Leslie Konhaeuser, LISW-CP
Specializes in Trauma, Religious Deconstruction, and Postpartum Issues / Motherhood
You may look like you’re holding it together on the outside while quietly feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or unlike yourself underneath.
Maybe becoming a mother changed more than you expected. You love your baby deeply, but you also feel overstimulated, touched out, emotionally reactive, anxious, numb, or unsure why everything suddenly feels so heavy. Maybe you’ve lost connection with your body, your identity, or the version of yourself that once felt grounded and familiar. Some clients come to therapy carrying guilt or shame for struggling during a season they thought they were “supposed” to enjoy.
Others enter this work carrying the impact of trauma — childhood wounds, sexual trauma, birth trauma, or painful religious experiences that taught them to disconnect from themselves in order to survive. Some clients come from church environments where fear, shame, and control were framed as “being godly.” You may have been taught that your worth depended on obedience, purity, appearance, or following rigid expectations around how you should think, feel, dress, behave, or live. Maybe questioning things felt unsafe. Maybe you learned to fear being “sinful,” disappointing others, or somehow getting life wrong in a way that could lead to rejection, punishment, or condemnation.
Over time, experiences like these can create deep anxiety, shame, hypervigilance, and disconnection from your own inner voice. You may have learned to ignore your body, suppress emotions, stay hyperaware of others’ expectations, or carry shame that was never yours to begin with. These experiences can leave the nervous system stuck in survival mode, making it difficult to fully rest, trust yourself, or feel safe being fully seen as you are.
Leslie’s Approach
Leslie’s approach is warm, gentle, and deeply body-centered. As both a therapist and yoga teacher, she integrates somatic interventions, mindfulness, and IFS-informed work to help clients reconnect with themselves in a way that feels safe and compassionate rather than overwhelming. Sessions are not about forcing quick change or “fixing” you. Instead, Leslie helps clients slow down, notice what their mind and body have been trying to communicate, and begin building a greater felt sense of safety, self-trust, and regulation.
Fees
Leslie offers individual therapy sessions.
Individual Therapy (50 minutes): $135
Ready to get started?
Healing isn’t about fixing what’s broken — it’s about creating safety, connection, and space to listen inward. Through a gentle, body-centered approach, Leslie supports clients in reconnecting with themselves, deepening self-trust, and moving toward a greater sense of wholeness at a pace that feels safe and sustainable. If you feel called to begin this work, you’re invited to schedule a session or a free phone consultation and take the next step in your healing journey.