Riverside Counseling in Brainerd offers personalized, science-informed therapy that blends somatic healing, neuroscience, and strength-based approaches to support lasting emotional transformation. Access care online anywhere in Minnesota or in person at Rivers Counseling's Brainerd office. We contract with Soul Work in the Twin Cities to maintain high quality therapy focus on you!
Visit Riverside Counseling in Brainerd Minnesota
Located at the Wildwoods Office Center 517 NW 4th St, Brainerd - near Walgreens, the Civic Center and the DMV. Please park in the lower level lot and enter the lobby next to the U.S. Army Recruiters. If the Riverside door is open - please come in!
Trusted Therapy in Brainerd Baxter & Online in Minnesota
I believe in creating meaningful therapy experiences for my clients - that are grounded, collaborative, and genuinely connected to your goals.
In our work together, you are invited to bring your worries, doubts, insecurities, frustrations, sadness, and the areas of your life you want to change or improve. We begin by gathering important background information, including medical history, family history, and current life context. I will also ask about your belief systems and specific symptoms to better understand your experience. This initial phase is called the Diagnostic Assessment.
Therapy typically begins to take shape after the first one to three sessions, once we’ve established a clear understanding of what brings you in. You set the pace from the beginning, and your comfort and readiness guide the process.
You are also an active participant in creating your individualized treatment plan. Therapy is centered on what you want to gain from the process. My role is to help you move toward those goals in a focused, efficient, and meaningful way—without therapy becoming unnecessarily prolonged.
Below are some common ways therapy may be approached. You can also learn more about my therapeutic styles on the Specialties page.
Anna Bankey, MSW | Clinical Mental Health Therapist
Owner of Riverside Counseling | Brainerd MN 56401
218.450.8400 Text is Better Than Calling
Boost Self-Esteem
Self-esteem counseling at Riverside Counseling helps you build a healthier sense of self-worth, confidence, and emotional resilience. Together, we work to identify negative self-talk, strengthen self-compassion, and improve how you relate to yourself and others.
Personal growth counseling supports you in understanding your strengths and challenges, setting meaningful goals, and developing practical strategies to reach your full potential and live a more fulfilling life.
Overcome Anxiety & Depression
Depression and anxiety counseling can help you better understand your thoughts, emotions and patterns while building skills to manage symptoms and improve daily functioning. Riverside Counseling provides compassionate support to help you reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety, strengthen emotional regulation and restore a greater sense of balance, stability and meaning in your life.
Manage Stress Effectively
Stress management counseling services can help you identify and manage stress in healthy ways. Riverside Counseling provides guidance and support to help you develop coping skills, reduce stress and anxiety, and improve your overall well-being.