Attachment-based Therapists in Portland, OR

Finding a therapist can feel like a big step, and I believe that finding a therapist you connect with is really important. With that in mind, I'd like to share little about me to help you decide if we might be a good fit.
I primarily work with individuals and couples who identify as BIPOC, multicultural, or LGBTQIA+, and those who are navigating identity development, communication challenges, navigating multiculturalism, migration and acculturation, and deepening connection within their relationships. As a relational therapist, I prioritize building a relationship with you that is founded on warmth, compassion, and collaboration.
Finding a therapist can feel like a big step, and I believe that finding a therapist you connect with is really important. With that in mind, I'd like to share little about me to help you decide if we might be a good fit.
I primarily work with individuals and couples who identify as BIPOC, multicultural, or LGBTQIA+, and those who are navigating identity development, communication challenges, navigating multiculturalism, migration and acculturation, and deepening connection within their relationships. As a relational therapist, I prioritize building a relationship with you that is founded on warmth, compassion, and collaboration.

Regina Cristan
Professional Counselor Associate, MA
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97239
Waitlist for new clients
I work with adults and teens, tailoring evidence-based practices for each individual. Life can challenge us and throw us off-center while we are in stride. Whether you are dealing with Life Transitions, Anxiety, Trauma, PTSD, Grief, or Loss, it is easier when someone is on the path with you—someone who will listen and cares about what you have to say in the healing process. Processing Grief and Trauma in a healthy manner helps us move past the pain to a new future. We deserve a brighter future. I do care what you have to say.
I work with adults and teens, tailoring evidence-based practices for each individual. Life can challenge us and throw us off-center while we are in stride. Whether you are dealing with Life Transitions, Anxiety, Trauma, PTSD, Grief, or Loss, it is easier when someone is on the path with you—someone who will listen and cares about what you have to say in the healing process. Processing Grief and Trauma in a healthy manner helps us move past the pain to a new future. We deserve a brighter future. I do care what you have to say.

Andrea Rosemarie Redeau
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97214
I love to laugh. A deep belly laugh is my favorite—the kind that makes my sides feel like they might split open and leaves me breathless with joy. That is my kind of laughter. It serves as my medicine, a remedy for life’s inevitable hardships. Armed with a dry and irreverent sense of humor, I often invite this levity into the therapy room. There are times when we must confront our pain with a dash of humor, demystifying it for just a moment. I understand life is hard; no one is immune to its tragedies. Sometimes, the only reprieve we can muster is immersing ourselves in hilarious cat videos, pretending for a few fleeting moment.
I love to laugh. A deep belly laugh is my favorite—the kind that makes my sides feel like they might split open and leaves me breathless with joy. That is my kind of laughter. It serves as my medicine, a remedy for life’s inevitable hardships. Armed with a dry and irreverent sense of humor, I often invite this levity into the therapy room. There are times when we must confront our pain with a dash of humor, demystifying it for just a moment. I understand life is hard; no one is immune to its tragedies. Sometimes, the only reprieve we can muster is immersing ourselves in hilarious cat videos, pretending for a few fleeting moment.

I practice traditional psychotherapy and mindfulness self-compassion work. We usually use existential therapy and mindfulness together to help relieve unwanted thoughts and reach the root causes of an individual's suffering. Patients often come to me who are experiencing chronic illness or disability. My experience with these issues has given me unique insight into their struggles. Such conditions often lead to anxiety and depression, and together I hope to help patients understand the roots of these feelings and work on improving their quality of life.
I practice traditional psychotherapy and mindfulness self-compassion work. We usually use existential therapy and mindfulness together to help relieve unwanted thoughts and reach the root causes of an individual's suffering. Patients often come to me who are experiencing chronic illness or disability. My experience with these issues has given me unique insight into their struggles. Such conditions often lead to anxiety and depression, and together I hope to help patients understand the roots of these feelings and work on improving their quality of life.

Rebecca Flores
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, EMDR
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
You’re the one who feels everything, sensing shifts in the room before anyone speaks. You’ve spent years making sure everyone else is okay-being the good daughter, partner, friend, employee. Somewhere along the way, you lost yourself. Now, anxiety hums in the background, guilt sneaks in when you try to set a boundary, and past wounds still sting. It doesn’t have to be this way. I work with kind, sensitive women who are tired of carrying old patterns-people pleasing, second-guessing, struggling to feel secure. We’ll get to the heart of it-healing attachment wounds, quieting self-doubt, & helping you set (and keep!) the damn boundary!
You’re the one who feels everything, sensing shifts in the room before anyone speaks. You’ve spent years making sure everyone else is okay-being the good daughter, partner, friend, employee. Somewhere along the way, you lost yourself. Now, anxiety hums in the background, guilt sneaks in when you try to set a boundary, and past wounds still sting. It doesn’t have to be this way. I work with kind, sensitive women who are tired of carrying old patterns-people pleasing, second-guessing, struggling to feel secure. We’ll get to the heart of it-healing attachment wounds, quieting self-doubt, & helping you set (and keep!) the damn boundary!

I have worked in private practice as a psychologist for over thirty years. Most of my clients find my “explore-in-this-moment” approach refreshing and transformational. By distinguishing old defenses from new experience and encouraging clients to explore either side of this fork separately, personal development naturally unfolds. I normalize the tendency to resist change and the work focuses on exploring rather than explaining. My approach offers clients the opportunity to step beyond the world they know to explore at the edge of the unknown which is the source of all change.
I have worked in private practice as a psychologist for over thirty years. Most of my clients find my “explore-in-this-moment” approach refreshing and transformational. By distinguishing old defenses from new experience and encouraging clients to explore either side of this fork separately, personal development naturally unfolds. I normalize the tendency to resist change and the work focuses on exploring rather than explaining. My approach offers clients the opportunity to step beyond the world they know to explore at the edge of the unknown which is the source of all change.

You feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unseen as someone outside the norm, whether you're queer, trans, poly or neurodivergent. Maybe anxiety keeps you up at night, your relationships feel strained, or you’re struggling to embrace your identity in a world that is too often unjust or cruel. You long for peace, clarity, and to feel deeply understood. You want to break free from self-doubt, nurture meaningful connections, and step into your most authentic self. Let’s create a space where your pain is acknowledged, your strength is discovered, and your path forward feels possible. You deserve a better life, and I’m here to help you find it.
You feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unseen as someone outside the norm, whether you're queer, trans, poly or neurodivergent. Maybe anxiety keeps you up at night, your relationships feel strained, or you’re struggling to embrace your identity in a world that is too often unjust or cruel. You long for peace, clarity, and to feel deeply understood. You want to break free from self-doubt, nurture meaningful connections, and step into your most authentic self. Let’s create a space where your pain is acknowledged, your strength is discovered, and your path forward feels possible. You deserve a better life, and I’m here to help you find it.

Stephanie Langenfeld
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97225
Feeling stuck, lonely, sad, or frustrated? Perhaps you don't know where to start, but long for the reflection, support, and freedom you'll feel as you own your truth and take actions that support your best life. Whether it is your first time trying therapy, or you want to continue your work with therapy, and you want someone relatable, warm, and easy to talk to, I would love to support you. I enjoy caring for those I work with as they seek to better know themselves and validate their needs. It's my goal to deeply listen, both to what you say and what you don't.
Feeling stuck, lonely, sad, or frustrated? Perhaps you don't know where to start, but long for the reflection, support, and freedom you'll feel as you own your truth and take actions that support your best life. Whether it is your first time trying therapy, or you want to continue your work with therapy, and you want someone relatable, warm, and easy to talk to, I would love to support you. I enjoy caring for those I work with as they seek to better know themselves and validate their needs. It's my goal to deeply listen, both to what you say and what you don't.

I believe that anyone can benefit from therapy. Whether you’re facing life’s challenges, experiencing anxiety or depression, or you are just interested in growth and strengthening your sense of self; we all need a neutral person to talk to from time to time.
I believe that anyone can benefit from therapy. Whether you’re facing life’s challenges, experiencing anxiety or depression, or you are just interested in growth and strengthening your sense of self; we all need a neutral person to talk to from time to time.

Rachel Patten
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
Hi, I'm Rachel, a licensed clinical social worker offering telehealth therapy in Oregon and Washington. If you're here, you're on a journey. Maybe it is to address something specific, maybe it is just to feel better, feel more comfortable in your skin. I view therapy as an opportunity for me to support you in navigating the many obstacles and barriers that life throws at us. I believe in your unbounded potential to heal and would be honored to support you in this. I specialize in working with individuals living with chronic illness, depression, anxiety, addiction, psychosis and dealing with impacts from trauma.
Hi, I'm Rachel, a licensed clinical social worker offering telehealth therapy in Oregon and Washington. If you're here, you're on a journey. Maybe it is to address something specific, maybe it is just to feel better, feel more comfortable in your skin. I view therapy as an opportunity for me to support you in navigating the many obstacles and barriers that life throws at us. I believe in your unbounded potential to heal and would be honored to support you in this. I specialize in working with individuals living with chronic illness, depression, anxiety, addiction, psychosis and dealing with impacts from trauma.

I view my role in our work together as a fellow traveler; it is an honor to be given the opportunity to earn your trust in our work together. I am committed to offer you warmth, kindness, and deep listening while respecting your own unique experiences and perspective. I aim to establish safety within our therapeutic relationship, set clear expectations, and collaboratively seek solutions as we approach your individual therapy goals.
I view my role in our work together as a fellow traveler; it is an honor to be given the opportunity to earn your trust in our work together. I am committed to offer you warmth, kindness, and deep listening while respecting your own unique experiences and perspective. I aim to establish safety within our therapeutic relationship, set clear expectations, and collaboratively seek solutions as we approach your individual therapy goals.
Meet Our Attachment-based Therapists

Jennifer Rich
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, EMDR
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Knowing that it is usually an experience of pain or frustration that prompts people to seek counseling, my goal is to provide a safe place for you to effectively move through it. Often that pain comes from unmet needs, harmful experiences, or coping systems that no longer serve you. I want to work with you, to offer reflection, understanding, information, and new windows to help you experience relief and a sense of well being. Approaches include insight oriented talk therapy, mindfulness, EMDR, and art therapy and are chosen on what would be most appropriate to your individual goals.
Knowing that it is usually an experience of pain or frustration that prompts people to seek counseling, my goal is to provide a safe place for you to effectively move through it. Often that pain comes from unmet needs, harmful experiences, or coping systems that no longer serve you. I want to work with you, to offer reflection, understanding, information, and new windows to help you experience relief and a sense of well being. Approaches include insight oriented talk therapy, mindfulness, EMDR, and art therapy and are chosen on what would be most appropriate to your individual goals.

Pacific Northwest Behavioral Health, LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97202
Pacific Northwest Behavioral Health, LLC has a team of providers with a wide variety of specialties that include medication management, marital, individual, family and group counseling. Our goal is to bring a sense of vitality and wellness to your life through compassion, wisdom and humor!
Pacific Northwest Behavioral Health, LLC has a team of providers with a wide variety of specialties that include medication management, marital, individual, family and group counseling. Our goal is to bring a sense of vitality and wellness to your life through compassion, wisdom and humor!

I help where you are stuck -- body, story, nerves, or soul. Our difficult experiences can lodge many places. I have a big "tool chest" - from EMDR to mindfulness - to help you meet and transform what needs healing. I believe that each of us has a wholeness, no matter how hidden. I help you to contact that wholeness, in order to access your own wisdom. Together we find your unique path through to your truest self. What is waiting for you is a life of meaning and the ability to connect.
I help where you are stuck -- body, story, nerves, or soul. Our difficult experiences can lodge many places. I have a big "tool chest" - from EMDR to mindfulness - to help you meet and transform what needs healing. I believe that each of us has a wholeness, no matter how hidden. I help you to contact that wholeness, in order to access your own wisdom. Together we find your unique path through to your truest self. What is waiting for you is a life of meaning and the ability to connect.

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.

My intention is to help people heal—not by addressing symptoms as something to get rid of, but by exploring them with compassionate curiosity and digging down to the root causes. I believe each person holds the map to their own healing, and my holistic approach allows me to work with a wide range of human experiences.
Many of us developed coping mechanisms as children or during tough times to protect ourselves when our needs weren’t met. While these behaviors helped us navigate pain, fear, or neglect, they may now create challenges in our lives, bodies, and relationships.
My intention is to help people heal—not by addressing symptoms as something to get rid of, but by exploring them with compassionate curiosity and digging down to the root causes. I believe each person holds the map to their own healing, and my holistic approach allows me to work with a wide range of human experiences.
Many of us developed coping mechanisms as children or during tough times to protect ourselves when our needs weren’t met. While these behaviors helped us navigate pain, fear, or neglect, they may now create challenges in our lives, bodies, and relationships.

Do you ever wonder, despite all your knowledge and efforts for growth that you still end up in a pattern of doing the same thing over and over again? Well, it's not your fault and there is a way to change it. When we are free to truly see and understand the connection to our brain, body, mind, and relationships, we can actually rewire our brains to build new neural pathways for new ways of thinking and being. Most of what we do, we have no idea why we do it; almost 85% is not on a conscious level.
Do you ever wonder, despite all your knowledge and efforts for growth that you still end up in a pattern of doing the same thing over and over again? Well, it's not your fault and there is a way to change it. When we are free to truly see and understand the connection to our brain, body, mind, and relationships, we can actually rewire our brains to build new neural pathways for new ways of thinking and being. Most of what we do, we have no idea why we do it; almost 85% is not on a conscious level.

EMDR Therapy in the City of Roses
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97204
Immediate availability as of 2/12/25
Welcome! My name is Kathryn Hoover and my heart's work is connecting with people, holding space for their hurt, and empowering them to reach towards a connected, integrated life. My ideal client is someone who is curious about WHY troubling symptoms exist in the first place; someone who is ready to either step into therapy for the first time (hurrah!) or to step away from traditional talk therapy and begin deeper, more profound healing from the bottom up instead of the top down; someone who is wanting to feel more connected to themselves and others, and to feel more joy.
Immediate availability as of 2/12/25
Welcome! My name is Kathryn Hoover and my heart's work is connecting with people, holding space for their hurt, and empowering them to reach towards a connected, integrated life. My ideal client is someone who is curious about WHY troubling symptoms exist in the first place; someone who is ready to either step into therapy for the first time (hurrah!) or to step away from traditional talk therapy and begin deeper, more profound healing from the bottom up instead of the top down; someone who is wanting to feel more connected to themselves and others, and to feel more joy.

As of 2/14/2025: I currently have spots available. Visit my website to request a free video consultation appointment. Please note that scheduling a consultation appointment does not guarantee you an ongoing appointment time, and you may be added to a waitlist depending on availability. I provide counseling to only children & adolescents to address: LGBTQ+, Identity, and more.
As of 2/14/2025: I currently have spots available. Visit my website to request a free video consultation appointment. Please note that scheduling a consultation appointment does not guarantee you an ongoing appointment time, and you may be added to a waitlist depending on availability. I provide counseling to only children & adolescents to address: LGBTQ+, Identity, and more.

Emily Anne Weidlich
Professional Counselor Associate, MA
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97215
Everyone needs support and encouragement, and though our friends and family play an integral role in our lives, they often struggle with finding the words to say when we face truly troubling experiences. As a trained counselor, my goal is to skillfully and empathetically help you navigate your challenges by working together to develop greater insight into your experience, foster an honest and compassionate stance towards your previous efforts, and develop more adaptive skills and perspectives to aid you moving forward.
Everyone needs support and encouragement, and though our friends and family play an integral role in our lives, they often struggle with finding the words to say when we face truly troubling experiences. As a trained counselor, my goal is to skillfully and empathetically help you navigate your challenges by working together to develop greater insight into your experience, foster an honest and compassionate stance towards your previous efforts, and develop more adaptive skills and perspectives to aid you moving forward.
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