Kindwaters Team
At Kindwaters, we strive to provide all our clients a seamless and friendly experience. We understand that every journey is unique and offer personalized guidance through every phase of healing.
Abby J. Schnedler
Abby J. Schnedler is a Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT. Let’s talk about healing…what are we struggling with that is our responsibility to heal, and what might we be carrying that was passed onto us? Giving yourself the grace and compassion to heal is one way to change the dynamics of our interactions with others and our relationship with ourselves. Holding space for people to explore the impact of mental health on their own lives is the central focus of her work. She is a relational therapist and feels that it is most important to establish trust and empathy with clients for therapeutic growth to occur.
Her therapeutic interests are general, but she is well versed in working with clients experiencing stress/overwhelm, depression, adoption issues, anxiety, challenging relationships, family of origin issues, boundary issues, and constraints stemming from institutional and systemic racism and discrimination.
Aleeta Vizard
Aleeta Vizard understands that taking the first step toward finding therapy services can be daunting, but she is dedicated to providing the assistance you need to connect with the right providers. Her goal is to guide you through the process and make it as easy and straightforward as possible so that you can access the support you deserve. Let’s work together to ensure you find the therapy services best suited to your unique needs.
Alex Maas
Alex Maas is a Counselor, MA, LPCC. Your goals are his goals. Learning, connecting, and sharing your experiences will create a vibrant and engaging space for us to explore so that you can become your best self, change your relationship with the world around you, and feel more happiness. At times, his role may be a teacher and, at times, a guide. No matter what, he will always be a compassionate & attuned listener. He works with all 13+ and has weekend availability so those with busy lives can still access wonderful therapeutic help and support.
He has been trained in Internal Family Systems, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and both levels 1 and 2 of Brainspotting. He will continue expanding his training and sharing his knowledge with you. If you’re feeling lonely, depressed, or anxious, let’s work together to enhance your day-to-day joy.
Brandy Fountain
MA
Brandy Fountain is pursuing a Doctorate in Clinical Counseling and continuously expanding her knowledge and skills to better serve my clients. Collaboration and teamwork are paramount to achieving positive change, and she fosters such an environment in my sessions. As an African American female, she is passionate about raising awareness of how mental health affects our daily lives and is committed to providing mental health services to underrepresented communities.
She provides a distinctive approach to addressing mental health concerns. By collaborating with you, she customizes her approach to cater to your specific needs. She commends clients for choosing to seek professional mental health services! This decision reflects your unwavering dedication to your freedom and healing.
Chantelle Jordan
Chantelle Jordan is an M.A., Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) Psychotherapist who bases therapy with her clients on a genuine therapeutic relationship and recognizes that this connection creates the space for healing. This world spends much of its time breaking us down, leaving us feeling broken, rejected, lonely, and searching for answers. But Chantelle believes that through this brokenness, we can discover who we want to be, bringing us the emotional healing we desire. By exploring our childhood and significant life experiences, we can understand how these events impact how we treat ourselves, interact with others, and create meaning in our lives.
Chantelle believes that change occurs when we begin to truly accept ourselves as we are and live our most authentic lives; this is done through open and non-judgmental dialogue to encourage radical self-love, forgiveness, and meaning-making.
Erica Derifield
Erica is a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor in Minnesota and graduated with a Master of Professional Studies in Integrated Behavioral Health from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Erica has experience working with adults, families, couples, and adolescents in the residential, outpatient, community, and academic/school settings. She is passionate about providing care from a holistic and trauma-informed lens, ensuring every individual is seen and honored for their unique strengths, experiences, and inner wisdom rather than seen or labeled as a diagnosis.
Erica has also facilitated years of Stephanie Covington‘s Helping Women Recover Curriculum (in tandem with Helping Men Recover) for individuals curious, exploring, or actively pursuing sobriety and recovery. Erica has also facilitated years of Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy skills for navigating everyday life, emotions, relationships, and stress reduction. She is passionate about creating a collaborative, transparent, safe, and growth-fostering therapeutic alliance with each of her clients and enjoys witnessing the growth, wins, and breakthroughs of those who work with her. During her free time, she enjoys swimming, hiking, reading, all things canines, and spending time with her family and friends.
Heather Livingston
Heather Livingston is a LICSW, Psychotherapist. Her passion for social work began 25 years ago. She works with people from all walks of life who are transitioning from one phase to the next phase of life (i.e., new parents and college graduates). Transitions are challenging and valuable. Heather works with people dealing with depression, anxiety, and relationship challenges. As a Black woman adopted by White parents, she facilitated tough conversations around acceptance, privilege, equity, and inclusion. Brave journeys and courageous discussions are significant.
Everyone is unique, with tailored paths to follow, and because of that, she uses a range of modalities. These include Narrative, Dialectical Behavior, Relational, and Motivational Therapy. I have taken Brainspotting Phase 1 and Phase 2, and she is a Somatic Sex Educator in training. Heather is also a Ketamine Assisted Therapist and provides this service to eligible clients. The framework she uses sees a person’s resiliency and strengths, as well as deep understanding and compassion for all a person has overcome. She inspires energy, optimism, and fun. Laughter Therapy is vital. Why laughter? The indulgence of laughter literally makes you happy.
Heather has a Master’s of Social Work from the University of Minnesota. She has a Bachelor of Science in Family Social Science with an emphasis on Women, Youth, and Sexuality. I also hold a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker licensure with the Minnesota Board of Social Work.
Kay Cooper
Kc Gammage
Kc is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who provides mental health services in school settings and outpatient environments. She also supervises the First Response Stabilization Services for Hennepin County. Kc is a doctoral candidate at North Central University and specializes in culturally informed practice within the African American community. With 12 years of experience at the Harriet Tubman Center in Minneapolis, she has worked as a domestic violence relief advocate and has received extensive training in relational pattern identification and leading healing groups for survivors of domestic abuse and sexual exploitation.
As an African American woman, Kc offers a unique perspective to promote inclusivity and insight. She is known for her equanimity and adeptness at navigating difficult conversations to drive equitable change. Kc is a lighthearted therapist who values helping people rediscover joy amidst crises.
Linda Phanthavong
Linda Phanthavong is a Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LGSW), as well as a Clinical Trainee working towards becoming a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW). As a child of immigrants and from a bi-cultural background, she offers a personal and professional unique perspective on life and mental health. She has experience with a diverse range of populations, including the LGBTQIA2S+ community, the BIPOC community, individuals experiencing serious and persistent mental illness, adults who have faced long-term homelessness, and adolescents with co-occurring disorders.
She utilizes therapeutic modalities, including person-centered, culturally responsive, and strengths-based perspectives, as well as relational, mindfulness, holistic, cognitive-behavioral (CBT), dialectical behavioral (DBT), and motivational interviewing approaches. While open to various therapeutic methods, I have a keen interest in working with adolescents and young adult populations, with clinical interests in racial/cultural identity, trauma/PTSD, immigration, co-occurring disorders, life-stage transitions, and sexuality/gender identity.
She earned a Bachelor of Science in Social Work from Minnesota State University Mankato and a Master of Social Work from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.
Marcus Scott Manning
Marcus Manning, founder of Kindwater Therapy, is a psychotherapist who turned adversity into purpose. Adopted into a middle-class white family at three months of age, Marcus faced the isolating realities of racial identity while growing up in a predominantly white neighborhood. Grappling with the challenges of racial identity and struggling to find acceptance and belonging caused trauma, and undiagnosed ADHD further complicated his journey. Equally, as a transracial adoptee, his life experience overlaps the boundary between Caucasian and African-American cultures and gives him an uncommonly unique multicultural perspective on life and living.
Committed to helping clients live their best lives, his specialties are counseling Adult Adoptees, Adult ADHD/ADD, Couples/Interracial Couples, Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Stress Management.
He is also a Holistic Health Practitioner, so depending on your needs, he may incorporate calming candles, salt lamps, Kinetic Sand, or meditative background music into our sessions. In 2023, Marcus became the Director of a Psychedelic Medicine and Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) program within one of the largest group practices in Minnesota, bringing innovative approaches to mental health treatment.
Natallie Chivers-Lockhart
Natallie Chivers-Lockhart is a Mental Health Practitioner focusing on changing the narrative of mental health in BIPOC communities. She has a background working with folks with substance abuse, homelessness, domestic violence, trauma, abuse, generational poverty, identity, and self-esteem struggles.
She works with individuals, couples, families, adolescents, and adults. Natallie has experience with DBT, Intellectual Disabilities, Solution-focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Strength-Based Therapy, and Mindfulness-based CBT. Natallie is a strength-based clinician who focuses on who clients want to be, building a toolkit from within for working through struggles and making sure they create their own narrative and not succumb to what others think.
Natallie holds a Master’s degree from the University of Saint Thomas and is working towards becoming a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor.
Toni Price
Toni Price is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, licensed in MN and WI. She offers couples, relational, and individual therapy for people ages 18 and up. She is an attuned, systemic, collaborative, and strengths-based therapist. You have strengths, and she wants to help you become more aware of them. In your work together, you can process and heal in a space filled with warmth, empathy, kindness and compassion, non-judgment, encouragement, and gentle challenges. She wants to help you increase your awareness around your triggers, identify patterns in your relationships, and help you communicate these in ways that help you connect more with yourself and others.
She is trained in emotional-focused therapy, Gottman methods, Adlerian theory, and the AIR Network model, and she often uses these in her work with clients. If you are experiencing anxiety, confusion, loneliness, depression, sadness, disconnection, low self-esteem, PTSD, trauma, or relational problems, or if you are going through big transitions in life, she is here to help. She finds it an honor to walk with you and help you experience more of the life you want and need.
Venus Burney
Venus Burney is a licensed psychotherapist. She offers a safe space to speak, reflect, learn, and grow. Her friends describe her as attentive, a good listener, inciteful, direct, encouraging, and caring. She has 7+ years working in mental health, with the last 5 in a clinical office setting. She offers anyone who is looking for healing the opportunity to take the first steps towards transformation by sharing their truth and identifying tangible/concrete goals for therapy.
The therapeutic Modalities she practices are Solution-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, CBT-E, Narrative therapy, Brainspotting, Motivational Interviewing, and Individual and Couples Strengths-Based Career Exploration.