Seal Dwyer Counseling

03/03/2026

03/02/2026

🌸 What’s Happening at the Lahr Block: March Edition
Happy Monday! We are excited to welcome you into the space this month. Whether you're here for support, creativity, or just a quiet place to be, our doors are open.
Upcoming Special Events
TONIGHT (March 2) @ 7:00 PM: Community Conversations — Topic: Transgender care and community.
Friday, March 13 @ 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM: Red Cross Blood Drive. Please schedule your appointment to help save lives!
🕒 New Warming Hours
Folks are welcome to come in from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM daily to warm up, have some coffee, do a puzzle, or read.
🩸Special Event: Friday, March 13
Red Cross Blood Drive: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Action Needed: Please schedule your appointment in advance via the American Red Cross website or by calling 1-800-RED-CROSS.
Donation Tip: You can save time on the day of the drive by completing your RapidPass® health history questionnaire online before you arrive.
🎤 Community Favorites (Recurring Monthly)
Open Mic Night: Every 3rd Thursday (March 19) | 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
Family Karaoke: Every 3rd Saturday (March 21) | 4:00 PM – 7:30 PM.
Mending Clinic: 3rd Thursdays | 4:00 PM.
📅 Weekly Gatherings
Mondays: Trans Veterans Coffee Club (10:30 AM) & Single Parent Support (5:00 PM).
Tuesdays: Heart Chakra Dance (6:00 PM) & BoPo (7:45 PM - registration required).
Wednesdays: Parenting & Support Groups (5:00 PM - 7:00 PM).
Fridays: Sewing Lessons (2:00 PM).
🏠 Event Space Rentals
The Lahr Block is available for your next event! For inquiries and rental needs, please contact Becky@sealdwyer.com.
✨ Featured Fundraiser: Valentines Salon
We are proud to support Valentines Salon in their mission to become Minnesota’s first worker-owned, gender-affirming care practice and the first trans-owned laser hair removal clinic!
The Mission: Providing incredibly accessible, permanent hair removal through a pay-what-you-can model.
How to Help: Donate here: https://opencollective.com/trans-care-collective

02/24/2026

The Seal Dwyer Counseling schedule is now live at sealdwyer.com/schedule/, allowing for daily, weekly, or monthly updates on groups and events. A new, streamlined contact form has also been launched to improve client accessibility.

https://sealdwyer.com/schedule/

02/24/2026

For those coming in today.. Icy roads.. and construction https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Ar4dbafdv/

Please be advised that between the hours of 6:30 am and 12:30 pm on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 6th Avenue N will be closed to thru traffic from 1st St N to W St. Germain St due to planned crane work.

02/23/2026

This Week at the Lahr Block: Community, Care, and the Macabre Market
Hi Community,
It is a busy week of connection and support here at Seal Dwyer Counseling and the Lahr Block. Whether you are looking for peer support, creative outlets, or deep community dialogue, there is a space for you here.
Special Featured Events
Death, Dying & Care: A Community Gathering
When: Friday, Feb 28 (11 AM) – Sat, March 1 (4 PM)
What: A "Death Salon" featuring Death Doulas, a mortician, and a professor for open dialogue on end-of-life care.
Action: Pre-register here so we can provide enough food ($40 suggested donation).
The Macabre Market
When: Saturday, March 1 (4 PM – 8 PM)
What: Explore local art and vendors centered on themes of mortality and mourning immediately following the gathering.
Community Conversations: Trans Visibility
When: Monday, March 2 (7 PM)
What: Join us for our first-Monday monthly dialogue focusing on Trans Visibility—a vital space for sharing stories and building local connection.
Weekly Schedule
Mondays
10:30 AM: Trans Veterans Coffee Club
5:00 PM: Single Parent Support Group
6:30 PM: Trans Peer Support Group (1st & 3rd Mondays)
7:00 PM: Community Conversations: Trans Visibility (March 2)
Tuesdays
6:00 PM: Chakradance — Register via the Client Portal
7:45 PM: BOPO (Body Positivity) — Register via the Client Portal
Wednesdays
5:00 PM: Neurodivergent Parenting
7:00 PM: Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
7:00 PM: Co-Dependents Anonymous (CoDA)
7:00 PM: DID/OSDD Peer Support Group (2nd & 4th Wednesdays)
Thursdays
3:30 PM: Refresh, Repair, Renew & Mending Clinic (3rd Thursdays)
4:00 PM: Community Crafting*
Fridays
2:00 PM: Beginner Sewing Class*
*Donations are always accepted for the SDC Therapy Fund at these events to help keep our community resources accessible.
Parking Information
Coming to see us? Parking is free in all city ramps and lots after 5:00 PM. For street parking, you can use quarters at the meters or pay via the ParkMobile App.
Questions? Reach out to Becky Jackson at Becky@sealdwyer.com or visit sealdwyer.com.
See you at the Lahr Block!

02/22/2026

Yoga is cancelled for today. Our apologies

02/11/2026

Neurodivergent Parenting Group Cancelled tonight!
Sorry for the inconvenience. See you next week!

02/11/2026

It’s Black History Month✊🏽
Honoring Black Q***r Mental Health Practitioners & Therapists.

Black q***r clinicians stand at the intersection of racial justice, LGBTQ+ liberation, and mental health care. In systems that have historically pathologized Blackness and q***rness, they provide culturally responsive, identity-affirming care rooted in both lived experience and professional expertise.

Black Americans are more likely to experience mental health distress, yet less likely to receive adequate care. LGBTQ+ people are more than twice as likely to experience depression and anxiety. For Black LGBTQ+ individuals, these disparities compound—shaped by racism, homophobia, transphobia, misdiagnosis, and medical mistrust. Research consistently shows that clients experience stronger engagement and better outcomes when their providers understand the cultural and identity-based realities of their lives.

Black q***r mental health practitioners don’t just treat symptoms. They interrupt harm, reduce stigma, build trust, and create spaces where healing can happen without explanation or defense. In a field where Black clinicians are underrepresented—and openly q***r and trans providers even more so—their presence is not symbolic.
It is lifesaving.

This is Black history. This is Pride. This is mental health awareness in practice.
There is no mental health equity, without Black q***r clinicians.

This Black History Month, and always, we honor their labor, their brilliance, and their commitment to justice-centered healing.

Honor them. Pay them. Protect them. Refer to them. Listen to them.

Healing lives where justice lives.