Unresolved wounds from the past can quietly shape our present—holding us back in our relationships, careers, and self-worth. That’s why Old Northeast resident and entrepreneur Katie Larson founded GrowthQuests, a transformative practice focused on inner healing and personal growth.

At GrowthQuests, Katie doesn’t just guide her clients—she walks alongside them.

“We’re doing the deep, inner work that truly changes lives,” she says. “Work like healing your inner-child, releasing emotional traumas, and reconnecting with your wisest inner-self.” Her role is helping you catalyze that transformation within you.

Katie specializes in “transpersonal hypnotherapy” with one powerful focus being inner-child healing. While many assume they had a ‘normal’ or even positive childhood, buried memories or early beliefs can unknowingly limit us in adulthood.

She shares a story of a high-achieving client who struggled with presentations at work. Underneath the anxiety was a repressed childhood memory—being told that “no one cares what you think.” Once the inner-child was acknowledged and healed, everything shifted. That client not only gave better presentations—she received a promotion.

“This work can be subtle but profound. You don’t need years of therapy to shift something major–sometimes as little as one session”. She also works with soul-level relationship healing and deep trauma release. Whether it’s a relationship that drives someone crazy or stress that won’t let go, Katie helps you uncover the roots.

One of her specialties is working with HSPs –Highly Sensitive People—, Empaths and Intuitives—who make up roughly 25% of the population. “We feel things more deeply,” she says. “But we also have amazing access to unseen layers of reality.”

Katie sees coaching and hypnotherapy clients in-person in two spaces: a “downtown office” in St. Petersburg, and a unique setting—a “nature office” in Boyd Hill Nature Preserve. The peaceful environment, surrounded by trees and earth, adds another layer to the healing experience.

“There’s something powerful about walking side by side in nature,” she reflects. “It’s primal for us to walk and talk together, of course, the bilateral movement calms the nervous system, but even the soil itself carries microbes that help lower stress hormones.” It’s deeply grounding.

Whether you’re navigating burnout, craving clarity, or just trying to stop second-guessing yourself, Katie believes the answers lie within—and she’s here to help you find them.

For Katie, GrowthQuests is a path to help others live more authentically, with confidence, and a renewed connection to themselves.