Stephanie Knudsen.
Practice
Hope Reins LLC
Hope Reins Christian Counseling Center
36097 COUNTY 5 BLVD
LAKE CITY, MN 55041
United States
(651) 217-8510
Email: [email protected]
Website: hopereinschristiancounseling.com
Stephanie is the passionate founder of Hope Reins Christian Counseling Center in Lake City, MN. She offers Christian counseling through both traditional office therapy and equine-assisted sessions, where live horses serve as partners in the healing process.
A Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in Minnesota, Stephanie earned her bachelor’s degree from Bethany Lutheran College and her master’s from Winona State University. She holds certifications in equine assisted psychotherapy through the EAGALA Network (2022) and the O.K. Corral (2024).
Stephanie walks alongside children, teens, and adults facing challenges such as anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, family changes, and more. Grounded in her faith, she provides gospel-driven, Bible-based care to foster hope, healing, and growth through every season of life.
—Stephanie
Areas of Specialty & Certifications
Specializes in equine assisted psychotherapy.
Commonly Provided Services
- Adolescent therapy
- Bible based/Christ centered counseling
- Care-giver burnout
- Child therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Dealing with crisis
- Death and dying
- Divorce adjustment
- Evaluation for clinical depression/anxiety disorders
- Extended family issues
- Faith related questions/Doubts impacting mental health
- Family of origin issues
- Gender Issues
- Grief/Loss
- Identity/Self-image issues
- LBGTQ+
- Learning challenges and ADD/ADHD
- Obsessive compulsive disorder
- Obsessive compulsive personality
- Play therapy
- Parenting
- PTSD
- Rape/Sexual assault
- School adjustment
- Social phobia
- Social skills training
- Stress reduction/Management
- Terminal illness
- Transition/Change issues
Church Affiliations
WELS— St. John Lutheran Church, Lake City, MN
Degrees & Credentials
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC)
Masters – Community Counseling and School Counseling
Bachelors – Communication; Minor – Psychology
Places of study:
Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato MN
Winona State University, Winona, MN
Professional Associations
- American Association of Christian Counselors
- WELS / ELS Network of Christian Therapists
References Available
Nathan Cordes, Onalaska, WI
