Multicultural, feminist, psychoanalytic therapy for individuals and couples
Chelsea Deklotz, MSEd, LPCC
(she/her/hers)
I identify as a white, queer, cisgender woman and parent. I have particular training and lived experience in queer and interracial relationships, parenting, and social justice issues. With continued education on cultural humility and responsiveness, I aim to practice from an anti-racist/anti-oppressive and body-neutral lens. I became a therapist after being in a similar position that you find yourself in right now and have an endless passion for healing cycles of intergenerational trauma.
EDUCATION
I hold an MSEd in Mental Health Counseling from CUNY Hunter College and BFA in Graphic Design and Fine Art Photography from UW-Milwaukee. I completed my supervised training in New York City and Minneapolis. I am a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in the state of Minnesota (MN Board of Behavioral Health license #3319) and have completed the two year Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program post-grad certificate through the Minnesota Psychoanalytic Society & Institute (MPSI). In the fall of 2024, I will be entering the one year Integrative Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy post-grad certificate program through The Institute for Clinical Social Work (ICSW). I also provide individual and group supervision for pre-licensed therapists through Vibrant Life Therapy.
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
◦ Healing from Birth Trauma for LGBTQ+ Families, Rebecca Shepherd and Marea Goodman, PregnantTogether, December 2024
◦ How are Sex and Gender Embodied in the Therapeutic Relationship?, William Alanson White Institute, Stacy Berlin, William Cornell, Jack Foehl, Sarah Schoen, moderated by Doris Brothers and Jon Sletvold, December 2024
◦ Psychoanalytic Approaches and Conversations about Race and Culture, Himanshu Agrawal, Minnesota Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, September 2024
◦ Advanced Perinatal Mental Health Psychotherapy Training, Postpartum Support International, June 2024
◦ Working Therapeutically with ADHDer Clients to Improve Functioning, Goal Attainment, and Life Satisfaction, Dr. Drew Carr, Alma and NYU, March 2024
◦ Understanding and Supporting Adult ADHD, Dr. Drew Carr, Alma and NYU, February 2024
◦ Perinatal Mood Disorders: Components of Care, Postpartum Support International, November 2023
◦ Should I Stay or Should I Go? Conflict and Restlessness in Modern Love, Esther Perel, R. Cassidy Seminars, November 2023
◦ Understanding Mixed Race Identity Development, Dr. Jennifer Noble, Simple Practice, September 2023
◦ Trauma Informed Care and Addressing Vicarious Trauma, Lauren Rudolph, Sanare Today LLC and Fusion Academy, August 2023
◦ Visioning an Anti-Carceral Psychoanalysis (6-week course), Brianna Suslovic, Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC), May-June 2023
◦ Inside the Office of Esther Perel: Live Couples Therapy and Supervision, Esther Perel, R. Cassidy Seminars, November 2022
◦ The White Supremacist Within, Chanda Griffin, Section IX: Psychoanalysis for Social Responsibility, May 2022
◦ A Game You Cannot Win: Failed Identifications with Whiteness in BIPOC Patients, Carlos Padrón, Denver Psychoanalytic Society, January 2022
◦ Working with Transgender and Gender Non-conforming Clients in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Julian Ernst, Minnesota Psychodynamic Clinical Social Work Association, February 2021
◦ A Black Feminist Psychoanalytics, Michelle Ann Stephens, Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis, February 2021
◦ Radical Openness, Otherness, and Ethical Considerations in the Coparticipatory Process of Psychoanalysis, Anton Hart, Minnesota Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, January 2021
◦ Ruptured Attachment: The historical problem within African American Intimate relationships, Dr. Sametta E. Hill, The Minnesota Psychodynamic Clinical Social Work Association, January 2021
◦ The Wounds we Cannot See: Transforming the trauma of oppression with AEDP, Benjamin Medley, AEDP Institute, October 2020
◦ Formulating Black Rage: Surviving Latent and Manifest Destructiveness in Otherness, Dr. Beverly J. Stoute, William Alanson White Institute, October 2020
◦ Otherness as a Psychoanalytic Subject: Race, Culture, Class and Difference in the Clinical Encounter, Anton Hart, New Center for Psychoanalysis, September 2020
◦ Sustaining Joy in Anti-Racism Work, Thea Moneé and EbonyJanice, The Free People Project, August 2020
◦ Decolonizing Mental Health, Melody Li, Inclusive Therapists, August 2020
◦ Introduction to STAR: Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience for Cultural Competence, Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute, July 2020
◦ White Urgency is Violence, EbonyJanice, The Free People Project, July 2020
◦ Trans: How Much Do We Really Want to Know?, Dr. Ethan Grumbach, Minnesota Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, March 2020
◦ Existing in One’s Own Heart and Mind: Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Complex Trauma, Jerry Lamagna, The MN Trauma Project, October 2019
◦ Disordered Eating vs. Eating Disorder: What’s the Tipping Point?, The Emily Program, September 2019
◦ Clinical Interventions to Help Heal Attachment Wounds, Dr. Diane Poole Heller, Minnesota Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, September 2019
◦ Multicultural Awareness & Diversity: Practical Strategies for Reducing Cultural Offenses and Repairing Relationships, Dorothee Tshiela, Minnesota Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, September 2019
◦ Culturally Responsive Awareness and Practices to Support Youth and Families of Color, Minnesota Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, September 2019
◦ LMFTs as Agents of Social Change: Bridging the Political Divide through a Live Demonstration of Macrosystemic Assessment and Intervention / A Courageous Conversation at the Intersection of Understanding Masculinity, Incarceration, Violence, Politics, and Racism in the Lived Experience of Black Men, Minnesota Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, September 2019
◦ Effective Strategies for Emotionally Disconnected Men, Nick Wallace and Kyle Zrenchik, Minnesota Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, September 2019
◦ Rational-Emotive & Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: 3 Day Primary Certificate Practicum, The Albert Ellis Institute, June 2019
◦ Mental Health First Aid Training, NYC Health, February 2018
◦ Opioid Overdose Training, Housing Works, NYC, March 2018