Lisa Deslauriers
Lisa Deslauriers
MPS, LADC, Mental Health Therapist
Lisa Deslauriers is a master’s level mental health clinician and Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor. She completed her graduate training and bachelor’s degree in psychology at the University of Minnesota. Lisa also has extensive training working with addiction from her years of experience at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation.

Areas of Expertise
- Abandonment Issues
- Addiction
- Addiction Recovery Support
- ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
- Adolescents
- Adjustment Issues
- Affair Repair
- Aging
- Alzheimer's/Dementia
- Anger Management
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Anxiety
- Art Therapy
- Assertive Communication Skills
- Attachment Informed Therapy
- Attachment Issues
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Bereavement
- Betrayal Trauma
- Bi-Cultural Relationships
- Biology of Stress and Emotions
- Bi-Polar Disorder
- Blended Families
- Body Image
- Borderline Personality Disorders
- Boundaries
- Burnout and Chronic Stress
- Career Pressures and Stress
- Career Development
- Career Transitions
- Caregiver Pressures and Stress
- CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)
- Chemical Addiction
- Chronic Mental Health Concerns
- Chronic Pain
- Client Centered Care
- Codependency
- Collaborative Therapy
- College/Student Issues
- Communication Challenges
- Complex Mental Health Concerns
- Complex Trauma
- Compulsive Behaviors
- Conflict Resolution
- Co-Occurring Concerns
- Co-Parenting
- Coping Skills
- Couples Therapy
- Crisis Intervention
- Cross Addiction
- Cultural Issues
- Culturally Responsive Therapy
- Dating
- DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)
- Decision Making
- Depression
- Developmental Disabilities
- Discernment Counseling
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Drug Abuse
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional, Financial, Physical, Sexual Abuse
- Emotional Regulation Skills
- Evidenced Based Practices
- Familial Abuse
- Family Conflict/Family Therapy
- Family Systems
- Financial Stress
- Gender Identity
- Gender Dysphoria
- Goal Setting
- Guilt and Shame
- Grief and Loss
- Group Therapy
- Harm Reduction
- Healthcare workers/paramedics/firefighters
- High Conflict Couples
- Hoarding
- Identity Concerns
- Identity Exploration
- Immigration Trauma
- Individuals in Recovery
- Infidelity
- Insight Oriented Therapy
- Integrative Therapy
- Interpersonal Concerns
- Interpersonal Skills
- Intimacy Bonding
- LGBTQIA+
- Life Transitions
- Marital Issues
- Miscarriage
- Mood Disorders
- Motivation
- Mindfulness & Meditation
- Multicultural Populations
- Negative Behavior Patterns
- Neurobiology of Addiction
- OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
- Parenting Support and Guidance
- Patterns of Behavior
- Peer Relationships
- Personal Growth
- Person Centered Approach
- Personality Disorders
- Phobias
- Political Trauma
- Poly Substance Use
- Pregnancy/Post Partum
- Pre-Marital Counseling
- Process Oriented Therapy
- Professionals
- PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
- Recovery Oriented Care
- Relapse Prevention Therapy
- Relationship Dynamics
- Relationship Issues
- Relationship Repair
- Relational Trauma
- Reproductive Issues
- Resiliency
- Schizoaffective Disorders
- School Issues
- Self-Care Skills
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Exploration
- Self-Identity
- Self Injurious Behavior/Self Harm
- Self/Time Management
- Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
- Sex Addiction
- Sex and Love Addiction
- Sexual Trauma
- Social Anxiety
- Solution Focused Therapy
- Somatic Interventions
- Spirituality
- Strengths Based Therapy
- Stress Management
- Substance Induced Psychosis
- Substance Use Disorder
- Suicidal Ideation/Suicidal Attempts
- Terminal Illness
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trauma Informed Care
- Women’s and Men’s Issues
- Workplace Trauma
- Young Adults
More About Lisa
Lisa is intuitive, warm, transparent, creative, engaging, and authentic. She is process oriented seeking to unearth patterns, and origins of behavior. Lisa balances exploration of behavior with a solution focused approach.
Lisa has been working in the mental health field since 2011. She has worked in a wide variety of settings with diverse populations. She has had the privilege of working with thousands of individuals and has a passion for client care.
Lisa most recently worked for an organization which is internationally recognized for their work with addiction. In addition to her work with mental health, Lisa has worked extensively with individuals experiencing addictions.
Please feel welcome to contact me at: lisa@mn-ccc.com
I see clients at our Edina, Maple Grove office both in person and virtually.
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What Our Clients Are Saying
“We really appreciated your Sex Therapy approach. We felt safe and comfortable with you, which allowed us to open up not only in therapy but at home as well. ”
Thomas and Colette
“We have tried numerous marriage counselor and we are so happy we found you. We feel you really get our situation. We feel we are finally making progress in ...”
Jeanine and John
“We really appreciated the practical and tangible tools to help us communicate and work through areas and confusing situations. We appreciated the gentleness ...”
Marian and Jim
"We would highly recommend MN Counseling and Couples Center. We saw real results. We were given things to work on from week to week to help us ...
Todd and Jill

