Cognitive Behavioral (CBT) Therapists in Beaverton, OR

I understand that life can get messy and have its challenges. Living with stress, depression, and low self-esteem can be overwhelming and sometimes can make you feel stuck. My goal as a counselor is to walk alongside my clients and show them that they have the power to turn things around and make their lives better. I will provide a safe place for my clients to explore their struggles and learn new, healthy tools, and coping skills. I have experience working with children, foster children, parents, foster parents, and I am committed to showing all clients they have the strength to work through difficult challenges.

I am currently offering both telehealth and in-person sessions at a location in Beaverton. When therapy is conducted in a warm and non-judgmental environment, and an individual, couple, or a family feels safe and understood, it can be incredibly powerful in providing healing and growth from life's difficult past experiences and current challenges. As a strengths-based and client-centered Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I work to create a safe place where a client's existing internal strengths are explored and they are able to create goals that build towards healing, growth, awareness, and positive change.

Welcome! I see children (4 years and older) adults, parents and families. I am a compassionate, heart-centered therapist. I practice from a holistic and integrative perspective, blending neuroscience, somatic/body-based methods and cognitive -behavioral therapy. My role is facilitator, guiding in changing patterns, improving relationships and living authentically. You will gain a toolkit in our work together. My specialty is working with Talented & Gifted Children & Adults. I am an expert in helping individuals and families navigate school, emotional intensity, and social and emotional development.

Seeking therapy is an act of courage when your life is not working, when you are feeling overwhelming emotions, or are ready to grow. With over 35 years of experience, I work skillfully with adults, children, families & couples. I am here to compassionately facilitate your learning to live your life with emotional freedom, purpose, creativity, passion & joy! Get in touch with the strength & beauty of your Inner Self & develop more satisfying relationships. Examine your thinking & beliefs & develop mindfulness, transforming your moods & your life. I use a gentle therapeutic style which is an eclectic, psychodynamic, humanistic, transpersonal & holistic wellness approach.

Not taking children or teens- Current availability Tuesday Mornings and Thursdays. Do you have the desire to heal from distressing experiences or trauma that is causing anxiety, depression, and stress? We will work together utilizing a variety of techniques to allow you to live more presently while also processing your past. My goal is to support you in your path to reconnecting to what is important to you and to witness your story of healing.

I specialize in helping individuals cope and transcend some of life's most difficult stressors that often cause anxiety and depression. I work with clients who are caregivers, as well as those dealing with loss and grief. I work with clients facing chronic and terminal illness to find meaning and purpose in their lives. I specialize working with clients suffering with pain, sleep problems, and experiencing insomnia. I also specialize in health behavior change, whether your goals are to improve your physical health via diet and exercise, cognition, or medication management, I will help motivate you to take action and ascend!

Do you have the heart of a competitive athlete or other high performer? Do you find yourself in need of support as you navigate a course toward excellence? I'm a licensed sports psychologist, working with diverse competitive athletes and elite performers to manage competitive performance demands, daily stress, relationship struggles, life changes (such as injury recovery and career transition), and more. The work often starts with basic problem solving, but ideally it leads to an unlocking of optimal experience. Finding a psychologist like myself, with training and background in sports psychology, is an important key to success.

Trauma, grief, divorce, troubled personal & family relationships - any of these can cause anxiety, depression, addiction, a need to isolate, or a sense of overwhelm and feeling that it's all too much. Being able to identify how we interact and cope in relationships allows us to understand our thoughts and feelings about ourselves and the world in general, and is a key to finding out how to move forward with self-empowerment, while building self-esteem. Together, we identify and learn how to use healthy boundaries, change behaviors based on new, healthy thoughts and beliefs, and develop more fulfilling relationships.

Hi there! I’m Michelle Ficalora, and I’m a mental health clinician intern here at Positive Inner Self, working towards becoming a LCSW. I’m currently a Clinical Social Work Associate. My pronouns are she/they, and I am trauma-informed and LGBTQIA+ allied. I specialize in working with clients of all ages, helping to address both the symptoms and root causes of your stressors in individual or group sessions. I’ll help guide you on the way to reaching your goals, using humor, play, and light physical engagement to keep things moving.

I am not accepting new clients but I DO HAVE OPENINGS in my online classes for sleep and chronic pain. Have you found yourself asking why you feel down when things around you seem to be going so well? Do you sometimes feel disconnected from the joy you once felt, and are now overwhelmed by just moving through your day? Sadness and worry can be difficult to manage on the best of days, and even harder when you can't quite put your finger on what has you feeling out of sorts. Working together, we can get to the bottom of what's troubling you and develop new strategies and solutions to the questions that are distressing you.

I am a therapist in network with Oregon Health Plan under the following insurances: HealthShare / CareOregon / Trillium / Open Card