Eden Baron-Williams

About

Eden Baron-Williams (she/her) is a Marriage & Family Therapist Associate and owner of her private practice, CreativeBelonging Psychotherapy, in Portland, Oregon. At her therapy practice, Eden treats individuals, couples, and relational systems. Eden specializes in complex trauma/PTSD, chronic pain and illness, couples and relational systems, sex & intimacy, LGBTQ+ individuals, couples, and relationships, intergenerational and ancestral work, marginalization/oppression/systemic trauma, anxiety, depression, and the human-nature connection. Eden is a systemic therapist, approaching mental and relational health through the ecological understanding that we are all impacted by one another, the sociopolitical systems in which we live, our environments, and our social locations.

As a therapist, business owner, writer, advocate, and educator, Eden’s work has traversed the mental health field. Alongside being a psychotherapist, Eden has held positions in emergency care and advocacy for survivors of sexual violence, educator for incarcerated youth, drug and alcohol counselor for college students, sexual health & wellness educator, public speaker, teacher, and mentor. Eden attended Lewis & Clark College’s Graduate School of Education and Counseling, in which she received her master’s degree in Marriage, Couple, and Family Therapy. Before receiving her master’s degree, Eden completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology and Sociology as Summa Cum Laude.

Eden has faced several physical health challenges that led her on a non-traditional path through school and in her life today, which informs the breadth of wisdom Eden uses in her work. Eden has advanced training certifications in somatic attachment therapy, trauma-informed care, and expressive arts. Eden has been recognized for her dedication to the field of mental and relational health and is a member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. To learn more about Eden, visit her website at creativebelongingtherapy.com

Recent Posts

When Stigma Meets Grief

Almost all of us have experienced disenfranchised grief. Inherent to this type of grief are invalidation, self-blame, shame, and relationship ruptures.

Therapeutically "Rotting" With the Old-Growth Forest

A Personal Perspective: Spending much time with old-growth forests, I find time and again that nature is a powerful salve that assists in healing and providing wisdom to wounds.

10 Things Not to Say to People With Chronic Pain or Illness

Those with chronic pain and illness are often victims of unsolicited advice, invalidating comments, and medical gaslighting. What we need is empathy and connection.