EMDR Therapists in Lake Oswego, OR

No matter how much we try to be happy, sometimes life hits us with curveballs and we get knocked down. While it's a natural reaction to want to distract ourselves from this pain, often that only makes it worse. I'm here to offer a different path. Together we can process difficult emotions, befriend uncertainty, and find meaning amid life's greatest challenges. My approach is eclectic with an emphasis on psychodynamic techniques and Internal Family Systems. I've also been a Buddhist practitioner for nearly a decade, and like to integrate meditation and Eastern philosophy into my work as appropriate.

I'm guessing you're here because something's not quite right in your life right now? Maybe you need help working through a major transition. Or making a life-changing decision. Perhaps you want to move forward in your life after a crisis. You want to improve your relationship with your partner. You want to restructure your life to suit your new hopes, goals, and dreams. You want to sort through relationship challenges in your business and professional life. Maybe you want to overcome PTSD or anxiety due to chronic medical issues. All in all, you want to stop feeling hopeless, stuck, and overwhelmed. You need help changing your life.

Navigating life's twists and turns can feel overwhelming. My role, as a therapist, is to join my clients on their journey toward greater self-discovery and healing. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate who is committed to creating a space where children and youth are heard and caregivers feel understood.

You desire to have healthier relationships that make you feel safe and secure but you aren't sure how to get there. Anxiety, panic attacks, disrupted sleep, or unwanted thoughts make it difficult for you to cope. You had painful childhood experiences, and you don't know how to heal from the trauma. You may be experiencing depression, anxiety, or a challenging life transition. It feels like nothing has helped you and your partner and you are ready for help from an unbiased couple’s counselor. You are an overwhelmed parent who is tired of the conflict at home and interested in working with a family therapist.

I work with clients in building a clinical partnership founded on safety, choice, trustworthiness, collaboration and empowerment. Through our work together, I will support you in identifying your personal hopes and goals for health and wellness. Together, we will explore the barriers that are preventing you from living a peaceful life. During our time, we can process, strategize and learn how to cope with,and overcome these barriers at a personalized pace. We will figure it out together where you are the leader, and I am a member of your team.

::: ::: Our stories are written by the things we experience: our past, our present, and what we hope will be our future. At times we come to a point when the storyline has not turned out like we expected. This may be the catalyst to begin a search to find insight and meaning for the past, hope for change in the present, and movement toward what lies ahead.

Feeling disconnected? It's not uncommon to face challenges in building satisfying relationships, navigating intimacy issues, or overcoming communication barriers. If you find yourself longing for deeper connections, seeking ways to manage stress, and aiming to navigate life with greater resilience and clarity, your search ends here.

Please, make yourself comfortable with a cozy blanket or a hot cup of tea. Then, let’s talk about you. About how life keeps wearing you out because it’s always one thing after another. But you keep going. Trying so hard to keep everything running smoothly or everyone happy. Meanwhile, you plaster on a smile, barely masking the irritability and emptiness. On really tough days, you begin to wonder if something is wrong with you. It’s a brutal cycle of spirals! Let me help you manage and heal from this!

Accepting clients in January. Anxiety, depression, shame, stress, overwhelm, or burn out are some normal responses to life challenges. As social beings, we benefit deeply from supportive people and environments that assist us in uncovering and integrating the wisdom of our minds, bodies and emotions to return to our essential selves--the part that is unshaped by adaptation to difficult experiences. It is my honor to be present and help facilitate people finding their inner strengths, true self, abilities and qualities they didn't fully realize they own as they release the negative effects of the past.

Are you ready to make a change in your life? Change can be scary, difficult, and unpredictable and I am here to walk through it with you. I am passionate about working with individuals, children, teens, couples, and families to find what works for them, meeting them where they are at, and making certain that they are seen, heard, and understood. I believe that everyone is capable of change, and forming a trusting client therapist relationship is an important first step to challenge old thinking patterns and habits, and make change and growth happen in therapy.

Does chronic pain, lack of sleep, depression, anxiety, avoidance or communication challenges keep you from living life to the fullest? I can help by incorporating therapy, empathy, compassion in a non-judgmental environment as you move toward your desired future. My experience as an eclectic therapist trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing), REBT (Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy), and CBT (Cognitive Behavior Therapy) have helped former patients move beyond anxiety symptoms that may have resulted from childhood, military, marital, physical, sexual, or emotional abuse. Call now to schedule your 30-minute free consultation.

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 20 years of experience helping individuals find growth and better health through therapy. I have specialization and interest in treating anxiety, trauma, body image, pregnancy and postpartum issues. I utilize a blend of mindfulness-based treatments including EFT, CBT, DBT, and ACT. I am certified in EMDR as well as Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C).

I enjoy and welcome clients who are ready to remember the joy of their lives. Perhaps you want to heal a relationship, or let go of some difficult past event or unuseful behavior. Perhaps you are preparing for a medical procedure and want to heal quickly. Together, we nurture healing at many levels: the conscious & subconscious, brain & mind, thoughts & emotions, body & spirit, self & relationship. We also use somatic approaches and Alpha-Stim. Contact me when you are ready to explore your mind, heart and spirit to grow into your best and highest self! Clinical Social Work Supervisor - accepting new individual and group supervisees.

It is my goal as a counselor to help my clients plan and use their personal strengths, resources, and supports to find new ways to live. I have experience helping people with difficulties regarding depression, anxiety, eating disorders, interpersonal communication, trauma, and addictions, as well as addressing life patterns that have impeded them from their goals and hurt their relationships.

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with 12 years of experience working in mental health. Through my own experiences in the military, I experienced first-hand Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, anxiety, and depression. After leaving the Navy, I sought therapy to help process what I experienced. While completing my education, I worked at Veterans' Affairs, helping combat Veterans who experienced PTSD and other challenges, including drug and alcohol addiction. I bring this experience to working with you in processing trauma and other issues you may be experiencing.

I am currently accepting Professional Counselor Associates and Marriage and Family Therapist Associates for both individual and group supervision. I have an upcoming group supervision beginning on Wednesday, June 19th, 5-6:30 pm. I particularly enjoy supporting neurodivergent therapists and those in private practice.

Therapy is a collaborative process of relational and emotional growth. I will help you to find the roots of troublesome patterns in your life so you can feel more fulfilled, improve relationships, grieve losses and experience more joy. I blend psychodynamic, psychoanalytic and cognitive/ behavioral methods. I have also been trained as an EMDR specialist. My website, drheathermulkerns.com, has more information.

Hi there, my name is Cynthia Shaver, LPC, NCC. I have over 10 years of experience working professionally with clients to achieve their counselling goals in both private practice and community mental health settings. I work with individuals and couples, as well as providing clinical supervision for LPC and MFT Associates in Oregon. I use a trauma-informed lens when working with both clients or supervisees and have experience in emotional focused therapy, EMDR, and various other modalities that attune to clients' unique needs to help them reach their therapeutic goals.