About
Be open to the unexpected.
When I hear, “That’s a good question” or “I’ve never thought about that before,” I know I’m on the right path.
Part of what I aim to do is expand the realm of possibility in your feeling, thinking, and knowing. I want to help you imagine the new and unexpected.
In sessions, we dig deep.
We don’t just stay on the surface, talking about tools (though there will be some of that, too) but about the root of your patterns and the painful beliefs you’ve been carrying since you were little, hiding from everyone.
Our time together is about the feelings that overwhelm you and make getting through even one more day hard. You will learn to listen to what your nervous system has to say.
I affirm your feelings, because all feelings are valid and have something to teach us. We will also work to understand how they have helped you. Your mind wants to move toward well-being, and everything that happens internally is trying to get there one way or another (even when it seems like the opposite is happening).
The same goes for your thoughts. I will get curious about why you think what you think, but I will never tell you that thinking differently will fix a problem. Those thoughts happen for a reason, and we will figure out those reasons together.
About Augustin Kendall, LPC
The right relationships foster healing.
I am a therapist because I believe being in a relationship with ourselves, each other, and the world is essential for our healing and well-being.
I crashed into my young adult years, asking myself what the point of life was, feeling isolated and a mystery to myself. So, I started devouring psychology books. Some big identity questions confronted me. In my thirties, I became pretty miserable doing what looked successful on the outside until I decided to take a significant risk to change my whole life.
And guess what? It worked. I found a calling (this right here). I found ease and built enough trust to connect internally and outwardly to the world. Building community is now exciting instead of terrifying. My life has meaning and joy (and suffering, but that’s just part of the package).
After that extended existential crisis, I decided to become an existential therapist so I could support others as they reckon with life and being human. Liberation psychology, somatic practices, Internal Family Systems, and Brainspotting also inform my work.
Let’s be messy humans together.
As an existential therapist, I want us all to be able to come home to our authentic selves.
As a relational therapist, I strive to co-create a trusting relationship with you that can be a site of care, connection, and healing.
As a liberation-focused therapist, I make sure we examine how systemic oppression traumatizes us, unlearn the internalized narratives we were conditioned to believe, reclaim our identities, and find empowerment.
I bring my whole self to the therapy room and hope you will do the same. I’m a white (Irish, English, and German descent), queer, invisibly disabled trans man. I look forward to hearing about the identities that shape your life.
Everyone is valued.
Black and Indigenous lives matter. I center BIPOC voices and experiences of racial oppression. I support Indigenous sovereignty. I interrogate whiteness – my own and the collective. I am committed to ongoing learning, unlearning, and owning my mistakes.
Disabled people are worthy. Disability justice rejects the emphasis placed on productivity under capitalism and recognizes that our lives are meaningful and deserving of support just as they are.
Neurodiversity is natural. People of all neurotypes are inherently whole and capable. Mental health support is not about behavioral training but about understanding access needs, learning how to interface with a world that doesn’t understand neurodivergence, and developing a positive identity.
Gender is not a binary. I affirm all gender identities and expressions. I will never make assumptions about your gender or pronouns and will support you if you need a letter affirming medical care.
Sexuality is expansive. Queerness, kink, BDSM, asexuality, polyamory, ENM, and other consent-based sexual expressions are part of the human experience. I encourage clients to explore their desires fully without shame.
Sex work is real work. Sex workers deserve access to mental health care with accepting therapists who understand that ALL workers ought to have dignity and safety in their work and their lives.
All bodies are good bodies. I align with fat liberation and the HAES framework. I will never suggest dieting as a tool. I work with clients to examine the ways patriarchy, white supremacy, and diet culture damage their relationships with their bodies.
Colonial constructions of therapy are harmful. You are the expert on yourself, and your struggles are not your fault. I am not about diagnosis (unless you want it) and interventions but about deep understanding, witnessing, and healing.
Here are some official details.
My training includes Internal Family Systems level I, Brainspotting Phases I and II, Somatic Psychology: Enhancing Embodiment in Trauma Treatment, Decolonizing Therapy for Black Folks, IFS and Polyvagal Theory, and Focusing levels I and II.
I have an MA in existential-phenomenological psychology and a BA in gender studies and philosophy.
I hold a Minnesota LPC license (#03021).