Working Together

Welcome! I’m glad you’re here.

Being human is full of challenges and uncertainty.

I work with a gentle, powerful, and non-pathologizing modality called the NeuroAffective Relational Model® (NARM®), which I blend with principles of psychodynamic psychotherapy.

NARM® holds that our behavior makes sense; that we’ve learned to adapt to our environments to stay safe and connected. We may eventually discover that those adaptations no longer serve us—that they get in the way of showing up as our authentic selves, having healthy relationships, and prioritizing our own needs. NARM® blends both “top-down” (traditional talk therapy) and “bottom-up” (somatic) interventions, and works with patterns as they show up in the present.

Using this framework, we hold space for the change that you long for, and get curious about what’s in the way of that change.

I also integrate family systems theory, an understanding of attachment, a sense of humor, and a belief that deep relational attunement is at the heart of transformational change. 

I’m here to guide you through that process. 

I believe that we can stay soft and cultivate resilience by learning to feel and process difficult emotions, foster healthy interdependence, connect with our hearts, and develop a deeper, more responsive relationship with ourselves. 

About Laura

Laura Holway, MA, LPCC

In my life outside the office, I’m a low-key gardener, a dinner party enthusiast, and the parent of a middle schooler. My first career was in the performing arts, and embodiment, creativity, and approaching life with curiosity remain deeply important to me. 

I’m practicing the same things we explore together, and see myself as a fellow traveler, holding the questions alongside you. I feel so honored to do this work.

Training:

  • MA, Counseling and Psychological Services, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

  • BA, St. Olaf College

  • NARM® Master’s Training (Level 2), completed in 2024

  • The Rising Therapist (Twin Cities-based, multi-modality training)

Qualifications:

  • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in Minnesota (license #5089)

  • Certified NARM® Therapist

What’s possible from this place?

  • More satisfying relationships—where you can give and receive, show up authentically, and set boundaries

  • A deeper awareness of your needs, preferences, and emotions

  • More ability to honor your authentic capacity, without over-functioning

  • Access to a fuller range of emotional experience

  • Increased presence—without rumination and intellectualizing

  • Increased capacity to navigate difficult circumstances

  • More comfort allowing yourself to take up space and be seen

  • Increased self-trust and self-acceptance

  • A deeper sense of agency in your life

“I’ve always felt that psychoanalysis is compatible with the ancient idea that the more you know yourself, the more you’re free.


That self-knowledge leads to the capacity to make choices, as opposed to making driven choices of the same kind throughout your life.

That the more you understand, the more range you have; the more agency you have.


So, the psychoanalytic disposition is not to tell people what to do, but instead to help them find what THEY want to do and what they think is the right thing to do.”

- Nancy McWilliams, therapist and author

Contact Laura

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