About Us
Welcome to MindBalance Mental Health Care!
At MindBalance Mental Health Care in Minneapolis, we offer a safe and inclusive space for healing, self-discovery, and building resilience. Our diverse team of therapists offers culturally responsive, trauma-informed care that affirms your lived experience, intersecting identities, and way of being.
Founded by two passionate Minneapolis-based mental health professionals, MindBalance is committed to providing accessible, holistic mental health care for individuals across Minnesota. We are proud to be a practice that reflects and serves our community, centering BIPOC, 2SLGBTQIA+, immigrant, and neurodivergent voices.
Whether you’re seeking therapy or looking for a supportive workplace as a provider, we’re here to empower you and help transform mental health care into something more equitable, inclusive, and human.
Our Values
Resourced Mental Health Professionals
Exceptional mental health care thrives when mental health professionals are equipped with the resources to operate independently within a supportive community.
Everyone Deserves Dignity and Respect
We affirm the inherent right of every individual to be treated with dignity and respect.
Systemic Impact on Mental Well-being
Recognizing the undeniable impact of systemic oppression and discrimination on physical, mental, and emotional well-being, we acknowledge it as an incontrovertible fact.
Anti-Oppressive Framework
We are committed to ongoing self-examination and the challenging of our biases, power dynamics, and privilege. We pledge to actively make the necessary changes to operate within an anti-oppressive framework.
Meet Our Therapists
Our Minneapolis based team includes licensed and pre-licensed therapists, interns, and administrative staff each committed to providing anti-oppressive, holistic mental health care.
At MindBalance Mental Health Care, we prioritize a supportive, inclusive environment where everyone is respected and valued. We are proud to serve a diverse Minnesota community, including BIPOC, 2SLGBTQIA+, adoptees, immigrants, students, and neurodivergent individuals, with care that is affirming, culturally responsive, and community-centered.
Merlande Pierre
MSW, LGSW
she/her
Works with: Adults (individuals and couples) and adolescence (age 13-17)
Focus Areas: Substance abuse/ addiction, depression, anxiety, trauma, personality disorders, LGBTQ issues, eating disorders/body image issues, OCD, relationship issues, ADHD, self-esteem, grief (including fertility issues) sex and intimacy issues.
Therapist
TAKING NEW INDIVIDUALS
Alex Rhees
MSW, LGSW
he/him
Works with: Adults (individuals) and adolescence (age 13-17)
Focus Areas: Trauma, adoption, substance use, working with the Russian population, trained in Brainspotting
Therapist
TAKING NEW INDIVIDUALS
Julia Rodriguez
MSW, LGSW
she/her
Works with: Adults (individuals)
Focus Areas: Trauma, Borderline Personality Disorder, the neurodivergent experience, anxiety, and working with immigrant community, childhood/parenting trauma, and peer relationships, trained in Brainspotting.
Therapist
NOT TAKING NEW INDIVIDUALS
Merrily Young-Hye Sadlovsky
MSW, LICSW, LCSW
she/her
Co-Founder, Therapist, Interim co-director of Training and Clinical Supervision Program
NOT TAKING NEW INDIVIDUALS
Works with: Adults (individuals)
Focus Areas: Trauma, anxiety, disordered eating, body image concerns, OCD, relationships
Manal Hasan
she/her
Supervised Graduate-level Intern Trainee
TAKING STUDENTS FOR
PAUSE & CONNECT
Works with: Adults (individuals)
Focus Areas: Anxiety, conflict, communication concerns, self-doubt, stress-management, identity exploration, existential questions, balancing multiple identities
Meet Our Operations Team
Our Operations Team plays a crucial role in ensuring that our individuals seeking care experience an environment where they feel welcome and valued, and our therapists have the resources they need to provide exceptional mental health support
Merrily Young-Hye Sadlovsky
MSW, LICSW, LCSW
she/her
Co-Founder, Therapist, Interim co-director of Training and Clinical Supervision Program
Ana Zedginidze
LPCC
she/her
Co-founder, Co-interim Director of Training & Clinical Supervision
