What is it like to be you, right now in this moment? Have you noticed where you feel stuck, overwhelmed, powerless, or alone with what you are carrying? As you take another breath, do you know what you wish could change? If your biggest hopes for change somehow happened, what would shift in your days, in your relationships, in what it's like to move through the world? I'm Keegan. I love to listen deeply. I try to feel, understand, and imagine what it is like to be you. When we trust that we have some shared understanding and connection, we can partner together towards change. We explore pathways towards your needs and longings that fit in your real life. When hurts and stuck patterns get in the way of movement, we honor them and listen to what they might be telling us. We learn. We find and invite all your strengths, gifts, and supports to the table. We need them. We find an approach that works for you and adjust as we go. If you have responses to the questions above, I would love to hear them. If you aren't sure, or it feels scary or strange to say out loud, I would love to talk with you and see what we find out together. I believe finding a good fit in therapy is vital. In my experience, conversation is the fastest way to feel that out. As you explore possibilities, I'm happy to respond to questions, discuss the process, or share more of my story (background, identities, experiences, approach). If we don't feel like a fit for each other, I would genuinely like to support you in finding a better fit for your needs.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
We have options to make it responsive to you! Basically, we'll talk about some combination of: what are you hoping for in therapy, what are you concerned about, what can I offer, how can we partner to have an experience that responds to your needs? (And if I'm not the right fit, how can I help you find the right person for you? I want that for you!)
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
Too many of us feel alone in the world. I am grateful to have worked with people across a wide range of ages and identities. From tough teens in a locked inpatient unit to lonely business leaders or beloved community elders, most people I've worked with deeply long to be seen. And by "seen", they mean truly felt and understood in an honest, nonjudgmental way that makes space for them to be unpolished, unedited, messy, and whole. No matter who is in front of me, I strive to understand what it feels like to be them in the world. And from that place of connection, we partner to explore pathways to more life-affirming ways to be in the world.
Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.
Some people frequently find themselves the "rock" that others lean on. They may be community leaders, caregivers, organizers, executives, coaches/consultants, pastors, principals, teachers. Some have formal roles. Some end up taking responsibility for others no matter their role. These folks may have a hard time receiving attuned support, or just being seen and held when hurting. They have become expert at taking care of others. But now they need care. These are my people. I have worked with a wide range of folks. I tend to partner well with people who in some way care for their communities.
About Keegan Freiburger
Keegan Freiburger offers therapy covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicaid and UCare - Medicaid in Minnesota.
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“One of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we aren’t alone.” bell hooks “The most critical part of deep listening is asking what is at stake for the other person. I try to understand what matters to them, not what I think matters. Sometimes I start to lose myself in their story. As soon as I notice feeling unmoored, I try to pull myself back into my body, like returning home. As Hanna Arendt says, “one trains one’s imagination to go visiting.“ When the story is done, we must return to our skin, our own worldview, and notice how we have been changed by our visit. So I ask myself, what is the story demanding of me? What will I do now that I know this?” Valarie Kaur “In order to understand who we are, we have to understand what we’ve done to each other.” -ocean vuong "Healing is a practice that is strongest if built into the everyday of where and how we work and live. There is no single way to do this or special workshop to buy. We start from where we are. We start from where our community is. And we remember that we were each hurt and have survived and that something different is possible. Healing isn’t something you have to take a class in or pay lots of money for. Healing is about taking the time to notice what gets in the way of feeling connected to your life, your community and your sense of possibility. Healing, at its core, is about slowing down so that we can better listen, to ourselves and each other. There is nothing easy about slowing down. Sometimes slowing down means feeling something we were trying to avoid. There is a lot that is going to show up to say we shouldn’t slow down, that we have to fight and work harder, faster, better or else we will not make it. This is not always true. Slowing down doesn’t mean giving up. It means taking a breath. It means stopping and having a conversation that isn’t according to an agenda. " - Susan Raffo
Narrative
"To live a lifetime of audacity, dwelling in the place where joy meets justice, year after year, can only be sustained by being so in love with a vision of what’s possible that we no longer flirt with despair." “Trauma is not the opposite of joy, it’s the husk around its seed.” -Aurora Levins Morales "The only way to bear the overwhelming pain of oppression is by telling, in all its detail, in the presence of witnesses and in a context of resistance, how unbearable it is. If we attempt to craft resistance without undertakin gthis task, we are collectively vulnerable to all the errors of judgment that unresolved trauma generates in individuals. It is part of the our task as revolutionary people, people who want deep-rooted, radical change to be as whole as it is possible for us to be. This can only be done if we face the reality of what oppression really means in our lives, not as abstract systems subject to analysis, but as an avalanche of traumas leaving a wake of devastation in the lives of real people who nevertheless remain human, unquenchable, complex and full of possibility. The heart of the challenge is to assimilate the terrible, the unbearable, transforming it into something that can be integrated; something that can nourish us and leave us with a vision of the world, of ourselves of humanity, that is bigger than the horror." - Aurora Levins Morales
Somatic
"a commitment to my body being a practice ground for transformation." -adrienne maree brown "The longing is the compass." -Nichola Torbett “Only emotions that cannot be embraced in their fullness lead to violence.” - Miki Kashtan “Mourning is what allows us to bridge the gap between what we see and what we long for, the gap of our helplessness, without having to inflict violence internally or externally. Once we do that, on the other side of that we can find some peace that makes it possible to choose how to respond without reacting.” - Miki Kashtan "What, in this moment, stands between this step and a physical remembering of connection? Is there an intervention needed or is there only grief?" - Susan Raffo 'The capacity for experience is what burns out fear." - James Baldwin "This is always the measure of mindful practice—whether we can create the conditions for love and peace in circumstances that are difficult, whether we can stop resisting and surrender, working with what we have, where we are. Fundamentally, the practice of love begins with acceptance—the recognition that wherever we are is the appropriate place to practice, that the present moment is the appropriate time." - bell hooks “Suppression of our natural responses to disaster is part of the disease of our time. The refusal to acknowledge these responses causes a dangerous splitting. It divorces our mental calculations from our intuitive, emotional, and biological embeddedness in the matrix of life. That split allows us passively to acquiesce in the preparations for our own demise.” - from Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Couples Counseling
"Mindfully practicing authenticity during our most soul-searching struggles is how we invite grace, joy, and gratitude into our lives." - Brene Brown Possibility: From that deep place of belonging to ourselves, we can understand that we are inherently worthy of each other. Even when we make mistakes, harm each other, lose our way, we are worthy. Practice: Learn to apologize. A proper apology is rooted in this worthiness – “I was at my worst. Even at my worst, I am worthy, so I will grow.” Practice: Move towards spaces that value us, let ourselves belong to those communities that know they want us, know they need us, know we have worth, know we deserve more than transactional care.”" -Adrienne Maree Brown
Feminist
"Love is profoundly political. Our deepest revolution will come when we understand this truth." -bell hooks "We do not have to be this way. There is another way to be. And I'd just like us all to consider what happens if we, instead of privileging power, domination, and winning, if we privileged exquisite care, tender touch, and a radical love that holds people accountable, but also cradles people when they need it. What if those three things were as important as power and domination? I just think we can do it." -Kiese Laymon "I think that’s really important whenever we’re talking about a diagnosis or pathology to think about whether we are cooperating with norms that make context invisible." - Tiffany Sostar “I cannot recall the words of my first poem / but I remember a promise / I made my pen / never to leave it / lying / in somebody else's blood.” - Audre Lorde "Trauma is inherent to life. Oppression is how society organizes itself to control and distribute trauma." -Prentis Hemphill "The spiritual is whatever allows us to notice the miraculous nature of life, how it keeps coming back, asserting itself in the midst of destruction." "Increase the level of solidarity in your life. Surround yourself with people who share your values, do important work together, and have fun." -Aurora Levins Morales