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Level Up Mental Health Collaborative

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02/19/2026

Therapy can be more than talking.

It can be a space where your body finally exhales…
where your nervous system begins to feel safe again…
and where healing becomes sustainable, not forced.

At Level Up Mental Health Collaborative in Grand Forks, we offer trauma-informed, nervous system-focused care that helps you move beyond survival mode and into deeper steadiness, connection, and change.

We currently have a few openings available.

Availability varies depending on insurance plan restrictions outside of our control, and private pay options are available for those wanting quicker access.

If something in you feels ready for this kind of support, we’d love to connect.

Schedule a consultation through the link in our bio.

Heal your past. Embody your future.

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02/17/2026

There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.

Healing often asks us to release what feels familiar — even when it’s painful. Old coping patterns. Relationships that kept us small. Versions of ourselves that were built in survival mode.

Your nervous system may cling to what it knows, because familiar feels safe.
But growth invites you forward.

When you begin regulating your body, tending to unresolved trauma, and gently increasing your capacity, you create space for something new — steadiness, clarity, connection, and a deeper trust in yourself.

What’s ahead isn’t about becoming someone else.

It’s about embodying who you were always designed to be.

Heal your past. Embody your future.

01/27/2026

Most people will experience anxiety and/or depression at some point.

Not because you’re broken.
Not because you’re failing.
But because your nervous system is doing what it was designed to do:

keep you alive.

Anxiety is activation—
too much, too fast.
Your system trying to move, fix, prepare, protect.

Depression is shutdown—
too little, too long.
Your system conserving when it’s been too much for too long.

The problem isn’t that you feel either one.
The problem is when your body gets stuck…
or starts ping-ponging between them…
and you can’t find your way back to calm + alive.

And if that’s you right now—please hear this:

You don’t need more pressure.
You don’t need to “try harder.”
You need resources… so your system has options beyond survival.

If you’re ready for support that feels safe, we’d love to help.
Visit LevelUpMHC.com to learn more.

If this landed for you, save it for the days you feel stuck—and share it with someone who needs it.

01/24/2026

🚨 NEW THERAPIST ANNOUNCEMENT 🩵

Please help us welcome Kaitlyn Berg, LMSW to the Level Up MHC team!

Kaitlyn has been an unofficial part of our office behind the scenes for the past 6+ months, and we knew within the first couple of weeks she was something special. She’s a warm ray of sunshine—grounded, compassionate, and deeply committed to helping people heal in a way that supports the whole person (mind + body + nervous system).

Kaitlyn is especially passionate about:
✨ understanding each client’s story
✨ helping clients feel more regulated + connected
✨ guiding clients to sustainable healing—not just “getting through it”

She also recently joined us for our in-person training with Dr. Aimie Apigian, founder of Trauma Healing Accelerated and bestselling author of The Biology of Trauma—and we’re so excited for the care she brings to our clients.

📅 Kaitlyn officially begins seeing clients February 2nd
📞 Call today to join her waitlist (spots will fill quickly!)

⚠️ Please note: insurance options are currently limited due to licensure—call our office to learn what plans she’s able to accept at this time.

🩵 If you know someone who’s been waiting for the right therapist, share this post with them.

👇 Or tag a friend who might need this kind of support.

01/10/2026

It’s book signing day! 📚

Today, we’re honored to host Dr. Aimie Apigian at Level Up MHC—best-selling author of The Biology of Trauma and a leading educator on how trauma is held in the body and impacts the nervous system.

This is a relaxed, come-as-you-are event. Stop by, bring a friend, and get your copy signed.

✨ Books will be available for purchase on-site (and you’re welcome to bring your own copy too).

📍 Level Up Mental Health Collaborative
🗓 Today • Saturday, January 10, 2026
⏰ 11:30 AM–12:30 PM
🎟 Open to the Public

01/08/2026

We have been nearly bursting at the seams keeping this to ourselves…

Dr. Aimie Apigian is coming to Level Up MHC!

She will be personally training our therapists on deeper content from The Biology of Trauma—in a way that applies directly to the populations we serve and the work we do here in our community.

And she has also graciously offered to host a casual book signing at Level Up MHC—open to the public.
Bring your friends. Bring your curiosity. We’d love to see you.

📍 Level Up Mental Health Collaborative
🗓 This Saturday — January 10th, 2026
⏰ 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

If you’re new to her work, we highly recommend exploring her resources and teachings at —
Her podcast is also a great place to start: The Biology of Trauma®.

06/27/2025

Your body is speaking—even when words are hard to find.

When you learn to track your nervous system, you begin to notice what’s happening beneath the surface:
Tension in your jaw, racing thoughts, the urge to shut down or walk away.
It’s all information. It’s not a flaw.

In Polyvagal Theory, we use the image of a ladder to understand our nervous system states:
🌿 Ventral – Safe, connected, grounded
⚡️ Sympathetic – Charged, anxious, angry
🧊 Dorsal – Numb, shut down, withdrawn

Tracking helps you recognize your state—without judgment.
It invites curiosity, awareness, and the possibility of choice.

You don’t have to fix anything. Just notice.
That’s where healing begins.

🔖 Save this post to revisit when your system feels overwhelmed.
📤 Share it with a friend learning to listen to their body.
💬 Comment “I’m learning to track my nervous system” if this resonates.

06/25/2025

Feeling anxious, shut down, or disconnected? That’s your nervous system doing its job.

✨Your body isn’t broken.
✨ It’s not overreacting.
✨ It’s not lazy, chaotic, or too much.
✨ It’s doing exactly what it was designed to do—protect you.

When you understand the 3 states of your nervous system, everything starts to make more sense:

🌿 Ventral (safe & connected)
⚡️ Sympathetic (mobilized & charged)
🧊 Dorsal (shut down & frozen)

This awareness is step one in learning how to regulate, reconnect, and return to safety.

🔖 Save this for the days your system feels loud.
📤 Share it with someone who needs permission to soften toward themselves.

06/19/2025

✨ We’re honored to serve a community that values healing, connection, and growth. Being nominated for Best in Healthcare – Therapy & Counseling in the 2025 Grand Forks Community Votes means the world to us.

Your support has helped us create a space where nervous system regulation, trauma-informed care, and deep self-understanding are not only possible—but honored.

If you believe in the work we do, we’d be so grateful for your vote. 💛
We truly couldn’t do this without you.

👉 Vote here: https://grandforks.communityvotes.com/2025/02/healthcare/therapy-and-counseling

05/17/2025

Forgiveness doesn’t have to be loud.
You don’t have to tell the person who hurt you.
You don’t have to pretend what happened was okay.
Because it wasn’t. And your pain still matters.

But when you choose to forgive—quietly, internally, in your own timing—you start to release the emotions that your body has been gripping onto.
The ones that aren’t serving you anymore.

That doesn’t mean you’re excusing what happened.
It means you’re choosing to stop carrying what’s not yours to hold.
Your nervous system deserves that relief.
Your future self will thank you for it.

05/14/2025

The way we connect—or disconnect—often traces back to our earliest relationships.
💡 Our nervous system learns from these experiences.
💔 Insecure attachment can leave the body stuck in survival.
🌱 Healing invites us to notice, tend to, and rewire those responses.

Let your body become a safer place to live.

💬 Ready to explore how early attachment impacts your nervous system? Reach out to us today [link in bio].

05/11/2025

🌷 Mother’s Day: A Day Full of Layers 🌷

For some, today brings warmth, gratitude, and connection.
For others, it brings grief, longing, resentment, or a quiet ache.
And for many—it’s all of the above.

We honor the mothers who show up, day after day, and those who are doing the deep work to parent differently than they were raised.
We hold space for those who are estranged, grieving, healing, or yearning.
We see the ones navigating complicated relationships, mother wounds, or the weight of not becoming a mother.
We celebrate the cycle-breakers, the nurturers, the chosen mothers, and those mothering themselves.

Today, we honor the fullness of motherhood—the good, the hard, the beautiful, and the painful.

💛 You’re not alone in the complexity. You’re not wrong for feeling whatever you feel. We see you and we're here to hold space with and for you.

Address

2300 Library Circle
Grand Forks, ND
58201

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm

Telephone

+17017570477

Website

http://www.LevelUpMHC.com/

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