About Lisa Havelin: Licensed Therapist & Pet Loss Specialist
My deepest wish is for people to experience more joy, connection, fulfillment, ease, and love in their lives—to express their gifts fully and live in a way that feels authentic to who they truly are.
We are built to experience those things but life can just feel so painful.
My deepest wish is for people to experience more joy, connection, fulfillment, ease, and love in their lives—to express their gifts fully and live in a way that feels authentic to who they truly are.
I believe we are meant to experience those things, even though life can also feel profoundly painful.
What often lives in the space between suffering and healing is the process of learning who we are and allowing painful experiences to lead us back to ourselves. This work can be difficult to do alone, and at times we need other people to support, guide, and walk alongside us.
Many of us grow up carrying disappointment, loss, trauma, or experiences that teach us to protect ourselves by “armoring up.” Over time, however, those protective patterns can begin to limit our ability to feel connected, fully alive, and authentically ourselves. Therapy can be a space to gently explore those patterns with compassion and curiosity, and to reconnect with the parts of ourselves that have been hidden, silenced, or forgotten.
I am a licensed therapist with 19 years of experience serving individuals in Minnesota and am currently accepting new clients for individual online therapy.
Before becoming a therapist, I earned my Master of Fine Arts degree in 1993 and taught in university art programs for more than 20 years. I later returned to school to earn my master’s degree in counseling and psychotherapy. I have supported people in private practice, group practice, and hospital settings.
My work is influenced by somatic and nervous system-informed approaches, mindfulness-based practices, trauma-informed care, and an understanding of the mind–body connection.
I have also completed training in Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), an evidence-based approach that works to reduce or eliminate neuroplastic chronic pain by helping the brain and nervous system relearn safety.
My work often focuses on grief and bereavement, trauma, chronic pain, authenticity, nervous system regulation, and supporting people in reconnecting with themselves in deeper and more compassionate ways.