Natalie Knudsen

Natalie Knudsen

Natalie Knudsen

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Bio

Are you on autopilot—going through the motions, but feeling completely numb inside? Are You feeling disconnected from your own heart, emotionally 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. I love assisting people through trauma that is impacting their quality of life.

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.

Breakthrough Solution

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.

About Me

My perspective on high performance and mental resilience is deeply shaped by two decades as an elite dance coach, including serving as a Head High School Drill Team Coach. I’ve led  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.

Core Areas of Focus

  • Athlete Mental Health & Performance Coaching: Grounded in 20 years of directing and coaching elite dance teams, I integrate mental skills training and cognitive reframing to help athletes navigate performance anxiety, high-pressure competitive environments, and team dynamics while protecting their psychological well-being.
  • Women’s Life Transitions & Identity: Supporting women as they navigate complex life shifts, identity changes, and the heavy emotional demands of balancing multiple high-pressure roles.
  • Couples & Family Relational Restoration: Drawing from Gottman Method tools and hands-on experience facilitating Hold Me Tight workshops to break destructive communication cycles, rebuild trust, and restore long-term connection
  • Family Systems & Parenting – Practical guidance for complex family dynamics, managing household stress, and supporting neurodivergent children.
  • Trauma, PTSD & Emotional Overwhelm: Utilizing CPT, ACT, and intensive IFS (Parts Work) to unpack stuck thought patterns, regulate your nervous system, and heal the root causes of emotional numbness.
  • Christian-Based & Faith-Integrated Therapy – Values-focused care to help restore spiritual connection, heal personal divides, and rediscover a grounded sense of purpose.

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