Lindsey Martinson

Lindsey works primarily with adults and adolescents who are navigating anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, life transitions, self-esteem and identity concerns, and the many changes that can come with adulthood, relationships, pregnancy, postpartum, and motherhood. She is especially passionate about working with women who are seeking greater confidence, self-understanding, and empowerment in their lives. Lindsey also provides LGBTQ+ affirming care and welcomes open, judgment-free conversations about sexuality, sexual identity, intimacy, communication, pleasure, and relationships.

Lindsey has been providing mental health services since 2016 and brings nearly a decade of experience to her work. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin-Superior in 2013 and went on to earn her Master of Science in Education in Clinical Mental Health. Throughout her career, Lindsey has worked with children, adolescents, and adults in a variety of mental health settings. She has extensive experience supporting adolescents with self-esteem, emotional regulation, finding balance, developing healthy coping skills, and improving communication within their families.

Lindsey’s approach to therapy is grounded in attachment theory and relational psychotherapy. Influenced by the work of John Bowlby, Sue Johnson and Emotionally Focused Therapy and John Gottman, she believes that our earliest relationships and attachment experiences can have a profound impact on the ways we understand ourselves, navigate relationships, communicate, and respond to emotional experiences as adults. Lindsey has completed continuing education in Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) and incorporates attachment-based and relational interventions into her work.

While attachment and relationships provide the foundation for her work, Lindsey draws from a variety of therapeutic approaches based on each client’s individual needs. She incorporates Person-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), strengths-based interventions, and other evidence-informed techniques to create an approach that feels collaborative and individualized. Lindsey believes therapy should never be a one-size-fits-all process; instead, she works with clients to find strategies that fit their personality, experiences, goals, and lives.

Lindsey also has specialized training and experience working with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), including Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) interventions. While OCD is not the primary focus of her current practice, she continues to incorporate exposure-based interventions when appropriate.

At the heart of Lindsey’s work is the belief that people make sense. She recognizes that many of the thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and relationship patterns that bring people to therapy developed for a reason. Rather than viewing clients as broken or something that needs to be fixed, Lindsey approaches therapy with curiosity and compassion, helping clients understand where their patterns come from while creating new and healthier ways of relating to themselves and others.

Lindsey strives to create a therapeutic environment that is warm, genuine, and accepting. She takes her clients’ experiences seriously while also believing that therapy does not always have to feel heavy. Humor, playfulness, and authenticity are welcome in her sessions, and clients often describe Lindsey as approachable, energetic, and easy to talk to. She believes there is room in therapy for difficult conversations, meaningful insight, laughter, tears, and the occasional bit of well-timed sarcasm.

Ultimately, Lindsey sees her role as walking alongside her clients as they develop a deeper understanding of themselves and move toward more fulfilling, authentic, and connected lives. She believes clients do not need to have everything figured out before beginning therapy—and they do not have to figure it out alone.

Lindsey offers both in-person and online counseling services.

In addition to private pay, Lindsey currently accepts the following insurance companies:

• Aetna
• Allied Benefit Systems
• Allied Cigna
• Aspirus Health Plan
• Benefit Plan Administrators Co
• BIND Surest
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Blue Plus
• Cigna
• Duluth Building Trades
• Edison Health Solutions
• Ever North Behavioral Health
• Federal Employee Program
• Fond Du Lac Tribal Support
• Gravie Administrative Services
• Group Health Cooperative of Eau Claire
• Health EZ
• Health Partners
• Humana
• IMCare
• League of Minnesota Cities
• MEDICA
• Medicare
• Medical Assistance – Minnesota Medicaid
• Operating Engineers Local #49
• Optum
• PersonifyHealth
• Security Health
• SFM
• State Employee Insurance
• TriWest
• UCare
• UMR
• United Health Care

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