Bipolar Disorder Therapists in Portland, OR
Hello! I am now accepting Pacific Source clients! My approach to therapy is to establish a safe and warm environment where growth, awareness, and healing take place. I view therapy as a valuable opportunity for clients to build upon existing strengths and learn coping strategies to feel better about themselves and interact more effectively with others and the world around them. Through a collaborative and supportive relationship, our work together will help you explore and give voice to the difficult experiences, thoughts, emotions, and behaviors which may be interfering with you living the meaningful life that is important to you.
Hello! I am now accepting Pacific Source clients! My approach to therapy is to establish a safe and warm environment where growth, awareness, and healing take place. I view therapy as a valuable opportunity for clients to build upon existing strengths and learn coping strategies to feel better about themselves and interact more effectively with others and the world around them. Through a collaborative and supportive relationship, our work together will help you explore and give voice to the difficult experiences, thoughts, emotions, and behaviors which may be interfering with you living the meaningful life that is important to you.
I see therapy as a collaboration; I meet you where you are in your mental health journey. Perhaps you've been holding onto your past. Maybe you're struggling with stressors of daily life. Would you like to improve your relationships? Perhaps you're seeking therapy because something in your life is calling for a change. I can help guide you to find your authentic self, capacity, clarity, change, healing, self-compassion and resiliency in whatever stage of life you are in.
I enjoy working with folks of all types yet I only see adults and individuals.
I see therapy as a collaboration; I meet you where you are in your mental health journey. Perhaps you've been holding onto your past. Maybe you're struggling with stressors of daily life. Would you like to improve your relationships? Perhaps you're seeking therapy because something in your life is calling for a change. I can help guide you to find your authentic self, capacity, clarity, change, healing, self-compassion and resiliency in whatever stage of life you are in.
I enjoy working with folks of all types yet I only see adults and individuals.
I offer a warm, non-judgmental, creative space and provide trauma-informed support for a diverse range of individuals & couples—folks struggling with anxiety or depression; those wanting to tend to intimate & social relationships; individuals wrestling with identity, alignment of values, or career-oriented concerns; and people who are working through grief and life transitions. With my own background in the arts, I also work closely with people who identify as artists seeking additional support or to explore that aspect of their lives.
I offer a warm, non-judgmental, creative space and provide trauma-informed support for a diverse range of individuals & couples—folks struggling with anxiety or depression; those wanting to tend to intimate & social relationships; individuals wrestling with identity, alignment of values, or career-oriented concerns; and people who are working through grief and life transitions. With my own background in the arts, I also work closely with people who identify as artists seeking additional support or to explore that aspect of their lives.
With over 16 years of dedicated service in counseling, I am committed to enhancing mental health and well-being in clients of all ages. My journey began when I was impacted by a compassionate school counselor during my younger years. Inspired by her positive influence, I embarked on this path to support others in their mental health journeys. Throughout my career, I have worked to address a wide range of emotional and behavioral challenges. I work with clients on anxiety management, depression support, assist in navigating grief, ADHD or other behavioral challenges, & help foster healthy relationships & family systems.
With over 16 years of dedicated service in counseling, I am committed to enhancing mental health and well-being in clients of all ages. My journey began when I was impacted by a compassionate school counselor during my younger years. Inspired by her positive influence, I embarked on this path to support others in their mental health journeys. Throughout my career, I have worked to address a wide range of emotional and behavioral challenges. I work with clients on anxiety management, depression support, assist in navigating grief, ADHD or other behavioral challenges, & help foster healthy relationships & family systems.
You're probably dealing with some difficult issues, being human is hard. I get it; life isn’t always easy to navigate and being human can be hard at times. I want you to know you are not alone, though I know it often feels like you are, boy do I know. I'm here to support you if you decide to give me the opportunity and if it not, I'll still attempt to support you somehow. I like to start weekly to build rapport and trust or every other week if needed because my main belief is in the therapeutic alliance/relationship. I strongly believe my role as a therapist, metaphorically speaking is this: you are the author, and I am the editor.
You're probably dealing with some difficult issues, being human is hard. I get it; life isn’t always easy to navigate and being human can be hard at times. I want you to know you are not alone, though I know it often feels like you are, boy do I know. I'm here to support you if you decide to give me the opportunity and if it not, I'll still attempt to support you somehow. I like to start weekly to build rapport and trust or every other week if needed because my main belief is in the therapeutic alliance/relationship. I strongly believe my role as a therapist, metaphorically speaking is this: you are the author, and I am the editor.
I hope you will find a welcome, safe place for healing and growth as we work together. Therapy sessions with me often include techniques from Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR), mindfulness techniques, or Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART). This means that, unlike traditional talk therapy, I often integrate interventions using back-and-forth eye movements to promote resolution from upsetting experiences using ART or EMDR. These approaches are different than hypnosis and are supported by positive outcomes in research studies as well as in my clinical experience.
I hope you will find a welcome, safe place for healing and growth as we work together. Therapy sessions with me often include techniques from Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR), mindfulness techniques, or Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART). This means that, unlike traditional talk therapy, I often integrate interventions using back-and-forth eye movements to promote resolution from upsetting experiences using ART or EMDR. These approaches are different than hypnosis and are supported by positive outcomes in research studies as well as in my clinical experience.
I work with people in transition or who are preparing for change. Artists, actors and writers. Those in bereavement. Or who are living with a catastrophic health-related diagnosis, recent or of long duration. Caregivers. Mental health interns who need to explore their own issues in order to practice mindfully. Folks who are using substances more than they want. People who want to decrease their distress but who also have a curiosity about its sources. People who want to talk with someone about the most important thing in the world, perhaps to discover what that is.
I work with people in transition or who are preparing for change. Artists, actors and writers. Those in bereavement. Or who are living with a catastrophic health-related diagnosis, recent or of long duration. Caregivers. Mental health interns who need to explore their own issues in order to practice mindfully. Folks who are using substances more than they want. People who want to decrease their distress but who also have a curiosity about its sources. People who want to talk with someone about the most important thing in the world, perhaps to discover what that is.
I specialize in supporting individuals who are navigating unhealed trauma and the lingering effects of past challenges. My work is driven by the belief that trauma does not define a person’s identity or their place in the world. Partnering with clients who are determined to move beyond these experiences, helping them process their past and develop strategies to reclaim control over their lives. Together, working toward healing and growth, ensuring that trauma no longer dictates their future. My own experience as a veteran provides a unique understanding of clients facing veteran-specific issues.
I specialize in supporting individuals who are navigating unhealed trauma and the lingering effects of past challenges. My work is driven by the belief that trauma does not define a person’s identity or their place in the world. Partnering with clients who are determined to move beyond these experiences, helping them process their past and develop strategies to reclaim control over their lives. Together, working toward healing and growth, ensuring that trauma no longer dictates their future. My own experience as a veteran provides a unique understanding of clients facing veteran-specific issues.
Beginning therapy can often feel like a daunting process. It is a courageous choice that requires vulnerability and curiosity. Great job on taking the first step! I utilize warmth, compassion, curiosity, and a holistic lens to create a safe, authentic therapeutic space. I prioritize the therapeutic relationship and see my role as a collaborator helping to co-author the stories of our lives. I support clients in creating more self-compassion and allowing space to navigate and overcome life's challenges, transitions, and stressors.
Beginning therapy can often feel like a daunting process. It is a courageous choice that requires vulnerability and curiosity. Great job on taking the first step! I utilize warmth, compassion, curiosity, and a holistic lens to create a safe, authentic therapeutic space. I prioritize the therapeutic relationship and see my role as a collaborator helping to co-author the stories of our lives. I support clients in creating more self-compassion and allowing space to navigate and overcome life's challenges, transitions, and stressors.
We work to create new awareness, new knowledge and new possibilities. You can have an empowered family and a happy state of mind through therapy. I work with individuals and families to build harmony and health in their relationships. I specialize in sex therapy and am an effective life coach. I approach each person and family with attention to mental and physical health, with consideration to relational, social and spiritual influences.
We work to create new awareness, new knowledge and new possibilities. You can have an empowered family and a happy state of mind through therapy. I work with individuals and families to build harmony and health in their relationships. I specialize in sex therapy and am an effective life coach. I approach each person and family with attention to mental and physical health, with consideration to relational, social and spiritual influences.
Throughout her clinical professional experience, she has worked with individuals across the spectrum including (but not limited to) depressive disorders, anxiety and panic, PTSD, postpartum mental health, self-esteem/identity conflicts, psychosis, mania, adjustment issues, parenting, trauma, relationship conflicts and loss.
Throughout her clinical professional experience, she has worked with individuals across the spectrum including (but not limited to) depressive disorders, anxiety and panic, PTSD, postpartum mental health, self-esteem/identity conflicts, psychosis, mania, adjustment issues, parenting, trauma, relationship conflicts and loss.
Brooke Autrey, LCSW (she/her). I have an eclectic and person-centered approach to therapy to best suit your personal needs! I have dual-diagnosis experience (co-occurring substance use disorders and mental health disorders), treating a wide variety of mental health diagnoses, including mood disorders, personality disorders, trauma and stress related disorders, anxiety disorders, and psychotic disorders. My experience is primarily in dual diagnosis (co-occurring substance use disorders and mental health disorders).
Brooke Autrey, LCSW (she/her). I have an eclectic and person-centered approach to therapy to best suit your personal needs! I have dual-diagnosis experience (co-occurring substance use disorders and mental health disorders), treating a wide variety of mental health diagnoses, including mood disorders, personality disorders, trauma and stress related disorders, anxiety disorders, and psychotic disorders. My experience is primarily in dual diagnosis (co-occurring substance use disorders and mental health disorders).
As a therapist my goal is to support you in your healing journey. I believe in the power of therapeutic relationship as a key component of healing and discovery. With a warm trusting and supportive therapeutic relationship, you can start to explore underlying issues impacting your wellbeing. I work with individuals from diverse background and support them as they examine their inner self as part of identifying and developing goals and understanding engrained patters of behavior.
As a therapist my goal is to support you in your healing journey. I believe in the power of therapeutic relationship as a key component of healing and discovery. With a warm trusting and supportive therapeutic relationship, you can start to explore underlying issues impacting your wellbeing. I work with individuals from diverse background and support them as they examine their inner self as part of identifying and developing goals and understanding engrained patters of behavior.
Hi! My name is Elizabeth and my pronouns are she/her. I truly embrace individuality and all are welcome here. I am an ally for the LGBTQIA+ community and strive to be sensitive and compassionate to all cultures, diversities, religious or non-religious beliefs and spiritual paths. The center of this is respect. My approach in therapy is most definitely client-centered and trauma-informed.
Hi! My name is Elizabeth and my pronouns are she/her. I truly embrace individuality and all are welcome here. I am an ally for the LGBTQIA+ community and strive to be sensitive and compassionate to all cultures, diversities, religious or non-religious beliefs and spiritual paths. The center of this is respect. My approach in therapy is most definitely client-centered and trauma-informed.
You may have worked your issues for a few years, or 10 or more: you’ve started to heal the childhood trauma and you’re experiencing a pretty good sense of stability in your life. But you’re ready for another round of work. Some things are pulling at you or prodding you and you’d like to get some guidance in taking the next step towards waking up in your deeper parts. Perhaps you’d like support in stepping out of the culture of blame that is so rampant right now. Maybe you’d like some help in bringing more kindness and generosity into your relationships and the world. You are wanting to be doing more of what you took birth to do.
You may have worked your issues for a few years, or 10 or more: you’ve started to heal the childhood trauma and you’re experiencing a pretty good sense of stability in your life. But you’re ready for another round of work. Some things are pulling at you or prodding you and you’d like to get some guidance in taking the next step towards waking up in your deeper parts. Perhaps you’d like support in stepping out of the culture of blame that is so rampant right now. Maybe you’d like some help in bringing more kindness and generosity into your relationships and the world. You are wanting to be doing more of what you took birth to do.
I have worked with survivors of trauma for twelve years. As a child survivor of narcissistic and abusive parents myself, I have fallen in love with the work of assisting survivors on their own path to safety, healing, and even joy! I specialize in survivors of narcissistic abuse, especially within adult children of narcissistic parents and intimate partners of narcissists. Having a Narcissist parent/partner is something you can only truly understand if you have experienced it personally, and it is my mission in life to use my own experiences and knowledge to help YOU understand and heal from the impacts of this kind of abuse.
I have worked with survivors of trauma for twelve years. As a child survivor of narcissistic and abusive parents myself, I have fallen in love with the work of assisting survivors on their own path to safety, healing, and even joy! I specialize in survivors of narcissistic abuse, especially within adult children of narcissistic parents and intimate partners of narcissists. Having a Narcissist parent/partner is something you can only truly understand if you have experienced it personally, and it is my mission in life to use my own experiences and knowledge to help YOU understand and heal from the impacts of this kind of abuse.
Jessica Van der Merwe
Counselor, MA, LMHC, LPC
6 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97213
Waitlist for new clients
Growing up in a dysfunctional family, being in a toxic or abusive relationship, or experiencing the horrors of a traumatic event can set you on a collision course with daily triggers to anger, sadness, overwhelm, panic, or dissociation. Maybe you notice your reactions in your relationships are causing harm, and you regularly experience the dreaded “shame spiral.” You minimize your pain, or others regularly do. If this is you, I’m glad you’re here. Long-term healing is possible. Even if only a small part of you hopes for change, I'm confident it's enough to start the journey toward a peaceful and thriving life.
Growing up in a dysfunctional family, being in a toxic or abusive relationship, or experiencing the horrors of a traumatic event can set you on a collision course with daily triggers to anger, sadness, overwhelm, panic, or dissociation. Maybe you notice your reactions in your relationships are causing harm, and you regularly experience the dreaded “shame spiral.” You minimize your pain, or others regularly do. If this is you, I’m glad you’re here. Long-term healing is possible. Even if only a small part of you hopes for change, I'm confident it's enough to start the journey toward a peaceful and thriving life.
Brian Whitmer
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
1 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97232
Waitlist for new clients
I offer psychotherapy for adolescents and adults who are experiencing the painful impacts of relational trauma, depression, anxiety, and difficult life transitions such as job and relationship loss. These kinds of experiences are difficult to overcome alone. I can offer a welcoming and engaging presence as you find your unique path across life's rockier terrain to a deeper understanding of who you are, where your life is going, and how you'd like to get there.
I offer psychotherapy for adolescents and adults who are experiencing the painful impacts of relational trauma, depression, anxiety, and difficult life transitions such as job and relationship loss. These kinds of experiences are difficult to overcome alone. I can offer a welcoming and engaging presence as you find your unique path across life's rockier terrain to a deeper understanding of who you are, where your life is going, and how you'd like to get there.
I provide useful psychotherapy and forensic services Oregon, California, New York, & Connecticut. People are in a constant developmental process, whereby symptoms are signs of ongoing struggles to sort through past experiences while organizing oneself in present living. Depression, anxiety, & personality traits are markers of this process. Therapy with me would seek to aid in your understanding of how & why you live the way you do, and hopefully lead to change. My hope is that we can find a way for you to live more fully and for problems to be comprehensively understood, formulated and articulated, and resolved in a sustained way.
I provide useful psychotherapy and forensic services Oregon, California, New York, & Connecticut. People are in a constant developmental process, whereby symptoms are signs of ongoing struggles to sort through past experiences while organizing oneself in present living. Depression, anxiety, & personality traits are markers of this process. Therapy with me would seek to aid in your understanding of how & why you live the way you do, and hopefully lead to change. My hope is that we can find a way for you to live more fully and for problems to be comprehensively understood, formulated and articulated, and resolved in a sustained way.
I am currently accepting clients. I am passionate about and have experience working with individuals in marginalized populations, individuals wanting to manage their anxiety, depression, trauma, and helping individuals through DV/IPV trauma.
I am currently accepting clients. I am passionate about and have experience working with individuals in marginalized populations, individuals wanting to manage their anxiety, depression, trauma, and helping individuals through DV/IPV trauma.
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