Our Story
Built on Affordability, Accessibility, and a Vision for Better Mental Health Care.
River Bluff Mental Health was founded in 2024 by Tara Lunde, MSW, LICSW, with a simple but powerful mission: to provide compassionate, evidence-based mental health care that is both accessible and affordable.
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What began as a solo private practice focused on treating obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety, depression, phobias, and general mental health concerns quickly grew in response to the needs of the community.
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As someone with lived experience navigating OCD, Tara understands firsthand how life-changing effective treatment can be and how difficult it can be to find clinicians with specialized training in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), the gold-standard treatment for OCD. Her personal journey inspired a commitment to expanding access to high-quality OCD treatment while ensuring every client feels understood, supported, and empowered throughout their healing journey.
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Another driving force behind River Bluff Mental Health was Tara's own experience with the financial barriers many individuals face when seeking therapy. Because of this, making mental health care accessible and affordable remains one of the core values today.
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As the practice continued to grow, River Bluff Mental Health expanded into a multidisciplinary group practice with 10 therapists, allowing the practice to serve a broader range of individuals, children, adolescents, couples, and families.
Today, River Bluff Mental Health continues to grow with one guiding vision: to remove barriers to quality mental health care while building a team of exceptional clinicians who provide compassionate, personalized, evidence-based treatment for every stage of life.
Although our practice has expanded significantly, our purpose has never changed. We believe every person deserves to feel heard, valued, and supported, and that exceptional mental health care should be available regardless of where someone lives, what they have experienced, or what challenges they are facing.
We believe everyone deserves access to exceptional mental health care regardless of where they live, what they have experienced, or what challenges they are facing.
Our Journey
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2024
River Bluff Mental Health Founded
A vision to provide accessible, affordable, and evidence-based care for individuals and families.
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2024
Specialized OCD & Anxiety Treatment Begins
Focused on delivering the gold standard care with compassion, expertise, and understanding.
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Early 2026
Expanded to a Team of 10 Therapists
Growing our team to offer more specialties and support a broader range of needs.
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Today
Serving Children, Teens, Adults, Couples & Families Across Minnesota
Through in-person and telehealth care that meets people where they are.
Why Choose River Bluff Mental Health?
- Experienced and compassionate clinicians
- Evidence-based treatment approaches
- Specialized OCD and anxiety treatment
- Child, teen, adult, couples, and family therapy
- In-person and telehealth appointments
- Affordable and accessible care
- Personalized therapist matching