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Jess Sappenfield
Professional Counselor Associate, MA
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Jess Sappenfield

Professional Counselor Associate, MA

Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
8525 North Lombard Street, Portland, OR 97203
Let's Connect (971) 405-5700
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Counseling is a relationship, one where you get to experience care, discovery, and belonging as your whole self, unconditionally. My style is steady and attuned; I offer both gentle presence and thoughtful challenge. I believe healing is a collaborative process – one rooted in compassion, authenticity, and a strong sense of care. I make room for you to unlearn, to unravel, reveal, and reconnect to something larger, to all that makes us whole.
When we slow down, we remember we are part of something larger — this can ease the loneliness, self-criticism, and pressure that often weigh us down. We can experience belonging without having to prove or perform, inviting gentleness, honesty, and new possibilities.
By turning together toward the wholeness within you — your capacity to care deeply, to play and create, to find clarity, and to imagine new possibilities — our work can support you in living a life that feels authentic, connected, and sustaining.
Call or Jess Sappenfield now for a free 15 minute consultation - (971) 405-5700

My Practice at a Glance

Available both in-person and online

Your Therapist Jess

8525 North Lombard Street

Portland, OR 97203 map

(971) 405-5700
I help my clients find steadiness, self-compassion, and aliveness as they heal from past wounds and reconnect with what feels authentic.
$150 Per Session  
I see individuals and couples  
Let's Connect (971) 405-5700
Photo of Jess Sappenfield, Professional Counselor Associate, MA

My Practice at a Glance

Available both in-person and online

Your Therapist Jess

8525 North Lombard Street

Portland, OR 97203 map

(971) 405-5700
I help my clients find steadiness, self-compassion, and aliveness as they heal from past wounds and reconnect with what feels authentic.
$150 Per Session  
I see individuals and couples  

Finances

Fees

  • Individual Sessions $150
  • Couple Sessions $175
  • Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible

Insurance

  • Out of Network
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I offer a limited number of discounted sessions to clients experiencing financial difficulty, and are dedicated to the counseling process and interested in ongoing work together. Please contact me for specific availability.
Photo of Jess Sappenfield, Professional Counselor Associate, MA
Jess Sappenfield
Professional Counselor Associate, MA
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (971) 405-5700
"
I offer a limited number of discounted sessions to clients experiencing financial difficulty, and are dedicated to the counseling process and interested in ongoing work together. Please contact me for specific availability.
Photo of Jess Sappenfield, Professional Counselor Associate, MA
Jess Sappenfield
Professional Counselor Associate, MA
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (971) 405-5700

Qualifications

  • Verified by Psychology Today Prelicense by State of Oregon / R12128 Supervised by Meghan O'Connor (Oregon / T1404) Jess Leigh Sappenfield
  • Education and Years In Practice

  • In Practice for 1 year
  • Attended Lewis & Clark College, M.A.
Photo of Jess Sappenfield, Professional Counselor Associate, MA
Jess Sappenfield
Professional Counselor Associate, MA
Feel free to ask about qualifications and training experience. or (971) 405-5700
Photo of Jess Sappenfield, Professional Counselor Associate, MA
Jess Sappenfield
Professional Counselor Associate, MA
Feel free to ask about qualifications and training experience. or (971) 405-5700

Specialties and Expertise

Expertise

  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Grief
  • Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
  • Relationship Issues
  • Trauma and PTSD
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Jess Sappenfield
Professional Counselor Associate, MA
Do these issues align with your needs? or (971) 405-5700
Photo of Jess Sappenfield, Professional Counselor Associate, MA
Jess Sappenfield
Professional Counselor Associate, MA
Do these issues align with your needs? or (971) 405-5700

Client Focus

Age

Teen
Adults
Elders (65+)

Participants

Individuals
Couples

Age

Teen
Adults
Elders (65+)

Participants

Individuals
Couples

Treatment Approach

Types of Therapy

  • Attachment-based
  • Compassion Focused
  • Ecotherapy
  • Emotionally Focused
  • Existential
  • Humanistic
  • Person-Centered
  • Relational
  • Transpersonal
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My practice is rooted in eco-therapy in which I invite the natural world as a guide in co-regulation, reflection, and connection. Nature offers metaphors, rhythms, and mirrors that help us understand ourselves more fully. It can remind us of the parts of us that know how to nurture, protect, create, and imagine.
Photo of Jess Sappenfield, Professional Counselor Associate, MA
Jess Sappenfield
Professional Counselor Associate, MA
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (971) 405-5700
"
My practice is rooted in eco-therapy in which I invite the natural world as a guide in co-regulation, reflection, and connection. Nature offers metaphors, rhythms, and mirrors that help us understand ourselves more fully. It can remind us of the parts of us that know how to nurture, protect, create, and imagine.
Photo of Jess Sappenfield, Professional Counselor Associate, MA
Jess Sappenfield
Professional Counselor Associate, MA
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (971) 405-5700

Location

Primary Location

Your Therapist Jess

8525 North Lombard Street

Portland, OR 97203

(971) 405-5700
"
I help my clients find steadiness, self-compassion, and aliveness as they heal from past wounds and reconnect with what feels authentic.
Photo of Jess Sappenfield, Professional Counselor Associate, MA
Jess Sappenfield
Professional Counselor Associate, MA
Call for a free consultation now - (971) 405-5700
"
I help my clients find steadiness, self-compassion, and aliveness as they heal from past wounds and reconnect with what feels authentic.
Photo of Jess Sappenfield, Professional Counselor Associate, MA
Jess Sappenfield
Professional Counselor Associate, MA
Call for a free consultation now - (971) 405-5700