Today we’d like to introduce you to Naomi Schwenke.
Hi Naomi, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
My journey to founding Mosaic Integrative Health is rooted in a deep, evolving commitment to treating the whole person. Beginning my career in the mental health field in 2007 with an MA in counseling and psychological services, I started in case management. It was there I quickly recognized a critical gap in the standard care model: the profound impact of family and relationship dynamics was often missing. Driven to bridge this gap, I pursued my Marriage and Family Therapy certification. During this time, my passion for systemic therapy deepened, leading me to a doctoral program at Loma Linda University in California, where I wrote my foundational paper on mixed-orientation marriages.
Over the next five years, I immersed myself in diverse clinical environments during my doctoral program in California, gaining extensive experience in community mental health clinics, schools, hospitals, and private practice. Eventually returning to Minnesota, I continued my clinical work in private practice. However, the cultural and political climate following the 2016 election marked a significant turning point. Working closely with the LGBTQ+ community, I experienced profound empathetic burnout, struggling to hold hope for my clients during a time when the ground felt as though it had fallen out from underneath us.
This period of exhaustion prompted a pivotal career reflection. Recognizing a calling to “help the helpers,” I returned to Loma Linda for a post-doctoral fellowship. Working in the Office of Physician Vitality, I dedicated myself to supporting the professional development and overall well-being of physicians, residents, and fellows.
In 2020, a major surgery brought my professional trajectory to an unexpected halt. Certain I might leave the clinical field entirely, I stepped back to focus on my own recovery. Yet, it was through this deeply personal healing process that I experienced a profound awakening to the inseparable connection between mind and body. I realized that while traditional talk therapy is invaluable, it often cannot account for trauma physically stored in the nervous system or underlying metabolic issues that impact mental well-being. This realization, which later aligned naturally with my training in Somatic Experiencing, fundamentally shifted my clinical philosophy.
I envisioned a space where clients wouldn’t have to compartmentalize their healing—a single clinic where mental, behavioral, emotional, and physical health were treated as one interconnected ecosystem. This vision became Mosaic Integrative Health. Today, from our multidisciplinary clinic in Edina, I lead a team of highly trained clinicians across diverse professional disciplines who work collaboratively to deliver truly holistic, whole-person care.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
The road to founding Mosaic Integrative Health was anything but smooth. Growing up as a minister’s kid, my family traveled constantly; that frequent uprooting disrupted my early development and later required me to intentionally confront how those experiences impacted my own well-being. Navigating this path also meant breaking new ground as the first female in my family to earn an advanced degree, a milestone that brought significant financial challenges as I had to figure out how to fund my education and eventually build a multidisciplinary practice from the ground up. Every step of this journey required immense personal and financial resilience, but doing that hard work firsthand is exactly what shaped my unyielding commitment to providing the kind of holistic, deeply empathetic care we offer today.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know?
Please tell us more about your business or organization. What should we know?
Mosaic Integrative Health is a multidisciplinary, whole-person behavioral health clinic based in Edina, Minnesota, with an upcoming expansion into Grand Forks, North Dakota. As a women-owned and provider-led clinic, I founded Mosaic to bridge a critical gap in the standard care model. Too often, the mental, behavioral, emotional, and physical aspects of our well-being are treated in isolation. At Mosaic, we treat them as one interconnected ecosystem. We bring together highly trained clinicians across diverse professional disciplines under one roof so that our clients do not have to compartmentalize their healing.
2. What do you do, what do you specialize in / what are you known for?
As the CEO, Founder, and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, my clinical foundation is rooted in Marriage and Family Therapy and systemic psychology. At Mosaic Integrative Health, we specialize in a deeply integrated care model. We seamlessly combine psychotherapy and psychological assessments with body-based wellness services, including acupuncture, massage, and structural integration. To further bridge the gap between mind and body, we are thrilled to be adding medication management and nutrition services in the new year.
Clinically, we specialize in trauma recovery, Somatic Experiencing, and nervous system regulation. We are also known for our affirming work with the LGBTQ+ community and our dedicated focus on “helping the helpers”—providing specialized support and burnout recovery for healthcare professionals, physicians, residents, and fellows.
3. What sets you apart from others?
What sets Mosaic apart is not just our clinical approach, but our structural foundation. As a women-led, provider-led clinic, we do not answer to a board of directors. We are not beholden to outside corporate interests or shareholders dictating a bottom line. This independence lets us be deeply intentional about how we support our clinicians, ensuring they have the resources, autonomy, and environment they need to thrive without the threat of burnout.
Clinically, what sets us apart is our deep, applied understanding of the mind-body connection. Traditional talk therapy is invaluable, but it often misses the trauma stored physically in the nervous system or the underlying metabolic issues that drive mental health challenges. Our clinicians do not just share an office space; they actively collaborate to support the whole person.
4. What are you most proud of brand-wise?
I am most proud of the resilience and authenticity that built this brand, as well as our unwavering commitment to sustainability. We are deeply committed to the holistic sustainability of our clients, our clinicians, and our surrounding community. Building this multidisciplinary practice from the ground up—especially as the first female in my family to earn an advanced degree—required navigating significant financial hurdles and breaking new ground.
I am incredibly proud of how that perseverance has shaped our organizational culture. Through our recent expansion into a larger suite in Edina and our upcoming launch in North Dakota, we have maintained a culture that truly lives our mission. We practice the exact same sustainable, supportive care internally with our team that we provide externally to our clients.
5. What do you want our readers to know about your brand, offerings, services, etc.?
I want readers to know that at Mosaic Integrative Health, you don’t have to navigate your healing journey alone or piece together care across disconnected, siloed providers. Whether you are seeking talk therapy to process life transitions, Somatic Experiencing to release deeply held trauma, or body-based interventions to support your physical well-being—and soon, medication management and nutritional support in the new year—we have a cohesive, sustainable team ready to help you. We see you as a complete person, and our services are intentionally designed to honor the complex, beautiful interplay between your mind, your body, and your relationships.
Can you tell us more about what you were like growing up?
I loved learning new things and spent a lot of time outdoors. I loved hanging out with friends and riding horses with them in Montana. We moved from Montana when I was 10 and traveled and lived other places and enjoyed learning about other traditions and meeting new people.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.mosaicih.com
