Male Therapists in Milwaukie Business-Industrial, Milwaukie, OR
Steven Ruiz Bettencourt
Licensed Professional Counselor, PsyD, LPC, CHT, EMDR
2 Endorsed
Milwaukie Business-Industrial, Milwaukie, OR 97222
I am a compassionate and intuitive licensed psychotherapist & hypnotist. I have been practicing for 42 years. I specialize in anger management, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties/couples counseling, motivation, personality disorders, EMDR and hypnosis for a variety of issues. I am a member of the Oregon Counseling Association, American Counseling Association, National Anger Management Association, Oregon Mediation Association, Oregon Society of Clinical Hypnosis, I am a board member of the Oregon Hypnotherapy Association, and President of World Musado Federation. I am familiar with Spanish language and culture.
I am a compassionate and intuitive licensed psychotherapist & hypnotist. I have been practicing for 42 years. I specialize in anger management, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties/couples counseling, motivation, personality disorders, EMDR and hypnosis for a variety of issues. I am a member of the Oregon Counseling Association, American Counseling Association, National Anger Management Association, Oregon Mediation Association, Oregon Society of Clinical Hypnosis, I am a board member of the Oregon Hypnotherapy Association, and President of World Musado Federation. I am familiar with Spanish language and culture.
As a Mental Health Counselor licensed in Oregon and Washington, I work with individuals who have been through trauma and abuse and are experiencing symptoms of PTSD, anxiety or depression, as well as substance abuse that are affecting their well-being and causing relationship issues. I believe that mind, body and spirit issues contribute to anxiety, depression, mood, addictions and relationship issues. My modalities of treatment include EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), LI (Lifespan Integration), DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) and Motivational Interviewing.
As a Mental Health Counselor licensed in Oregon and Washington, I work with individuals who have been through trauma and abuse and are experiencing symptoms of PTSD, anxiety or depression, as well as substance abuse that are affecting their well-being and causing relationship issues. I believe that mind, body and spirit issues contribute to anxiety, depression, mood, addictions and relationship issues. My modalities of treatment include EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), LI (Lifespan Integration), DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) and Motivational Interviewing.
It is my belief that even though people seem to differ in their inborn ability to handle life's stresses, their resiliency and sense of mastery can be cultivated. My therapeutic approach is to help my clients live a more hopeful and meaningful life. Being the oldest child of a Dutch family of Holocaust survivors, I "learned" how trauma and resiliency gets transmitted from one generation to the next. My fascination of learning how the body keeps the score, my interest in helping people be securely attached and engaged with each other all brought me to this exciting calling.
It is my belief that even though people seem to differ in their inborn ability to handle life's stresses, their resiliency and sense of mastery can be cultivated. My therapeutic approach is to help my clients live a more hopeful and meaningful life. Being the oldest child of a Dutch family of Holocaust survivors, I "learned" how trauma and resiliency gets transmitted from one generation to the next. My fascination of learning how the body keeps the score, my interest in helping people be securely attached and engaged with each other all brought me to this exciting calling.
Welcome. Are you struggling to define yourself socially or professionally? Is anxiety or depression hindering your enjoyment of life? My clients have often come to a place in life where they feel stuck and are in search of a new direction. Together we can uncover the patterns in your thoughts, behaviors, and relationships that are holding you back, and establish a happier and healthier way of being in the world. I utilize a collaborative client-centered approach to provide the balance between supporting and challenging you that is necessary for promoting growth and change.
Welcome. Are you struggling to define yourself socially or professionally? Is anxiety or depression hindering your enjoyment of life? My clients have often come to a place in life where they feel stuck and are in search of a new direction. Together we can uncover the patterns in your thoughts, behaviors, and relationships that are holding you back, and establish a happier and healthier way of being in the world. I utilize a collaborative client-centered approach to provide the balance between supporting and challenging you that is necessary for promoting growth and change.
I am a licensed couples therapist, in practice for over 15 years. I have provided family interventions for over 20 years and interpersonal individual therapy for over 30 years. I accept most insurances for in-person or Telehealth. My services are professional, approachable, experienced, solution focused, and supportive. Call now to schedule on weekdays at Northwest Psychological Center.
I am a licensed couples therapist, in practice for over 15 years. I have provided family interventions for over 20 years and interpersonal individual therapy for over 30 years. I accept most insurances for in-person or Telehealth. My services are professional, approachable, experienced, solution focused, and supportive. Call now to schedule on weekdays at Northwest Psychological Center.
I work with individuals, couples, and adolescents navigating life transitions—chapters of change that ask us to reimagine who we are. My work often centers on experiences of grief and identity, including how we hold what’s been lost and how we rediscover ourselves in what comes next. In our work together, we explore the stories that shape you, reflect on old patterns, and use conversation or creative expression to deepen understanding. LGBTQ+ individuals, couples, and neurodivergent clients are warmly welcome.
I work with individuals, couples, and adolescents navigating life transitions—chapters of change that ask us to reimagine who we are. My work often centers on experiences of grief and identity, including how we hold what’s been lost and how we rediscover ourselves in what comes next. In our work together, we explore the stories that shape you, reflect on old patterns, and use conversation or creative expression to deepen understanding. LGBTQ+ individuals, couples, and neurodivergent clients are warmly welcome.
Life's experiences, or our story, can shape how we see ourselves and the world, often leaving behind anxiety, depression, or struggles with addiction and relationships. You may feel overwhelmed or stuck, but healing is possible. In a safe and supportive space, we’ll explore your story with compassion and care. Through an integrative approach that combines narrative therapy and CBT, we’ll work to understand your story. With this new understanding we will reveal what truly lies beneath the pain, anxiety or confusion which will help you reconnect with you and what you really want out of life.
Life's experiences, or our story, can shape how we see ourselves and the world, often leaving behind anxiety, depression, or struggles with addiction and relationships. You may feel overwhelmed or stuck, but healing is possible. In a safe and supportive space, we’ll explore your story with compassion and care. Through an integrative approach that combines narrative therapy and CBT, we’ll work to understand your story. With this new understanding we will reveal what truly lies beneath the pain, anxiety or confusion which will help you reconnect with you and what you really want out of life.
Psychotherapy can be a tremendously helpful and rewarding experience for those seeking assistance. It can serve to alleviate anxiety and depression as well as help individuals to feel less conflicted and better able to reach their potential in work and relationships. As a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, I believe it is important to form a safe and reliable alliance from which we can collaboratively work on achieving your objectives.
Psychotherapy can be a tremendously helpful and rewarding experience for those seeking assistance. It can serve to alleviate anxiety and depression as well as help individuals to feel less conflicted and better able to reach their potential in work and relationships. As a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, I believe it is important to form a safe and reliable alliance from which we can collaboratively work on achieving your objectives.
I am a licensed clinical psychologist with over 10 years of experience. I have a specialty in social justice themes and work heavily with the LGBTQ community, particularly with people of color. My approach to psychotherapy is warm, empathic, and compassionate. I treat each individual professionally and with respect and with acknowledgement of your individual strengths. I listen attentively to your thoughts and feelings, while also focusing on factors that are out of your conscious awareness (such as anxieties, values, and expectations) that can get expressed in relationships or through problematic patterns or symptoms.
I am a licensed clinical psychologist with over 10 years of experience. I have a specialty in social justice themes and work heavily with the LGBTQ community, particularly with people of color. My approach to psychotherapy is warm, empathic, and compassionate. I treat each individual professionally and with respect and with acknowledgement of your individual strengths. I listen attentively to your thoughts and feelings, while also focusing on factors that are out of your conscious awareness (such as anxieties, values, and expectations) that can get expressed in relationships or through problematic patterns or symptoms.
Life is complex, often confusing and conflicted. Distress can come with the territory. When we're distressed, and we've tried everything we know, we need outside counsel. A counselor provides an "auxiliary mind," so to speak. An alter ego. Someone to bring to bear, on your behalf, a range of knowledge that you simply haven't had occasion to acquire. Someone to provide emotional balance and an objective eye on your circumstances. Someone to help you sort out your experience.
Life is complex, often confusing and conflicted. Distress can come with the territory. When we're distressed, and we've tried everything we know, we need outside counsel. A counselor provides an "auxiliary mind," so to speak. An alter ego. Someone to bring to bear, on your behalf, a range of knowledge that you simply haven't had occasion to acquire. Someone to provide emotional balance and an objective eye on your circumstances. Someone to help you sort out your experience.
I create a comfortable environment in my office where people feel safe to share. It is my belief that each of us is unique in our histories and in the strengths that we bring to a situation. Part of the experience of therapy is to identify the strengths and successes we have had in our lives and to discover how these things can impact the current concerns we are facing. Often through the experience of talking with a therapist people are able to figure out how to take the steps that will make their life situation and relationships work better.
I create a comfortable environment in my office where people feel safe to share. It is my belief that each of us is unique in our histories and in the strengths that we bring to a situation. Part of the experience of therapy is to identify the strengths and successes we have had in our lives and to discover how these things can impact the current concerns we are facing. Often through the experience of talking with a therapist people are able to figure out how to take the steps that will make their life situation and relationships work better.
I work with individuals and couples who find themselves trapped in patterns of emotion and behavior that keep them from moving forward in their lives and relationships. I don't think of problems as illnesses, but as learned ways of navigating the world that no longer work; almost every problem started out as a solution. Problems are solved by deeply confronting and changing the emotional learnings that make them seem inevitable. Change comes when people are able to unlearn old patterns and replace them with new ones. Transformative change uses the mind’s natural capacity to adapt and heal.
I work with individuals and couples who find themselves trapped in patterns of emotion and behavior that keep them from moving forward in their lives and relationships. I don't think of problems as illnesses, but as learned ways of navigating the world that no longer work; almost every problem started out as a solution. Problems are solved by deeply confronting and changing the emotional learnings that make them seem inevitable. Change comes when people are able to unlearn old patterns and replace them with new ones. Transformative change uses the mind’s natural capacity to adapt and heal.
Hi there! Starting your healing journey can be a daunting process, and you have already taken a tremendous first step by searching for a therapist. I strive to create a therapeutic space where you feel empowered to navigate concerns related to anxiety, depression, insomnia, trauma, life transitions, and identity issues. Additionally, I am a BIPOC and queer counselor and enjoy working with BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ clients.
Hi there! Starting your healing journey can be a daunting process, and you have already taken a tremendous first step by searching for a therapist. I strive to create a therapeutic space where you feel empowered to navigate concerns related to anxiety, depression, insomnia, trauma, life transitions, and identity issues. Additionally, I am a BIPOC and queer counselor and enjoy working with BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ clients.
Individuals struggling to find meaning and purpose in their lives often carry the weight of past traumas, anxiety, and depression, and need a safe space to process emotions, work through traumas, and develop coping strategies to heal and grow. They yearn to break free from the shadows of their past and emerge into a brighter, more hopeful future. Through this transformative journey, they can rediscover their strength, resilience, and authentic selves. By reclaiming their life, voice, and sense of self, they can rise above their challenges and thrive in a life that truly reflects their values, passions, and dreams.
Individuals struggling to find meaning and purpose in their lives often carry the weight of past traumas, anxiety, and depression, and need a safe space to process emotions, work through traumas, and develop coping strategies to heal and grow. They yearn to break free from the shadows of their past and emerge into a brighter, more hopeful future. Through this transformative journey, they can rediscover their strength, resilience, and authentic selves. By reclaiming their life, voice, and sense of self, they can rise above their challenges and thrive in a life that truly reflects their values, passions, and dreams.
No matter how difficult the problem you are facing, there is a solution. My therapeutic approach is designed to help you gain awareness and understanding into whatever is troubling you and to assist you in developing the practical skills to handle these issues more effectively. I believe that within our problems lie the keys to further growth and development when they are unfolded with awareness. Together, we will create a treatment plan that is tailored to meet your desired goals in therapy.
No matter how difficult the problem you are facing, there is a solution. My therapeutic approach is designed to help you gain awareness and understanding into whatever is troubling you and to assist you in developing the practical skills to handle these issues more effectively. I believe that within our problems lie the keys to further growth and development when they are unfolded with awareness. Together, we will create a treatment plan that is tailored to meet your desired goals in therapy.
Trying to be a happy, healthy, creative human in today’s world requires new skills to face new challenges. Overwhelming anxiety, depression, and relationship instability are often products of our ancient nervous system struggling to adapt to an environment with new rules, new pressures, and old wounds. As a species we are subjected to increasing pressure to perform, produce, and project a life that is at once effortless and perfect. The reality is far from this however, and humans need support, love, and patience in the face of failure in order to thrive.
Trying to be a happy, healthy, creative human in today’s world requires new skills to face new challenges. Overwhelming anxiety, depression, and relationship instability are often products of our ancient nervous system struggling to adapt to an environment with new rules, new pressures, and old wounds. As a species we are subjected to increasing pressure to perform, produce, and project a life that is at once effortless and perfect. The reality is far from this however, and humans need support, love, and patience in the face of failure in order to thrive.
I am accepting new clients. I help clients who seek to increase their strengths, awareness, openness, flexibility, intelligence (IQ and EQ), resiliency, create empowering processes and solutions leading to meaningful life engagement, and improving quality of life. I have worked with all ages, backgrounds and issues, individuals, couples and families. I have found the best predictor of effective therapy is how well the client connects with the therapist. I am open to working with all people, cultures and conditions.
I am accepting new clients. I help clients who seek to increase their strengths, awareness, openness, flexibility, intelligence (IQ and EQ), resiliency, create empowering processes and solutions leading to meaningful life engagement, and improving quality of life. I have worked with all ages, backgrounds and issues, individuals, couples and families. I have found the best predictor of effective therapy is how well the client connects with the therapist. I am open to working with all people, cultures and conditions.
Online Therapists
Trauma, anxiety, grief, and relationship stress can leave you feeling disconnected from the life you want. With the right support, healing and meaningful change are possible. I help individuals and couples reconnect with themselves, their relationships, and what matters most.
Some of the concerns I work well with include trauma, anxiety and depression, grief and loss, life transitions, relationship building communication and trust, self-esteem and identity concerns, LGBTQI2S+ experiences, creative blocks, career and purpose exploration, climate anxiety and grief, burnout or spiritual exhaustion.
Trauma, anxiety, grief, and relationship stress can leave you feeling disconnected from the life you want. With the right support, healing and meaningful change are possible. I help individuals and couples reconnect with themselves, their relationships, and what matters most.
Some of the concerns I work well with include trauma, anxiety and depression, grief and loss, life transitions, relationship building communication and trust, self-esteem and identity concerns, LGBTQI2S+ experiences, creative blocks, career and purpose exploration, climate anxiety and grief, burnout or spiritual exhaustion.
Well, hello! Looking to make some changes? Let's talk. I enjoy working with people on topics of adjustment and change, work life balance, mental health symptoms and substance use. I also enjoy supporting clients in long-term recovery to reclaim their lives. Whether you want to address mental health symptoms that are impacting your daily life or struggle with substance abuse, I have a very supportive, goal-directed and non-judgmental approach to help you identify and reach your goals.
Well, hello! Looking to make some changes? Let's talk. I enjoy working with people on topics of adjustment and change, work life balance, mental health symptoms and substance use. I also enjoy supporting clients in long-term recovery to reclaim their lives. Whether you want to address mental health symptoms that are impacting your daily life or struggle with substance abuse, I have a very supportive, goal-directed and non-judgmental approach to help you identify and reach your goals.
Overwhelming symptoms—such as persistent anxiety, irritability, emotional exhaustion, feeling on edge, loss of joy, and pervasive frustration in relationships or family interactions—often make therapy or counseling a highly recommended first step. I am a licensed professional counselor with a strong background in mental health and allopathic medicine, and with extensive expertise spanning many years. I strive to bring my broad knowledge, training, and skill set to my professional counseling. My counseling/psychotherapy expertise includes working with children, adolescents, and adults with various mental health & addictive issues.
Overwhelming symptoms—such as persistent anxiety, irritability, emotional exhaustion, feeling on edge, loss of joy, and pervasive frustration in relationships or family interactions—often make therapy or counseling a highly recommended first step. I am a licensed professional counselor with a strong background in mental health and allopathic medicine, and with extensive expertise spanning many years. I strive to bring my broad knowledge, training, and skill set to my professional counseling. My counseling/psychotherapy expertise includes working with children, adolescents, and adults with various mental health & addictive issues.
Male Therapists
As a man, why might I want to see a male therapist?
There are many reasons a man might wish to work with a male therapist, including a degree of shared identity, which may help client and therapist connect to each other and allow for a more free-flowing discussion of issues that can be deeply personal. Some men may feel more comfortable talking to a male therapist about relationship concerns, the pressures they feel around the roles society and family place on men, career or job challenges, self-esteem, or anger problems. For some men who have not had a male role models in their lives, a good male therapist may be especially helpful.
How can I find out about a therapist’s experience treating men?
Individuals looking for treatment should feel comfortable directly asking a therapist about their history treating men overall and the issues that arise in therapy with men. A good therapist will be happy to discuss such matters as well as their educational background, approach to treatment, and how they think they can aid a prospective client.
Can clients benefit from having a therapist of the same gender?
Therapy is not gender-specific, but some men as well as women feel more comfortable opening up about their experiences and history with therapists of a specific gender. An individual may feel that they have to explain less background information and be on the same page more quickly, particularly when discussing gender-specific challenges. That said, a good clinician can transcend most if not all gender concerns. Ultimately, the most important factor in therapy is the connection and trust the client is able to build with the practitioner.
Would a male therapist have specific training in treating men?
Generally, no. There are no certifications for treating men specifically, but there are continuing education classes that therapists may take that focus on treating men as a group. There are many therapists who focus on men and male issues in their treatment and therefore have experience and expertise in this domain.