Ali Tonnesen

About

As a former female pastor at a conservative church for over 3 years, I experienced a full-blown faith crisis and deconstructed my faith. I've been forced to grapple with difficult spiritual questions while leading people with very different views than I have. I've also wrestled with my sense of calling after graduating with an MDiv from seminary, and appreciate the nuanced complexities of vocational discernment. The unknown and ambiguous are things I'm very familiar with and comfortable working with. Bring your doubts, questions, and yearnings!

I also have much experience in the mental health field, both as one with personal experience dealing with depression, PTSD, and anxiety, and supporting others as an intern in a psychiatric hospital. I am passionate and knowledgable about psychology and aim to bring my lived experience with mental health challenges as well as my educational background in the psychological sciences into our time together.

I bring warmth, humor, compassion, and good problem-solving skills to all of my work. My goal is for you to feel, at a minimum, heard, cared for, and understood. I will accept you as you are while helping you become the person you'd like to be!

Specialities:
-leadership
-spirituality/doubts
-physical health
-mental health
-relationships
-job changes

Education:
University of California San Diego, B.S. Cognitive Science
Bethel Seminary, Master of Divinity

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