Natalie Knudsen

Bio

Have you found yourself living on autopilot—going through the motions, but feeling completely numb inside? The passion is gone, replaced by a heavy, quiet burnout and a deep sense of detachment. You’re feeling disconnected from your own heart, distant from the people you love, and isolated from God. Inside, your mind feels like it never stops running—replaying yesterday’s conversations, overthinking what you should have done, or snapping with sudden irritability over the smallest disruptions until you don’t even recognize yourself.

Choosing a therapist isn’t like choosing a dentist—it is choosing someone to sit with you in the most tender, complicated, and beautifully messy parts of your life. Real therapy isn’t about sitting through endless, passive conversations; it’s about giving you practical, evidence-based tools designed to create meaningful, measurable change in the shortest amount of time.

My therapeutic style is warm, direct, and collaborative. I draw from multiple evidence-based modalities—including IFS, CPT, ACT, MI, CBT, and Gottman—to offer individualized care tailored to your exact situation:

My perspective on high performance and mental resilience is deeply shaped by two decades as an elite drill team coach in Utah, including serving as a Head High School Drill Team Coach. Leading teams to top state rankings taught me first-hand how to mentor young athletes through intense pressure, perfectionism, and high-stakes anxiety—skills that translate directly into supporting athletes, performers, and driven individuals in my clinical practice.

Beyond athletic leadership, my clinical perspective is rooted in lived experience. I have been married for 25 years and am a mother of five. Navigating the constant multitasking required in complex family systems helps me connect deeply with clients carrying the emotional weight of parenting and life transitions.

If your relationship with God feels distant, I also offer Christian-based counseling that honors your faith as a vital resource for healing, helping you restore peace and rediscover a grounded sense of purpose.

• Athlete Mental Health & High-Performance Coaching – Performance anxiety, sports pressure, perfectionism, team dynamics, and mental skills training for competitive athletes and coaches.
• Trauma, PTSD & Emotional Overwhelm – Evidence-based recovery using CPT, ACT, and intensive IFS (Parts Work) to resolve emotional numbness, chronic stress, and stuck thought patterns.
• Couples & Relational Restoration – Gottman Method strategies and Hold Me Tight EFT workshop framework to break destructive conflict loops, rebuild trust, and restore intimacy.
• Women’s Life Transitions & Identity – Support for women navigating complex life shifts, identity changes, burnout, and the emotional weight of balancing high-pressure roles.
• Family Systems & Parenting – Practical guidance for complex family dynamics, managing household stress, and supporting neurodivergent children.
• Christian-Based & Faith-Integrated Therapy – Values-focused care to help restore spiritual connection, heal personal divides, and rediscover a grounded sense of purpose.