Lisa Havelin MA, MFA, LMFT
My deepest wish is for people to be able to experience joy and abundance, a sense of fulfillment and ease, and love in their lives—to be able express their gifts and live in a way authentic to who they really are.
We are built to experience those things but life can just feel so painful.
What lives in the space between those things is learning who you are, and letting the painful things lead you back to yourself. That’s healing, and that’s often where we most need other people to support and guide us. I’ve done that work, I know the ins and outs. I’ve done the personal work and training to be a worthy guide and that’s where my meaning is in life, sharing what I’ve learned, studied, practiced, sharing my gifts to help others.
“We all grew up and experienced varying degrees of trauma, disappointment, hard stuff. We armored up, and at some point that armor no longer serves us. What I would say to that person is, ‘how is not talking about this serving you?’. And now the weight of the armor is too heavy and it’s not protecting you. It’s keeping you from being seen and known by others. And the universe comes down and whispers in your ear… “the armor is keeping you from growing into the gifts I’ve given you.”. This is where everything we thought protected us keeps us from being the partners, the parents, the professionals, the people that we wanna be…. learn who you are.” — Brene Brown.
I am a licensed therapist with 17 years of experience serving Minnesota and am currently accepting new clients for individual online therapy. I received my master of fine arts degree in 1993 and taught in university art programs for 20+ years before going back to school to earn my masters degree in counseling and psychotherapy. I was born in Saint Paul Minnesota and have lived in New Mexico, New York, and Philadelphia. As a therapist I have supported people in group and private practice as well as hospitals. I have trained in many modalities and capacities but have a specific interest in bringing the wisdom of the body into the therapeutic process, and in animal assisted therapy. I am a trained Equine Facilitated Therapist and Epona Approved Instructor and offer this as part of my services to individuals.