Adults Therapists in Downtown, Eugene, OR

Life can be hard. Having a safe, non-judgmental environment and someone to talk with that listens, can be helpful. I offer trauma sensitive and culturally aware therapy that encourages resilience, growth, and healing. Focusing on your strengths and values, we collaborate on what you need and what you want out of our time together. “Change is a process not an event.” -Barbara Johnson

*FULL* I provide individual and family therapy to adults , adolescents, and children, including children ages five and under. I can assist with anxiety, depression, adjustment to change, oppositional behavior, family conflict, attachment, inattention, trauma, and other concerns.

I work with adults struggling with trauma-related symptoms, depression, anxiety, social anxiety, grief, life transitions and those interested in making healthy lifestyle changes. I believe change is possible when people feel safe to explore their values, hopes, dreams, commitments, and purpose, as well as their disappointments and hurts. I aim to help clients "slow down," encouraging reflection and insight, and the development of healthy coping strategies to create sustainable change. My stance is curious and flexible reflecting my belief that my clients are the experts on their lives.

Welcome. I work with adults , couples, and adolescents (ages 15-19), who experience anxiety, depression, trauma-related symptoms, grief, and relational issues. My approach is collaborative and I work best with individuals who are curious, authentic and open to growing. Because you are the expert of your life, I am happy to journey alongside of you, providing a safe space, as you navigate life and move toward your personal goals. My counseling approach is eclectic, so, I utilize treatment approaches that best suit each individual client (e.g., CBT, DBT, EFT, somatic, mindfulness, spiritual formation).

Practice IS FULL; Waitlist CLOSED 1/2/2023. Ideal clients would be tweens, teens or young adults . I can work with individuals and families who are seeking counseling support during a major transition in their lives. This could be surrounding grief and loss, divorce, death, chronic illness, mental illness, or other major life challenges. I have worked with pre-teens, adolescents, families who are homeless, individuals with mental illness, individuals who work in the health care setting, as well as those in hospice. Using a holistic strength based approach I aim to provide a healing therapeutic environment.

I believe that any person is capable of growth and healing. My approach to the therapeutic process is a collaborative one, in which I work with my clients to find their personal strengths and help them utilize those strengths as they address their own challenges and work toward improving their lives.. I also believe it's important to recognize both the internal and external factors that impact one's mental health, and I see it as my job to help clients recognize what external factors are creating stress, and then work with them to develop strategies to manage, minimize or eliminate those stressors.

Counseling for children, adolescents, adults and families; specializing in the treatment of young children and their families.

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.

I practice from an attachment, interpersonal neurobiological and trauma informed care lens. My approach is strength based, client centered and collaborative in nature. I specialize in the treatment of trauma and trauma related diagnoses, including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Complex Developmental Trauma, Depression, Anxiety and complex relational family issues and dynamics. My work is centered around the concept known as plasticity, or the brain's ability to "rewire" itself and form adaptive, healthy pathways via cognitive, somatic and horizontal (EMDR) processing techniques. Through brain and body work, we can heal.

***Please note: My practice is full. Please feel free to send me an email if you would like to be added to a waitlist*** All of us have an amazing capacity for resilience and joy. It IS possible to mend a relationship or overcome significant setbacks or losses, manage symptoms, and live well. I have experience working with adolescents and young adults , adults , couples and families in times of crisis or change as well as those seeking a more fulfilling path in life. I employ a strengths-based, trauma-informed approach to my work as a therapist and work closely with my clients to determine the best course of therapy.

New Growth Begins...Let's Start the Conversation. Over twenty years of experience as licensed clinician working alongside children, young adults , and adults who have presented with a variety of mental health needs, adjustment concerns, transitions or life issues. I work with all ages and developmental stages of life. I do have specialty training providing play therapy along with seeing young adults and adults . I provide Clinical Supervision at the post graduate level for those practitioners working as Associates toward licensure.