Psychotherapist & HR Consultant
For the person you are.
The work you do.
And the life happening around both.
It’s work.
It’s life.
It’s complicated.
It’s HR Therapy.
The ambition. The anxiety. The relationships. The expectations. Everything you’re carrying while looking like you’ve got it handled.
I’m Britta, a psychotherapist and HR consultant. I help people understand the experiences, relationships, and patterns shaping how they feel, live, and lead—and help organizations care for the people doing the work.
You might be here for yourself, your family, or your company. We can start with what’s or who bringing you here. You don’t need a fully formed explanation. Or a presentation.
It’s personal.
Even when it’s professional.
You might be navigating a transition, grieving a loss, questioning a relationship, or feeling overwhelmed by things you thought you could handle. Wanting a change, or having one arrive without asking. These things rarely coordinate calendars or your energy.
Maybe an old way of coping isn’t helping anymore. Maybe you’re feeling anxious, disconnected, or less like yourself. You don’t need to know exactly why to begin.
There’s room here for what happened, how you got through, what you’re still carrying, and what you want next.
You don’t have to be in crisis to be curious about yourself.
Psychotherapy
Services
It’s finding support that fits.
Therapy is for making sense of what you’ve been through, navigating what’s happening now, and finding more choice in what comes next.
Psychotherapy
Space for what you’re experiencing.
Explore stress, anxiety, grief, identity, relationships, and the ways you’ve learned to cope, with room to understand what’s helping, what’s hurting, and what you want to feel different.
Founder & Executive Therapy
For the person behind the title.
Explore ambition, responsibility, burnout, identity, and the patterns that follow you from the boardroom into your relationships, family life, and those rare moments when no one needs a decision from you.
Couples Counseling
For what happens between you.
Explore communication, conflict, trust, intimacy, and the expectations you each bring, including the ones no one thought to mention, while finding ways to express needs, repair disconnection, and feel closer.
EMDR Therapy
When understanding an experience hasn’t changed how it feels.
Explore a structured approach to processing distressing memories and their emotional and bodily impact, with preparation, grounding, and a pace that respects your readiness.
HR Consulting
Experienced HR leadership with people at the center.
Explore thoughtful people practices, clearer systems, and healthier cultures for founder-led companies, supported by more than 20 years of HR leadership across the employee journey, from candidate through alumni.
I believe that when work works better, life works better.
It’s work. It’s personal. It’s fine. It’s really not fine. It’s ambition. It’s exhaustion. It’s love. It’s complicated. It’s a boundary. It’s uncomfortable. It’s familiar. It’s not helping. It’s leadership. It’s lonely. It’s success. It’s still not enough. It’s grief. It’s also joy. It’s progress. It’s happening slowly. It’s you. It’s me. It’s Britta. It’s HR Therapy.
It’s work. It’s personal. It’s fine. It’s really not fine. It’s ambition. It’s exhaustion. It’s love. It’s complicated. It’s a boundary. It’s uncomfortable. It’s familiar. It’s not helping. It’s leadership. It’s lonely. It’s success. It’s still not enough. It’s grief. It’s also joy. It’s progress. It’s happening slowly. It’s you. It’s me. It’s Britta. It’s HR Therapy.
It’s Britta
Before It’s HR Therapy, there was itsalarsen. Inspired by the labels in our clothes that identified which family they belonged to. Knowing which Larsen was another story.
As the seventh of ten children, I was often mistaken for a sister I resembled. I found myself saying, “It’s Britta,” over and over. It became more than an introduction. It shaped my purpose: seeing the individual within the whole.
I learned early that sharing a home doesn’t mean sharing the same experience. Belonging matters. Being seen as yourself matters, too.
That understanding followed me through nearly three decades at founder-led creative companies, including more than 20 years in HR leadership. For years, people left conversations with me saying, “That felt like HR therapy.” Those conversations helped inspire me to earn my master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Northwestern University, where my studies emphasized multiculturalism, social justice, and human development.
Today, I work with individuals and couples, specializing in supporting founders and executives. I bring warmth, curiosity, directness, and humor, along with an understanding of the world you work in and room for your whole life.
There’s room for who you are beyond what you do, and what you need beyond getting through the day.
I’m a Mental Health Counselor with a Limited Permit (MHC-LP), practicing under clinical supervision through NIAM Counseling & Wellness Practice and offering virtual sessions via SimplePractice.
Get to Know Me → · My Family → · My Work with Founders → · My Book →
From runways and photo shoots to boardrooms, retreat centers, and now the therapy room, the settings have changed. My attention has not.
It’s always been on people and cultures.
I care about each person, regardless of role, rank, or identity. I’m curious about what they create, what they carry, and what it costs them to keep going.
My mission is to make things better.
We Keep Becoming
At every age
Our experiences of trust, independence, identity, connection, and purpose shape how we relate to ourselves and others. These themes begin long before we have a job title and continue throughout our lives, shaping how we navigate relationships, work, loss, and change.
Human development was my favorite course in grad school. It helped me understand my own story and deepened my curiosity about yours. Drawing on Erik Erikson’s eight psychosocial stages, we explore where you’ve been, what you’re navigating, and who you want to become.
At any age, there’s room to revisit old patterns and practice new ways of relating, leading, and being.
These themes shape my forthcoming book, You’re Doing It: Stages of Becoming. Part memoir, part psychoeducation, it explores how we become ourselves—including the parts that never make it onto a résumé.
Explore the Stages →
Explore My Forthcoming Book →
An Invitation
It’s worth talking about.
You don’t have to wait until everything feels unmanageable to ask for support.
Whether you’re looking for therapy or HR guidance, let’s talk about what’s hard, what you need, and how we might make it better.
Find information about virtual sessions, availability, and getting started.