615 First Avenue NE, Suite 310
Minneapolis, MN 55413-2447

Telephone: 612-436-0295
Fax: 612-436-0163
email: hcs@healthcounselingservices.com

Contact HCS


Owner & President
Karen Finck RN, MS, CNS
karenfinck@healthcounselingservices.com

Karen is owner and president of Health Counseling Services. She has a private psychotherapy practice. A dynamic speaker, Ms. Finck lectures throughout Minnesota on a variety of psychiatric and mental health topics. She has extensive experience in community nursing consultation, designing models of nursing care, and developing healthcare policies and procedures.



Nurse Managers
Bonnie Peplinski RN, BSN
Nurse Consultant Contract Manager
bonnie@healthcounselingservices.com

Bonnie has over 30 years of experience in community nursing care. She provides clinical support to our Nurse Consultants and manages community nursing contracts. She develops medication and healthcare policies and procedures for many types of licensed community settings. She designs models of nursing care and develops roles for nurse consultants.

Contact Bonnie if you are interested in nursing consultation services for your organization.

Katy Roelofs RN
Assistant Nurse Consultant Contract Manager
katy@healthcounselingservices.com

Katy has extensive experience in all forms of nursing consultation. She organizes and arranges the continuing education programs for HCS nurse consultants. Katy also provides technical and clinical support to our consultants as well.

Contact Katy if you are interested in becoming a nurse consultant with HCS.



Education Department
Dave Kuehn
Training Coordinator
dave@healthcounselingservices.com

Dave coordinates the marketing of our training courses and creates the visual aspects of our training presentations. He also determines the instructors teaching schedules, manages Karen Finck's off-site presentations, and schedules all off-site training courses.

Contact Dave if you are interested in having any of our courses taught at your site.

Becky Moore RN, BSN
Training Consultant
becky@healthcounselingservices.com

Becky is involved in the development of the training courses at HCS. She is responsible for the overall management of classes and determines the training schedule.



Business Department
Julie Svendahl
Business Manager
julie@healthcounselingservices.com

Julie manages all financial aspects of HCS. She directs Human Resources. She supervises both the psychotherapy billing portion of HCS and the credentialing process for advanced practice nurses. Please direct all billing inquiries to Julie as she will be happy to help you.

Steve Smith
Therapy Billing Specialist
steve@healthcounselingservices.com

Steve is responsible for therapy and medication management insurance billing for HCS.



Office Support Staff
Dan Thole
Intake Coordinator
dan@healthcounselingservices.com

Dan is the intake coordinator for psychotherapy and medication management sessions at HCS. He makes inquiries and answers all questions pertaining to insurance coverage. He supports the medication management services by coordinating therapist schedules. He is responsible for maintaining the documentation system.

Leah Jacobson
Office Assistant

Leah provides general office assistance. She also handles the details of HCS workshop events.

Erica Finck
Office Assistant

Erica is responsible for training registrations, scheduling therapy appointments, and provides general office support.