- Stress and anxiety
- Guilt and shame
- Compassion fatigue
About Paige
Paige Ruegemer is a Minnesota-licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) with five years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and life changes, and she has experience with compassion fatigue. She also focuses on problems with communication, forgiveness, guilt and shame, loneliness, life purpose, and self-love.
Paige frames clients as the experts on their own stories and highlights the strengths people already have. In sessions she listens for what matters most and helps people notice practical steps they can try between meetings. Conversations are straightforward and aimed at making everyday problems feel more manageable.
She will help people sort through feelings connected to guilt and shame, whether those feelings come from relationships, past choices, or expectations from others. Work can include talking through where those feelings come from, practicing different ways to respond, and experimenting with small behavior changes that reduce daily strain.
Paige pays attention to burnout and compassion fatigue and how those experiences affect motivation and mood. She supports people who are making life transitions, helping them map next steps and cope with uncertainty. Her approach favors simple tools and clear goals over complex theory.
People who choose her for counseling should expect direct, practical conversation about what’s getting in the way. She invites clients to try ideas and see what fits, adjusting the plan as they go. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session.
Approaches used online and how they help
Paige uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to structure work in clear, practical ways. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing different responses in daily life. This helps with anxiety, low mood, and persistent self-criticism by turning thoughts into experiments rather than facts.Another approach centers on behavioral steps and small changes. That can mean building short practices to improve sleep, activity, or communication, and seeing whether those changes shift mood or stress. These tools are aimed at problems like compassion fatigue, motivation loss, and coping with life transitions.
Finding the right combination of approaches is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps in everyday life.
Confirm the current session formats before booking, since formats are not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten check-ins when needed, and offer options that avoid travel time. Sessions can therefore be scheduled around work, family responsibilities, or other commitments to better suit day-to-day routines.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
Minnesota
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation, life purpose, and self-love.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She talks through where those feelings come from and helps people try different responses. Work often includes practical steps to reduce daily strain and changing unhelpful patterns.
What is her background and experience?
She has five years of professional work experience supporting adults with mood and stress-related concerns. Her practice includes attention to compassion fatigue and life transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LPCC - Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor - licensed in Minnesota. Her practice is located in Minnesota.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How do sessions get billed?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact rates depend on where the client is located.
What are the steps to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.