Therapy for healthcare workers, caregivers, and career-oriented women in Minnesota and Oregon
Rootwise Mental Wellness provides practical, evidence-based therapy for adults navigating stress, burnout, anxiety, trauma, caregiving, medical uncertainty, and emotionally demanding roles.
I’m Leah Challberg, LICSW in Minnesota and LCSW in Oregon. I provide telehealth therapy in Minnesota and Oregon, with Walk & Talk therapy available in the Twin Cities.
You may be in the right place if...
You feel burned out, but rest or time off has not fully helped.
You feel more numb, detached, irritable, or overwhelmed than you want to be.
You are used to being the responsible one, and it is starting to catch up with you.
You overthink decisions, interactions, symptoms, or worst-case scenarios.
You are carrying stress from work, caregiving, health concerns, or long-term responsibility.
You want therapy that is practical and meaningful, not vague or overly simplistic.
These patterns make sense. They are not random, and they do not have to be permanent.
When stress becomes a pattern
Long-term stress, caregiving, trauma exposure, medical uncertainty, and emotionally demanding work can shape how your brain and body respond to everyday life.
Patterns that once helped you function may start to feel limiting. You might notice yourself shutting down, overthinking, avoiding hard conversations, feeling responsible for things outside your control, or struggling to reconnect with what matters to you.
Therapy can help you understand these patterns with more clarity and compassion, then practice new ways of responding that are more aligned with your values, needs, and real-life constraints.
How therapy can help
Understand patterns
We can identify the thoughts, emotions, body responses, urges, and behaviors that tend to show up when stress, anxiety, trauma, or responsibility gets activated.
Build practical skills
We can work on skills for grounding, emotional regulation, cognitive flexibility, boundaries, communication, self-compassion, and values-based action.
Make meaningful changes
Over time, therapy can help you respond differently to familiar stressors, reduce avoidance, and make decisions that are more connected to your needs and values.
Who I work well with
I work with adults who are carrying long-term responsibility, high expectations, or emotionally demanding roles. You do not need to fit perfectly into one category to reach out.
Healthcare workers
Therapy for nurses, medical social workers, therapists, physicians, allied health professionals, and others navigating burnout, moral stress, trauma exposure, emotional exhaustion, or disconnection from work.
Caregivers
Therapy for adults caring for children, partners, parents, loved ones, or people with complex medical, developmental, cognitive, or mental health needs.
Career-oriented women
Therapy for women who are capable and driven, but feel stuck in patterns of over-responsibility, perfectionism, self-doubt, or disconnection from their own needs.
My Approach
My approach is relational, practical, and evidence-based. I pay attention to the patterns that show up in your thoughts, emotions, body responses, relationships, work, and daily choices.
The goal is not to force a quick fix or reduce your experience to a worksheet. The goal is to help you understand what is happening, build useful skills, process what needs attention, and practice change in a way that fits your real life.
Depending on your needs, therapy may include approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), EMDR, Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills, Prolonged Exposure, and trauma-informed therapy.
Therapy with me is often helpful for people who want:
Clear language for what they are experiencing
Practical skills they can use outside of session
A therapist who can be warm, direct, thoughtful, and collaborative
Space to process stress, trauma, grief, responsibility, and change
Support that respects both emotional depth and real-world constraints
Therapy logistics
Provider: Leah Challberg, LICSW in Minnesota and LCSW in Oregon
Who I work with: Adults in Minnesota and Oregon
Format: Telehealth therapy in Minnesota and Oregon
Walk & Talk therapy: Available for clients in the Twin Cities
Session fee: $180 per session
Insurance accepted: Aetna, United, PacificSource
Consultation: Free 15-minute discovery call
Location requirement: You must be physically located in Minnesota or Oregon at the time of session
If I don’t take your insurance: If I don’t take your insurance, you may still be able to receive partial reimbursement for therapy using your out-of-network benefits. You can check your eligibility and learn more below:
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Who are you?
I am Leah Challberg, a licensed clinical social worker who provides individual therapy for adults in Minnesota and Oregon. My approach is about resourcing and reprocessing. Through resourcing, I collaborate with people to build on their existing strengths and create new ones that can help them navigate anxiety, stress, grief, trauma, and life changes. And sometimes we will need to do reprocessing, a structured and gentle way of looking at past experiences to help our brain feel less stuck.
You can learn more:
What are your specialities?
Trauma and anxiety
Stress, chronic stress, and burnout
Health and caregiver-related issues
Healthcare/medical stress and trauma
ADHD and executive function skills
Learn more here
Who do you work with?
Healthcare workers
Caregivers of all kinds
Career-oriented women
Adults impacted by trauma, loss, and grief
Individuals who used to “get by” but it’s no longer working
People who are spiritual or religious
D&D players
Clients who are open to between session practice
Free 15-Minute Discovery Call: A brief consultation to determine whether working together is a good fit.
Individual Therapy (Telehealth): Online therapy sessions for adults located in Minnesota or Oregon.
Walk & Talk Therapy – Minneapolis / St. Paul: Outdoor therapy sessions available for clients located in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota).
What services do you offer?
Where are you located?
I am licensed to provide therapy to clients physically located in Minnesota or Oregon at the time of the session.
Because therapy licensing laws are state-specific, sessions cannot occur if you are physically located outside Minnesota or Oregon, even if you normally reside in one of those states. If you travel out of state, we can resume sessions once you return to MN or OR.
When are you available?
I currently work full-time as a therapist with Lyra Health. If your employer provides Lyra as an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) benefit, you may be able to work with me using those sessions.
Sessions through Rootwise Mental Wellness are currently available during the following times:
Sundays: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM CST
Mondays & Tuesdays: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CST
Wednesdays: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM CST
Do you provide crisis services?
I do not provide 24-hour crisis or emergency mental health services. If you are experiencing an immediate mental health crisis, I will help you access appropriate crisis resources for support.
The type of therapy I offer is called “outpatient therapy” and it works best when people are generally stable between sessions. For most people, this means they are able to keep themselves safe, manage difficult emotions with some support, and continue daily life activities between appointments.
And, sometimes people go through periods where distress becomes more intense or frequent and they need more immediate or ongoing support than weekly therapy can provide.
In those situations, we’ll talk together about whether a higher level of care, such as more intensive services or a different treatment setting, would be more helpful for a period of time. Depending on the situation, that might mean transitioning care to another provider or program, or pausing our work until things have stabilized enough for outpatient therapy to be helpful again.