Randi Thiel
BS, LADC

​Before Healing Grace I worked with adolescents with mental health & special education needs. I also worked as a substitute teacher for the Minnesota Autism Center, Northern Pines Mental Health Center, and St. Cloud Area School District.

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My passion at its core is to help guide people to achieve health and well-being in the physical, mental, and emotional realms. My goal in whatever I do is to meet people where they are with compassion & direction. Judgment free. I have always had a heart for Veterans as I come from a large military family and have been a soldier in the United States Army myself. It is a great honor to walk beside these men & women through the good, bad, and the ugly and advocate on their behalf any chance I am afforded to do so.

 

As an LADC, I am a firm believer that true healing is raw, messy, and rewarding, often simultaneously. I feel that working in a reality-based program, dealing with life on life’s terms as they happen in programming, helps prepare clients for life outside of a structured environment. In addition to the reality-based approach I am a big proponent of Motivational Interviewing. In short, Motivational Interviewing involves using open-ended questions combined with empathy, compassion, and active listening to get the client to realize what their priorities and strengths are to create inner motivation for change.  I aspire one day to become a Treatment Center Director, and maybe an owner of a little bed and breakfast where recovery retreats can be held.

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Degrees & Certificates:

• Chemical Dependency Certificate | Ridgewater College | Willmar, MN (2021)

• Bachelor of Science Degree Community Psychology | SCSU | MN (2012)

• Associate of Applied Science Degree Child & Adult Care & Education | SCTCC | MN 

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I also hold the following internships:

• 2005: Centracare’s Clara’s House | Saint Cloud, MN

• 2011: American Red Cross | Saint Cloud, MN

• 2021: Minnesota Department of Corrections | Saint Cloud, MN