Therapy for Real Life Anna Lindberg Cedar, MPA, LCSW

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Therapy for Real Life Anna Lindberg Cedar, MPA, LCSW

Providing adults, teens, and couples with counseling strategies backed by research. LCSW #64284 Do you feel alone and hopeless?

Do you worry about things that are out of your control? Have you tried to make a change on your own, but had difficulty finding another way? I specialize in helping individuals boost coping during important life transitions and periods of stress. I actively listen to your goals and priorities to support you in your process. Because, after all, it is YOUR life. In addition to traditional counseling I offer Self-Care Check-Ups. This kind of consultation offers personalized assessment and feedback for improved wellbeing, balance, and contentment. I help my clients identify personal strengths and harness past successes to accomplish their goals. I am known for giving honest feedback in the context of a warm and trusting therapeutic relationship. I pay close attention to what has and hasn't worked for you before. I bring authenticity to my work and invite you to be your true self throughout the counseling process. My specialties include: self-harm, suicidal thoughts, life transitions, self-esteem, work stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, grief, panic attacks, work stress, partner and relational issues, pregnancy support, parenting and co-parenting, identity issues, search for meaning, post-election stress, substance abuse, and decision-making. You'll find more information about me on my website: www.annacedar.com . License #64284

Please use your crisis resources, including 9-1-1, if you are having an emergency.

10/14/2025

✨Therapy For ______ (Real Life)✨

💞 Here for you 💞

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📌 Instant booking 🗓️ annacedar.clientsecure.me

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10/09/2025

✨New certification, Who dis?!✨

It’s me! 💁‍♀️ I’m excited to share that I am now an ADHD-Certified Clinical Provider. I have been quietly working on this training over the last year and applying best practice with clients across hundreds of therapy hours. 🛋️ It has been amazing to see these skills work in real time and watch lives change because of it. 💞

My ADHD certification is a meaningful accomplishment for me personally because I had heard so many myths about ADHD before getting evidence-based training myself. I had even heard family members claim that ADHD is “not a real diagnosis.” This kind of misinformation leads to severe delays in access to care and further stigma. 😔

ADHD is a real diagnosis, for sure, with real implications. The saddest statistic I learned from my training is that folks with ADHD have a shorter life expectancy by ~11-13 years! Su***de, substance abuse, social rejection, and problems in relationships are very common.

📌 Luckily, the greatest predictor of success for folks with ADHD is early access to a diagnosis and the care that comes with it. I am proud that I can be a safe provider for neurodivergent folks to come to for care and understanding. 🌈

Reach out if you have any questions or want to consult!

🫶

Anna Lindberg Cedar
MPA, LCSW, LICSW, ADHD-CCP
TherapyForRealLife.com

08/06/2025

💓Please send me back to SXSW💓.

SXSW has been a welcome home for me to experiment with new ideas and connect with other creatives. I would love to do it again, this time connecting with other change agents using community models to amplify mental health supports - such as the tiny bakery I just launched as an excuse to hangout / interrupt the chronic loneliness epidemic we’re facing.

You have supported me in the past by upvoting my ideas at SXSW - Let’s do it again!

Please vote for my PanelPicker idea for both SXSW and SXSW EDU. I promise to bring back everything I learn there :)

SXSW 2026 PanelPicker - Vote here:

tinyurl.com/yp8af67w

SXSW EDU 2026 PanelPicker - Vote here:

tinyurl.com/yp8af67w

💞 Thank you! 💞

Anna Lindberg Cedar MPA LCSW LICSW

TherapyForRealLife.com
WorkshopsForRealLife.com

✨Amplifying Mental Health Meetup Workshop Proposal✨

Welcome all change agents seeking to amplify effective mental health care through creative, community-centric solutions. Your meetup is facilitated by Anna Lindberg Cedar, MPA, LICSW, LCSW, a therapist is on a personal mission to make mental health support more available (+ fun!) in everyday spaces through creative means. Egs include: The Therapy For Real Life Podcast, Burnout Prevention HackAThons for the
workplace, Anti-Loneliness Pop-Ups (incl SXSW!) + even a self-care themed hangout bakery that Anna hosts on her front lawn. Get ready to trade your own creative ideas with new friends.

07/21/2025

🎨 recently put a call out to artists to respond to the epidemic … 💪👕💞… So I fully put my heart on my sleeve and did just that! 🥰🎥😳

✨ Because I role model for a living, it is probably my clients who know best that I hope to be when I grow up… 🤫

( 🌈 without quitting my day job!🌈 )

We talk about joy, meaning and purpose all the time (not to brag) ✨ so we’re both used to it. 🤭

🧑‍🎨 I admit it - I’m proud of myself though this time though💖 because … This is the first time I am applying for a grant ✨as an Artist✨. Keep in mind, I am a trained scientist who grew up in a culture that praised high achievement first. Someone else had to tell me a few times (!) before I could hear them that I AM an artist. 🤷‍♀️

💘I can imagine no greater honor and privilege than to partner artistically with the project and the system as an 🧑‍🎨 Anti-Loneliness Social Artist in Residence 🎨.

Since I am already putting my heart 💖on my sleeve/online… (🫣💌✨)…. I may as well let you eavesdrop on my process as well
❤️‍🔥👂❤️‍🔥…

💐 This is what I’ll be up to
💖🫶one way or another 🫶💖… 😘.

🎨Thank you for the encouragement….🎨

💙Those who know me even a teeny bit…💙
(+ how much I care about this subject…💕)

🤞🌈💘🤓🌈🤞

🫣 Do you think I might get it?!? … 🫣

💌🌷💌🌷💌🌷💌

07/11/2025

Sometimes the personal + professional collide in the most beautiful ways❤️‍🔥and tiny dreams come true!

What?! 🥐You opened a tiny bakery?

Yup! I sure did! 👩‍🍳

Short story goes... I don’t have any formal training - I’m a therapist after all. And yet - I am a Try-Hard who is willing to bake anything twice. I won’t serve it unless it is delicious!

As a burnout prevention therapist, it is my job to teach others how to chase joy (+ overcome trauma) using research-backed skills. Hearing other people bring me their personalized examples of profound joy is what keeps me coming back after all these years. 💖 I wouldn’t know what I’m talking about at all though if I didn’t keep my joy practice alive and well. 🌈 This is it - For sure!

I also care a lot about the chronic loneliness crisis we are facing. We all know on a human level how hard loneliness is on our health and what a risk factor it is for political polarization, and even violence. As a therapist - and as a person - I try to do my teeny tiny part in building easy spaces for intentional hanging out - everything from hack-a-thons, retreats, self-care pop-ups, and more ++...

Now, I’m coming back to my social work roots, remembering that people DO show up for community when there are treats around! :)

We have had 2 official Bake + Chills on my front lawn this summer. They filled my heart and were a rare chance to just hangout. We made a bunch of new friends, gave away flowers to the Recently Broken Hearted, and had a bake-themed Story Hour (Rude Cakes, lol).

Psst - If you pay close attention, you’ll notice the intimacy coaching baked right into the menu (eg The I Like You, Like You Cookie, Mindful Joy Cookies, I Gotcha Focaccia...). We’re putting our hearts on our sleeves over here. 💖

If you are in/near South Minneapolis, I personally welcome you to my front lawn for our next Bake + Chill on Saturday, July 19th from 9:30 - 11:30 am . (followed by Bakes every 2wkish :) It wouldn’t be the same without you!

💙 Follow to catch the latest updates or even better - Get off “socials” < IRL + follow:

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If we are therapy friends, shoot me a msg first :)

05/19/2025

🍓Savoring ✨The Art of Mindfulness Retreat✨….

We dined.
We rested.
We created and had writers block - together.
🌺
We shared.
We listened.
We hiked and drank up nature.
We napped.
We got messy and got inspired.
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We crafted the vibe we wanted - together.
🌺
We set intentions with clay pinch pots.
We embraced imperfection with paper mache.
We practiced authentic self expression with linocut printmaking.
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Now, we share the creative challenge of bringing the art of mindfulness home to everyday life✨.

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🐅🐯🐅🪨🍓🏃‍♀️💨🪨🐅🦁🐅

That beautiful first pic was taken by the talented 📸 @ gab_xlr

04/08/2025

🎙️ I don’t usually flip the mic because I prefer to soak up knowledge on the Therapy For Real Life Podcast interviewing neuroscientists, burnout prevention experts, and other self-care heroes.💗

✨This time I did! because I was in the warm and trusting presence of Annie Coleman of 🌺 . We talked about personal relationships to creativity, “The Work,” and what community means as we all try to protect and build a healthy sense of self in a stressful world.

💎 This interview gives you a tiny hint of how special The Ranch is to many, 🥰 including me 🥰 … as a supportive nudge to protect the spaces we hold for connection and creative renewal.

I hope you enjoy Annie’s podcast 🎧 as much as I have.

✨🫶Community+creativity go together🫶✨

💌 Join at Red Clover Ranch for The Art of Mindfulness Retreat May 15-18, 2025 … Guided meditation in intention setting, embracing imperfection and self-expression carefully paired with relaxing crafts.

Sign up: https://tri.ps/dDlnL

03/11/2025

✨I feel so grateful to now be friends with all of these heart-forward Anti-Loneliness Heroes at ✨. 💕What a group of total sweethearts!💕 We traded ideas about disrupting at home and beyond. ✨I’m feeling inspired by all the new connections and ideas already in motion. 🌈 What a JOY burst! 💖💎💖

🥰Thank you!🫶

Anna Lindberg Cedar

🚀WorkshopsForRealLife.com
🛋️ TherapyForRealLife.com
🌺 Art of Mindfulness Retreat: https://tri.ps/dDlnL

03/09/2025

✨💛✨Therapy For Real Life talks healthy with cast. 💖 What a delight! 💪“Therapy is my favorite sport!”💪

03/05/2025

Meet a special group of folks - including you - who are brave enough to disrupt the ongoing loneliness epidemic. Trade ideas to build community where you live while you enjoy a good old fashioned hangout. This is not only important work as we brainstorm creative ways to displace polarization with networks with mutual aid and care … We will also have fun!!!

Looking forward to seeing you IRL!

SXSW signup: https://schedule.sxsw.com/2025/events/PP151954

12/03/2024

New Workshop Offering :)

The Art of Mindfulness teaches self-care skills through a series of accessible crafts. Participants learn the science and art of non-judgment, self-expression, flow states, and mindfulness skills as we enjoy the gentle art of craft. Together, we practice mindfulness through linocut, paper maché, clay pinch pots as we craft a vibe together.

The Art of Mindfulness is designed to be inclusive and is available in many formats, including in-person retreats, on-site team building events, and interactive online classes .

Visit WorkshopsForRealLife.com for links to all of your self care event options. Check out the Art of Mindfulness page to sign up for updates up oncoming in-person classes in , a perfectly indulgent retreat coming to the in Spring 2025 , and options for your own self care event.

Tell me: What vibe would you choose to craft in the Art of Mindfulness series?

I hope to see you there!

Anna Lindberg Cedar, MPA, LCSW, LICSW

TherapyForRealLife.com
WorkshopsForRealLife.com

10/23/2024

You all are THE BEST! Workshops For Real Life is returning to SXSW for the third year in a row thanks to upvoting for my presentation. I hope you will join me for this year’s ANTI-LONELINESS HANGOUT and a good time :) . Together, we will brainstorm effective ways to interrupt the worsening loneliness epidemic in our home communities while we practice research-backed skills to foster connection in real time. Ring the bell every time you make a new friend! Let’s see how many new connections we can make :) .

Your mental health matters. Workshops For Real Life is here to help.

Anna Lindberg Cedar, MPA, LCSW, LICSW
TherapyForRealLife.com
WorkshopsForRealLife.com

****** Seeking mental health allies: ******

Please reach out to host an Anti-Loneliness or Self-Care Pop-Up for your team.

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