Patrice Wolters

Dr. Patrice Wolters graduated from the University of Minnesota with a B.A. and M.A. in psychology and later received her Ph.D. from the University of Oregon. As a licensed psychologist, she has worked with hundreds of adolescents and adults. Dr. Wolters has been in private practice for over 22 years and specializes in relationship therapy, child and adolescent therapy, and the diagnosis and treatment of bipolar II and atypical bipolar conditions among teens and young adults.

Born in Minnesota, Dr. Wolters has worked extensively with young people. She taught preschool at the Martin Luther King Center in St. Paul, worked as a consultant to several Head Start centers and, for over 10 years, was a consulting psychologist to residential treatment centers for court-ordered teenage boys. Dr. Wolters worked for Stanford University in 2000 and developed a program for teen mothers and their infants. Her experience as a team psychologist to football players, and as a salsa dance teacher to teens, adds to her ability to bond with young people.

Dr. Wolters has been working with couples for 15 years, while actively working with masters in her field, and has completed advanced training in couples therapy. She uses an active, goal-oriented approach in teaching her unique model of change. Dr. Wolters enjoys helping couples and partners develop effective communication, conflict resolution and intimacy skills to create an amazing life and exceptional relationships. With her extensive experience working with children, she particularly enjoys helping couples to team-parent successfully. Dr. Wolters provides individual therapy within the couple context and enjoys providing family therapy.

Additionally, Dr. Wolters taught educational psychology at the University of Minnesota and child development at the University of Oregon. She has presented radio programs on depression and the holiday blues. She also writes mental health song lyrics, and completed songs will be available on her blog starting in October 2011.

Dr. Wolters' registered trademark "Go from a Maze to Amazing" represents her model of therapy, which is based in the emerging area of positive psychology. She uses a combination of cognitive behavior therapy, family systems, the Bader-Pearson development model of change, transactional analysis and gestalt therapy, and she has had training in dream interpretation. Dr. Wolters is currently a member of the Mid Coast Psychological Association.