Seal Dwyer
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
11 yrs experience
Updated August 13, 2026 How we verify
About
Seal Dwyer, MS, LMFT, is the founder of Seal Dwyer Counseling in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, a trauma- and gender-affirming practice serving central Minnesota's LGBTQ+ community. Dwyer is an EMDRIA Certified EMDR Therapist and EMDRIA Approved Consultant, is a board-approved clinical supervisor for LMFT, LPC, and LPCC candidates, founded the practice in 2017, and self-describes as a queer, genderqueer, fat therapist working from an anti-racist, harm-reduction lens.
Services
- Trauma and PTSD
- Transgender issues
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Trauma/PTSD
- Anxiety
- Eating disorders
- Body image
- Family conflict
- LGBTQ+ concerns
- Grief
- Personality disorders
- Sexual abuse
- Suicidal ideation
- Polyamory/non-monogamy
- Gender identity/dysphoria
- Dissociative disorders
- Domestic and sexual violence
- Addiction
- EMDR
- Family Systems
- Trauma-Focused CBT
- Somatic therapy
- Feminist therapy
- Narrative therapy
- Person-Centered
- Attachment-based
- Sandplay
- Psychodynamic psychotherapy
State licenses
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Minnesota · License #3481 · LMFT Active
Reputation
5 reviews Mixed
In the field
Media
Interviews
Sources
The facts on this page are drawn from 13 public sources and independently fact-checked before publication.
Psychology Today directory
- Identity, credentials (MS, LMFT), practice name, address, phone, specialties, issues, modalities, populations, insurance, fees, session formats, years in practice, pronouns, photo (psychologytoday.com)
NPPES NPI registry
- Individual NPI 1679059992, legal name Seal Sophie Dwyer, LMFT credential, taxonomy 106H00000X, active status, enumeration date 2018-07-19, address (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)
NPI directory aggregator (npino.com)
- Organizational NPI 1083187579 for Seal Dwyer Counseling LLC, address, phone (npino.com)
EMDRIA member directory
- EMDRIA Certified Therapist and Approved Consultant status, pronouns (they/them, Mx.), specializations, insurance list (emdria.org)
provider website (OutCare Health listing, quoting sealdwyer.com bio)
- Self-description as queer and genderqueer, gender-affirming letter writing, kink/polyamory specialization, education details (outcarehealth.org)
St. Cloud State University alumni story (OurSCSU)
- Education history (BA 2006, MS 2016), founded practice 2017, prior career as book publisher (ourscsu.stcloudstate.edu)
Voyage Minnesota Magazine interview
- Practice history, full-time transition in 2021, co-founding of Rainbow Wellness Collective, legislative testimony on conversion therapy ban (voyageminnesota.com)
MPR News (ChangeMakers series)
- Press profile confirming trauma-therapy and LGBTQ+ community work in St. Cloud; editorial photo (not used as headshot) (mprnews.org)
Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
- Written testimony submitted to MN Senate committee, 2023, on conversion therapy ban (lrl.mn.gov)
Tebra provider directory
- NPI cross-reference, no reviews on file, generic placeholder photo (not a real headshot) (tebra.com)
Facebook business page
- 52% recommend rate from 5 reviews (facebook.com)
LinkedIn (personal profile)
- Professional presence confirmed via search index; page itself returned HTTP 999 to automated fetch (linkedin.com)
X (Twitter) profile
- Social presence confirmed via search index; page itself returned HTTP 402 to automated fetch (x.com)