Meet Our Team

Charline Bengtson, LMFT

Owner & Clinical Director

Hello and Welcome!  I'm Charline.  I'm a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist and Board Approved LPC/LPCC & LMFT supervisor.  I provide counseling services for individuals, professionals, couples, and families across the lifespan in a calm, safe, and confidential environment that facilitates growth and healing. 

Makenna Hillmann

Marketing Intern

 Hello! My name is Makenna Hillmann and I am currently a freshman at Ridgewater College in Hutchinson, Minnesota. I am a marketing intern here at North Country Counseling. I’m majoring in Marketing and Sales Management. 

Angie Williamson, RD, LPCC

Registered Dietician

Hello! My name is Angie Williamson and I am a registered dietitian, turned mental health therapist, living in beautiful central Minnesota! After several years living in the metro area, the lakes and farms of this area called me home. 

Cassandra Brix, LMFT

EFT Certified

Life can be an inspiring, energizing, connecting, and fulfilling experience. Enduring life on one’s own can also be draining, hurtful, scary, and lonely. Therapy can be a way to effectively cope through life’s valleys, find appreciation in our travels, as well as a way to create more enjoyable paths in life that a person wants to lead.

Tayler Waldvogel, LADC

LPCC Candidate

Hello, my name is Tayler. I have a master’s degree in my program of study, Rehabilitation and

Addictions Counseling. I am currently under supervision to be a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor.  I am also a Licensed Alcohol & Drug Counselor.

Brittany Hamann, LPCC

Board Approved Supervisor

Hello, I am Brittany. As a Doctor of Counseling Psychology with a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology, I have experience working alongside people across the lifespan. As a Minnesota Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy approved clinical supervisor, my doctoral research specialized in clinical supervision and promoting the growth of clinical trainees.