The Coat You Didn’t Choose
Imagine you’re walking down a wooded path in early spring. The air is crisp, and the ground is soft under your boots. You’re wearing a heavy, wool-lined coat—the kind you’ve had for years. It was comforting in the deep winter, but today, the sun is breaking through the trees. It’s getting warm. You notice your shoulders aching, and a persistent, dull tightness pulling at your lower back. You’ve been wearing this coat so long that you’ve forgotten you could simply unzip it and take it off.
It is a small, physical moment that mirrors something much deeper. Often, the "weight" we carry through our days—the sense of obligation, the ancestral anxiety, the relational pressure—doesn't actually belong to us. We have been wearing these heavy layers for so long that we have mistaken them for our own skin.
In our sessions, we pause to look at what you’re carrying. Many of my clients arrive feeling like they have to hold everything up—for their family, their past, or their history. They are walking around with invisible packs filled with expectations and burdens that aren't theirs to bear.
Our work here isn't about "fixing" a defect in you; it’s about identifying what isn't yours to carry. When we do this work, the relief isn't just mental—it’s visceral. It’s the difference between trying to navigate your life in a winter coat that no longer fits, and stepping into the air unburdened, finally able to be present.
This is the beauty of private-pay, personalized therapy. We don't have to rush through a diagnostic checklist to "manage" your symptoms. We don't have to follow a cookie-cutter protocol. We have the space to sit with these heavy layers, gently untangle them, and distinguish what belongs to your history from what belongs to your current, living self.
Ready to trade the heavy weight of ancestral and relational obligation for the freedom of being fully present in your own life?
I provide 100% virtual, neuro-affirming somatic therapy for adults across Minnesota who are ready to move from feeling perpetually responsible for everyone else into a life of embodied, values-aligned peace.
About the Clinical Approach
I offer private-pay, neuro-affirming somatic therapy grounded in the belief that healing is a collaborative, unrushed process. By integrating IFS (Internal Family Systems), sensorimotor, and somatic-informed modalities, we move beyond just "talking" about trauma. We work with the nervous system to build safety, honor your unique neurodivergence, and reclaim your capacity for rest, joy, and agency.
