About Zoey
Zoey Severson is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) based in Minnesota. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or big life changes. Zoey keeps language simple and aims to make beginning therapy feel manageable for someone worried about taking that first step.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through difficult memories and current struggles. Sessions focus on practical ways to manage symptoms, strengthen self-worth, and rebuild motivation.
Background and approach
Zoey supports people working through trauma and abuse, as well as those facing depression, anger, or intimacy-related concerns. Her work also addresses related life issues like blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, body image, and feelings of isolation. She pays attention to how cultural background and experiences of prejudice can affect mental health and daily functioning.
Veterans and people coping with post-traumatic stress are also within her scope of practice. Zoey draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to shape sessions around each person’s needs. She prefers clear goals and steps clients can try between meetings.
Progress looks different for everyone, and she adjusts the pace to match each client’s readiness. With four years of professional experience, Zoey blends direct problem-solving with empathic listening. Her Minnesota license is LPCC, which is listed as a credential.
She speaks English and offers multiple online formats to fit varied schedules.
How Zoey Uses Evidence-Based Methods Online
Zoey uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques in clear, practical ways. One common approach focuses on skills for managing anxiety and stress - learning breathing and grounding practices, noticing unhelpful thinking patterns, and trying experiments that test those thoughts. This helps people reduce immediate symptoms and regain a sense of control over daily life.Another frequent focus is trauma-informed care that helps people process distressing memories and their impacts. This work emphasizes pacing, building coping skills, and strengthening safety before moving into harder material. It can help with post-traumatic stress, grief, and the effects of abuse.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust them as needed so the plan fits the person’s life and pace.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper discussion, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, step-by-step coaching, or support between sessions. These formats help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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