Therapists in 97215

I support my clients in weathering life's storms and in discovering the goodness and tenderness that we all possess inside ourselves. I work from a mindfulness-based practice of "being with what is," while teaching clients how to utilize their body as an ally in their healing journey. As a Certified Hakomi Therapist and PACT trained couple therapist I provide counseling for individuals, couples and adult clients and their parents. My approach to counseling is experiential, emotionally focused, somatic, and person-centered. I utilize somatic ways of working with trauma and attachment issues.

There are a number of reasons you could be seeking guidance. Contemplating new directions for your life, struggles in personal or professional relationships, or maybe you're ready to acquire tools to better support you in being the person you have always wanted to be. Regardless of why you're searching for a therapist, this is a great way to start your journey in being supportable & living a life well lived on your terms.

I work with youth to college-age clients (2 to 22 years old) & their parents. I specialize in parent and child- counseling, adolescent therapy, and parental counseling skills training. My education, training, and therapeutic approach are informed by: integrative family systems-, cognitive-behavioral- (mindfulness-based and ACT & DBT informed), and positive psychology-based therapies. Kids, teens, college students, and parents bring their knowledge and personal experience into the therapeutic work, which is welcomed and encouraged throughout care. As a team, we work together to improve mental health, livelihood, and well-being.

My passion is working with men’s issues, LGBTQ folk, people living cross-cultural lives, creatives, and trauma, especially Religious Trauma. In healing my own childhood trauma, in my training, and guiding others, I know well the remarkable power of mind/body integration. I will be with you every step of the way as you emerge into a loving, connected and free self. My holistic approach is down-to-earth and gentle, centering in mindful awareness of the present moment and how your past is shaping it. I work with anxiety, depression, and trauma. Our work is collaborative to help you reconnect with innate strengths, resources and wisdom.

I use an experiential approach in counseling, where we follow the thoughts, feelings, emotions, and sensations that are occurring in the present moment as the window to explore deeper held beliefs. Together, we explore what is at the core of these beliefs and find new ways of understanding and holding the experiences you have had, to bring forward an updated perspective that leads from your most authentic, empowered self. Most of my work draws from my training in The Hakomi Method of Mindful, Somatic Psychotherapy as well as psychodynamic theory, attachment theory, person-centered psychotherapy, depth psychology, and dreamwork.

There are so many experiences in life that can leave people feeling wounded or even traumatized. Enter therapy-a place to learn about, feel into, get healing, and get resourced about how competent you actually are. Like, you wouldn’t even be here now if you didn’t have skills that helped you survive. And sometimes the ways we learned to survive and get by-become the behaviors that now cost us today. I can help. I am trained in trauma sensitive approaches to mindfulness and accessing what underlies the behaviors that may have you stuck and/or stumped.

I work with clients seeking meaningful change. To recover authenticity, connection, and purpose back into life's experience. We work together to manage the impact of past events. More importantly, we find ways to transcend them in the present, building on character strengths to find life balance. Since working with my first client, my clinical approach has evolved to focus more on the mind-body connection. This dual approach is known as Somatic (experiential) therapy, and can often be more engaging than traditional talk therapy alone. Your recovery should be a highly individualized experience. Please visit my website for details!

I am a therapist in southeast Portland. My training and education has been focused on creative therapy to help cope with traumatic experiences. I also have training in brief therapy and EMDR. This unqiue background provides the opportunity to reach out to many populations. I have worked with individual 3-67 years old with a wide range of concerns. I have recently opened my practice to the birthing community, offering services for perinatal and postpartum depression and anxiety. I am able to tailor treatment plans and methods to meet specific client needs through a creative approach.

What if the life with our partner could be as exciting as it was when you first got together? Has your relationship been shaky? What is your relationship to yourself? What do you tell yourself when having difficult times? Are you feeling stuck? Are you and your partner arguing all the time and just can’t get on the same page? Or maybe you aren’t really in that much conflict, but you don’t feel close or connected, and have been drifting apart. Yes, when relationships are difficult, many couples wonder.

My approach to clinical practice is highly interactive, relational, practical and humorous. I provide you with support,compassion and insight to encourage change and growth.

Are you having difficulty overcoming a problem, mood or behavior? If an issue is not relatively easy to change, then chances are, there is a block of some sort preventing the progression and flow of positive thoughts, feelings and behaviors. It is frustrating, discouraging and painful as an intelligent and competent person to work on a goal and not get the results you hope for.

I take a client-centered and trauma-informed approach in treatment. I also use DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy). I have experience working with anxiety, stress management, depression, gender dysphoria, and trauma. I also have experience working with the LGBTQ community.