Bonita Patton, PhD, LP (Rochester)
APP Owner/Operations Director

Dr. Patton has over 20 years of experience as a therapist. She is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, has certification in clinical hypnotherapy and is Level II EMDR certified. She works with all age groups. Specialties include: PTSD, childhood and adult trauma and dissociation, pain management; phobias; gender dysphoria; pre marital and marital counseling; work stress; parent-teen issues; recovery from addictions and habit disorders. She also devotes part of her practice to supervising new therapists.

John Anderson, MSW, LICSW (Rochester/Owatonna)

John is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with over 35 years of experience in outpatient psychotherapy. He works with children, adolescents, and adults, providing individual, couple, and family therapy. John has expertise in the areas of family therapy, marital counseling, grief counseling, and issues of adolescence.

Susan F. Dunhaupt, MS, LICSW (Faribault)

Susan is a generalist psychotherapist with experience providing therapeutic services to children diagnosed with childhood disorders such as ADHD, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, as well as experience treating clients with other age-related issues. Susan also has expertise in anger management, depression, anxiety, personality disorders, parenting concerns, past abuse, grief issues, and stress management. Susan's clientele is composed of individuals, couples, and families; and includes children (from age seven), adolescents, and adults.

Ronald J. Hardrict, MD (Rochester/Faribault/Owatonna)

Dr. Ronald Hardrictserves as APP's psychiatrist, as well being an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Family Practice Medicine at the University of Minnesota,and Clinical Neuropsychiatrist and Medical Director of Quality Care Clinic. He received his B.S. in Biology from Stanford University in 1980, and was conferred his B.A. degree in Spanish Literature from Stanford in 1981. Dr. Hardrict completed medical training at Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee in 1990. His psychiatry residency was completed at the University of Minnesota in 1996. Dr. Hardrict specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of individuals age 10 years and older with general psychiatric conditions including depression, anxiety, as well as all major psychiatric disorders. He also specializes in Pervasive Developmental Disorders (Autism and Aspergers Syndrome) and works with the developmentally disabled.

John M. Imp, PhD, LP (Rochester)

Dr. Imp has 27 years of experience as a clinical psychologist. He provides individual, family, and marital counseling in working with adolescents, adults and the elderly. Some of the issues typically dealt with are stress management, anger management, depression, and anxiety. Therapy is typically centered on the here and now supplemented by personality insight. A variety of self-help materials are available to facilitate progress.

Tatyana Karpyak MS, LPP (Owatonna/Rochester)

Tatyana Karpyak is a Licensed Psychological Practitioner. She graduated from Moscow State University (Russia) in 1981 and worked as a Psychologist for 17 years in Odessa, Ukraine. She specializes in psychological testing, social skills training and individual psychotherapy for children and adults with depression, anxiety, ADHD, behavioral and stress related problems. Tatyana is fluent in English and Russian. Tatyana is currently completing her doctoral studies at Argosy University, while continuing to work part time at APP.

Kristine M. Meyer, MA, LP (Rochester)

Kristi is a Licensed Psychologist experienced with ADHD, LD, depression, anxiety, personality disorders, and behavioral problems. Her areas of expertise include psychological testing and assessment for children and adults. She specializes in stress-management, communication skills, anger and behavior management, social skills, self-esteem, phobias, panic disorders, OCD, and relaxation techniques. Kristi practices from a cognitive-behavioral perspective, and serves individuals, couples, families, and groups.

Patricia (Pattie) Lynch, MSW, LICSW (Rochester)

Pattie treats child, adolescent and adult survivors/victims of sexual abuse, physical abuse, domestic violence, and witnessing traumatic events.She also works with children and juveniles who act out sexually, and incest victims. Pattie does play therapy with young children and support therapy for parents as well as therapy with abuse/neglect issues. She enjoys working with adolescents with sexual identity, developmental and school and family related issues. Pattie's final areas of expertise is treating adolescents and adults with chemical dependency and or mental illness.She completes C.D. assessments, DUI evaluations and education to mandated drivers, and works with addicted moms mandated to treatment.

Lana Amawi-Hanane, MSW, LICSW. (Rochester)

Lana comes to us with 12 years of experience in mental health and has worked in a variety of settings such as community mental health, impatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization, and emergency centers. Some of her practice interests include cross-cultural counseling (she speaks fluent Arabic) individual and group therapy, marital/couples counseling, psychopharmacology, and clinical trials.

Lana specializes in Cognitive-Behavior and Solution-Focused therapies. She see patients from the age of 15 - 55 who deal with relationship, personality, and adjustment issues.

Amy Strait, PsyD, LP (Owatonna/Faribault)

Sharon Swanson-Haapala, PsyD, LP (Owatonna/Faribault)

Dr. Swanson is a licensed clinical psychologist who works primarily with adults and adolescents. She is especially skillful at working with women's issues, trauma work, depression, anxiety, and the gifted. She also has extensive experience working in special education with adolescents with disabilities and their parents.

Barbara Lowe-Fierke, PsyD (Rochester/Faribault/Owatonna)

Barb has experience with young children and families, including play therapy with children ages 3-11. She also counsels adults with depression and anxiety, OCD, and BPD. Barb has extensive experience with personality testing and neuropsychological testing for cognitive deficits in children and the elderly. Other specialty areas include Bariatric and Social Security Disabiltiy evaluations.

Terri Ross MA, LAMFT (Owatonna/Faribault)MFT

Terri is a Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist. She has extensive experience with adoptive and foster families, and with children who have experienced abuse and neglect. Terri utilizes family therapy for children who have attachment disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, PTSD, depression, behavioral disorders, and learning disorders. Terri also works with adults with parenting issues and other life stress issues. Terri uses structural and experiential technique. She emphasizes the use of coping skills, along with cognitive behavior therapy. She also works with couples on relationship issues from an emotionally focused perspective.

Anita Handevidt MS, RN, CNP, CNS
(Rochester/Faribault/Owatonna)

Anita joined the staff of Associates In Psychiatry & Psychology in July 2005. Anita is a Certified Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist. Anita Handevidt works in all of the APP clinics doing medication management. Anita works with all mental health related issues. Special interest areas include developmental disabilities, autism, pain management and geriatrics. Anita works with ages 13 and older.

Rebecca Vigars MA, LMFT (Rochester)

Becky has been licensed and in practice since 1998. She enjoys working with individuals, couples, families, children, and adolescents. She has experience helping individuals overcome the effects of trauma (past and present), depression, anxiety, as well as anger management. Becky helps couples achieve better communications and thereby have increasingly deeper and more satisfying relationships. She also enjoys helping parents develop positive parenting skills and strategies. Becky has extensive training and experience working with children and adolescents in all areas that affect their lives from domestic violence, addiction, physical and sexual abuse, divorce to ADHD, behavior and school issues. Becky has worked with children in foster care, as well as with foster parents and parents working for reunification. She also has experience working with adoptive families and children.