Our Mission:

Promoting Hope & Recovery Through Mutual Respect, Trust, And Empowerment.

Our Values:

Equality

Dedication

Integrity

Compassion

Safety

~ Kiesler Wellness Center Director ~

Steven Loney

Our Vision:

Empowering Lives

Transforming Minds

Redefining Wellness

Kiesler Clubhouse:

Our members work to change the narrative on how persons with a lived mental health experience are viewed and accepted within our community.

Believe Mental Health Recovery is Possible

Our story began with a focus on amplifying the voices of individuals with lived mental health experiences, fostering environments for learning, friendship, and personal growth to unlock everyone’s full potential. We emerged as a small Clubhouse, with a few members and one employee. Building from the ground up required vision, passion, support, and contributions from our Clubhouse members, who are essential to our operations.

Our core principle is equity, providing opportunities for wellness where everyone can find purpose and confidently pursue their life path.

We believe mental health recovery is possible for everyone. Our passion and dedication to supporting those seeking recovery have guided Kiesler’s growth into the wellness center it is today.

Our vision is to offer our community a unique systems delivery model centered on the needs of our community and consumers. We continually seek input from program participants, community stakeholders, and the Department of Health and Human Services to create an innovative wellness model tailored for Itasca County residents. Kiesler is unparalleled in Minnesota’s mental health services. As we have grown and expanded our services, we continue to uphold our core values.

Kiesler Wellness Center continues to expand to provide our services to more people in our community. Our person-centered, collaborative team approach to recovery goes beyond traditional models by focusing on a peer-driven approach to wellness, built within our clubhouse. Kiesler was among the first in Minnesota to train and hire individuals with lived mental health experiences. With support from Northland Counseling Center and the Blandin Foundation, we trained and hired 12 individuals who had previously received mental health services; they are known today as our Certified Peer Specialists.

Our wellness philosophy is deeply rooted in teamwork, recognizing that everyone contributes to the clubhouse’s progress. We also believe in nurturing a person’s talents and skills, which creates intrinsic value, boosts self-esteem, and enhances self-efficacy. Daily, we focus on identifying the positives of each individual and understanding how our actions impact our behaviors, moods, feelings, and relationships.

We accept each individual for who they are and what they have experienced, placing them at the center of choice and opportunity. Mental health recovery is a personal journey to discover one’s best self. Resources and guidance, through learning, teaching, role modeling, and participating, occur through the events, projects, and peer leadership a person encounters at Kiesler Wellness Center.