Dr. Kai Gunty
he/him
PhD, LPCC, LMFT
Owner, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, AAMFT Supervisor Candidate
Note that Dr. Kai is not currently taking long-term clients at this time. He is providing assessment and short-term consultation and crisis services (2-4 sessions).
The right support for children and families can bolster resilience and allow them to thrive no matter what challenge they face. I use a strengths-based approach to use what already works well for a child or within a family system as a foundation for further growth and development. I focus on somatic and neurologically based strategies grounded in attachment and an understanding of neuroplasticity and the brain's ability to change and heal. I also focus on creating actionable plans that enable families to be confident in their best next step. I find it extremely important to involve children in transparent and open ways at age-appropriate levels.
Education
MA, Psychology, University of Minnesota, 2010
PhD, Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, 2021
Training
Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (DC:0-5)
Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Sensorimotor Arousal Regulation Training (SMART) - trained in Foundations and Implementation
Anchored Relational Therapy / Adaptive Internal Relations Network (AIR Network)
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for specific phobias and OCD
Areas of Focus
Adoption and foster care
Anxiety, depression, and other mood and/or emotional and behavioral disorders
Attentional challenges (including attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder [ADHD])
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD), including ASD assessment/evaluation
Complex medical conditions Developmental delays
Diagnostic assessment for children birth to five
Donor-conceived children
Gender identity and gender expression
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Parenting Queer family building
School refusal and school support strategies
Toileting challenges (including encopresis and toileting refusal)
Trauma (including medical trauma)
Licensing
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) MN #3947
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) MN #4494
AAMFT Supervisor Candidate
Dr. Kai is in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield, HealthPartners, Cigna, UCare, UCare PMAP , and straight MA (MN). Please double check with your network to ensure coverage.
651-212-5127