Clinician

True Thao

MSW, LICSW

True Thao is the principal therapist and founder of True Thao Counseling Services.  He is a well-respected and experienced clinician in the Twin Cities with nearly thirty years of clinical experience in community mental health, community-based organizations, and hospital trauma center/emergency setting, and with clients of many ethnics and cultural heritages, particularly with the Southeast Asian refugees.  He has significant experience in treating clients with anxiety, depression and trauma and is trained in trauma-focused evidence-based modalities.

He is also a well-known consultant and trainer in the Twin Cities.  Over the last twenty years, he has provided training on cross-cultural mental health to other mental health providers, the court system, companies in the private sector, manage-cared organizations, and specialty groups.  

Further, True has extensive supervision experience and is a MN Board of Social Work certified supervisor. True also speaks Hmong fluently and conversational Lao.


TTCS is a mental health provider for UCare, HealthPartners, Medica, Medicaid, Medicare and Preferred One.

Referrals can be faxed to: 952-405-6676