Newly Expanded Aris Clinic – Woodwinds Site Opens! All Services Consolidate to One Location
Monday, July 11, was an exciting day for Aris Clinic patients, families and staff. After much anticipation, we officially opened the new expansion (increasing our space by 50%) of Aris Clinic – Woodwinds, located at 2040 Woodwinds Drive, Woodbury.
Aris Clinic Celebrates a Decade
Our cup is overflowing with gratitude! It’s been a decade since Shalene Kennedy, M.D., launched Aris Clinic to address the severe shortage of pediatric mental healthcare providers. Since then, we’ve helped over 5,000 kids and teens, ages 5–18, on their way to mental health wellness. Shalene explained. “We started with the idea that we didn’t […]
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and a good time for Aris Clinic to remind families that suicide should never be a tabu topic. Talking about it does not “plant” ideas. But we know how good most teenagers (and tweens) are at keeping poker-face façades…
Aris Clinic Will Again Offer Its Intensive Outpatient Summer Therapy Program in 2021
The global pandemic may be waning but, understandably, it’s been a very hard year for kids, teens and families. The stress has intensified mental and behavioral issues, and Aris Clinic is seeing the effects. To help meet the growing need for early (or earlier) intervention, Aris Clinic will again offer its nature-based Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) beginning Monday, June 14.
Star Tribune Article Says Kids’ Mental Health at ‘Boiling Over’ Point
After a very difficult year, we’re finally moving past COVID. But the psychological impact on kids and teens has reached a boiling over point, according to a new article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Aris Clinic is seeing the surge.
Hurray, Hurray the Month of May … is Mental Health Awareness Month
At Aris Clinic, we love springtime, and especially May when we celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month. But we know kids, teens and families are hurting from the psychological effects of COVID. We’re seeing that intensity in our clinic, and we can’t stress enough the importance of early intervention to prevent mental and behavioral issues from becoming debilitating.
Aris Clinic Launches 2020 Intensive Outdoor Summer Therapy Program
The deeply painful events happening in the Twin Cities, in addition to the global pandemic, have hit school-aged kids hard, socially and emotionally. To help those most vulnerable, Aris Clinic, a pediatric behavioral health provider, is offering a new, outdoor, nature-based version of its Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) beginning Monday, June 8.
Aris Opens Second Behavioral Health Clinic in Woodbury
Written By: Madeline Kopiecki, Woodbury Magazine, Mar. 1, 2020
When Dr. Shalene Kennedy started her rotations after graduating from Creighton University School of Medicine, her days revolved around surgery; trauma surgery, vascular surgery. Surgery, surgery, surgery. She had…
New Branding Won a Hermes Creative Platinum Award
Our new logo reflects our passion to empower healing and hope, and our unique approach to combine holistic techniques, nature based healing, psychotherapy and psychiatry. Others are noticing too – We are sincerely honored that our new brand just won a Hermes Creative Platinum award!
Minnesota Kids Need More Mental Health Services. Intensive Outpatient Treatment Programs Could Be One Solution.
Written By: Andy Steiner, MinnPost, Oct. 7, 2019
To Dr. Shalene Kennedy, the need is obvious — and ongoing. More than two decades ago, when she was in med school, training to become a psychiatrist, she chose to focus her future practice on children and adolescents…
