6

Trauma-Informed Child Parent Psychotherapy

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Megan Milleson, MA, LAMFT

Megan is a open, warm, and collaborative clinician who is passionate about working with children, teenagers, and families. Megan also enjoys working with the occasional adult. Megan has a broad range of experience working with children and families. She has experience working with children with autism spectrum disorders, children who have experienced trauma or attachment injury, and children who are struggling with adjustment, ADHD, overwhelming emotions, depression, anxiety, family relationships, and behavioral concerns.

Megan believes that therapy should be a place of non- judgement and support. Clients can expect creating a warm and authentic relationship as a foundation for tackling challenges as a team. As each person is unique, she utilizes an individualized approach and tailors treatment to meet the needs of the client(s). She believes that each person has the capacity and desire to make positive change, they just might need a little help to get there!

Outside of work, you may find Megan spending time with her family, chatting and laughing with good friends, or binge watching a variety of shows.

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Melissa Rozmiarek, MPS, LADC, LPCC (Under Supervision)

Melissa is a laid back co-occurring disorders therapist under supervision. She is authentic in her approach to mental health and understands that we’re all just trying our best. Trauma and anxiety in older adolescents and adults is among her developing passions. Prior to Ellie, her clinical training was in co-occurring addictions treatment in both residential and outpatient settings.

Melissa seeks to meet her clients at their level and work together as a team. She is a firm believer in the power of personal perception and intention. Her strengths are in CBT and narrative modalities with motivation to find what works best for you.

She brings attitude, creativity, and humor to therapy and brings warmth and welcome to her clients with her genuine personality. Her goal is to make getting help an option for everyone. Bring on the cuss words, memes, tiktoks, or whatever fits your situation because sometimes our words just aren’t enough.
When not at work, you can find Melissa with her nose in a book or hunting her next spooky, scary fix! She is an avid plant lady with a green thumb, huge animal lover and paints whatever and whenever she can.

Rebecca Berry, MSW, LGSW

Rebecca is a warm and relatable therapist who listens carefully and asks thoughtful questions. You can expect her to be soft-spoken but direct. She deeply values the opportunity to be with people in their vulnerable moments and assure them that they are seen and heard.

Rebecca’s areas of professional interest include couples (divorce, co-parenting, sexuality), adolescents, and adult individuals, as well as religious trauma, adoption, intercultural identities, and the immigrant experience. She enjoys narrative therapy because it gives the client the power to reshape their story. She employs a strength-based approach because we live in a society where we are constantly told what we are NOT rather than being encouraged to leverage our strengths. She also uses attachment theory as a lens to understand how her clients interact with the world.

In the time Rebecca has at the end of the day, her ideal would be to take a few minutes to sit outside, regardless of the weather, and remember she is alive and spinning through space. Her favorite things are: food from her home country, biking on city streets, watermelon, laughing, and being near lush green mountains or water.

Steve Borchardt, LGSW

Terrance Ostrander, MA, LPCC Supervised

Terry is a strength-based therapist who believes It takes great courage to seek support, whether it be during times of suffering or during a period of change. The focus of his practice is providing support by working together to cultivate inner strength and self-understanding.
Terry utilizes an integrative and holistic approach to psychotherapy. His practice is rooted in mindfulness, CBT and DBT approaches, and contemporary Psychodynamic therapy. His work also draws from the mind-body connection, spirituality, social/cultural influences, neuroscience, and compassion.
There are countless reasons why people seek therapy – Sometimes these challenges become too much to bear on our own, or we find that our efforts to solve the problem simply aren’t working.

Terry is open and affirming and strives to foster a climate of purposeful inclusion of all people. Terry values diversity of racial and cultural identity, nationality, sexual and affectional orientation, gender identity and it's expression, religious background and belief, marital status, age, mental and physical health, political perspective, educational and class status.

Focuses include: Mood disorders, Anxiety, OCD, Trauma, Co-occurring disorders, Relationships issues, Identity and transition concerns, Grief and loss, Self-esteem, Stress management and self care, Thought disorders, Adjustment concerns, as well as Early Adulthood Transition.

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Victoria Gorman, MSW, LGSW

Tori is a quirky therapist who uses creativity and empathy to create a comforting therapeutic environment for all of her clients. Her approach is relational, strengths based and supports clients in discovering insights. Tori adjusts her therapeutic style to client needs, but includes CBT and ACT skills in sessions. Prior to joining Ellie, Tori spent time in nonprofits and private practice. Tori particularly enjoys working with adolescents and young adults.

Along with providing therapy, Tori is passionate about creating social change and decreasing mental health stigma in communities. Outside of work Tori enjoys baking, studying astrology, and spending time in nature.

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Yonis Gabow, MS, LMFT

Yonis Gabow is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over eight years of experience working in the mental health field. He uses a strength-based approach in therapy and views every person within the context of their family/community.  Clients can expect a collaborative, empathic, empowering, and nonjudgmental therapy sessions. He seeks to assist others in finding their strengths and healing wounds from those strengths.  He uses a safe and validating therapeutic relationship to help the processing of this healing.

He has experience, but is not limited to people struggling with ADHD, anger issues, trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship issues, identity issues and more.

Yonis grew up in Georgia, he loves Marvel Comics, walks around lakes during summer months, and spending time with his love ones.

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