Somatic Therapists in Portland, OR

*Not currently accepting new clients* Life brings with it some emotional pain, but it is not necessary to suffer needlessly. If you have been struggling, and long for greater peace in your life, I may be able to help. I offer a compassionate and heart-centered approach, and bring knowledge, experience, deep listening and insight into my work. My focus is to help you understand and meet these challenges, to access and support your inner wisdom, to develop a plan and work towards healthy change. You can develop increased peace, a greater sense of meaning or purpose, a stronger connection with others, and increased creativity.

I assist adults and couples with relationship difficulties, parenting, personal and professional life transitions, anxiety/depression, and loss. I use a combination of mindfulness, somatic and depth therapies to help clients develop greater self compassion and Love as the basis for meaningful living. When we feel misaligned with our core self, as a natural result of a life lived through the eyes of others, we can lose our sense of creative purpose. If connectedness to self and others lacks robustness, life can feel very unsatisfactory.

I'm glad you are here. Whether you are struggling with depression or anxiety, wish to overcome the consequences of traumatic experiences, have encountered an unexpected loss or transition, or feel stuck in any area of your life, it is so good and important to seek support for yourself. In our work together, I bring a deeply relational quality to therapy, meeting you with acceptance, presence, and warmth. Together we can gently move towards a more full and satisfying expression of your own unique life. You deserve a life that feels abundant, fulfilling, and meaningful.

I provide attachment-based, mindfulness- somatic counseling for adult & adolescent individuals seeking weekly therapy sessions. I believe change happens through the healing relationship, as we collaborate to navigate difficult relationships, manage states of anxiety, and transcend suffering and trauma. This therapy is particularly effective for folks who feel constantly overwhelmed and anxious and/or they need to process traumatic experiences. Mindfulness- somatic interventions can help clients safely explore limiting core beliefs and thinking patterns, reduce anxiety, recover from traumatic experiences, and increase self-compassion.

I love to support clients to connect to their bodies, come into alignment with their authentic selves, and find greater presence and ease in their life and relationships. Through somatic and mindfulness based therapy, I will support you to increase awareness, presence, and ease in the moment, decreasing anxiety, stress, and worry. I love to support folks in this process, and to help you move through fear and uncertainty towards your goals and desires.

I use She/Her/Hers pronouns and specialize in eating disorders, disorder eating, body image-related worries as well as anxiety, depression, trauma, dissociation and life-transitions. I emphasize Health at Every Size®, Intuitive Eating, mindfulness practices, and Somatic Therapy. I believe in a collaborative, humanistic approach and try to instill a capacity for inner reflection, self-acceptance and growth. I work to offer safe space for ALL people regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, size, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, and abilities.

Life is complex, consisting of transition, challenge, and opportunity. You are likely here because you are seeking skilled, reliable support to help you navigate your life. I provide a consistent structure that sets the conditions for meaningful exploration of the most important aspects of your life. I support you in developing concrete practical skills to better respond to the complex challenges life presents, whether in individual, couples, or family therapy. You will learn to better know, understand, and accept more of your own experiences as well as others, as you discover and shape the fuller version of you wanting to emerge.

I support my clients as they navigate through life transitions, depression, & uncertainty to reawaken their inner strength, reconnect to what matters most, and journey back to wholeness. I believe that therapy facilitates transformation through relationship, and that people heal with a deep sense of human connection. Through our work together we will create a safe space for you to explore and discover what health and wellness looks like for you. I provide the tools & compassionate presence for you to process these transitions, interrupt negative patterns and beliefs, to realign with your most authentic and empowered selves.

I believe that through our journey of life we can become distanced from our innate sense of wholeness when we encounter challenges. I hope to help clients access the capacity for healing and growth by mindfully studying and loosening protections that may have developed to get survive and get by. This often involves a strong focus on present moment experience so that we may work with the actual felt sense of what is limiting and eventually begin experimenting with new ways of being.

Life isn’t simple. It can be really challenging to navigate, especially on our own. Have you found yourself having trouble coping with challenges you face? Have traumas, relationships, societal standards & systems left you with mazes of wounds that are seemingly never-ending? It is ok if you are unclear about things, starting the therapeutic process begins with just simply showing up. Whether you are new to seeking therapy or are an old friend of the therapeutic process, I am here to help. I am committed to creating the opportunity for you to have a non-judgmental, trauma-informed, inclusive & affirming space to empower your life.

I see my job as helping you reconnect to and live from your inner truth. Do you feel you have been living in ways that feel like "not the real me"? Together we can uncover and validate what makes sense about unwanted behaviors and find the important impulse that lives underneath. I believe we each have wisdom inside that gets covered over with protective strategies, like the sun behind the clouds. I work with individuals and couples to facilitate reconnection to the heart of self and others.

I support my clients in weathering life's storms and in discovering the goodness and tenderness that we all possess inside ourselves. I work from a mindfulness-based practice of "being with what is," while teaching clients how to utilize their body as an ally in their healing journey. As a Certified Hakomi Therapist and PACT trained couple therapist I provide counseling for individuals, couples and adult clients and their parents. My approach to counseling is experiential, emotionally focused, somatic , and person-centered. I utilize somatic ways of working with trauma and attachment issues.

I believe "kids do well if they can." I want to help you and the people in your life figure out what you need to do well. Using person-centered, mindfulness and somatic based, and Collaborative Problem Solving strategies, I've also helped adults find success, since so much of therapy is about patterns formed in childhood for anyone. Creating a space for healing and growth, finding humor in the hard, making connections for healing through healthy relationships gives you opportunities to move past trauma and feelings of overwhelm, anxiety or sadness. There is so much hope for you.

Please note: Sorry, I am not currently accepting new patients. I work primarily with people who are interested in a somatic (body-oriented) mindfulness approach that can help free them from remaining stuck in old, repetitive patterns. I especially enjoy working with individuals who have experienced "outsider status" in their family of origin or the larger world and are on a rich journey to create a sense of belonging in their own way and style. Many of my patients are creatives who experience hindrances in their ability to connect with their creative energies or work and seek ways to more fully honor these aspects of themselves.

Are you looking for something different than talk therapy? Are you looking to access the wisdom of your body and/or spirit to help you? Whether you are dealing with anxiety, trauma, life transition, body pain, somatic concerns, spiritual crisis, search for deeper meaning and connection, a holistic approach to healing can help. Find out how to get the WHOLE you in its highest vibration so your mental neural network, your nervous system, your compassionate heart and your soul's purpose can ALL be in alignment.

My approach to therapy is collaborative and strengths based, and rooted in anti-racism and anti-oppression. I see therapy as a place for you to build and reclaim your power, nourishing your strengths, needs, vision and contributions, and tending with care to your pain or challenges. I use many approaches: narrative, solution-focused, EFT with couples, transpersonal approaches, & the arts. I have a trauma-informed lens, guided by your choices, experience and lifestyle as the compass for our work. I also bring a neuroscience lens, with somatic strategies for restoring our nervous system with care, through anxiety, grief or trauma.

Hi! I'm Kelly. I offer web-based life coaching, spiritual coaching and hypnosis (video/phone) for clients located anywhere. I've dedicated my life helping incredible people enrich their lives and relationships. I help clients love themselves and their lives using the power to heal from within. I use humor & play. I specialize in spiritual issues and counseling, self-love, self-acceptance, hypnosis, and inner child healing with adults and youth. Clients report how easy it is to love themselves and their family after working with me. Clients describe me as gentle, calm, compassionate, caring, and inspiring.

Many of us want the same things: to feel safe, to love and be loved, to be seen, heard and supported, and to be at home in our bodies. However, being a human is complicated, and when presented with more than is manageable, our bodies' innate intelligence takes over and holds onto tough experiences for us. This is where somatic psychotherapy can help.

Experiencing discomfort, pain, fear, sadness, and anger is part of life, and so is the courage and tenderness to grow and change. Seeking autonomy and belonging in our relationship to our selves and others can often be met with challenges- (building) blocks that hold their own wisdom. I welcome folks from all walks of life and social locations into my practice. I specialize in transnationals: expats, mixed- citizenship status couples/families, "home" seekers, and those straddling many cultures.

I offer counseling in a warm, supportive and interactive environment. I am a licensed mental health therapist in Washington and Oregon, with over fifteen years of clinical experience. I work with individual adults experiencing a variety of concerns, including but not limited to: anxiety, depression, work and/or school stress, self-esteem, feeling stuck, life transitions, communication and relationship difficulties, loss, and stress management.