meet the team.
Kara Montgomery Johnson, LMFT
My counseling specialty areas are coping with grief, loss, and change, professional burnout/compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, anxiety, relationships affected by work stress and difficulties, and finding, changing or leaving careers. I have supported healthcare, religious and other professionals as they navigate through difficult times in life and work. I use many tools in therapy, to include mindfulness, strength-based counseling, solution-focused therapy, psychoeducation and neuroeducation as it relates to mental well-being. I hold a license in marriage and family therapy (LMFT) and am a certified grief counseling specialist. As an avid educator, I have taught courses as an adjunct instructor at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota and currently develop and teach seminars and retreats. I supervise new therapists as an LMFT MN Board Approved Supervisor. Please contact me to begin some focused work together. I look forward to meeting you and will be honored to be a part of new growth and change.
Jen Labanowski, LMFT
My degrees include a Master of Science in Marriage & Family Therapy from Kansas State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Minnesota. I feel both fortunate and proud to have attended such strong training programs and to have worked with so many individuals influential in their fields. My early clinical experiences included in-home therapy with military families as well as children and adolescents in the foster care system. I received specialized training in Theraplay, a clinical model of child and family therapy designed to build healthy attachment, engagement and self-esteem. I was also fortunate enough to have the experiences of being published in the Journal of Family Issues and Archives of Sexual Behavior and serve as an ad hoc journal reviewer for Sexuality and Culture. Additionally, I served on the founding board for the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood. I believe in a therapeutic environment where you're given the opportunity to set your own goals. We’ll work together to create real and lasting change in your life. I don’t believe that therapy has to be a long-term commitment and my clients often see significant results in a short amount of time. Together, we’ll figure out what you need and how we can make it happen.