Laura Lindekugel
MS, MS, LMFT, SEP Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist -
I work with individuals and couples, and often work with one person towards change in a relationship, towards healing after infidelity, or to walk through a partner’s midlife crisis.
I am warm, calm, compassionate, non-judgmental, and take a collaborative and holistic approach to change, healing, and wellness. I have been married for more than 25 years and with my husband for more than 30 years. And we have raised two children together, now young adults. I have lived abroad five times for education and career in Asia, the U.K., and Europe. As such, I am open minded and have a perspective on the ways that culture, values, and formative experiences shape our lives, patterns, sense of self, and relationships.
I believe that if we could think or talk our way out of problems we would, and I’m passionate about how we actually create and sustain change and healing. So in addition to tools, support, counseling, and resources I can also provide compassionate therapy that incorporates the body and nervous system (Somatic Experiencing, EMDR, ISP, and AEDP). Spending time in this way, if you choose, can facilitate deep insight, healing, and change. If you’ve tried talk therapy in the past and it hasn’t been helpful—or helpful enough, I hope you will consider learning more about a different way to work.
So what’s it like to work with me? If you liked that teacher who inspired you, who was patient but also direct, who had passion and great hope and believed in you, you’ll probably find we’re a good fit. Having faced pain and challenges in my own life, I am comfortable being in what is yet unknown and walking with people through gaining insight, discerning decisions, healing, and making and sustaining change. I approach this work with great passion and dedication. It’s incredibly rewarding and exciting to help people build the relationships and lives they long for, to facilitate healing, to help people move intentionally through difficult periods, to be freed from suffering, and to achieve mastery. I love this work and am fully present and truly invested in you and your wellbeing.
Finding the right therapist is so important. Contact me to set up a free 30-minute consultation to see if we’re a fit. We’ll spend time making sure you get all of your questions answered, and I can share more about how I work. You may email me directly at laura@therapymplsmn.com. I look forward to connecting with you.
Skills and Expertise
Infidelity and Affair Recovery
Anxiety
Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
Divorce
Couples therapy
Couple Counseling
Marriage Couseling
Marital Therapy
Midlife Crisis
Premarital Counseling
Relationship Issues
Trauma
Trauma and PTSD
Treatment Orientation
AEDP
Couple and Family Systems Therapy
EMDR
Family/Marital Therapy
Gottman Method
Gottman Method Couples Therapy
Marital Couple/ Family Communication Therapy
Somatic
Trauma Focused Therapy
Modality