Borderline Personality (BPD) Therapists in Multnomah County, OR
![Photo of Will Hall, MA, DiplPW](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/94fcbd7f-7009-4ca8-9e26-9cae0120ff12/1/320x400.jpeg)
My work as a therapist is to help individuals, couples, and families access new resources behind emotional struggles and life problems. I am trained in Jungian and Open Dialogue approaches and am a lifelong learner of the work of R.D. Laing. I am recognized internationally for my advocacy and training work in the psychiatric survivors movement and as a leader for new social responses to what gets called madness and psychosis. I see suffering, including what gets called psychosis, from outside the narrow mechanistic science, diagnostic label, and medication views.
My work as a therapist is to help individuals, couples, and families access new resources behind emotional struggles and life problems. I am trained in Jungian and Open Dialogue approaches and am a lifelong learner of the work of R.D. Laing. I am recognized internationally for my advocacy and training work in the psychiatric survivors movement and as a leader for new social responses to what gets called madness and psychosis. I see suffering, including what gets called psychosis, from outside the narrow mechanistic science, diagnostic label, and medication views.
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The Willow Tree Holistic Mental Health
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97220 (Online Only)
I provide individual services to adults age 25 and older, with a special focus on helping people recover from family dysfunction, religious or school abuse, and those living with chronic illnesses. I enjoy working with clients who are new to therapy, and those who have already had therapy but are seeking a deeper, more direct experience. Whether you are just beginning or want to revisit the journey of therapy, I am here to help. My services are designed to let you heal from past dysfunction, re-work current relationships if needed, and establish healthier boundaries.
I provide individual services to adults age 25 and older, with a special focus on helping people recover from family dysfunction, religious or school abuse, and those living with chronic illnesses. I enjoy working with clients who are new to therapy, and those who have already had therapy but are seeking a deeper, more direct experience. Whether you are just beginning or want to revisit the journey of therapy, I am here to help. My services are designed to let you heal from past dysfunction, re-work current relationships if needed, and establish healthier boundaries.
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Mamta Bhargava
Counselor, MSc, LPC, NCC, CCH
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97239 (Online Only)
I believe in the innate power in us to evolve and resolve. Sometimes when we are faced with challenging situations, our perspectives become hazy and we are unable to connect with our selves. I use eclectic and holistic modes of therapy to help people connect with their inner selves to move on in their lives and reach their full potential. I am trained in DBT, CBT, ACT and am also a Certified EMDR provider. I also completed an externship in Emotionally focussed Therapy for Couples as positive relationships are imperative for our emotional, mental health.
I believe in the innate power in us to evolve and resolve. Sometimes when we are faced with challenging situations, our perspectives become hazy and we are unable to connect with our selves. I use eclectic and holistic modes of therapy to help people connect with their inner selves to move on in their lives and reach their full potential. I am trained in DBT, CBT, ACT and am also a Certified EMDR provider. I also completed an externship in Emotionally focussed Therapy for Couples as positive relationships are imperative for our emotional, mental health.
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Riverside Clinical Counseling, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97203 (Online Only)
Accepting New Clients. Asking for help is a big step and often difficult to do. Thank you for looking to me, for support. Are you struggling with Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, Mood Disorders, ADHD, OCD, Neurodivergence, Relationship Issues or various stressors? In many ways behavioral health is similar to physical health. We all have it, and we need to take care of it, so we can live healthy lives. Taking care of your mental health may feel overwhelming and it might also cause feelings of shame, or fear of judgement. You are not alone. I am here to help guide you through the process and assist you in improving your quality of life.
Accepting New Clients. Asking for help is a big step and often difficult to do. Thank you for looking to me, for support. Are you struggling with Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, Mood Disorders, ADHD, OCD, Neurodivergence, Relationship Issues or various stressors? In many ways behavioral health is similar to physical health. We all have it, and we need to take care of it, so we can live healthy lives. Taking care of your mental health may feel overwhelming and it might also cause feelings of shame, or fear of judgement. You are not alone. I am here to help guide you through the process and assist you in improving your quality of life.
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Marjorie Beck
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97201 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I combine somatic awareness, Internal Family Systems, EMDR, and a creative approach to trauma healing which allows for deep embodied change. I am passionate about offering integrative techniques that will illuminate the deeper underpinnings of the issues that you struggle with. I bring a soft, yet powerful, presence to my work, focusing on the relational container of therapy and offering attunement from my system to yours. Together, side by side, we will uncover ways to move toward your goals while maintaining a specific focus on returning to the Self. Without meeting you, I already believe in you and the changes you want to make!
I combine somatic awareness, Internal Family Systems, EMDR, and a creative approach to trauma healing which allows for deep embodied change. I am passionate about offering integrative techniques that will illuminate the deeper underpinnings of the issues that you struggle with. I bring a soft, yet powerful, presence to my work, focusing on the relational container of therapy and offering attunement from my system to yours. Together, side by side, we will uncover ways to move toward your goals while maintaining a specific focus on returning to the Self. Without meeting you, I already believe in you and the changes you want to make!
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Cynthia D Vogel
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97282 (Online Only)
Thank you for being here. I appreciate the vulnerability it takes to seek therapeutic care, and I value the trust placed in me. I'm committed to justice and healing, both personally and collectively, valuing anti-racism and mutual aid in my work. I create a warm, safe setting to help you to integrate grief, trauma, altered states, and the esoteric in your life; working towards peace- even in the storm, healing and joy. I practice from Relational-Cultural Feminist Theory. One of my strengths is in recognizing therapy and healing don't happen in isolation -society and structural (in)equity impacts most everything we do.
Thank you for being here. I appreciate the vulnerability it takes to seek therapeutic care, and I value the trust placed in me. I'm committed to justice and healing, both personally and collectively, valuing anti-racism and mutual aid in my work. I create a warm, safe setting to help you to integrate grief, trauma, altered states, and the esoteric in your life; working towards peace- even in the storm, healing and joy. I practice from Relational-Cultural Feminist Theory. One of my strengths is in recognizing therapy and healing don't happen in isolation -society and structural (in)equity impacts most everything we do.
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Laura Placek
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, CMHC, CADCIII, CMH
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97203 (Online Only)
Bringing you affordable, confidential, and comprehensive services locally. We are an independent behavioral agency providing dual diagnosis and treatment services. Board certified and Licensed. I meet you where you are in life. My goal is to help you to identify paths to achieve personal goals, recovery, and life balance. Relaxed and welcoming atmosphere. I believe in compassionate and respectful person-centered care.
Bringing you affordable, confidential, and comprehensive services locally. We are an independent behavioral agency providing dual diagnosis and treatment services. Board certified and Licensed. I meet you where you are in life. My goal is to help you to identify paths to achieve personal goals, recovery, and life balance. Relaxed and welcoming atmosphere. I believe in compassionate and respectful person-centered care.
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Airka Ramirez
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97216 (Online Only)
I understand that everyone has the power to grow and heal, even through the toughest times. Life can be challenging, and sometimes we need support and connection to navigate these periods. My goal as a therapist is to provide you with a safe space to explore your concerns and find your path forward. Together, we will work through a collaborative relationship that fosters acceptance, connection, and hope. Our past shapes us, but it doesn’t define us. I am here to help you find healing and renewal by exploring how your past influences your present.
I understand that everyone has the power to grow and heal, even through the toughest times. Life can be challenging, and sometimes we need support and connection to navigate these periods. My goal as a therapist is to provide you with a safe space to explore your concerns and find your path forward. Together, we will work through a collaborative relationship that fosters acceptance, connection, and hope. Our past shapes us, but it doesn’t define us. I am here to help you find healing and renewal by exploring how your past influences your present.
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My focus is to help empower you by helping you enhance your capacities and create meaningful change in your life. Clients want symptom relief, but also want to focus on problems preventing them from achieving their goals. You may want to resolve long-standing relationship or family issues and seek clarity and insight so as not to repeat negative patterns in the future. Many of my clients are suffering from occupational burnout, stress, and work/life imbalance. I work with clients in transition, due to unexpected life changes who are seeking relief and renewal.
My focus is to help empower you by helping you enhance your capacities and create meaningful change in your life. Clients want symptom relief, but also want to focus on problems preventing them from achieving their goals. You may want to resolve long-standing relationship or family issues and seek clarity and insight so as not to repeat negative patterns in the future. Many of my clients are suffering from occupational burnout, stress, and work/life imbalance. I work with clients in transition, due to unexpected life changes who are seeking relief and renewal.
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Dr. Francis Ababio Gadigbe
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, MARPT
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97227
I am a marriage and family therapist associate licensed in Washington State and a clinical ethics consultant. I have been providing psychotherapy for the past eight years. I work with diverse populations, including but not limited to refugee communities, schools, community clinics, and hospitals. I also work with those struggling with mood disorders, relationship problems, and addictions. I have specialized experience and training in assisting those overcoming trauma, including child sexual abuse. My goal as a psychotherapist is to provide all my clients with a safe environment where they can comfortably share their experiences.
I am a marriage and family therapist associate licensed in Washington State and a clinical ethics consultant. I have been providing psychotherapy for the past eight years. I work with diverse populations, including but not limited to refugee communities, schools, community clinics, and hospitals. I also work with those struggling with mood disorders, relationship problems, and addictions. I have specialized experience and training in assisting those overcoming trauma, including child sexual abuse. My goal as a psychotherapist is to provide all my clients with a safe environment where they can comfortably share their experiences.
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Mark D. Best
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW, CCTP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97202 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
When life feels presents us with stress, whether it be from anxiety, depression, or trauma, it is not uncommon to feel overwhelmed and a sense that our lives have become unmanageable. My greatest satisfaction comes with assisting individuals in recognizing their power to grow and thrive. I assist my clients, who include adolescents and adults, in finding ways to change their relationship to thoughts and emotions and develop a stronger sense of self, establishing core values, and creating an action plan linked to goals based on those values.
When life feels presents us with stress, whether it be from anxiety, depression, or trauma, it is not uncommon to feel overwhelmed and a sense that our lives have become unmanageable. My greatest satisfaction comes with assisting individuals in recognizing their power to grow and thrive. I assist my clients, who include adolescents and adults, in finding ways to change their relationship to thoughts and emotions and develop a stronger sense of self, establishing core values, and creating an action plan linked to goals based on those values.
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Michelle Tennant
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97215 (Online Only)
I have a passion for helping others and offer a compassionate, safe space to help you work towards positive change. My work from a strengths-based perspective helps you recognize your strengths. Your strengths are how you have managed life as you know it. We will work together towards a solution that feels best to you. I believe we are all stronger than we know and sometimes things just get in the way. We can take time to understand the patterns that have been created in your life. While we can’t change the past, knowing your story can help you move forward.
I have a passion for helping others and offer a compassionate, safe space to help you work towards positive change. My work from a strengths-based perspective helps you recognize your strengths. Your strengths are how you have managed life as you know it. We will work together towards a solution that feels best to you. I believe we are all stronger than we know and sometimes things just get in the way. We can take time to understand the patterns that have been created in your life. While we can’t change the past, knowing your story can help you move forward.
![Photo of Breanna Jeffries, LMHC, LPC, Counselor](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/53e42e06-35e3-4406-b7e7-556ae6a06a20/2/320x400.jpeg)
Would you like to experience life differently than you do now? Have you ever thought, “I’m not enough,” or “There’s something wrong with me." Perhaps you have suffered stressful or overwhelming experiences that are impacting you today. Maybe you've dealt with significant trauma. Often, these occurrences leave their mark in how we view the world around us and how we feel about who we are. Big and painful emotions can become mainstays in our day to day life. It doesn't have to be that way. As an EMDR therapist and Approved Consultant, I can help.
Would you like to experience life differently than you do now? Have you ever thought, “I’m not enough,” or “There’s something wrong with me." Perhaps you have suffered stressful or overwhelming experiences that are impacting you today. Maybe you've dealt with significant trauma. Often, these occurrences leave their mark in how we view the world around us and how we feel about who we are. Big and painful emotions can become mainstays in our day to day life. It doesn't have to be that way. As an EMDR therapist and Approved Consultant, I can help.
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Jeffrey A. Kiilsgaard
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LICSW, ACSW
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97229 (Online Only)
My therapeutic approach is tailored to adults who are currently experiencing depression, anxiety, emotion dysregulation, interpersonal deficits, and other issues regarding the self. I am a member of the LGBTQIA2S+ community and work well with the individualistic and affirmative fashions in which human beings choose to self-identify. As a licensed clinical social worker, I believe that the individual is part of system: the micro (familial), the mezzo (immediate community), and the macro (the world at large). I look forward to speaking with you.
My therapeutic approach is tailored to adults who are currently experiencing depression, anxiety, emotion dysregulation, interpersonal deficits, and other issues regarding the self. I am a member of the LGBTQIA2S+ community and work well with the individualistic and affirmative fashions in which human beings choose to self-identify. As a licensed clinical social worker, I believe that the individual is part of system: the micro (familial), the mezzo (immediate community), and the macro (the world at large). I look forward to speaking with you.
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Jaye Bahre
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97201 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Oregon residents ONLY at this time! Beginning in February 2025 I will be taking clients interested in psilocybin therapy! Get on the wait list now! Underneath whatever label is put on the "disorder de jour", my clients have one thing in common: they are all in pain & living with uncomfortable emotions. Depression taking their joy, anxiety keeping them up at night... sometimes its marital issues, struggling with the loneliness or recovering from major life transitions. I can help guide you through your pain by helping you learn ways to manage emotions while growing toward YOUR idea of your "best" self.
Oregon residents ONLY at this time! Beginning in February 2025 I will be taking clients interested in psilocybin therapy! Get on the wait list now! Underneath whatever label is put on the "disorder de jour", my clients have one thing in common: they are all in pain & living with uncomfortable emotions. Depression taking their joy, anxiety keeping them up at night... sometimes its marital issues, struggling with the loneliness or recovering from major life transitions. I can help guide you through your pain by helping you learn ways to manage emotions while growing toward YOUR idea of your "best" self.
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Life Discovery Counseling Services
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97205
We are a Christian counseling group that seeks to provide current and effective psychotherapy services from a Biblical perspective. We are highly trained counselors who all hold personal Christian values and principles, integrating these into each session without judgment or forcing anything on our clients. Rather, we want to provide hope and guidance through the struggles our clients present.
We are a Christian counseling group that seeks to provide current and effective psychotherapy services from a Biblical perspective. We are highly trained counselors who all hold personal Christian values and principles, integrating these into each session without judgment or forcing anything on our clients. Rather, we want to provide hope and guidance through the struggles our clients present.
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Hi there! I’m Michelle Ficalora, and I’m a mental health clinician intern here at Positive Inner Self, working towards becoming a LCSW. I’m currently a Clinical Social Work Associate. My pronouns are she/they, and I am trauma-informed and LGBTQIA+ allied. I specialize in working with clients of all ages, helping to address both the symptoms and root causes of your stressors in individual or group sessions. I’ll help guide you on the way to reaching your goals, using humor, play, and light physical engagement to keep things moving.
Hi there! I’m Michelle Ficalora, and I’m a mental health clinician intern here at Positive Inner Self, working towards becoming a LCSW. I’m currently a Clinical Social Work Associate. My pronouns are she/they, and I am trauma-informed and LGBTQIA+ allied. I specialize in working with clients of all ages, helping to address both the symptoms and root causes of your stressors in individual or group sessions. I’ll help guide you on the way to reaching your goals, using humor, play, and light physical engagement to keep things moving.
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Counseling is a personal and safe process that deeply respects and honors each individual's unique circumstances. I take a positive and creative approach to therapy while partnering with you to work toward healthy change, development, and growth. This process will involve exploring thoughts, feelings and behaviors and taking action to achieve positive change.
Counseling is a personal and safe process that deeply respects and honors each individual's unique circumstances. I take a positive and creative approach to therapy while partnering with you to work toward healthy change, development, and growth. This process will involve exploring thoughts, feelings and behaviors and taking action to achieve positive change.
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Rachel Iverson
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97201 (Online Only)
Are you tired of feeling stuck and ready to make a change, but unsure how or where to start? Let me guide you to your goal. Life presents us all with battles that become tiresome to fight over time. Whether you have been struggling to make big life decisions, experiencing stress from traumatic events, or are plagued by anxiety or depression that just won't ease up, you are welcomed here. In the many years of experience I have working with people of all walks of life, I have found that if we are willing and dedicated, we can achieve a life that brings us joy.
Are you tired of feeling stuck and ready to make a change, but unsure how or where to start? Let me guide you to your goal. Life presents us all with battles that become tiresome to fight over time. Whether you have been struggling to make big life decisions, experiencing stress from traumatic events, or are plagued by anxiety or depression that just won't ease up, you are welcomed here. In the many years of experience I have working with people of all walks of life, I have found that if we are willing and dedicated, we can achieve a life that brings us joy.
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Alondra Rogers
Clinical Social Work Associate, DSW, CSWA, LMSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97229 (Online Only)
I specialize in providing affirming therapy to Autistic, ADHD, and other neurodivergent clients. My goal is to meet my clients wherever they are to support their self-discovery, radical self-acceptance, and building up their tool kits of accommodations and coping skills.
I specialize in providing affirming therapy to Autistic, ADHD, and other neurodivergent clients. My goal is to meet my clients wherever they are to support their self-discovery, radical self-acceptance, and building up their tool kits of accommodations and coping skills.