Individual Therapy

My practice is for you if any of these fit you:

  • You learned early how to be capable, calm, or helpful — and now you’re exhausted

  • You feel deeply, but don’t always know how to let those feelings move through you

  • Your emotions show up as tension, shutdown, or overwhelm instead of words

  • You want to be seen more fully, but feel scared of what might happen if you really open up

  • You feel guilt or self-judgment when you cry or feel angry

  • You notice yourself pulling back, smoothing things over, or disappearing a bit in relationships

  • You’re tired of managing yourself instead of actually living

START WITH A PHONE CALL

You didn’t become this way by accident.

Many of the people I work with learned early how to stay steady, helpful, or composed because it mattered — to their family, their relationships, or their sense of safety. Those patterns weren’t flaws. They were intelligent, adaptive ways of getting through.

But over time, always holding it together can start to cost you. Feelings get tucked away. Needs get quiet. Relationships begin to feel distant — not because you don’t care, but because there hasn’t been much room for you.

In therapy, we slow things down. We get curious about what your system learned to do — and what it’s been trying to protect you from. When those patterns are met with understanding instead of pressure, something softens. You don’t have to manage yourself so tightly anymore. There’s space to feel, to rest, and to reconnect with what’s actually going on inside.

Therapy with me isn’t about fixing you or teaching you how to manage your feelings better. It’s about creating enough safety to slow down and notice what’s already happening — inside your body, your emotions, and your relationships.

We’ll pay attention to the parts of you that work hard to keep things together: the thinker, the caretaker, the one who smooths things over or shuts things down. Instead of pushing those parts away, we’ll get curious about them — what they’ve been protecting, and what they’re afraid might happen if they let go.

Sessions might look like:

  • Slowing down to notice emotions, sensations, and patterns as they show up

  • Gently exploring the parts of you that overthink, people-please, or withdraw

  • Making space for feelings that haven’t felt safe to express

  • Practicing staying present with discomfort instead of managing it away

  • Building a more trusting, compassionate relationship with yourself

Our work is collaborative, honest, and paced with care. I’ll meet you with warmth, curiosity, and a bit of humor when it helps — because real change happens in connection, not perfection.

Over time, many clients find they’re able to feel more grounded inside, speak more honestly, and show up in relationships with less fear and more ease.

What’s it like to work with Raelynn?

A note about my approach

I often work from an Internal Family Systems (IFS) approach, which means we pay attention to the different ways you’ve learned to cope — the part that thinks things through, the part that takes care of others, the part that pulls back, and the part that feels overwhelmed.

These parts aren’t problems to fix. They’re intelligent responses to your life experiences. In therapy, we get curious about them with compassion, not judgment.

Over time, this approach helps you build a more trusting relationship with yourself. When your inner world feels safer, emotions don’t have to be pushed away or managed so tightly — and connection, both within yourself and with others, becomes more possible.

Let’s talk

If this feels like what you’ve been looking for, we can start slowly.

You don’t have to have the right words or a clear plan. We can begin with a free phone call — a simple, no-pressure way to see if working together feels like a good fit.