MICHAEL OLSEN

Pronouns: He/Him

Engaging the complexities and contradictions of our stories requires courage. Often, the painful habits we find ourselves trapped in are simply defenses we developed long ago in moments when we desperately needed protection. We have good reasons for choosing to turn away from pain, but our work is not about running away from suffering. Instead, it is a sacred process of turning toward our pain, giving it a voice, and allowing it to guide us on a path towards a new way of being.

I offer a soft place to land to look honestly at how you got here. I approach therapy from a relational psychoanalytic lens, which means we will look at how your past is living in your present and how your internal world shapes your current life and relationships. We are all woven from ancestral stories, internal mythologies, and cultural traditions passed down to us. When this unfinished business cannot be talked about, it is often acted out, showing up as a sense of stuckness or fractures in our relationships. Together, we will practice a radical openness where you are invited to speak as freely as possible. In our sessions, you are the expert of your life; I am the passenger and the witness, holding a non-judgmental space where every part of you—the glorious, the petty, the fearful, and the divine—is invited to have a seat.

Moving at the speed of trust, we will begin to reconnect the pieces of your story and invite all the hidden or silenced parts of yourself back into the room.

As a gay, cismale therapist, I am deeply committed to helping clients dismantle rigid societal or cultural narratives that wound their innate self-worth. I offer an inclusive, affirming space to explore the complex questions of your life. During our time, you will be invited to trust your own experience, cultivate an imagination for a new way of being in the world, and live with a real sense of authenticity and congruence. Together, we will explore: What does the healed version of you look like?

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