Counseling

Pastoral

Divorced? Separated? You don’t have to go through it alone. Find help, discover hope, and experience healing from the pain of separation and divorce. Whether you are newly separated or your divorce was a long time ago, DivorceCare can bring God’s grace and healing to your life through Biblical teaching and support. You will learn to deal with the pain of the past and look forward to rebuilding your life. The DivorceCare Seminar is offered periodically as new groups are needed. For more general information, check out the DivorceCare website: www.divorcecare.org. For details about the current schedule of DivorceCare meetings and locations at Ridgewood Church, please Contact a pastor at  care@myrwc.org.

Pre-Marital

Pre-marriage counseling is required for all couples planning to be married at Ridgewood Church. It is conducted over a period of several months prior to your wedding. Once you have determined the pastor who will be performing your marriage ceremony, he or she will work with you to arrange a counseling schedule that will accommodate your needs. During pre-marital counseling, a variety of assessment tools are used to determine the areas of strength in your relationship as well as those areas where growth, change or compromise may be required. Areas addressed will include hopes and dreams, family of origin, communication, intimacy, conflict resolution, and establishing a home based upon faith. Contact a pastor at care@myrwc.org.

Preferred Resources

The following is an abbreviated representative list of skilled and highly recommended counseling organizations, each of which reflect a Christian worldview in their approach to assessment and therapy.  It is intended to be used as a referral source for the staff of Ridgewood Church. It is limited in scope and does not represent the large and varied number of excellent therapists in the west-metro Twin Cities area.

 

Christian Heart Counseling

13911 Ridgedale Drive, Suite 450, Minnetonka, MN 55405
(952) 546-4044  |  christianheartcounseling.com

Christian Heart provides individual adult and couple’s counseling. They specialize in crisis marriage and single spouse marriage counseling (only one spouse interested in therapy).

Christian Recovery Counseling

8441 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 120, Golden Valley, MN 55426
(763) 566-0888  |  christianrecoverycenter.org

CRC provides individual and couple’s counseling for a variety of everyday life issues such as stress and depression to more serious and persistent psychiatric disorders. Specialties include: trauma, abuse, sexual dysfunction, sexual identity issues, eating disorders, and addiction.

Lighthouse Counseling

18360 Minnetonka Blvd., Wayzata, MN 55391
(855) 454-2463  |  lighthousecounseling.com

Alicia Mueller, LMFT, provides individual, marriage and family therapy. Her areas of expertise include self-esteem issues, depression and anxiety, behavioral issues in children and adolescents, grief and loss, life transitions, and stress management.

 

Alicia received her Bachelor of Science degree in Youth/Social Ministry from Crown College in 2012 and went on to graduate from Argosy University, Twin Cities with a Master of Arts degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. Prior to working with Lighthouse Counseling, Alicia interned at a private practice in downtown Minneapolis. Read Alicia’s full bio.

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Northland Counseling

7945 Stone Creek Drive, Chanhassen, MN 55317
(952) 974-3999  |  northlandcounselingservices.org

In January 2019, Northland will merge with Northstar Regional (addiction treatment) and assume the name Northstar Regional. They will continue to offer a wide range of individual therapy, group programs, and psychiatric services. In addition, they will provide top-tier treatment for substance use disorders, including inpatient residential treatment for men and women.