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To connect to care, call 612-871-1454 or message our team using this form.

If you or a loved one are in immediate physical danger, call 911. If you or a loved one are experiencing a mental health crisis, call 988.

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The road may be rocky, but you are not alone.

Every year, Washburn Center provides healing mental health care to over 3,800 kids and teens and supports over 11,600 family members.

Whether you have an infant or a teen in your life, compassionate and expert services are available to help your family regain stability, and help your child thrive.

Family Resources

How do I know if my child or teen needs help?

Does your child experience:

– Challenges with sleeping, nightmares or a hard time falling asleep?
– Worries that make it hard to play, learn or follow directions?
– Frequent feelings of anger, irritability or rage?

If you answered “yes” to any of the above, or see your child struggling emotionally or behaviorally, your family may need support.

Call 612-871-1454 today or message our team and begin healing.

How does therapy help kids heal and grow?

Ten-year-old Phoebe can now put the future in perspective and manage through the worries of today using the techniques she learned from her Washburn Center therapist. That wasn’t always the case as severe anxiety created difficult days and often affected her ability to sleep and find peace even in the safety of her own room.

With the help of her therapist, Phoebe named her worry – Whirligig – because it made her feel like the world was whirling out of control. She was feeling life was turning upside down.

Her Washburn Center therapist helped tap into her resiliency and inherent strengths to help balance the fear and anxiety. Now, she sleeps and dreams with ease – and she’s even looking forward to her next encounter with therapy. After saying goodbye to her therapist she said, “I’ll see you again when I’m a teenager. I’ve heard that’s a really tough time. I’m probably going to need a therapist to get through that.”

For more stories of hope

We believe it seeds hope when you get insight from what other families have endured and how they’ve healed with Washburn.

More Stories of Hope

“I’ll see you again when I’m a teenager. I’ve heard that’s a really tough time. I’m probably going to need a therapist to get through that.”