Minnesota Council for the Gifted & Talented

Mary L. Wandrei, PhD, specializes in psychotherapy for gifted and talented and twice-exceptional children and adults; autism screening/consultation; school adjustment and educational planning; and consultation around executive functioning, anxiety, OCD, depression, sensory processing, and temperament issues. She also supervises therapists in training, who often have openings when therapy is hard to find, and offers office space for multidisciplinary providers (therapists, nutritionists, coaches, etc.) who work with intense and gifted individuals.

Melissa specializes in coaching students and adults who experience performance challenges in the areas of executive function and self-regulation. Dr. Malen coaches clients that have ADHD, dyslexia, nonverbal learning disability, or are twice exceptional. Melissa earned an MA in Counseling Psychology and a PhD in Education. Dr. Malen has researched the experience of parents of students with ADHD and speaks locally and internationally at teacher development conferences.