Minami Ohta, MA, LPC, Certified EMDR Therapist

MINAMI OHTA, MA, LPC, CERTIFIED EMDR THERAPIST

Pronounced: "Mee-na-mee Oh-ta"
LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR

SPECIALTIES

Child Abuse & Adverse Childhood Experiences
Personality Disorders
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

CONTACT MINAMI
PRACTICE LOCATION: O'Fallon

Minami Ohta is a Licensed Professional Counselor. She obtained her first master's degree in Professional Counseling from Lindenwood University, where she graduated with honors in 2014. Then in 2019, she obtained her second master's degree in Special Education with Autism Spectrum Disorders with honors from the same university.

Minami has a great life mission that she wants to help clients heal and free themselves from their past traumas which would haunt and shackle them in the past, especially by utilizing EMDR trauma processing treatment. Minami feels joyful and rewarded when she sees clients break their generational trauma cycles and move forward with their lives by making the right and better life decisions and becoming new positive selves that they once dreamed of. She has treated over 1,000 clients with EMDR since she became licensed as an LPC in 2017.

Minami currently works both in Behavioral/Psychiatric department at a local hospital as well as Sandhill Counseling and Consultation. Prior to her current work, she has served a variety of populations including First Responders, Foster care, Homeless Youth/Shelter, Immigrants and Refugees, Inpatient Psychiatric, Seniors, Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders, and under-served clients who are in poverty and struggle with generational trauma cycles. Minami also has volunteered on Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota for two summers where she observed chronic community traumas passed down from generation to generation.

Minami is fluent in both English and Japanese. She is also comfortable working with clients in need of the aid of interpreters in other languages.

On a personal note, Minami is native Japanese and grew up in Japan until 22 years old. She has lived in United States for over 8 years as of March, 2020. She loves animals, especially her adopted puppy and kitty, enjoys cooking, trying new food, playing drums, dancing, traveling locally and abroad, exercising, reading, watching movies, and living her life to the fullest.

SERVICES

Adolescent Therapy
Individual Therapy

CONCERNS

Abuse & Neglect
Anxiety
Attachment Disorders
Bipolar Disorder
Complicated Grief
Depression
Disruptive Behavior Disorder
Dissociative Disorder
Family Issues
Grief & Loss
Mood Disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Phobias
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Race/Culture/Ethnicity Issues
Severe Trauma Including:
- Exploitation
- Molestation
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Rape
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Assault
Sleep Disorders
Social Anxiety Disorder
Somatic Issues
Stress Management

GET IN TOUCH WITH MINAMI
Email Minami: minami.ohta@sandhillcounseling.com
Call Minami: 636.379.1779 ext 1013