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ABOUT MARY

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Mary Casey Ladd, MSW, LMFT has 45+ years of experience working as a family therapist. Her family therapy training began in 1974 while working at The Bridge for Runaway Youth, Inc. in Minneapolis, MN. During her 12 years at The Bridge, she completed the Intensive Family Therapy Program at The Family Therapy Institute (FTI) in St. Paul, MN. FTI brought family therapy pioneers to St. Paul including: Murray Bowen, Virginia Satir, Carl Whitaker, Salvador Minuchin and Fred Ford. Additionally, during this same time period, she was trained to work with chemically dependent family systems through The Johnson Institute.

Over the course of her career she completed specialized training in Marital/Couple’s Therapy; Family Treatment of Trauma and Abuse; Narrative Family Therapy; Adolescent Development within the Family Context; MultiGenerational Bowen Family Systems Therapy; Structural Family Therapy; and, most recently, the evidence based practices with birth to five year olds and their caregivers including: Attachment Bio-Behavioral Catch-Up; Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT); Trauma Informed Child Parent Psychotherapy.

Mary Casey Ladd also has 35+ years providing organizational consultation and trainings; clinical consultation for LGSW’s, LaMFT’s and LPC’s in Minnesota; undergraduate and graduate social work education, and workshops designed for mental health and social service providers.

“Throughout my career, I have truly been at the right place at the right time! It is a privilege every day to learn from the unique journey of each client and family who enter my office. The journey has been humbling and exhilarating.”

SERVICES

Mary has developed many tools in her professional took kit for working with couples, parents and children, and extended families. At the core of importance: providing a safe place where couples and families can talk and listen to each other, and where individuals can pause, examine, explore and make necessary changes.

  • Assessment and treatment of individual and relational difficulties using a strength-based and family system approach.
  • Emphasize strengths and resilience that exists within each individual and each family.
  • Individual, marital, parent-child and multigenerational interventions with treatment uniquely designed to meet specific needs.
  • Clinical consultation toward licensure for LGSW; LaMFT; LPC
  • Training
  • Consultation

Common Presenting Challenges

  • Parents concerned about their children’s behavior and/or development from birth to early adulthood.
  • Couples interested in altering patterns of interaction to reduce conflict and enhance mutual well-being.
  • Individuals and families seeking resolution of current and historical trauma and abuse to live less burdened by the past.
  • Divorced and blended families committed to strengthening relationships.
  • Chemically dependent individuals, couples and families in early recovery from addiction.

TRAINING

“My mentors and supervisors required self-reflection and the highest ethical standards of care. It is a privilege to pass their wisdom to the next generation of clinicians.”

Mary offers a variety of training courses and staff development topics including:

  • Healthy Family Systems
  • Developing and Strengthening Family Rituals
  • Family of Origin Studies designed for mental health/social service providers
  • Infant/Toddler Mental Health
  • Supervisory and Ethics Training for Mental Health/Social Service Providers
  • Effective Parenting Strategies
  • Family Therapy and Resolving Trauma
  • ACE’s Research and Application to Organizations
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Early Intervention Evidence Based Practices
  • Family Therapy with Families in Early Recovery from Chemical Dependency
  • The Therapeutic Reduction of Shame
  • Healing the Couple Relationship Following a Betrayal

CONTACT

Mary Casey Ladd has office hours Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday by appointment only. As of April 30, 2022, Mary will be meeting with clients solely via Telehealth. For more information or to request an appointment, please call us at (218) 393-9893 or submit the contact form.

Services are billed at $150 per hour which is due at the time of service as insurance is not an accepted form of payment. Clients can obtain a receipt for services rendered that can be personally submitted by clients for insurance reimbursement.