Coltan J. Schoenike, MS, LMFT (WI), LAMFT (MN)
(They/Them)
💚 Currently accepting relational clients
🗺️ Wisconsin & Minnesota
💻 In-person (Menomonie Office) & Telehealth
📅 Monday-Thursday Mornings & Afternoons
🎂 Ages 16 and up (some younger clients on a case-by-case basis)
✉️ coltan@edgeswellness.com
☎️ 601.732.9560
🎓 M.S. Marriage and Family Therapy & Sex Therapy Graduate Certificate, University of Wisconsin-Stout
🎓 PhD Couple & Family Therapy Student, Antioch University
I am a training marriage and family therapist and licensed associate marriage and family therapist for Wisconsin and Minnesota, respectively, and have completed my Master's Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and Graduate Certificate in Sex Therapy from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. I'm so excited to have joined Edges Wellness and am beyond thrilled to work alongside the many fabulous clinicians here! I entered this field because I felt, and continue to believe, that everything in our lives is connected and intertwined, with our experiences shaping us for better or worse. Humans are relational beings, and our connection to others, whether it is our families, friends, lovers, coworkers, and the like, continues to have impact on our lives until the end of our days. I think everyone can benefit from therapy, and as a therapist, I look forward to our relationship as one that can have a positive, beneficial impact on your life. In our work together, I believe you can expect a warm, affirming space where you feel respected, heard, and understood.
As a queer, transgender, and nonbinary person, I've come to appreciate the beautiful diversity of human experience. Taking that appreciation into my therapy work, I value the wide breadth of tools and strategies at our disposal that will allow our approaches to be custom-tailored to the needs of the client I'm working with. My personal approach as a therapist is informed by solution-focused therapy, narrative therapy, internal family systems, and feminist therapy. In addition, I feel that my background and experience in advocacy and social justice work also heavily influenced who I am as a therapist. At the end of the day, I hope that if my work were to be described in one word, it would be "affirming." On the note of affirming, my training as well as my experiences as a queer and transgender person have given me a special interest in working with clients who identify as LGBTQIA+, are questioning their gender or sexual orientation, or are practicing (or looking to practice) polyamory or kink in their relationships.
As I continue to train and work toward becoming a licensed marriage and family therapist, I am beyond fortunate to have my work at Edges Wellness Center, LLC be under the supervision of Alex Iantaffi.