Evolve Therapy

Evolve Therapy Providing couples and individuals and opportunity for lasting change.

Marriage Counseling, Couples Counseling, Infidelity Counseling, Individual Counseling, S*x Therapy, S*x Addiction Counseling,
LGBT Friendly
Marriage Counseling Specialities:
Rebuilding trust
Recovery from cheating, affairs and infidelity
S*x Addiction, P**n Addiction, CyberS*x Addiction and other Addictions. S*xual problems and S*x therapy
Enhancing communication
Resolving conflicts
Relati

onship crisis

Individual Counseling Specialities:
Childhood S*xual Abuse
S*xual Assualt
Addictions
Relationships
Self-esteem
Trauma
Spirituality
Anxiety

So that you can:
Cope with life’s stresses
Increase awareness
Increase your energy
Feel better

Think about that for a moment! Does your partner care about the impact on you?
06/24/2026

Think about that for a moment! Does your partner care about the impact on you?

When couples tell me they have “communication issues,” it’s rarely about communication.It’s usually about emotional safe...
06/23/2026

When couples tell me they have “communication issues,” it’s rarely about communication.

It’s usually about emotional safety.

Because if telling the truth leads to
criticism…
shutdown…
defensiveness…
distance…
or having your vulnerability used against you later…

your nervous system learns:
*don’t go there.*

So instead, people soften their needs.
Hint instead of ask.
Stay quiet instead of risk conflict.
Say “it’s fine” when it really hurts.

And over time, two people stop sharing honestly, not because they don’t care, but because connection no longer feels emotionally safe.

Before working on “better communication,” ask:

What happens in this relationship when someone is vulnerable?

Are they met with curiosity?
Comfort?
Responsiveness?
Or punishment?

Because the real issue usually isn’t communication skills.

It’s whether the relationship feels safe enough for emotional truth.

06/22/2026

Watch to learn what your partner needs, and doesn’t need, in heightened emotional moments to help create emotional safety and understanding. 💙

This weekend is Father’s Day, and we’re sending love to everyone who needs it. 💙To the dads showing up every day.To the ...
06/21/2026

This weekend is Father’s Day, and we’re sending love to everyone who needs it. 💙

To the dads showing up every day.
To the people grieving a father.
To those healing from painful relationships with a parent.
To the single parents carrying it all.
To the fathers no longer here.
To the people longing to become parents.
To anyone finding this day complicated, heavy, beautiful, or bittersweet.

You are not alone today. 💙

Sometimes the most meaningful thing we can offer someone who is grieving isn’t advice or the “perfect” words, it’s prese...
06/20/2026

Sometimes the most meaningful thing we can offer someone who is grieving isn’t advice or the “perfect” words, it’s presence, curiosity, and compassion. 💙

Grief can feel isolating, and simple shifts in language can help people feel seen, supported, and less alone. Saving this as a reminder that we don’t have to fix grief to show up for it.

Which one resonates with you most?

📲 from Happy Grieving

The freedom of African Americans from slavery in the U.S. in 1865 is celebrated on the holiday Juneteenth on June 19. Ju...
06/19/2026

The freedom of African Americans from slavery in the U.S. in 1865 is celebrated on the holiday Juneteenth on June 19. Juneteenth is the day that Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Texas more than 155 years ago to inform slaves that slavery had been abolished. HAPPY JUNETEENTH

Healing isn’t about never getting lost.It’s about learning that taking a wrong turn doesn’t make you a failure. 💙You are...
06/18/2026

Healing isn’t about never getting lost.

It’s about learning that taking a wrong turn doesn’t make you a failure. 💙

You are allowed to change direction.
You are allowed to begin again.
You are allowed to outgrow old patterns, rewrite old stories, and choose a new path forward.

Growth rarely looks linear.
Sometimes it looks like slowing down.
Sometimes it looks like grieving.
Sometimes it looks like “recalculating route.”

And that doesn’t mean you’re broken.
It means you’re human.

It's always ok to let go of people that don't serve you.
06/17/2026

It's always ok to let go of people that don't serve you.

After betrayal, healing cannot begin with vulnerability alone. 💙Too often, couples are asked to “open up” emotionally be...
06/16/2026

After betrayal, healing cannot begin with vulnerability alone. 💙

Too often, couples are asked to “open up” emotionally before the foundation for that vulnerability has been rebuilt.

But in EFT-informed betrayal trauama, the process is sequential:

Truth → Safety → Trust → Vulnerability → Intimacy

Before deeper emotional work can happen, the full truth must be on the table.
Truth creates clarity.
Clarity creates predictability.
Predictability creates safety.
And safety is what allows trust to slowly re-emerge.

Without safety, vulnerability can feel dangerous.
Without truth, safety remains fragile.

Healing after betrayal isn’t about rushing toward closeness,
it’s about rebuilding the relational foundation step by step.

When therapy honors this process, couples are better able to move from chaos and fear toward connection and intimacy.

Real repair starts at the bottom of the pyramid, not the top. ✨
Thank you to Dr. Lisa Palmer-Olsen, MFT for teaching this. [Based on the work of Drake and Caudill (2019) EFT Safety and Stabilization after betrayal.]

06/15/2026

Watch to hear the difference between what a friend might say and what a therapist might say. One response can fuel the cycle. The other can help you understand what’s happening underneath it. Can you tell the difference?

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9800 Shelard Parkway #115
Plymouth, MN
55441

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Monday 10am - 8pm
Tuesday 10am - 8pm
Wednesday 10am - 8pm
Thursday 10am - 8pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 8am - 5pm
Sunday 8am - 5pm

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