Meg L. McChesney, LICSW	Last Updated: 09/13/2011

Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker assisting clients to know their inner strengths, refine the SELF and create healthy relationships with self and others.

Serving the Greater Twin Cities Area, the office is close to 694, 36, and between Snelling and Hamline in Roseville, MN.

Through life's journey many blessings of wonderful, sensitive and highly-skilled teachers and mentors of different professional areas of life have assisted in my developoment of practical skills in a broad range of therapies; and each is used as appropriate to an individual's or couple's needs. These include learning to change negative life patterns,-move beyond depression and anxiety, -develop new abilities for living, -cope with the unknown and difficult, -create constructive and loving relationships, -process the grief of loss, -participate in death and dying with more ease and focus.


Office and Contact Information

Meg McChesney, LICSW Roseville, MN 55113	Phone: (612) 280-2610 ext. Fax: (651) 697-9568 Free Phone Consultation: Click Here Email: Click Here Contact: Meg McChesney, LICSW

Gender: Female

Office Hours:

Monday: 9am - 7pm
Tuesday: 10am - 7pm
Wednesday: 10am - 7pm
Thursday: 9am - 7pm
Friday: N/A
Saturday: N/A
Sunday: N/A

Response Time to Call:

Weekdays: 3 Hours
Weekends: 6 Hours

Accessibility:

Can Make Home Visits

Can Provide Telephone Counseling

Have Emergency Appointments Available

Offer Evening Office Hours


Qualifications

Years of Experience: 29

Licensing:

MN - LICSW [13813]

Degrees:

MSW

Credentials and Certifications:

Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW)

Couples Counseling, Certified

Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR), Certified in

Imago Relationship Therapist, Certified

Social Worker, Licensed Clinical


Fees and Payment Options

Individual: $120
Group: N/A
Family: $125

Sliding Scale: Yes

Private Insurance or Out of Network: Yes

Free Services:

Brief Phone Consultation

Community Education

Information & Referral

One Hour per wk for Returning Troops and Families

Outreach

Insurance:

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Federal Employee Program (FEP)	TRICARE
Blue Cross Blue Shield (Aware PPO)	United Behavioral Health (UBH)
Blue Cross Blue Shield (Blue Plus)


Problems Served (focus areas are bold)

Aging	Domestic Violence	Parenting Issues
Anger Management	Education/Personal Development	Phobias
Anxiety/Panic Disorders	Gender Identity	Physical Illness/Impairment
Attachment Disorders	Grief/Loss	Sexual Abuse/Rape
Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder	Interpersonal Relationships	Sexual Orientation
Behavioral Problems	Life Transitions	Spiritual/Religious Concerns
Career/Employment Concerns	Men's Issues	Stress
Child Abuse and Neglect	Multicultural Issues	Trauma/PTSD
Couple or Marital Issues	Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder	Women's Issues
Depression


Populations Served (focus areas are bold)

Age Groups:

Adolescents (13-17)	Children (6-12)	Young Adults (18-25)
Adults (26-59)	Seniors (60 +)

Specific Populations:

Biracial	College Students	Interracial Families/Couples
Caregivers	Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual	Military/Veterans
Children of Divorce	Gifted	Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS)
Chronic Illness	Grandparents	Sensory Impaired (hearing, vision, etc)


Treatment Methods and Approaches (focus areas are bold)

Theoretical Approach:

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)	Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)	Long-Term
Advocacy	Evaluation/Diagnostic	Meditation/Relaxation
Behavioral	Existential Psychotherapy	Pastoral Therapy
Behavioral Medicine	Expressive Therapy	Prevention
Body Centered Psychotherapy	Feminist	Psycho-Educational
Body Work (Massage, Touch Therapy)	Focusing	Psychoanalysis
Coaching	Geriatric Consultation	Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Cognitive/Behavioral	Gestalt	Psychodynamic
Contemplative	Holistic	Relational
Crisis Intervention	Humanistic	Satir
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)	Hypnosis	Short-Term (Brief Treatment)
Dream Work or Analysis	Imago Relationship Therapy	Social Support
Education Consultation	Information and Referral	Systemic
Eidetic Image Therapy	Internal Family Systems (IFS)	Thought Field Therapy (TFT)
EMDR	Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)	Transactional Analysis (TA)
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)	Jungian	Transpersonal Psychology

Methods Used:

Couple/Marital	Family Systems	Individual
Educational or Psycho-Educational	Group	Peer Support


Religious and Multi-cultural Experience (focus areas are bold)

Religious Experience:

Buddhist	Hindu	LDS/Mormon
Christian	Jewish

Multi-cultural Experience:

African-American	Asian	Irish
Arabic	Hispanic	Native American
Armenian


Professional Associations

Clinical Social Work Federation (CSWF)

EMDR International Association

Imago Relationships International

National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

Meg L. McChesney, LICSW

Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker assisting clients to know their inner strengths, refine the SELF and create healthy relationships with self and others.