Andi Wheeler, MS, LPCC

Hi there, and welcome to Becoming Balanced. My goal as a therapist is to help you learn how to hold space for emotional pain so that you can navigate it with more ease, rather than avoiding it. A transformation can happen when there is awareness, acceptance, compassion, & useful action towards a life that is aligned with values.

I am especially passionate about offering grief support to bereaved individuals. I am certified in Compassionate Bereavement Care, which is a mindfulness-based, non-medicalized approach to traumatic grief. Traumatic grief is defined as loss of a child at any age by any cause, and loss by suicide, homicide, prolonged illness, or other violent and catastrophic means. If you have experienced the loss of someone you love, I am so deeply sorry. Please know that there is space for you here to navigate grief at your own pace with compassionate support.

My therapeutic approach aims to be relational, mindfulness based, trauma-informed, compassionate, & culturally considerate. I believe in an integrative & holistic approach using a variety of modalities. I have practiced and studied mindfulness and meditation for over 10 years. I love to incorporate these practices into the work that I do! My licensures include Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in North Dakota & Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Minnesota. I have been practicing since 2015 and earned both of my degrees at NDSU, a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.

Outside of work I spend a lot of time with my rescue pup, Blue. I like to say, “who rescued who?” because he is so adored 😊 I also love music, concerts, being in nature, meditation. yoga, cooking, and painting.