Counseling & Psychotherapy · Minneapolis, MN
When the Old Story No Longer Fits
I see each client as a universe—complex, layered, and entirely unique. The question is never "what works for people like you?" but "what do you, specifically, need?" We figure that out together.
Maybe you've found yourself in a space you didn't expect—through diagnosis, divorce, a DNA surprise, loss, or a shift that changed everything you thought you knew. Maybe the ground has moved, and you're unsure who you are now or where you're going next. Or things look fine outside, while something inside feels quietly off or unrecognizable.
If so, we may be a good fit.
In-Person
& Telehealth
MN & WI
Serving
Insurance
Accepted
About Jennifer
Nothing is Wasted
I grew up in a rural place where space was a daily reality—the kind that opens into sky. There was room for attention to wander: long stretches outdoors, imaginative play, afternoons in haylofts with kittens tucked into the straw.
That relationship with space stayed with me. Later, it took form in studying Interior Design at the University of Minnesota, where I became interested in how environments shape experience and how people move through the worlds we build for them. I worked in commercial design for churches, schools, and hotels, thinking about gathering, meaning, and the subtle ways space holds human life.
Everything shifted after a life-threatening illness in 2019. Attention turned inward in a way that couldn't be undone. The body became its own kind of landscape—one that required listening rather than designing. That experience eventually led me toward a Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Capella University, though it felt less like a reinvention than a deeper alignment with something already taking shape underneath my life.
In clinical work, I find that nothing is wasted. Creative practices like painting, ceramics, movement, and writing naturally enter the room when useful. So does somatic awareness—a way of listening to the body's intelligence and the quieter ways it speaks. My own experience of illness deepened that listening and continues to shape how I work.
Outside of sessions, I still return to space in a more literal sense: tending an urban garden, watching what grows when it is given attention and time. And I remain in an ongoing, lighthearted negotiation with my family about the eventual necessity of backyard ducks.
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