Jonathan Speare

Speare Psychological Services

Jonathan Speare, Ph.D.

Licensed Psychologist

Speare Psychological Services will be closing permanently on June 30, 2022, because I will be retiring. I am deeply grateful to the people I have worked with over the years and appreciate what I have learned from our work together. By June 30, instructions on how to contact me or to have records sent to another therapist or agency will be posted on my website and will be available on my answering machine. The confidentiality and privacy of these records will be maintained for 10 years after each client's final appointment, after which time they will be destroyed.

If you would like your records sent to a third party, please click here to access the form to use in requesting that your record be sent somewhere and send it to Insight Counseling, 306 W. Superior St., Suite 1000, Duluth, MN 55802 or email it to: info@insightcounselingduluth.com

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Professional and Confidential Psychological Services

Long and Short Term Psychotherapy for Individual Adults and Couples

Serving The Iron Range Since 1973

3100 Lincoln Building
225 First Street North
Virginia, MN 55792
(218) 741 – 3740

Also providing secure and confidential telephone and video conferencing sessions as well as in-person appointments.

About

I am a Licensed Psychologist with over four decades of experience providing mental health services to northeastern Minnesota’s Iron Range. My office is in Virginia, but I serve clients from all over St. Louis County and the surrounding areas, from International Falls to Duluth and Cloquet, from Grand Rapids to Grand Marais, and anywhere in between. I have pursued training and experience in many different types of psychotherapy methods because I believe that the more approaches I have to a problem, the better I can individualize a treatment program that will work. As a result, I am certified in several different modalities and am an approved consultant for such treatment methods as EMDR, clinical hypnosis, and “energy therapy.” I have extensive experience providing psychotherapy and counseling to people struggling with addictions and trauma and to those dealing with acute and chronic pain, as well as decades of experience using both traditional and nontraditional or holistic approaches to treat such problems as anxiety, depression, and shame.

Please explore the rest of this website to learn more about me, my credentials, my training, and my practice.

Problems I Work with:

  • Anxiety, including panic attacks, phobias, worries, and social anxiety/shyness
  • Depression, including self-hate/low self-esteem, shame and guilt, and low energy and motivation
  • Stress, including PTSD, grief, flashbacks, intrusive memories, and healing from emotional, physical, or sexual abuse
  • Relationship Issues, including anger,  temper problems, and irritability, as well as communication problems
  • Acute and chronic pain management, and chronic health problems
  • Substance abuse problems/alcoholism/addictions, including behavioral addictions such as eating disorders and compulsive gambling

The main insurance companies I work with include:

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota/Blue Plus Medicaid
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
  • Cigna Behavioral Health
  • Health Partners
  • Medica
  • Medicaid Minnesota
  • Medicare
  • Optum
  • Preferred One
  • UCare
  • United Healthcare
  • VA Community Choice