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THERAPY SERVICES FOR PEOPLE IN MINNESOTA

What shows up now often began as a way to survive then.

We can begin with the concern that brought you here and explore the experiences, beliefs, and protective responses that still shape how you feel, cope, and connect.

WHEN COPING NO LONGER FEELS SUSTAINABLE

You’re managing the problem. But you’re losing yourself in the process.

A relationship, a coping habit, work stress, or painful emotions may have become too hard to keep managing. Underneath the problem, you may notice something deeper: you do not feel like yourself anymore.

This is not always about a lack of effort. Sometimes long-practiced ways of feeling safe still shape how you react, cope, connect, and see yourself.

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THERAPY SERVICES & AREAS OF FOCUS

Support for what brings you in & what's beneath it.

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Trauma, EMDR & IFS Therapy

For painful experiences, early relationship wounds, or beliefs that still affect a sense of safety, worth, connection, or control. EMDR and IFS therapy can help process what still hurts and bring understanding to the parts that learned to protect.

Anxiety, Depression & Emotional Overwhelm

For overthinking, pressure, shutdown, sadness, shame, numbness, or the feeling that you cannot get out of your own way. Therapy can help you feel steadier and understand what your emotions have been carrying.

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Addiction Recovery & Co-Occurring Concerns

For people seeking deeper healing in recovery, as well as people questioning their relationship with alcohol, substances, or other ways of finding relief. Recovery work can address the behavior and the pain underneath it.

Life Transitions, Identity & Relationship Patterns

For times when old roles no longer fit, relationships keep touching the same wounds, or you feel unsure of who you are becoming. Therapy can help you reconnect with your voice, values, and sense of self.

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EMDR, IFS THERAPY & WHOLE-PERSON HEALING

You are more than the ways you learned to survive.

Many things people judge in themselves, pleasing others, controlling, numbing, shutting down, becoming angry, or pushing through, began as ways to feel safe or find relief. They are not proof that something is wrong with you. They are parts of your story that deserve understanding and care.

Our work is not about forcing those parts away. It is about building enough safety to listen, work through what still hurts, and help you live with more choice and connection.

Approaches I Use

EMDR therapy helps process painful experiences and beliefs that still feel active today.
IFS therapy helps you understand protective and hurting parts of yourself with more compassion.
CBT and ACT support clear thinking, values, and practical change in daily life.
Mindfulness supports awareness and the ability to respond with intention.

EMDR therapy helps process painful experiences and beliefs that still feel active today.
IFS therapy helps you understand protective and hurting parts of yourself with more compassion.
CBT and ACT support clear thinking, values, and practical change in daily life.
Mindfulness supports awareness and the ability to respond with intention.

Questions about starting therapy

Do I need to choose between EMDR, IFS therapy, CBT, or ACT before starting?

What is EMDR therapy?

Do you work with addiction recovery?

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IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL THERAPY IN MINNESOTA

We can start where you are.

Most people begin therapy with more than one concern. We can start with what feels hardest now and decide together whether my approach is a good fit.

I offer in-person therapy in St. Paul and virtual therapy throughout Minnesota. Insurance is accepted through Headway, where you can check coverage and estimated costs before scheduling.

Most people begin therapy with more than one concern. We can start with what feels hardest now and decide together whether my approach is a good fit.

I offer in-person therapy in St. Paul and virtual therapy throughout Minnesota. Insurance is accepted through Headway, where you can check coverage and estimated costs before scheduling.

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