Luke Borkenhagen, LICSW

Therapist in Minnesota

Luke Borkenhagen is a licensed independent clinical social worker in Minnesota with five years of practice.

Licensed inMinnesota
License28986
NPI 1114732104
Experience5+ years
LanguagesEnglish

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About Luke

Luke Borkenhagen is a licensed independent clinical social worker in Minnesota with five years of practice. He works with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma, anger, and low self-esteem. Luke meets clients where they are and focuses on practical steps forward rather than jargon.

He approaches therapy as a partnership. Sessions involve listening, asking questions, and offering new ways to try things outside your usual comfort zone. He draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape present patterns.

Background and approach

Luke also uses acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive behavioral tools to help clients notice thoughts and choose values-driven action. He incorporates client-centered principles so people set the pace and goals. Jungian ideas and parts work are sometimes used to explore inner conflicts and recurring themes.

People who contact Luke often want help with relationship difficulties, family stress, compassion fatigue, or major life changes like separation or caregiving strain. He also supports those facing issues related to addiction, dissociation, grief, sexuality and kink practices, and challenges tied to neurodiversity or intellectual disability. Sessions are offered in English and run through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.

Costs vary with location and a subscription model is used that can be canceled at any time. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.

Credentials

LICSW (Minnesota): License 28986 · expires February 2026
NPI: 1114732104 · national provider identifier

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Focus areas and approaches

Everything Luke lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Anger management
Self esteem
Coping with life changes
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Intimacy-related issues
Compassion fatigue
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Drug and alcohol addiction
Emptiness
Family problems
Guilt and shame
Infidelity
Intellectual disability
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Phobias
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Sexuality
Smoking / vaping cessation
Social anxiety and phobia
Young adult issues

Approaches Luke names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds shape current relationship patterns and emotional reactions. This helps people who struggle with trust, closeness, or repeated conflict understand why they react the way they do and try new approaches to relating.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and choosing actions that match personal values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and moving through life changes toward goals.

Client-centered therapy centers the person's experience and pace, giving space for self-directed exploration and deciding what matters most. Combined with the other approaches, it helps clients guide the work and set short-term goals.

Finding the right combination of methods is part of the process. The therapist will discuss your needs, values, and preferences and together you will decide which approaches to emphasize. That collaborative planning helps shape sessions so they match what you want to accomplish.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is good for face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when internet is limited, live chat and messaging support quick check-ins or shorter work between sessions. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into busy lives and to maintain momentum between meetings.

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Frequently asked

What concerns does Luke commonly address?

He helps people with stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, trauma and abuse, relationship and family strain, intimacy-related issues, and compassion fatigue.

What is Luke's therapeutic style like?

His style is collaborative and down-to-earth. He listens, offers new perspectives, and supports practical experiments between sessions.

What kind of background does he bring to sessions?

Luke has five years of professional experience as a licensed social worker and uses a mix of attachment-based, ACT, CBT, client-centered, and Jungian ideas.

Where is Luke licensed and practicing?

He holds a Minnesota LICSW and practices with clients located in Minnesota.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Luke meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How does payment and cost work?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with Luke?

Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on the therapist's availability.

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