Therapists in Southwest, Portland, OR
As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker serving Oregon and Washington, I create a nurturing environment where healing and growth flourish. My trauma-informed approach integrates evidence-based methods including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Solution-Focused Therapy to support adults and seniors on their journey to wellness.
As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker serving Oregon and Washington, I create a nurturing environment where healing and growth flourish. My trauma-informed approach integrates evidence-based methods including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Solution-Focused Therapy to support adults and seniors on their journey to wellness.
Sarah Richin
Clinical Social Work Associate, MSW, CSWA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Southwest, Portland, OR 97219
I believe life is full of many peaks and valleys. We are all climbing our own mountains, and it is important to have a support system to reach the summit. Whether it's a small hill or a large climb, I am here to help you gain tools to tackle these anxieties. I bring a client-centered approach to therapy and meet clients where they are at. I am very aware that everyone is coming into therapy with their own unique challenges, perspectives, experiences and values. I cherish these differences and will work with you to balance out the down and anxious feelings.
I believe life is full of many peaks and valleys. We are all climbing our own mountains, and it is important to have a support system to reach the summit. Whether it's a small hill or a large climb, I am here to help you gain tools to tackle these anxieties. I bring a client-centered approach to therapy and meet clients where they are at. I am very aware that everyone is coming into therapy with their own unique challenges, perspectives, experiences and values. I cherish these differences and will work with you to balance out the down and anxious feelings.
Julian Small
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Southwest, Portland, OR 97221
Waitlist for new clients
As a Licensed Professional Counselor, I have many years of experience using an integrative / eclectic person-centered and solution focused approach to encourage a strong therapeutic relationship so clients may feel safe to explore potential growth opportunities. I highly enjoy working with clients that may be new to therapy or previously have had negative experiences with therapy. I am a trauma-informed therapist and enjoy learning about the unique background and spheres of influence you bring to the therapy room to ensure you receive an individualized tailored experience.
As a Licensed Professional Counselor, I have many years of experience using an integrative / eclectic person-centered and solution focused approach to encourage a strong therapeutic relationship so clients may feel safe to explore potential growth opportunities. I highly enjoy working with clients that may be new to therapy or previously have had negative experiences with therapy. I am a trauma-informed therapist and enjoy learning about the unique background and spheres of influence you bring to the therapy room to ensure you receive an individualized tailored experience.
I offer authentic, compassionate therapy in a safe environment. Therapy should allow for the cultivation of rapport and trust so that we can work collaboratively to examine meaning and purpose as defined by you in your own life. As well, we can also take a closer look at unhealthy, unhelpful patterns that may be present in your life and relationships.
I offer authentic, compassionate therapy in a safe environment. Therapy should allow for the cultivation of rapport and trust so that we can work collaboratively to examine meaning and purpose as defined by you in your own life. As well, we can also take a closer look at unhealthy, unhelpful patterns that may be present in your life and relationships.
Jessica Atalla
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, CRC, LPC
Verified Verified
Southwest, Portland, OR 97205
Feeling overwhelmed by life’s challenges? Finding it tough to navigate major changes or feeling stuck? You don’t have to face this alone—I’d be honored to support you. In our sessions, we’ll dive into your emotions, uncover their roots, and construct meaning from your experience. You’ll steer our conversations while I offer insights, compassion, and new perspectives. It’s all about collaboration as we work together to help you find balance and resilience.
Feeling overwhelmed by life’s challenges? Finding it tough to navigate major changes or feeling stuck? You don’t have to face this alone—I’d be honored to support you. In our sessions, we’ll dive into your emotions, uncover their roots, and construct meaning from your experience. You’ll steer our conversations while I offer insights, compassion, and new perspectives. It’s all about collaboration as we work together to help you find balance and resilience.
Sarah Adams
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Online Only
Not accepting new clients
Not accepting new clients. I am a licensed therapist that works with many different types of clients including children/adolescents, families, & couples. My goal is to help my clients work through the issues they are facing so they can work towards their goals in their lives and relationships. Every person has innate strengths and my goal is to help identify those strengths and build on them so that they can reach their goals in treatment and in their lives. Ultimately, I want my clients to feel heard and supported in my practice and I hope to help them on their journey in finding positive change in their lives and relationships.
Not accepting new clients. I am a licensed therapist that works with many different types of clients including children/adolescents, families, & couples. My goal is to help my clients work through the issues they are facing so they can work towards their goals in their lives and relationships. Every person has innate strengths and my goal is to help identify those strengths and build on them so that they can reach their goals in treatment and in their lives. Ultimately, I want my clients to feel heard and supported in my practice and I hope to help them on their journey in finding positive change in their lives and relationships.
Are you a young woman struggling to maintain relationships? Do you struggle with understanding and expressing your emotions? Do you feel motivated but have so much fear you can’t even start on a task? Maybe you know what you want in life but can’t seem to get there. Being able to manage your emotions and maintain relationships are key aspects of connecting and finding meaning in life. While they have those struggles they come to sessions ready to be open and willing to work through those difficulties to become the best version of themselves. Someone they are proud to be!
Are you a young woman struggling to maintain relationships? Do you struggle with understanding and expressing your emotions? Do you feel motivated but have so much fear you can’t even start on a task? Maybe you know what you want in life but can’t seem to get there. Being able to manage your emotions and maintain relationships are key aspects of connecting and finding meaning in life. While they have those struggles they come to sessions ready to be open and willing to work through those difficulties to become the best version of themselves. Someone they are proud to be!
We all have problems in life, my views of therapy is to help you understand what is causing your current difficulties, work through them, and move forward in life. I view the therapy relationship as an journey we embark on together with both you and I having our own important roles to play. I work with individuals to address the current problems in their life, and help them find lasting solutions and tools they can use to keep making changes.
We all have problems in life, my views of therapy is to help you understand what is causing your current difficulties, work through them, and move forward in life. I view the therapy relationship as an journey we embark on together with both you and I having our own important roles to play. I work with individuals to address the current problems in their life, and help them find lasting solutions and tools they can use to keep making changes.
Spectrum Counseling and Mental Wellness
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Southwest, Portland, OR 97205
Waitlist for new clients
Spectrum Counseling and Mental Wellness is a non-profit organization committed to providing counseling and related services to the LGBT community and other marginalized communities. We are growing and adding new therapists! Please contact us to be matched with an available therapist. Some therapists have waitlists. Visit our website for more information by clicking the "website" button on the left.
Spectrum Counseling and Mental Wellness is a non-profit organization committed to providing counseling and related services to the LGBT community and other marginalized communities. We are growing and adding new therapists! Please contact us to be matched with an available therapist. Some therapists have waitlists. Visit our website for more information by clicking the "website" button on the left.
Margaret McNeal
Professional Counselor Associate, MA
Verified Verified
7 Endorsed
Southwest, Portland, OR 97205
I help people discover a sense of embodiment, self, and aliveness. My clients are intelligent, curious, creative, and sensitive people who seek to deepen their relationships with their bodies, themselves, others, and that which is greater. As a depth-oriented therapist, we will look beneath the surface to understand the deeper currents that move you. We will examine patterns that are holding you, explore the wisdom of your body, practice mindfulness, relate with your unconscious, refer to archetypal imagery, and incorporate strategies to enhance your self-concept, competency, and well-being.
I help people discover a sense of embodiment, self, and aliveness. My clients are intelligent, curious, creative, and sensitive people who seek to deepen their relationships with their bodies, themselves, others, and that which is greater. As a depth-oriented therapist, we will look beneath the surface to understand the deeper currents that move you. We will examine patterns that are holding you, explore the wisdom of your body, practice mindfulness, relate with your unconscious, refer to archetypal imagery, and incorporate strategies to enhance your self-concept, competency, and well-being.
Vanessa Washington
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Not accepting new clients
**NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS**. I utilize insight and action oriented approaches to support increased understanding of and empathy towards yourself, while also working to implement realistic changes that lead to increased quality of life and relationships. I work largely with clients around identity challenges, centering care for Black, brown, trans/nonbinary and LGBQIA individuals.
**NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS**. I utilize insight and action oriented approaches to support increased understanding of and empathy towards yourself, while also working to implement realistic changes that lead to increased quality of life and relationships. I work largely with clients around identity challenges, centering care for Black, brown, trans/nonbinary and LGBQIA individuals.
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I utilize a wide range of clinical skills to help clients reduce their distress and increase their overall well being. I aspire to create a unique therapeutic approach for each client, based on their needs, personal struggles and goals. Core tenets of my practice are empathy, validation, support and interpersonal feedback. Additionally, I strive to provide culturally competent care. I regularly attend professional seminars to increase my awareness regarding issues related to systems of oppression and privilege.
I utilize a wide range of clinical skills to help clients reduce their distress and increase their overall well being. I aspire to create a unique therapeutic approach for each client, based on their needs, personal struggles and goals. Core tenets of my practice are empathy, validation, support and interpersonal feedback. Additionally, I strive to provide culturally competent care. I regularly attend professional seminars to increase my awareness regarding issues related to systems of oppression and privilege.
I work from a holistic view of the interconnectedness of body, mind, and spirit, believing in an innate drive toward health. I see old patterns not as pathologies, but as past coping strategies that may now be outdated. Many of us grew up in families that had to adjust to adverse circumstances, oppressive societal beliefs and intergenerational trauma and inherited their beliefs and coping mechanisms. Together we can appreciate the ways these served and protected while updating these strategies to fit present day life and dreams.
I work from a holistic view of the interconnectedness of body, mind, and spirit, believing in an innate drive toward health. I see old patterns not as pathologies, but as past coping strategies that may now be outdated. Many of us grew up in families that had to adjust to adverse circumstances, oppressive societal beliefs and intergenerational trauma and inherited their beliefs and coping mechanisms. Together we can appreciate the ways these served and protected while updating these strategies to fit present day life and dreams.
I am a licensed psychologist who has worked with adults and teen for over 25 years. Before engaging in private practice, I was at Stanford Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, where I was awarded a fellowship following my clinical internship at University of New Mexico Medical. I received my PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Oregon. I have worked with clients in various clinical settings including residential treatment in Montana and Vermont, given national and international talks, facilitated many group therapy sessions and workshops for families, parents, and couples. I love what I do.
I am a licensed psychologist who has worked with adults and teen for over 25 years. Before engaging in private practice, I was at Stanford Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, where I was awarded a fellowship following my clinical internship at University of New Mexico Medical. I received my PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Oregon. I have worked with clients in various clinical settings including residential treatment in Montana and Vermont, given national and international talks, facilitated many group therapy sessions and workshops for families, parents, and couples. I love what I do.
Neurodiverse clients I have worked with said they felt understood and supported and said that I genuinely care about them. I encourage neurodiverse communication styles, ways of thinking, and varieties of emotional expression. I will follow your lead on what you want out of therapy. The autistic community has a higher rate of trans and nonbinary gender identities which I celebrate. I also have a master’s degree in child development. I focused on sexual development and attachment theory. I support all sexualities and ethical relationship styles. I also studied healthy racial identity development in people of color and white people.
Neurodiverse clients I have worked with said they felt understood and supported and said that I genuinely care about them. I encourage neurodiverse communication styles, ways of thinking, and varieties of emotional expression. I will follow your lead on what you want out of therapy. The autistic community has a higher rate of trans and nonbinary gender identities which I celebrate. I also have a master’s degree in child development. I focused on sexual development and attachment theory. I support all sexualities and ethical relationship styles. I also studied healthy racial identity development in people of color and white people.
Samantha Wolf
Professional Counselor Associate, MA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Southwest, Portland, OR 97221
There are many different ways to heal, just as there are many different ways to grieve and process emotions. I believe that you do not need to have something “wrong” with you in order to seek help. Whether you have hit your personal rock bottom, or just a blip in the road, I will provide a safe and healing space to come along side you, and work collaboratively in order to find what feels authentic for you and your life. I care about my clients feeling acknowledged, comfortable and challenged when appropriate. Growth with a hefty side of warmth.
There are many different ways to heal, just as there are many different ways to grieve and process emotions. I believe that you do not need to have something “wrong” with you in order to seek help. Whether you have hit your personal rock bottom, or just a blip in the road, I will provide a safe and healing space to come along side you, and work collaboratively in order to find what feels authentic for you and your life. I care about my clients feeling acknowledged, comfortable and challenged when appropriate. Growth with a hefty side of warmth.
Welcome! I am a licensed psychologist who specializes in working with adults and adolescents who are experiencing a wide variety of mental health issues including but not limited to depression, anxiety disorders, behavioral problems, relationship conflict, and trauma recovery. In addition to individual work, I also provide family therapy and parenting consultation, when indicated, to support parents and promote healthy communication and interactions.
Welcome! I am a licensed psychologist who specializes in working with adults and adolescents who are experiencing a wide variety of mental health issues including but not limited to depression, anxiety disorders, behavioral problems, relationship conflict, and trauma recovery. In addition to individual work, I also provide family therapy and parenting consultation, when indicated, to support parents and promote healthy communication and interactions.
Your Spirit is calling you to remember your true nature; to dive below the judgments of your mind, the conditioning of your past, and fears of not being enough or worthy of a rich and satisfying life. Many people struggle in life trying to find a place in the world to fit, feeling inadequate and judging their pain. All along, the perfection of who you are is waiting to be discovered. For this you must journey within. With careful attention, each moment is an opening to what is most essential, true and relevant: now. Tap into your creativity and learn to play for real. I do not assess, diagnose, or offer remediation for dysfunction.
Your Spirit is calling you to remember your true nature; to dive below the judgments of your mind, the conditioning of your past, and fears of not being enough or worthy of a rich and satisfying life. Many people struggle in life trying to find a place in the world to fit, feeling inadequate and judging their pain. All along, the perfection of who you are is waiting to be discovered. For this you must journey within. With careful attention, each moment is an opening to what is most essential, true and relevant: now. Tap into your creativity and learn to play for real. I do not assess, diagnose, or offer remediation for dysfunction.
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5am -1pm Telehealth spots OPEN for you or your parents! I support individuals gain insight into their patterns, learn coping skills, emotional awareness, and act from a place of acceptance and self-compassion. As a seasoned therapist specializing in Eldercaregivers, I understand the challenges faced by both adult children and spouses as they navigate difficult decisions, working together with others, attending to relationship to death and managing burnout. Together we examine expectations and grief. Grappling with a myriad of emotions, including guilt, stress, grief and uncertainty is supported through the safe therapy space.
5am -1pm Telehealth spots OPEN for you or your parents! I support individuals gain insight into their patterns, learn coping skills, emotional awareness, and act from a place of acceptance and self-compassion. As a seasoned therapist specializing in Eldercaregivers, I understand the challenges faced by both adult children and spouses as they navigate difficult decisions, working together with others, attending to relationship to death and managing burnout. Together we examine expectations and grief. Grappling with a myriad of emotions, including guilt, stress, grief and uncertainty is supported through the safe therapy space.
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Number of Therapists in Southwest, Portland, OR
1,000+
Average cost per session
$169
Therapists in Southwest, Portland, OR who prioritize treating:
| 93% | Anxiety |
| 86% | Depression |
| 78% | Relationship Issues |
| 74% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 73% | Self Esteem |
| 67% | Stress |
| 67% | Life Transitions |
Average years in practice
11 Years
Top 3 insurances accepted
| 59% | PacificSource |
| 55% | Aetna |
| 43% | BlueCross and BlueShield |
How Therapists in Southwest, Portland, OR see their clients
| 60% | In Person and Online | |
| 40% | Online Only |
Gender breakdown
| 74% | Female | |
| 24% | Male | |
| 2% | Non-Binary |