About Attune

Hello. I’m Eric Fawcett, LMFT.

I call my practice Attune not only as a playful reference to my prior careers in the music business, but also because I believe that the word has everything to do with positive mental health. When we’re truly tuned in to our own wants and needs, we live more purposeful, satisfying lives. When we’re truly tuned in to how our wants and needs interact with those of our partners, family members, friends, and collaborators, we have more successful, mutually satisfying relationships.

About Attune

  • Specialization

    I offer an affirming environment where you can safely explore things you may have thought you could never talk about. I specialize in assisting individuals, intimate partners, families, and organizations navigate life's most sensitive subjects in order to achieve greater calm, a greater sense of purpose, and richer interpersonal connections.

  • Identity Affirmative Practice

    In my practice I actively affirm however you identify as an individual, as an intimate partnership, or as a family. Attune is an affirmative LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC ally and welcomes clients regardless of faith tradition or socio-political viewpoint.

  • Populations Served

    I work with humans ages 15 to 115.

  • How Shall We Meet?

    I’m flexible! I can work with you via a secure telephone or video connection, or in-person by arrangement.

  • What do I mean by "we"?

    Sometimes I use the pronoun “we” when talking about Attune’s work. While I conduct therapy alone much of the time, some clients - especially organizations - benefit from having the perspectives of some of my brilliant colleagues in the room.

  • Insurance

    My insurance-based group practice is currently full. I am currently seeing only private pay clients at Attune. I offer sliding scale to a limited number of clients at any one time.

Why Attune?

Before I was a therapist I was a father, and I had two prior careers that relied on successful interpersonal relationships.

As a touring and recording musician I conspired with some of the world’s most innovative hip hop and pop artists, which means I experienced first hand the crazy emotional and financial ups and downs inherent to every professional artist’s life. Later I spent a decade co-owning a creative marketing company collaborating on thousands of music projects in the industries of film, television, and advertising, so I inevitably experienced the roller coaster every entrepreneur will tell you comes with the territory. I’m also a youngest child with four wise older sisters, and a father of three amazing teenagers whom I count among my greatest teachers.

Attune was born of my passion for nourishing our relationships with ourselves, our partners, our families, and our professional collaborators.

My family and friends will confirm that throughout my years as a musician, as an entrepreneur, and as a parent, Mr. Rogers was my guiding light. (I even wrote my master’s thesis about him.) From an early age I took to heart the very serious notion that all of us are indeed special, however we define ourselves. And the unique way you define yourself - as an individual, a couple, a family, or a collaborative organization - is simultaneously the starting point and the goal of our work together.

Teaching | Talks | Interviews | Articles

  • Teaching

    I teach “Therapy for Couples and Intimate Partnerships” in the Marriage & Family Therapy department of Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.

  • "The Exceptionally Brave Act of Following Our Childlike Dreams"

    A talk I gave on the topic of “bravery” to high school students at a leadership conference in Spring Lake Park, Minnesota.

  • Recent contributions to Slate Magazine's "How To Do It" sex and relationship advice column

  • Published Articles

    Articles on the emotional and relational joys and challenges of creative collaboration from my long-running column “Mindset,” published in the British musician trade magazine, Drummer.

  • Topic: "Relationships & Creative Collaboration"

    The 10,000 Hours Podcast asked me to talk about the importance of nurturing strong relationships to advance our creative collaborations.

  • Bridging Polarized Positions

    The Twin Cities Wellness Collective asked Tess Gittleman and me to talk about how we might imagine healing the sociopolitical divides that are splintering families, organizations, and society itself.