You know how to take care of everyone else. Taking care of yourself is harder.
Therapy and mindfulness-based courses for physicians, healthcare professionals, people-pleasers, and perfectionists
In Columbus and Worthington, Ohio and Online Across Ohio
You’ve built your life around being responsible—as a physician, caregiver, or simply the one everyone else leans on. Slowing down, asking for help, being kind to yourself? That’s unfamiliar territory.
You’re the capable one. The responsible one. The person others count on when things fall apart. You meet the high standards you set for yourself — and then set higher ones. You show up, push through, hold it together.
But something has shifted. And even though everything looks fine from the outside, you know it’s not.
You’re exhausted in a way that sleep doesn’t seem to fix
You can’t seem to relax, even when you’re off
Your inner critic is louder than ever
You feel guilty for wanting less — or for needing anything at all
You’re more irritable, detached, or emotionally flat than you used to be
You keep telling yourself you should be able to just handle it
For many, burnout and chronic stress doesn’t look like you don’t have it all together - it looks like functioning, while internally feeling exhausted and drained.
And yet the advice you keep getting is to be more resilient. Do more. Push harder.
You don’t need more productivity strategies or resilience trainings.
You need space to be human.
Two Ways to Work Together
Whether you’re seeking individualized support or a structured, skills-based program, both paths are grounded in research-backed strategies and practices.
Individual Counseling
In-person in Columbus & Worthington, Ohio · Online across Ohio
Therapy with me isn’t about just coping strategies or checking boxes. It’s a space to slow down, understand the patterns that keep you stuck, and start relating to yourself and stress differently.
We work with anxiety, burnout, trauma, perfectionism, and people-pleasing — and the deeper history and pressures that shape how you experience all of it. This is depth-oriented, collaborative work grounded in evidence-based psychotherapy, mindfulness, and self-compassion training.
This is not surface-level coping tools. It's support that shifts how you relate to yourself and to stress.
Mindfulness & Self-Compassion Courses
In-person in Columbus & Worthington, Ohio · Online across Ohio
If you prefer a structured, skills-based format — or simply aren't looking for individual therapy — courses offer practical, evidence-based tools in a supportive group setting.
Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) - An 8-week evidence-based course teaching practical tools to respond to stress, failure, and self-doubt with kindness, compassion, and mindfulness.
Self-Compassion for Healthcare Communities (SCHC) - A 6-hour course designed specifically for healthcare professionals navigating workplace stress and burnout.
Courses are available for individuals, healthcare teams, and organizations.
What makes this different
This isn’t just another wellness program.
You’ve probably already tried pushing through. You may have read the books, attended the trainings, told yourself to be more resilient. And you’re still here, still exhausted, still wondering why it’s so hard to just be okay.
My work is different because it starts where most support stops — with the person beneath the role. I understand the culture of medicine and high-responsibility work. I understand what it costs to be the one everyone else counts on. And I understand the quiet shame that makes asking for help feel like weakness rather than wisdom.
Whether in therapy or a course, the work here is practical, evidence-based, and deeply human. It’s not about overpromising transformation. It’s about building something real: a different relationship with yourself and with the pressure you carry.
Linnea Clouse, LPCC, LICDC, ATR-BC
There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from taking care of everyone else. You carry a lot — quietly, competently, and usually without complaint. And yet somehow, beneath all of it, there’s a voice that tells you it’s still not enough. That you should be grateful. That you have no right to complain.
That’s exactly who I work with.
I’m Linnea Clouse, a licensed counselor and mindfulness facilitator in Columbus, Ohio. My work integrates evidence-based therapy, mindfulness, and self-compassion to help capable, responsible adults build a genuinely different relationship with themselves — one that doesn’t require earning rest, justifying needs, or meeting impossible standards just to feel okay or like “I’m enough”.
Therapy with me is collaborative and grounded in science — with enough warmth and humor to make the hard work feel a little more human.
You deserve the same care you give to everyone else.
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Therapy for doctors & healthcare workers experiencing burnout and stress. Learn to reduce burnout and emotional exhaustion in a confidential setting that understands healthcare culture.
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Therapy for perfectionists & people-pleasers. Support for high-achieving adults tired of overthinking, overextending, and never feeling like “enough.”
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Therapy for anxiety and stress. Learn to reduce and manage anxiety, stress, and overthinking. Feel more present in your life and relationships.
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Therapy for trauma and to process the impact of past experiences in a safe, supportive space. Reconnect with a sense of safety, agency, and wholeness.
Counseling Specialties
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MSC is an evidenced-based course that teaches the skill of self-compassion and mindfulness.
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MBSR is the gold standard in mindfulness-based programing. Teaches stress management through mindfulness and meditation.
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SCHC is an evidenced-based 6 hour program that addresses the unique time constraints, workplace culture, and stressors of healthcare professionals.