Therapists in Eugene, OR

Are you ready to take the first step toward a transformative experience? Are you currently struggling to answer the questions; "who am I and/or where do I belong in this global community"? Is it time to release the trauma? My intention as your counselor is to collaboratively process life circumstances with cultural awareness and intentionality. Let us work together toward self-awareness, empowerment, release and transformation!

No Current Openings. Are you looking for support and compassion as you explore and process your experiences and struggles? We all experience times of difficulty and challenge throughout our lives and benefit from the support of therapy. My hope is to create a connected relationship, provide a comfortable and safe space, and to work with you collaboratively to move toward your hopes and goals. Your holistic self (e.g. culture, sexuality, gender, family of origin, etc.) and experiences are very important to understand and honor through our work together.

I'M NOT accepting NEW clients at this time. Are you struggling to heal due to trauma, disabling condition(s), chronic illness, loss of someone close? Have you tried to solve the problems in your life on your own and realized you need help from someone else? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you have made the right choice by being here. I know seeking help can be hard and I am so glad you have taken the courageous first steps. Together we can work to equip you with the necessary tools to help you face and overcome your challenges.

My approach to therapy emphasizes working together to deepen your understanding of yourself and the problems you are struggling with. My goal is to create a supportive therapeutic relationship to help you navigate difficult transitions, heal from painful experiences, and explore problematic behaviors and patterns. I help clients with a broad range of mental health and relationship issues. I specialize in helping mothers and fathers with the challenges of parenthood, including mood and anxiety disorders during pregnancy and the postpartum period. I also work extensively with young adults including undergraduate and graduate students.

A wait list is availabIe as my practice is full at this time. I work with individuals, children, couples and families employing EMDR and Emotionally Focused Therapy to assist clients in freeing themselves from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), complex trauma, and the effects of developmental attachment disorders which can manifest as anxiety, depression, compulsive behaviors, anger issues, and conflicts in relationships. I have also worked as a developmental children’s therapist for over 15 years assisting parents in implementing effective parenting strategies that support their child’s learning and development.

I am devoted to providing therapy that is collaborative, strengths-based, and empowering. Because I honor the therapeutic relationship as an opportunity for profound healing and growth I approach my clients with respect, honesty, transparency, and acceptance. Every individual is unique and therefore my style is flexible to each client's emotional, mental, cultural, and developmental needs. I believe in the inherent good in people and see most problems as arising out of attempts to adapt to the challenges within an environment and not as individual weaknesses. I nurture hope, resiliency, self-worth, boundaries and assertiveness.

I have a practical approach and do insight and emotionally based psychotherapy. I like a variety of issues and personalities. My work frequently includes self-esteem and relationship issues, transitions, anxiety, depression, and mood disorders, gender and sexual issues, multicultural issues, acute and chronic trauma issues, and loss. I deeply value the therapeutic relationship and see it as the cornerstone to most of what happens in psychotherapy. I have a growth oriented rather than pathology based paradigm and I tend to really like and enjoy the people that I work with.

Being human is hard! Most clients I meet come with emotional wounds that have not healed, and therefore, continue to impact their well-being, their relationships, and their sense of self-worth in the present moment. Issues of oppression, chronic abuse, stress, violence, difficult losses, attachment ruptures, self-identity, shame, relational distress, and an overall sense of dissatisfaction in life, are common in the clients I see. They come seeking relief from emotional pain, increased sense of well-being, satisfaction in their personal relationships, or guidance in their personal and spiritual growth.

I work with clients that want to see a positive change in their relationships. They want to make choices from a place in themselves that is wise and calm.

If depression, anxiety, past trauma, addiction, or unhealthy relationships, are creating barriers in your life, don't suffer in silence alone. Come visit with me. My office is located in a beautiful nature setting by the river. I work with children and adolescents as well as adults, and enjoy working with couples and families in addition to individual therapy. I use compassion and unconditional acceptance to create a safe container in which to learn new ways of coping with, and moving past whatever situation you might find yourself in.