​Our Story.

The Blue Couch began with a belief: that healing thrives in spaces infused with warmth, creativity, and genuine human connection. After years as a professor, supervisor, and play therapist, Dr. Staci Born envisioned a practice where research-informed care and heartfelt presence could come together — a place where children could play their way into emotional safety, where families could reconnect, and where adults could be met with compassion and clarity.

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That vision became The Blue Couch.

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What started as a small, single-office practice has grown into a thriving, multi-clinician organization with locations in Sioux Falls, SD and Mankato, MN. Today, our team provides individual therapy, play therapy, expressive therapies, trauma treatment, family therapy, parent support, supervision, and community education. We partner with schools, nonprofits, and community programs to ensure children and families receive the support they deserve.

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Though we’ve grown, our mission remains simple: to promote a healing community that builds resilience, nurtures social-emotional well-being, and reduces the effects of trauma on individuals, families, and communities. We know that healthy clinicians create healthy communities. That is why we care deeply and provide support in professional development, reflective supervision, and staff wellness so our therapists can offer the highest level of care. When therapists feel supported, valued, and inspired, the children and families we serve feel it too.

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The Blue Couch continues to expand not by becoming bigger, but by becoming truer — to our values, our mission, and the people who trust us with their stories.

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This is who we are.
A place for healing.
A place for connection.
A place where compassion and creativity meet.

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Welcome to The Blue Couch.​