Stephen Huebschwerlen

Stephen Huebschwerlen provides treatment for a broad array of mental and behavioral health concerns, including depression, anxiety, stress management, grief and loss, parent-child conflict, marital issues, addictions, trauma and abuse, and other relational and life-change challenges. He aims to partner with people to help them clarify and strengthen the personal values, spiritual beliefs, and relational skills they already possess so they can address current difficulties.

A North Dakota native, he has spent the past 42 years working with children, youth, and adults in multiple professional roles and settings. His experience includes positions with Juvenile Court, public K-12 schools, long-term and therapeutic foster care programs, Youthworks (a full-spectrum youth and family services provider in Bismarck and Fargo), and St. Alexius Medical Center mental health programs, including Archway and the Partial Hospitalization Program. In those roles he provided child, adult, and family outpatient care through individual and group psychotherapy and frequently collaborated with a wide range of helping agencies in the community.

Stephen uses an eclectic set of therapeutic methods tailored to each person - common approaches include cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, solution-focused techniques, and strengths-based strategies among others. Much of his earlier work focused on children and adolescents within a whole-systems, person-in-environment framework; during the past 12 years his private practice has emphasized adult individual and relational issues. He works openly and collaboratively with clients to determine the best focus and methods for treatment.

He earned a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Denver in 1986 and has been licensed as an independent clinical social worker in North Dakota since 2003.