Relationship Gardening
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LMFT, LPC (She, Her)
Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $160
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by Cash, Check, Mastercard, Paypal, Visa
Insurance
- Patient/Physician Cooperatives PPCpdxcoop.org
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Oregon / C2379
- License: CA Board of Behavioral Science 34477 / 1997
- Membership with SAIGE Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex and Gender Expansive Identities 2021
- Attended California State University, Fullerton, Graduated 1992
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Relationship Issues
- Infidelity
- Transgender
Expertise
- Bisexual
- Cisgender Partners of Transgender Mates,
- Family of LGBTQi, Spouse Coming Out, Gender Letter
- Grief
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Racial Identity
- Stress
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- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Culturally Sensitive
- Family / Marital
- Gottman Method
- Gottman Method Couples Therapy
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Positive Psychology
Groups
Tools for Growing Love (women)
Using the world's best research on how to make loving marriages that last, we review each of the levels of the Sound Relationship House and apply the tools of the Gottman Institute. Everyday communication habits, and savvy conflict skills will be rehearsed in the group and ready for the real world right away. Not currently meeting but available for hire. This group has 4 week condensed version for Women Grad Students, an 8 week version and shorter versions tailor made to your church, workplace, or club.
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Relationship Gardening
Portland, OR 97209
"Aftermath" Conflict Tool Demo (couples)
Bring a date to this demo night for a step by step coaching with a live couple of how to talk through what happened in a conflict with Gottman research backed process. We use the Aftermath tool, with my annotations, and send it home with you to use right away! Coaching done with gentle redirection as needed, and a sense of humor. Any profession invited, however especially looking for engineers, techies, and others who find tangible steps helpful. Also for hire at your location for party, work, affinity or church group.
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Relationship Gardening (or your location)
Portland, OR 97209
Spouses of Transgender Partners, CA, & OR
While Your Person is going through all the thousands of things involved in transitioning, or having transitioned, you also have your own transition and myriad of things to figure out. Began in 2016 in Portland, Oregon. Video groups for OR & CA, as well as PDX. I am a well trained relationship specialist that seeks to be a catalyst for good in the LGBTQi? community. Please contact for prescreening to learn more about Spouses' Group. This is not the Couples' Group that is also offered for participants and partners of Spouses Group. By donation. Great camaraderie for Spouses!
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Portland, OR 97209
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Relationship Gardening
1720 Northwest Lovejoy Street
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Portland, OR 97209
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