Therapy for When You’re Tired of Holding It All In
Therapy in Cleveland, Ohio
Online in Ohio & Missouri
You've Held It Together Long Enough
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Here, You Don't Have To
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You've Held It Together Long Enough ✳︎ Here, You Don't Have To ✳︎
On the outside, you look composed. Calm. Capable. The one who keeps it together.
But really…
You're sitting in your car after work, replaying that meeting moment when Steve talked over you (again), mentally drafting the "perfect" comeback you'll never actually say.
You rewrite emails five times, agonizing over whether you used too many exclamation marks–and added "okay if not!" so you don't sound desperate, or worse... bossy.
You say "It's fine!" when it isn't, just to keep the peace. You volunteer for things you don't have time for, then quietly resent it.
You're tired of managing everyone else's comfort while quietly ignoring your own.
You’re the one who notices the patterns.
You carry the kind of clarity that comes at a cost.
You set boundaries no one taught you how to hold, then wonder why the guilt hits afterward. You calmly explain why something hurt you — and end up apologizing anyway.
You notice patterns repeating in new relationships and question if you’ll ever stop carrying old dynamics.
You feel anger and grief at the same time: anger that you had to grow up so fast, grief for the support you never had.
You’re building a different life without a roadmap, while everyone else seems content pretending nothing was wrong.
You’re exhausted from being the family cycle breaker — and still questioning whether you’re allowed to want more than survival.
Hi, I’m Amie 👋
I’m a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor seeing clients in Ohio and Missouri.
My approach blends feminist therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) so you can move from self-doubt, shame, and disconnection to clarity, confidence, and a life that actually feels like yours.
No fluff. No generic self-help platitudes. Just real talk, real strategies, and a safe space to untangle the patterns keeping you stuck.
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My Specialties
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Highly Sensitive People Pleasers
You over-explain, over-accommodate, and apologize preemptively. Therapy for people who are done managing everyone else’s comfort.
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Burnout
If rest hasn’t helped and motivation tips make you want to scream, this might be burnout. Therapy that looks beyond productivity and gets to the root.
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Cycle Breakers
You’re the one who noticed the patterns — and now you’re carrying the weight of changing them. Therapy for navigating guilt, anger, grief, and the quiet loneliness of doing things differently.
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Existential & Political Stress
You’re grieving the world, questioning everything, and trying to function anyway. Therapy that doesn’t minimize how heavy this actually is.
Therapy shouldn’t be about becoming someone new or bulldozing your way to confidence. The goal isn’t just feeling better.
And it isn’t about forcing forgiveness or becoming “unbothered.”
Working with me is about steady, safe, sustainable shifts that help you:
⁕ Speak up without replaying the whole conversation on a loop later
⁕ Understand your anger without shaming yourself, minimizing it, or turning it inward as self-criticism
⁕ Feel grounded instead of overwhelmed
⁕ Stop apologizing for existing (yes, even in your emails)
⁕ Recognize your sensitivity as a strength, not something to “fix”
⁕ Say no to plans without feeling like the world will crumble
⁕ Stop seeing yourself as “the difficult one” for naming harm, setting limits, or refusing to pretend things are fine
Feminist, Systemic Awareness
So you can stop blaming yourself for what was never yours to carry.
Safety & Validation
A space where your anger, grief, and hope are welcome, without judgement.
Practical, Empowering Tools
No jargon, no sugarcoating. Real strategies you can use right away.
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