While everyone’s healing journey looks a little different, our specialized work is designed to help you build lasting internal safety and self-trust. Clients who engage in this process typically experience a dramatic drop in chronic anxiety, relief from persistent guilt and modesty culture shame, and the confidence to set firm, healthy boundaries with family and former religious communities.

By utilizing evidence-based modalities like Existential, Person-Centered, EMDR and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), we reprocess underlying trauma memories and unhook you from fear-based conditioning. The goal isn't just to manage symptoms—it's to help you step out of survival mode, trust your own intuition, and build an authentic life on your own terms.

50-60 minutes

Weekly visits are recommended for consistent traction and progress towards your goals. At the start of therapy we will discuss estimated length of therapy given your concerns and goals

$155 per 50 minute session.

Note: As of January 1, 2022, per the “No Surprises” Act, this information is required to be posted on our website.

You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical and mental health care will cost.

Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the expected charges for medical services, including psychotherapy services.

You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency healthcare services, including psychotherapy services.

You can ask your health care provider, and any other provider you choose, for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule a service.

If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill. Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate.

For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises or call (800) 985-3059.

Mindful Counseling PLLC is an exclusively private-pay, out-of-network practice.

While I do not bill insurance companies directly, I can provide you with a monthly Superbill (an itemized receipt) to submit to your insurance provider for potential out-of-network reimbursement. Many clients also seamlessly utilize their pre-tax HSA or FSA cards to cover session costs.

Choosing a private-pay therapist offers several crucial benefits for individuals recovering from religious trauma and spiritual abuse:

• Complete Confidentiality & Autonomy: Insurance companies require a formal psychiatric diagnosis to justify payment, which becomes a permanent part of your medical record. They also hold the right to audit clinical records. Private pay keeps your therapy completely confidential, protected, and strictly between you and me.

• No Forced Pathologizing Labels: Experiencing anxiety, hypervigilance, or grief after leaving a high-control system is a normal, somatic response to spiritual abuse—not a clinical defect. Private pay allows us to focus entirely on healing, somatic regulation, and reclaiming your identity without needing to label or pathologize your experience to satisfy an insurance company.

• You Dictate Your Healing Process: Insurance companies frequently cap the number, frequency, or duration of sessions based on cost metrics. Working outside of their network means you and I decide the pace, focus, and length of your therapy—giving you total ownership over your care.

I work with adults, 18 and up

This is a brief phone call to chat and figure out if your concerns and goals for therapy are something I can help you with.

I will ask questions about:

-What brings you to therapy

-What you hope to be different as a result of working in therapy

-Previous experience with therapy

It’s a get to know each other conversation that will help us determine if working together will be a good fit. You are welcome to ask me any questions you might have as well.

Yes, I offer in-person sessions therapy sessions in White Bear Lake, Minnesota on Wednesday evenings with more availability to come.

Email me at benfraundorf@mindfulcounselingtherapy.com to schedule your free 15 minute phone consultation