Therapists in Hillsboro, OR

My Practice Offers Telehealth Sessions All Across The State Of Oregon!

My Practice Is Available For New Clients Immediately believe that everyone can change and grow at any time in their lives. I don't believe that there is a limit to human capacity. A person's mental health and many common mental disorders are shaped by various social, economic, and physical environments operating at different stages of life. Good mental health is integral to human health and well-being. Risk factors for many common mental disorders are heavily associated with social inequalities.

Sometimes life is hard and having someone you can talk to who is educated, experienced and honest can be beneficial in helping you find ways to deal with hard times. Therapy is a great tool that will allow you to have a better understanding of who you are and why you feel and react the way that you do or why you don't! I believe that therapy is not something that is "cookie cutter" it is individualized to every person based on a combination of things. Therapy is effective when you have an open mind and are willing to make changes, while understanding that the process to getting yourself to a better mental/emotional place takes time.

Angie Peterson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Oregon with 18 years of experience. She graduated with a Bachelors in Social Work and a Masters in Social Work from Walla Walla University. Angie believes in using cognitive behavioral therapy, solution focused therapy, client centered and motivational interviewing. She has experience working with individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, negative self-talk, grief and loss, life changing situations, and end of life concerns. In her spare time, Angie enjoys spending time with family, traveling, scrapbooking, and attending soccer games.

Accepting new clients in September. I am a Professional Counselor Associate and hold a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. I have received advance training and certification in treating couples, utilizing Gottman couples therapy. I have additional certification in treating perinatal and postpartum mental health issues. I also specialize in treating issues of anxiety, panic, and anger. My goal is to equip individuals, couples and parents of all stages to establish healthy relationships and address issues that create additional stress in life.

I Am Accepting New Clients Now! I look forward to working with clients from any background As a counselor, I believe that all people deserve to be heard. I am dedicated to assisting with emotional needs. I want to eradicate the social economic discrepancy across all levels. My Practice Offers Telehealth Sessions All Across The State Of Oregon!

My approach to counseling is integrative, where I pull from different modalities and therapeutic approaches to meet the individual needs of each client. I want to make sure I am adhering to what the client wants and needs, which informs how I practice. I am grounded in a trauma informed person centered model. I believe each client is the expert.

Are you looking to find a positive sense of self or learn healthier ways to problem solve your day-to-day life? I provide mentoring, support, and skills to people who are struggling with identity, coping skills, behavioral struggles, and trauma. I aspire to empower individual struggles, build on individual strengths, and observe the growth made through the therapy process. I believe every client is different, unique, and have their own way to show motivation for change in treatment. I have a passion for encouragement, support to identify internal strengths, build self-confidence, and identify individual morals and values.

Life can sometimes feel overwhelming. We know something needs to change but feel lost as to how to make the change. You are not alone. Whether you are a parent wanting help for your child's behavioral or emotional challenges, a teen struggling with big emotions or stressors, or an adult seeking self-improvement, I can help. Working from a place of relationship and attachment, we will identify the challenges you are experiencing and work together to move towards you towards a flourishing life.

Life can be challenging in any individuals life, so many obstacles, trials, hurt, pain, trauma can inhibit our potential to prosper. I want to support individual to succeed at their full capability. I enjoy supporting others in overcoming the silent issues they bury underneath self-awareness and creating pathways for them to flourish in hope and transformation.

Creating safe conversations with people who have been exposed to trauma that struggle with feelings of worthlessness, face relationship challenges, and find it difficult to stay. Conditions of trauma experiences vary due to proximity, intensity, and frequency. Critical incident exposure is when natural coping mechanisms of the brain and body become overwhelmed and therefore revert to a potentially damaging stress state required for survival. Options under such duress become limited to fight, flee, or freeze responses. Melissa Shockman, MA has a master’s level degree from George Fox University in Marriage, Couples and Family Therapy

The word counseling can be given a negative view. We live in a society where there is judgement, lack of empathy, and everyone focusing on self; that can be a lonely, overwhelming life to live. Knowing these trials, my goal as a counselor is to walk with you through your process of healing and restoration. This means that counseling is simply focusing on your strengths, and addressing the steps that you feel are best to make a new direction to have an overflow of more greatness in life. Everyone needs a boost of support to get through each day. So, lets take that first step together!

Change is inherent in the process of life. Whether change comes unexpectedly or is something that you seek, adjusting to change can be challenging. As your provider, I will strive to collaborate with you and equip you with tools to navigate life’s changes more skillfully in order to live a more values-congruent life. I believe you possess innate strengths that can be yielded to create a life where you are thriving. While utilizing your innate strengths as assets, I facilitate time-sensitive, evidence-based psychotherapy approaches to bolster your skillsets and aide you in meeting your specific treatment goals.

I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with a Master’s of Science in Mental Health Counseling. My goal is to help empower you to find your inner strength, balance, and happiness amongst lifes’ challenges! I have experience as a therapist working with a variety of issues in all stages.My specialties include complex trauma and adult children of narcissistic parents. I work with adolescents and adults. have experience as a therapist working with a variety of issues in all stages of life. I have worked as a therapist in multiple levels of care including Crisis Support in the Emergency Room, Intensive Community Treatment Services