Therapists in 97403

As your therapist, my compassion and understanding allows me to connect with you on a deeper level. This therapeutic relationship, starting from our first meeting, allows you to feel trusted, safe and hopeful in addressing your current or past issues. I am very passionate about helping you find solutions to overcome your obstacles so that you can reach your highest potential. I work with adults of all ages dealing with anxiety, depression, life-transitions, grief and loss, career and academic burn out, relationship issues, trauma and many other challenges.

I believe that the capacity to heal, grow, change, navigate challenges, and thrive is inherent in each of us. I partner with individuals to help bring forward and foster that capacity, with the ultimate aim of living a more joyful, and fulfilled life. My approach is strength-based, trauma-informed and centered around the understanding that you are the expert on your path. I work to understand your story, strengths, skills and values. I look at mental health symptomology from the perspective of - what life experiences caused this, rather than - what’s wrong with you? I believe that at our core, we are each fundamentally good.

I believe everyone has the capacity to live a meaningful life. My counseling approach supports self reflection and change through goal setting and the development of new patterns of living. I use a variety of therapeutic techniques to help clients achieve their goals including cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and emotion focused therapy. I evaluate all clients from a trauma focused perspective and incorporate mind-body techniques as needed.

Feeling stuck? Burned out or always overwhelmed? Not enjoying life the way everyone else seems to? Perhaps the coping strategies and/or relationships you've turned to for support in the past are no longer accessible or just not enough on their own. Most people starting or restarting therapy are looking for a change in some way. I believe that therapy is a place for reconnection, supportive challenge; a place to show up as your full self. We may be a good fit if you are looking for support with depression, trauma/PTSD, anxiety, toxic relationships, and/or LGBTQ2+ identity/gender affirmation.

My practice is currently full. Human connection is the first constant in any therapeutic change. Therefore, my work is aimed at first creating a collaborative process focused on building a therapeutic relationship with the shared goals of achieving your vision for a meaningful life. It is my job to work with you to build on your considerable strengths and assets to create new ways of coping and growing. Often, traumatic experiences and difficulties have left us struggling to realize that vision. We will explore the effects that experiences have on your life today, and work toward a present and future that keeps

I enjoy supporting individuals, children and families. My style is warm and down to earth. I draw from a variety of therapeutic approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Narrative, Brief Solution Focused, and Play Therapy to assist you, or your child, in sharing your story, resolve conflicts and accomplishing peaceful change. It is my belief that problems are often developed and sustained through well-established habits of thinking and behavior. I provide a safe setting, and have a respectful approach, to addressing problems. I work in partnership with you utilizing your strengths and resources to create positive change!

If you need to find or regain a sense of joy, purpose, or flow in your daily life, I want to help. Whether you struggle with grief, depression, anxiety, trauma or a difficult relationship or situation, I am ready to help you find your path forward. I have some specialized skills and knowledge working with elders and their family members around issues that arise in the golden years from a decade spent working on a geriatric hospital unit. I also have years of experience working with dually diagnosed clients. One is never too old or too sick to aspire.

My goal in therapy is to help you achieve a deeper understanding of why you may struggle to cope with stress and anxiety or make the desired behavioral changes you identify as needed in your life. I will work with you to explore your goals and motives, while learning about the neurobiological underpinnings of what we understand as our human "fight, flight of freeze" responses, which can often sabotage our ability to respond in ways that avoid exacerbating our situation and/or damaging our relationships with others. Together we will explore how you can learn to identify and short-circuit your emotional triggers.

I am looking for a few highly motivated clients, with flexibility in their schedule, to add to my waitlist. Please contact me via email to see if we're a good fit. Ideally, you are motivated to make changes because you want to see a difference in your life and behaviors. Aside from treating common anxiety and depression symptoms, I have over a decade of experience working with eating disorders and trauma. I also have more recent experience working with ADHD symptoms. I am an LGBTQ accomplice and have experience supporting clients in various stages of their queer journey.

Currently closed to new clients. I work with adults on wide ranging issues such as life transitions, losses, identity formation or role changes, interpersonal challenges, and trauma experiences. I also have a specialty in supporting individuals living with health conditions like pain, reduced functioning, complex chronic health conditions (e.g., diabetes), or adjusting to a new diagnosis. I have 10 years experience working in medical settings (Primary Care and Diabetes Clinics) between Portland and Eugene.

I am deeply passionate about what I do with children and their families. It's a privilege to sit in a room or play with another human being and have them share with you their suffering, their joy, their anger, their confusion, their sorrow, and their successes. I strongly believe that mental health is essential to a person’s well-being, a healthy family, interpersonal relationships, and the ability and possibility to live a full and productive life.

At Applegate Counseling, we strive to help individuals, families, and couples address challenges and work towards their goals in a safe environment. While we draw on cognitive behavioral techniques, we work alongside you to determine and apply the most appropriate strategies for your situation.

I view all people within the context of their relationships, past and present. I believe that everyone is doing the best that they can with the tools they have, and that our personal attachment histories can so often make us rigid and afraid, preventing us from making the changes that would greatly benefit our own and our loved ones’ lives. Before people begin to change, I believe they need to feel emotionally safe, heard, and validated — from that place, I see clients begin to feel open to experimenting with new ways of being in relationship with themselves and with others.

Are you anxious? Struggling with trauma? Needing a space to process multicultural experiences? I enjoy helping people address trauma, depression, anxiety, and increase the ability to manage emotions. I also help with adjusting to medical diagnoses. My passion is working with you to look at your cultural experiences and working to navigate race-related stress, immigrant, first generation, or multiracial identities, and LGBT identity concerns.

Do you struggle with close relationships? Maybe you enjoy success in your profession, but feel unappreciated and insecure in your personal relationships, constantly striving for approval and affection. When things go wrong, do you feel out of control, saying and doing things you later regret? Or maybe you feel invisible and isolated, but the process of letting someone get close feels too risky and painful. Maybe you grew up in a good home where no one ever hit you, but it was an emotional desert, where nothing you did was ever good enough, and your feelings were ignored or even punished. You are not alone.

I am currently not accepting new clients (Updated August 2023). I understand it is difficult to seek help. Often, the idea of therapy can feel overwhelming, especially if it is the first time. I strive to make the therapeutic process comfortable and accessible. I use a direct style of therapy and evidence-based approaches and help clients take an active approach to making change in their lives. I work to build upon the strengths you already have and help you continue to live a more valued life.

Hi. I'm Lisa. As a psychotherapist for over 20 years working in both non-profits & private practice, I have developed a core belief in a holistic approach to life's many challenges. With a Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology & training in Marriage & Family Therapy I Coach individuals on their holistic path of mental, emotional and spiritual Well-Being. The goal of our sessions is to offer support with life's daily challenges to include overwhelm and worry associated with the anxious thoughts holding you back from living a life that you love. When the desire to change exists...personal transformation is always possible!

My practice is FULL. It takes courage to seek help...for yourself or for your child/teen. I recognize how influential parents are when it comes to the emotional lives of their kids. Therefore my approach often includes some work with you to help you understand your child/teen's behaviors and to identify the implicit emotional needs in what you may be seeing. Often these externalized behaviors require some attuned response from you which can assist your child to feel and function better, and make important adaptations to family/life situations.

Therapy provides a supportive framework to be present with and explore life's ups and downs and examine life experiences in a new way. This exploration can help you understand yourself better, break old patterns, accept yourself radically, enrich your relationships, and grow. Regardless of your unique process, I believe you have the inherent wisdom and resilience to be present, heal, find joy & ease, and love yourself more. My approach is collaborative, relational, direct, with a little humor thrown in.