About Wayfinding

I work with high-achieving adults in Minnesota who are navigating burnout, identity shifts, and long-standing patterns shaped by earlier experiences.

The work focuses on helping you feel more steady, think more clearly, and relate to yourself and others with less strain.

About Jamie Hermes

About Jamie Hermes

I help adults navigate anxiety, burnout, trauma, life transitions, and the patterns that keep them feeling stuck.

My approach is warm, practical, and collaborative. Together, we'll work to better understand what's driving your distress, build effective coping strategies, and create meaningful, lasting change. I draw from evidence-based approaches including CBT, ACT, mindfulness, EMDR, trauma-informed therapy, and relational work, tailoring treatment to your unique goals and experiences.

Before becoming a therapist, I spent more than twenty years in leadership, organizational development, and change management roles with companies including Target, 3M, Optum, and Wells Fargo. That experience gave me a deep understanding of the pressures many professionals face—high expectations, burnout, perfectionism, difficult relationships, and major life transitions.

Today, I bring both perspectives into my work. I understand the realities of demanding careers, caregiving responsibilities, and navigating change, while also recognizing that insight alone does not always lead to lasting growth.

A grounded, relational approach

TTherapy at Wayfinding is collaborative, structured, and attuned to both your nervous system and the realities of your life.

Our work often focuses on:

  • Reducing chronic stress, anxiety, and burnout

  • Untangling long-standing patterns rooted in early responsibility, trauma, or emotional neglect

  • Increasing emotional flexibility, self-trust, and relational ease

  • Developing ways of living and relating that don’t rely on constant self-pressure

Sessions integrate trauma-informed therapy, parts-based work, EMDR, and practical skill-building. The pace is intentional—building stability first, then supporting meaningful change.

A Different Kind of Therapy

  • Trauma-informed and research-grounded

  • EMDR with careful preparation and pacing

  • Deep understanding of leadership, ambition, and quiet burnout

    I work with adults experiencing:

    • Anxiety and chronic stress

    • Burnout and workplace challenges

    • Trauma and EMDR therapy

    • Perfectionism and self-criticism

    • Life and career transitions

    • ADHD and neurodivergence

    • Grief and loss

    • Relationship and family concerns

    Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or simply ready for something to change, therapy can provide a space to gain clarity, build resilience, and move forward with greater confidence and intention.

Serving adults throughout Minnesota via telehealth, with in-person therapy available in St. Paul.

Who this work tends to serve well

Wayfinding is especially well-suited for people who:

  • Are high-achieving, creative, or leadership-oriented

  • Feel driven to deliver, improve, or hold things together

  • Grew up needing to be capable, aware, or “the steady one”

  • Experience anxiety, burnout, or a persistent sense of being slightly outside of things

What you can expect

Clients often describe this work as:

  • Calm, focused, and emotionally steady

  • Insightful without being overwhelming

  • Structured enough to feel grounding, flexible enough to meet real life

  • Oriented toward lasting change, not just symptom relief

Progress is measured less by intensity and more by increased steadiness, clarity, and choice over time.

Schedule an Intake

Prefer to connect briefly first? You’re welcome to request a 15-minute consultation.