Welcome to Woodbury
Meet some of our amazing practitioners, therapists, counselors, doctors, and staff of the Woodbury location of Resiliency & Health Institute
The Woodbury Office
700 Commerce Drive, Suite 255
Woodbury MN 55125
Open Monday – Friday
Each practitioner offers individual available times and options for on-site or virtual sessions. These options are noted in their profile introductions below.
Owners and Co-Directors
Sarah Fuerst, MA, LP (pictured right) and Kate Rickord, MA, LP (pictured left) are co-owners and co-directors. Both are dedicated to creating a healing space for those who want to build resilience and restore healthy functioning.
RHI prides itself on providing integrated mental health services through a trauma-informed perspective that focuses on supporting psychological and emotional safety for both clients and providers.
Our Vision
Building resilience and restoring well-being for individuals, families, and communities.
Shannon Crimmons,
Administrative Manager
Shannon has a Master’s in Rehabilitation Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Post Master’s in Marriage & Family Therapy from St. Mary’s, and is an LMFT.
Sarah Fuerst
MA, LP, Co-Director
telehealth and in-person services available –
see bio for more information
Areas of Interest/Specialty: Children, Adolescents, Young Adults, and their families, complex trauma, anxiety, depression, play therapy, animal-assisted therapy, person-centered therapy services
Kimberly Swinson-Stafford
PhD, LMFT
telehealth services only –
see bio for more information
Areas of Interest/Specialty: Grief/loss, anxiety, depression, inter-racial couples, trauma, therapy for therapists, pre-marital therapy, and life adjustments or transitions, clinical supervision
Rachel Surratt
MA
telehealth services only –
see bio for more information
Areas of Interest/Specialty: Anxiety, trauma, racial identity, grief and loss, life transitions, women’s issues
Jennifer Itskovich
MSW, LISCW
telehealth services only –
see bio for more information
Areas of Interest/Specialty: Women’s Issues, Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, Intellectual Disabilities, clinical supervision
Bianka Pineda
MA
telehealth and in-person services available –
see bio for more information
Areas of Interest/Specialty: working with children ages 6 to 21, anxiety (GAD and separation), school-related issues (refusal and academic performance), social skills, anger management, depression
Georgia Nesbitt
MA, LAMFT
telehealth services only –
see bio for more information
Areas of Interest/Specialty: older teens and adults, intuitive eating, couples therapy
Courtney Ketola
telehealth and in-person services available –
see bio for more information
Areas of Interest/Specialty: Children, adolescents, anxiety, depression, life transitions, stress reduction, relationships.
Sydney Craig
telehealth and in-person services available –
see bio for more information
Areas of Interest/Specialty: Children, adolescents, family, person-centered and emotion-focused therapy
Healing. In Their Own Words.
“Feelings are much like waves, we can’t stop them from coming but we can choose which ones to surf.”
– Jonatan Martensson
“The human heart has a way of making itself large again even after it’s been broken into a million pieces.”
– Robert James Waller
“Letting ourselves be forgiven is one of the most difficult healings we will undertake. And one of the most fruitful.”
– Stephen Levine
Let’s Connect
Locations in Golden Valley and Woodbury.
Services offered in-person and online.
SCHEDULE AN INTAKE
Call: 651-714-3848 Email: resiliency@resiliencyandhealth.org
Ongoing Client
Individual and Family Counseling
“It’s more than mental health – it’s emotional health and healing”