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Mental Health Services at Pierz Schools
The administration and staff at Pierz Schools believe in the importance of providing services with whole-child wellness in mind. The district provides counselors, therapists, social workers, and additional mental health services as needed for students and staff. Please bookmark this page for updated information on ways to help your child work through stress, anxiety, or peer pressure, as well as resources around topics like addiction, disorders, depression and suicide prevention.
Local Mental Health Resources
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Northern Pines provides two mental health therapists and practitioners on-site: Stephanie Silgjord, Jon Mayer, Melissa Silgjord, and Bonnie Fyten.
Mental health therapist Kayla Buffington provides services through Greater Minnesota.
Kayla Gruber, MSE, LPCC, and Nora Poster, LGSW, offer individual, family, and group therapy sessions at a convenient Pierz location at Feeling and Healing Therapy and Counseling, LLC.
Pierz Schools Counselors and Social Workers
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Ms. Michelle Ferguson
Elementary Social Worker
320-468-6458 x2216
mferguson@pierzschools.org
Mr. Scott Herold
Middle School Counselor 5-8
320-468-6458 x1212
sherold@pierzschools.org
Ms. Marilyn Maleska
High School Social Worker
320-468-6458 x1214
mmaleska@pierzschools.org
Amanda Essen
High School Counselor 9-12
320-468-6458 x1213
aessen@pierzschools.org