Once known as Minnesota Alternatives, EXPANSE creates a space for you to access addictive medicine services in Spring Lake Park, Minnesota. Spring Lake Park is a suburban city near Minneapolis, offering outdoor recreational areas, strong schools, and local events with a small town atmosphere.
The vision is to provide quality care to the community where you are first and have the information needed to understand the complex nature of behavioral health conditions. Together, the clinicians have had decades of clinical practice and experience in developing key partnerships with the people they serve. They have positioned themselves clinically and within the community to impact policy and system change.
They provide psychotherapy, also called talk therapy, to ensure that you receive highly individualized and comprehensive care. The team of psychiatrists offers addictive medicine services, addressing both substance use issues and co-occurring mental health conditions. This increases the potential for successful treatment since these diagnoses typically interact, worsening symptoms and making treatment more complex.
Your psychiatrist takes the time to develop treatment goals with you so you feel your needs are heard and you are included in the treatment process. They offer in person individual and group therapy sessions and telehealth options. You can also engage in a hybrid program where you attend both in person and telehealth sessions. They are in network with many health insurance providers in the area.
Our Methodology
Inpatient Substance rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from substance abuse, including alcohol and drug addiction (both illegal and prescription drugs). They often include the opportunity to engage in both individual as well as group therapy.
Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.
In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.
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Spring Lake Park, MN 55432
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These grifters kicked me out for missing an appointment. The psychiatrist is a self important narcissist even though she’s a no talent hack, and she’ll try to entrap you by offering you psychedelics. The therapists are useless and will waste your time and money.
I reached out to this practice in March of 2025 about starting therapy. The woman I interacted with via email was very polite. I completed all the intake paperwork and sent pictures of my insurance card, and I was told a therapist would reach out to me to set up my first appointment. Well, it's August now and still no one has reached out about setting up an appointment. I never even got the chance to speak to a therapist! I recently sent a follow-up email to let them know I never heard from anyone and they haven't responded to that either. As someone who's worked in mental health care before, this is shady and unprofessional. I wouldn't advise anyone to waste their time trying to be a new patient.
Expanse is much better than many other clinics we tried.
I honestly don’t know how this place could be rated poorly, this place literally saved my life I could not be more thankful to them.
I have been seeing Dr. Patty Dicmann at Expanse for about a year. She is attentive listener, warm, open, flexible, and willing to suggest creative approaches to problems. Thankfully she does not spout the usual mental health cliches current these days.
Expanse is much better than many other clinics we tried.
I was surprised by how well run this place is, and how much the staff seem to care about their patients.
This clinic was a vessel for a miracle in my family
Doctor has helped me so much. Glad I found this place.
The doctor is very patient and understanding. She listens to her patients. With psychotherapy she will do what it takes to get you back to a normal life.
I’ve been seeing Irene for a few weeks now and after every appointment I leave with a solution, clarity and a sense of calm. I appreciate them for helping me get back to me.
Very helpful clinic
Changed my life because I received the PROPER diagnosis and am grateful for the new chance at this beautiful life I get to live. Could not recommend more!
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