About Crystal Vilen
Clientele seen
Children (<13)
Adults (25-64)
Teenagers (13-17)
Seniors (65+)
Young adults (18-24)
Individuals
Identity
Gender
FemaleLanguages spoken
English
Getting to know Crystal Vilen
Feeling ready to move past the trouble managing overwhelming symptoms stemming from past trauma including ongoing intense emotional dysregulation, unhealthy coping, relationships struggle, and severe negative self-beliefs. These struggles are impacting your career, social life, and overall functioning in daily life and not sure what to do while feeling a desire for healing? Together, we will explore your specific issues, needs and goals in a safe, non-judgmental space, helping explore and understand you may have developed ways of coping that once served you but are now causing distress and how past events may impact your present.
As a clinical therapist Crystal is currently working with children, adults, seniors and families of all ages. Her goal is to provide a warm welcoming safe space that strives to create a calm comforting non judgmental environment to explore difficult emotions from experiences, life events, transitions, communication challenges, relationship challenges and much more. Supporting individuals with anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, personality disorders, life transitions, grief & loss, ADHD, and Autism. Crystal values courage, self determination, curiosity, self reflection, helping others reflect upon their inner selves, creativity, diversity, and a sense of humor.
Establishing a sense of safety and rapport, developing sustainable calming, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance using a combination of mindfulness, grounding techniques and psychoeducation. Challenge the negative self-narratives by changing negative self-beliefs rooted in past trauma. Separate identity from experiences while fostering resilience.
What should a new client know about working with you?
Crystal’s style includes person centered, strength based and a whole person approach exploring current struggles or symptoms along with exploring the originating source of the issue of concern in a gentle safe environment. Crystal incorporates play therapy, self care, mindfulness, grounding, exploring negative beliefs and cognitions, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and talk therapy while instilling hope into sessions. Crystal aims to hold space for the whole person to build resilience and strength, promote healing, teach resourcefulness, and find clarity to reach your personal goals. Crystal offers a calm, collaborative and gentle but direct approach. She is always expanding on her knowledge and values new approaches and modalities of therapy to advantage her clients in new developments in mental health care, multiple options of treatment and self improvement. Crystal believes that therapy should be tailored to each individual's needs as each person is unique and should be valued as such.
In her spare time enjoys playing with her dogs, hiking, swimming, grilling, cooking, reading, gardening, exploring new nature sites, and listening to music (with a little singing and dancing to the music at times).
What is your typical process for working with clients?
Establishing a sense of safety and rapport, developing sustainable calming, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance using a combination of mindfulness, grounding techniques and psychoeducation. Challenge the negative self-narratives by changing negative self-beliefs rooted in past trauma. Separate identity from experiences while fostering resilience. Building positive connections and relationships while healing from past experiences. Psychoeducation, through videos, reading, and worksheets may be implemented. Exploring what makes you who you are and identifying the variety of puzzle pieces that when they come to gather to make the whole you. Learning how thoughts/beliefs, emotions and behaviors/actions are all interconnected and how we can learn to change the outcome.
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Office location
Crystal Vilen, LICSW also offers online video visits for patients
Education and background
Practice names
Education and training
- University of Kentucky, Master's in Social Work
NPI number
1982494449
How soon can I make an appointment with Crystal Vilen?
Generally, Crystal Vilen has appointments available on Zocdoc within 1 week. You can see Crystal Vilen's earliest availability on Zocdoc and make an appointment online.
Is Crystal Vilen accepting new patients?
Crystal Vilen generally accepts new patients on Zocdoc. You can see Crystal Vilen's earliest availability on Zocdoc and schedule an appointment online.
Does Crystal Vilen accept my insurance?
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Can I make an appointment with Crystal Vilen online?
Yes, you can make an appointment online with Crystal Vilen using Zocdoc. It’s simple, secure, and free.
What practice does Crystal Vilen work with?
Crystal Vilen works with Calm Haven LLC.
Where is Crystal Vilen's office located?
Crystal Vilen has 2 office locations, including in Hitterdal and White Bear Lake, view full addresses on Crystal Vilen's profile.
What are common reasons for patients to see Crystal Vilen?
Crystal Vilen frequently sees patients for New Patient Visit, Pain Management Consultation, Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy Intake / Initial Visit, and Sleep Problems. You can see other visit reasons for Crystal Vilen on their profile.
What languages does Crystal Vilen speak?
Crystal Vilen speaks English.