Charlotte McDonald, MSW, LICSW

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Main Street Family Services

400 Jackson Avenue NW, #101
Elk River, MN 55330

E: charlotte.mcdonald@mainstreetfamilyservices.org
P: 763-595-1420

Char earned her Masters in Social Work from the University of St. Thomas/St. Catherine University in 2011. She is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker by the MN Board of Social Work and has certificates in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health and Permanency and Adoption. Char has 14 years experience working within the child welfare system, and is well-versed in safety and support planning with families, infant and early childhood mental health, child development, foster care and adoption issues, and attachment. The majority of Char’s career has been spent working with children and adolescents in foster care, and their birth, foster, and adoptive parents with an array of presenting issues. Char uses a variety of therapeutic modalities in her practice while focusing on client and family strengths, including components of cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, narrative therapy, solution-focused therapy, psychodynamic theory, and mindfulness and relaxation.

Practice Area: None, Public or Tribal Child Welfare
Licensure: LICSW
Region: West Central
Population: Adults
Type of Therapy/Service: Attachment Based Family Therapy, Attachment Therapy, Child Abuse Prevention Programming, Circle of Security, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Consulting, Crisis Intervention/Stabilization, Family Therapy, Foster Care and Adoption Training, Mood Disorders, Narrative Therapy, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Parent Infant Psychotherapy, Post-Adoption Transition Support, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Trauma Based Therapy
Specialities: Adoption and Child Welfare History, Adoption Disruptions/Dissolutions, Assessment, Attachment Issues, Child Abuse, Consultation, County/Tribal Services, Education/School Issues/Truancy, Foster Care, Mood Disorders, Permanency **, Post Adoption Services, PTSD, Trauma, Trauma/Complex Trauma

* "Permanency services" includes reunification, guardianship, & kinship care.

** "Permanency" includes reunification, guardianship, & kinship care. "Neurodevelopmental issues" includes ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, &FASD.