http://northernedgecounseling.com/

Northern Edge Counseling, 394 Lake Avenue S; STE 515, Duluth, MN (2025)

12/17/2025

An interesting thing happens in therapy sometimes: people with ADHD come in convinced something is “wrong” with them… when most of the time, nothing is wrong at all.

ADHD isn’t a character flaw.
It’s not a failure of discipline.
It’s not proof you “just need to try harder.”

It’s a brain style that gets misunderstood in a world built for a different operating system.

What looks like “procrastination” is often overwhelm.
What looks like “being scattered” is usually 12 simultaneous thoughts competing for airtime.
What looks like “not caring” is actually caring so much you burn out before you begin.

The work isn’t about fixing you.

It’s about helping you understand your own wiring, so life stops feeling like a performance you’re failing and more like a life you can actually live.

www.northernedgecounseling.com

12/15/2025

If you’ve ever said, “I know what I should do, I just can’t make myself do it,” you’d probably really like working with Neil.

He blends mind-body work with IFS, which means you won’t just think your way through stress, you’ll learn how to actually feel regulated again.

New dads, athletes, adults juggling 14 plates in the air… Neil tends to attract the folks who look “fine” on paper but feel fried on the inside.

🌿 Therapy with him isn’t fluffy.
🌿 It’s for sure not “just breathe” or “try harder.”
🌿 It’s grounded, practical, and actually doable.

He’s got a couple openings right now if your nervous system is waving a little white flag.

https://northernedgecounseling.com/about-neil-rasmussen/

12/11/2025

If you’ve ever felt like the cost of being “good” is slowly draining the life out of you, this book is probs worth your time.

This work digs into the unspoken rules women absorb:

🌿 Be agreeable.
🌿 Be selfless.
🌿 Be responsible for everyone’s emotional temperature.
🌿 Be pleasing, but not too much.

The emotional tax of “goodness” isn’t small; most women in therapy arrive burnt out from decades of self-abandonment they quite literally didn’t even realize was happening.

The best part of this this book is that it's less about being “better” and more about waking up to where you’ve been disappearing. With some tasty bits around what to do once this awareness has been built.

If any part of you feels tired reading this… that’s the part that deserves care. And as always, we're happy to help untangle anything you find along the way ❤️

www.northernedgecounseling.com

Elise Loehnen (Fissmer)

12/09/2025

Hey, did we mention that we're growing? 🌱 Not deja vu, we're welcoming another new clinician in this week!

Friends, Meet Paige Konrad 💛

Thoughtful, steady, and deeply connected to the people she works with.

Paige has a way of meeting you right where you are...whether life feels like a clear trail or you’re standing at the base of something steep, wondering how to even begin. She sees therapy as a place where you don’t have to go it alone. You’re on your path, and she walks alongside you with perspective, warmth, and the kind of encouragement that actually moves things forward.

Paige is both a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and for nearly 10 years she’s been supporting individuals and families in the Twin Ports through all kinds of life chapters; stress, anxiety, trauma, transitions, identity changes, and those moments when everything feels overwhelming.

Her approach pulls from , , , trauma-informed care, and a genuine curiosity about how people make sense of their experiences. She also integrates the human–animal bond into her work (yep, even via telehealth), helping clients access comfort, connection, and regulation in a way that feels grounding and real.

People often describe Paige as both relatable and calming. Someone who doesn’t rush the process, doesn’t pretend to have tidy answers, and creates space for you to slow down enough to see what’s actually happening inside of you.

Whether it’s your first therapy experience or you're stepping back in, Paige offers a place to be understood, supported, and strengthened so you can keep moving toward whatever comes next.

👉 Reach out to schedule with her right here:
https://northernedgecounseling.com/paige-konrad/

12/04/2025

Hey, did you know that we've hit a growth spurt, over here?

We're extending a warm welcome on this frigid winter day to one of our newest teammates, Nicole Watson ❤️

Nicole is the kind of therapist who helps you slow down, breathe again, and actually feel like yourself. She creates a space where you don’t have to have it all figured out. A space where you can process the heavy things, reflect without judgment, and start putting the pieces of your mind and body back together in a way that feels intentional and supportive.

She works with trauma, addiction, codependence, and the kinds of life patterns that quietly drain us over time. Her approach blends EMDR, somatic practices, breathwork, and trauma-conscious, body-centered therapies (like yoga) to help you reconnect with your inner steadiness and find clarity you didn’t realize you’d lost.

One of the reasons people feel so safe with Nicole?

She’s done this work, too 🌱

Her own experiences with addiction, mental health challenges, trauma, and codependence are part of what make her such a compassionate, attuned clinician. Her healing journey led her into mindfulness, somatic work, and integrative therapy...and now she brings all of that wisdom forward to support others.

Nicole believes in balancing mind, body, and spirit in a way that feels realistic, not performative. She helps clients notice what’s been overlooked, reconnect with purpose, and slowly rebuild a life that feels aligned instead of exhausting.

If you’ve been craving a grounded, holistic approach to therapy [or just someone who truly “gets it”], Nicole might be a perfect fit.

👉 Reach out to schedule with her here: www.northernedgecounseling.com

12/03/2025

If there’s anything that I hope folks feel when they walk into our space:

This is your hour. No judgment, no fixing because you’re ‘broken’ or ‘bad’ or ‘wrong’. Just space to breathe and figure things out, one piece at a time.

www.northernedgecounseling.com

11/26/2025

The face you make when someone mentions the SAME "life hack" that involves a f***ing paper planner...am I right?!

Being an ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider, you can count on Paige bringing in real-world strategies that actually fit how your brain works…not just the generic hacks you’ve already tried a million times.

The space that she creates is affirming, curious, and supportive for folks exploring identity, living with ADHD, or healing after hard experiences like domestic violence.

Paige has 3 openings right now for new clients; if this sounds like you or someone you care about, let us help you connect with her. 🫶

www.northernedgecounseling.com

11/18/2025

Sometimes life feels like it’s on repeat; the same anxious spiral, the same heavy fog, the same patterns you just can’t seem to shake no matter how hard you try. Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) can be helpful for folks who feel stuck even after trying out all the things that are supposed to help get you “unstuck”.

KAP combines psychedelic medicine with therapy in a safe, supportive space. It’s not just about the medicine, it’s about what happens before and after, too:

✨ Preparation - setting intentions together, grounding in safety.
✨ Dosing - the medicine session itself, held with compassion and care.
✨ Integration - making meaning of the experience, and weaving the insights into your actual life.

It’s especially supportive for people who are holding it together day-to-day, but inside feel disconnected, burnt out, or stuck in loops that feel impossible to break.

Right now, we have 2–3 spots open for folks who want to explore this kind of work with us. If your gut’s been tugging at you to try something different, this might be it.

www.northernedgecounseling.com

11/14/2025

Therapists don’t always have it together either.

Therapy isn’t about perfection, it’s about showing up 🫶🏻

And if you need proof...please direct your attention to this week's disaster-zone work stations 😅 🤼‍♀️

www.northernedgecounseling.com

11/12/2025

Burnout isn’t just being tired; it’s losing access to yourself.

We are our greatest resource. So when we lose connection to ourselves, we lose the very thing that helps us handle challenges, set boundaries, and decide what’s the best fit for us.

So often, burnout shows up after trying to squeeze ourselves into systems that don’t actually fit [think: workplaces, family roles, expectations], and then blaming ourselves when it feels off. Instead of asking “does this system fit me?” most of us just assume:

“I must be the problem.”

Over time, our inner system keeps signaling that something doesn’t fit. At first it whispers. But when we don’t or can’t respond, it gets louder… until eventually we crash. Maybs it goes without saying, but that crash is

✨ burnout ✨

Burnout is our body and mind saying:
Hey friend, you’ve been carrying too much. In ways that don't align with what you actually need.

And if you leave the post carrying anything, I hope it’s this:

This type of experience isn’t a personal failure. But it most definitely is an invitation to reconnect with yourself and reclaim your greatest resource.

Here if you need help coming home to this message 👇

www.northernedgecounseling.com

11/07/2025

Trauma work isn’t about reliving, it’s about releasing.

“Trauma processing” can mean a lot of different things right now, but at its core, it isn’t the ability to perfectly retell your story or remembering every detail.

Making space for your verbal recount can be really important,

❤️ and ❤️

research shows that the most healing piece is helping your nervous system feel safe again after what you’ve been through.

All of our clinicians are trauma-trained, and each uses different approaches:

✨Jakkie: Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) [Think: psychedelic catalyst in tandem with regular therapy]

✨ Melly: EMDR therapy [think: bilateral stimulation to help your brain put trauma to rest, kind of like when you are in REM sleep at night]

✨ Neil: Body-based work + Internal Family Systems work [think: helping to understand how what you've gone through lives in your body and how to release it]

✨ Paige: Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy [think: exploring the story of the trauma you've endured, and addressing thinking patterns behind it staying alive in your mind]

Different flavors, same goal: guiding you back to safety in your body, thoughts, and life.

www.northernedgecounseling.com

11/04/2025

We helped prep meals with the Nourish program at the Duluth Center for Women and Children
[ https://www.duluthcenterforwomenandchildren.org/ ] this month…and wowza what a powerful reminder of what community actually looks like in action.

Although it's important to hit home all the warm-fuzzies we received from this taste of community coming together to meet real needs in our neighborhood... it's event more important to underline how vital it is to support people and spaces like this.

Because what struck us most throughout our time talking and working with these folks was the connection between:

👏 research+action 👏

These folks not only study food insecurity and how it impacts Duluth and Central Hillside, but they’re dedicating time and space ✨every week ✨ to rolling sleeves and putting that knowledge to work in a way that’s tangible, local, and deeply human.

In a world that can feel full of unsolvable problems, experiences like this remind us that innovation and collaboration can move the needle. Small, consistent acts of care, with roots growing deeply and firmly in community, really do make a difference. 🫶🏻

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