Female Therapists in Centennial, Portland, OR
Desiree Dawn Stang
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CADCIII
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Centennial, Portland, OR 97233
Are you looking for counseling for yourself or you teenager? Are you or your teen depressed, anxious or angry? Whether you have experienced something traumatic, or you are struggling with minor issues I want to help. I enjoy helping people with a wide variety of problems including mental health issues, addictions, grief, and relationship problems. I believe that clients are the experts of their own lives. It is my desire as a counselor to join the client as a collaborative team, cooperatively setting and working towards counseling goals.
Are you looking for counseling for yourself or you teenager? Are you or your teen depressed, anxious or angry? Whether you have experienced something traumatic, or you are struggling with minor issues I want to help. I enjoy helping people with a wide variety of problems including mental health issues, addictions, grief, and relationship problems. I believe that clients are the experts of their own lives. It is my desire as a counselor to join the client as a collaborative team, cooperatively setting and working towards counseling goals.
In my work as a counselor, I assist clients in healing and growth by fostering openness and self-empowerment. I help my clients understand their experiences by taking their past into account, as well as their current environment. Childhood relationships with primary caregivers, past trauma, existential or spiritual concerns, current environmental stressors, and unmet needs are integral to mental health challenges in all of us. By achieving insight and affirmation about our place in the world and relationship to it, we can reclaim vitality and a sense of purpose in living, using that as a guiding light in the life journey to come.
In my work as a counselor, I assist clients in healing and growth by fostering openness and self-empowerment. I help my clients understand their experiences by taking their past into account, as well as their current environment. Childhood relationships with primary caregivers, past trauma, existential or spiritual concerns, current environmental stressors, and unmet needs are integral to mental health challenges in all of us. By achieving insight and affirmation about our place in the world and relationship to it, we can reclaim vitality and a sense of purpose in living, using that as a guiding light in the life journey to come.
Adriana Villegas
Clinical Social Worker Associate, CSWA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Centennial, Portland, OR 97233 (Online Only)
Welcome to a safe space to be human! I'm enthusiastic, laid-back and very interactive in therapy with worksheets, strategies, skills to build on to your personalized tool box. I respect every individual has innate navigation system to consciously discern and regulate challenges and embrace talents. I will be a passenger in your healing journey while you drive at your pace. My approach is holistic, strengths-based, and compassionate-focused. I understand mental health can be compromised from unresolved childhood issues, exposure to traumatic experiences, burn out, stress, complex systems issues and daily demands in multiple roles.
Welcome to a safe space to be human! I'm enthusiastic, laid-back and very interactive in therapy with worksheets, strategies, skills to build on to your personalized tool box. I respect every individual has innate navigation system to consciously discern and regulate challenges and embrace talents. I will be a passenger in your healing journey while you drive at your pace. My approach is holistic, strengths-based, and compassionate-focused. I understand mental health can be compromised from unresolved childhood issues, exposure to traumatic experiences, burn out, stress, complex systems issues and daily demands in multiple roles.
Sarah Bord
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, CADC I
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Centennial, Portland, OR 97236
I work with clients struggling with trauma, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, lgbtqia2s+ issues, burnout, compassion fatigue, and sociopolitical/economical issues, environmental and climate concerns. I work with individuals that want to put the work into improving the quality of their lives by finding balance within their core values, beliefs, self-worth, interpersonal relationships, work/college, leisure time, time outdoors, and lifestyle. I work with individuals on identifying the disruption in these areas of their lives.
I work with clients struggling with trauma, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, lgbtqia2s+ issues, burnout, compassion fatigue, and sociopolitical/economical issues, environmental and climate concerns. I work with individuals that want to put the work into improving the quality of their lives by finding balance within their core values, beliefs, self-worth, interpersonal relationships, work/college, leisure time, time outdoors, and lifestyle. I work with individuals on identifying the disruption in these areas of their lives.
If you are finding yourself feeling emotionally altered and without a place to process your feelings confidentially, please contact me. As your counselor, I will provide a nonjudgmental, confidential, and attentive setting in which you can express yourself honestly. The counseling experience will allow you to verbalize feelings, thoughts, and behaviors that may contribute to your area of concern.
If you are finding yourself feeling emotionally altered and without a place to process your feelings confidentially, please contact me. As your counselor, I will provide a nonjudgmental, confidential, and attentive setting in which you can express yourself honestly. The counseling experience will allow you to verbalize feelings, thoughts, and behaviors that may contribute to your area of concern.
The Gender and Sex Therapy Clinic, PLLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, LMHC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Centennial, Portland, OR 97233 (Online Only)
Finding trustworthy professionals to help you with intimate issues is embarrassing and difficult. You can find a safe space in therapy when you can find it nowhere else. This is my most important skill, something not learned in school: unconditional positive acceptance and honest, non-threatening communication about intimate problems. Here you will find sensitivity to private behaviors which are regarded with non-judgmental acceptance and respect, never shame nor intolerance. Now accepting CareOregon members.
Finding trustworthy professionals to help you with intimate issues is embarrassing and difficult. You can find a safe space in therapy when you can find it nowhere else. This is my most important skill, something not learned in school: unconditional positive acceptance and honest, non-threatening communication about intimate problems. Here you will find sensitivity to private behaviors which are regarded with non-judgmental acceptance and respect, never shame nor intolerance. Now accepting CareOregon members.
I am a licensed, clinical psychologist with over 30 years of experience. I help clients address difficult, painful emotions and the concomitant thoughts and behaviors that hinder life and interfere with healthy development. My approach is developmental and psychodynamic. I focus not only on symptoms but, more importantly, on understanding and addressing root causes that create difficulties and interfere with health and progress. Within a safe, collaborative, confidential relationship, issues are addressed to facilitate a deeper self-understanding and a greater sense of freedom.
I am a licensed, clinical psychologist with over 30 years of experience. I help clients address difficult, painful emotions and the concomitant thoughts and behaviors that hinder life and interfere with healthy development. My approach is developmental and psychodynamic. I focus not only on symptoms but, more importantly, on understanding and addressing root causes that create difficulties and interfere with health and progress. Within a safe, collaborative, confidential relationship, issues are addressed to facilitate a deeper self-understanding and a greater sense of freedom.
Michelle Krummenacker
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Centennial, Portland, OR 97233
If you have any questions about how I might be helpful to you, please contact my office and I will be happy to talk with you.
If you have any questions about how I might be helpful to you, please contact my office and I will be happy to talk with you.
Liz Rado @ Cheriish Counseling
Pre-Licensed Professional, CSWA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Centennial, Portland, OR 97233
Accepting New Clients! Do you feel disconnected from the people and things you once cared about? Maybe you even feel disconnected from yourself and your own thoughts and feelings. Perhaps you feel adrift, like nothing really matters. Or you’re so anxious that you can barely take a step in any direction. What if you could rediscover connection, joy, and contentment? What if you could feel at peace with yourself and others? You can heal from the things that hurt, and you can feel free and able to build the life you want!
Accepting New Clients! Do you feel disconnected from the people and things you once cared about? Maybe you even feel disconnected from yourself and your own thoughts and feelings. Perhaps you feel adrift, like nothing really matters. Or you’re so anxious that you can barely take a step in any direction. What if you could rediscover connection, joy, and contentment? What if you could feel at peace with yourself and others? You can heal from the things that hurt, and you can feel free and able to build the life you want!
Sarah Jean Tedrick
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC-Sup, ATR-BC, LCAT
Verified Verified
Centennial, Portland, OR 97233
Hi, My name is Sarah and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Board-Certified Art Therapist, Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor, studio artist, and LPC supervisor. I bring my lifelong art background and skills, training in Art Therapy, counseling, drug and alcohol counseling, and psychology, years of experience working with adolescence and their families, many years of motherhood, and 18 years of sobriety into my role as a helper. I enjoy working with adolescents, young adults, and adults, with varying levels of needs.
Hi, My name is Sarah and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Board-Certified Art Therapist, Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor, studio artist, and LPC supervisor. I bring my lifelong art background and skills, training in Art Therapy, counseling, drug and alcohol counseling, and psychology, years of experience working with adolescence and their families, many years of motherhood, and 18 years of sobriety into my role as a helper. I enjoy working with adolescents, young adults, and adults, with varying levels of needs.
Helen Zwiebel
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MEd
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Centennial, Portland, OR 97233 (Online Only)
My private practice is focused on helping people curious about and/or practicing consensual/ethical non-monogamy, solo poly, relationship anarchy, and any alternative relationship style. I am BDSM/kink-aware and LGBTQIA+ friendly.
My private practice is focused on helping people curious about and/or practicing consensual/ethical non-monogamy, solo poly, relationship anarchy, and any alternative relationship style. I am BDSM/kink-aware and LGBTQIA+ friendly.
For me, it is important to create a space that feels nurturing where my clients can feel seen and heard and explore their feelings and life experiences. I enjoy working with teens, adults, and the LGBTQ+ community. My passions in therapy are anxiety, trauma, depression, sexual wellness care, and grief and loss.
For me, it is important to create a space that feels nurturing where my clients can feel seen and heard and explore their feelings and life experiences. I enjoy working with teens, adults, and the LGBTQ+ community. My passions in therapy are anxiety, trauma, depression, sexual wellness care, and grief and loss.
Nikki Barone -Grace Point Pnw Counseling- Emdr Trained
Professional Counselor Associate
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Centennial, Portland, OR 97233
People do not seek counseling because everything in their life is going well. Sometimes we just need someone to come along side and help us "do" life. Sometimes we just need someone to help ease the pain. I approach counseling from a Christian Worldview believing that deep down people want to be seen, understood, and accepted for who they are. I use a variety of evidence based practices such as EMDR and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to help you on your journey.
People do not seek counseling because everything in their life is going well. Sometimes we just need someone to come along side and help us "do" life. Sometimes we just need someone to help ease the pain. I approach counseling from a Christian Worldview believing that deep down people want to be seen, understood, and accepted for who they are. I use a variety of evidence based practices such as EMDR and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to help you on your journey.
Erica Ochsenreither
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC, ATR-BC, LCAT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Centennial, Portland, OR 97233 (Online Only)
I am passionate about providing a warm, collaborative, empathetic space with opportunity for embodied healing. I will support you in weaving together thoughts, feelings, sensations, and beliefs in a safe and supportive relationship, deepening your awareness and, at times, challenging you toward your potential. I serve those struggling with depression, anxiety, navigating the effects of acute and/or complex trauma, those seeking to deepen their relationship with their body, and those desiring to change the way they show up in relationships. Come as you are, to a soft place to land, where you can feel wholeheartedly human.
I am passionate about providing a warm, collaborative, empathetic space with opportunity for embodied healing. I will support you in weaving together thoughts, feelings, sensations, and beliefs in a safe and supportive relationship, deepening your awareness and, at times, challenging you toward your potential. I serve those struggling with depression, anxiety, navigating the effects of acute and/or complex trauma, those seeking to deepen their relationship with their body, and those desiring to change the way they show up in relationships. Come as you are, to a soft place to land, where you can feel wholeheartedly human.
Cori Bakazan
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CADC, CEAP
Verified Verified
Centennial, Portland, OR 97233 (Online Only)
Accepting new clients! I am a licensed professional counselor (LPC) of 12 years at The Core Practice and see clients in both Oregon and South Carolina. I work with clients to address relationship issues, anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and grief. I hold additional certifications as a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, and Certified Employee Assistance Professional. I tend to work best with clients who are active participants in their mental health journey and value therapeutic work outside of therapy sessions. Weekend and evening appointments are available.
Accepting new clients! I am a licensed professional counselor (LPC) of 12 years at The Core Practice and see clients in both Oregon and South Carolina. I work with clients to address relationship issues, anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and grief. I hold additional certifications as a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, and Certified Employee Assistance Professional. I tend to work best with clients who are active participants in their mental health journey and value therapeutic work outside of therapy sessions. Weekend and evening appointments are available.
Bri Dittlinger
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Centennial, Portland, OR 97233 (Online Only)
Social Work, Advocacy, Therapy. I specialize in systems work, CBT, Narrative therapy, mindfulness and somatic interventions, IFS, Polyvagal theory, and trauma work. I enjoy helping clients reach their goals and make lasting changes. I am a clinical social worker specializing in work with adolescents, young adults, and families; my comfortable age range is ages 14-40.
Social Work, Advocacy, Therapy. I specialize in systems work, CBT, Narrative therapy, mindfulness and somatic interventions, IFS, Polyvagal theory, and trauma work. I enjoy helping clients reach their goals and make lasting changes. I am a clinical social worker specializing in work with adolescents, young adults, and families; my comfortable age range is ages 14-40.
Samantha Auclair
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, CRC, NCC
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Centennial, Portland, OR 97233
Waitlist for new clients
My clients often have a history of (or ongoing) trauma, including medical trauma, attachment trauma, single-incident traumatic events, and complex trauma; difficulty coping with chronic illness and/or disability (e.g., EDS, MCAS, POTS, gastrointestinal issues, cancer, autoimmune disease, mobility issues); anxiety/panic disorders; and/or obsessive-compulsive disorder. Some of my clients choose to do long-term depth work with me, while others may see me to work toward more immediate goals.
My clients often have a history of (or ongoing) trauma, including medical trauma, attachment trauma, single-incident traumatic events, and complex trauma; difficulty coping with chronic illness and/or disability (e.g., EDS, MCAS, POTS, gastrointestinal issues, cancer, autoimmune disease, mobility issues); anxiety/panic disorders; and/or obsessive-compulsive disorder. Some of my clients choose to do long-term depth work with me, while others may see me to work toward more immediate goals.
Lisa A Dickman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Centennial, Portland, OR 97233 (Online Only)
Now accepting new clients. With over 20 years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW), I offer therapy services in Oregon and Utah. I specialize in helping clients navigate relationship issues, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, imposter syndrome, and low self-esteem. I am most effective with clients who are proactive in their mental health journey and value applying therapeutic techniques beyond our sessions.
Now accepting new clients. With over 20 years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW), I offer therapy services in Oregon and Utah. I specialize in helping clients navigate relationship issues, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, imposter syndrome, and low self-esteem. I am most effective with clients who are proactive in their mental health journey and value applying therapeutic techniques beyond our sessions.
Guiding Light Therapy, LLC
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA
Verified Verified
Centennial, Portland, OR 97233 (Online Only)
Feeling hyperaware of your symptoms, experiences and self in general can be exhausting and often generate feelings of shame, guilt and frustration. You may feel stuck on where to go next once you've learned so much about yourself. Taking a break from your thoughts and dropping into your body can be both challenging and rewarding. You deserve a relationship with yourself that is healing, validating and connected.
Feeling hyperaware of your symptoms, experiences and self in general can be exhausting and often generate feelings of shame, guilt and frustration. You may feel stuck on where to go next once you've learned so much about yourself. Taking a break from your thoughts and dropping into your body can be both challenging and rewarding. You deserve a relationship with yourself that is healing, validating and connected.
Lisa J Wittorff
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Centennial, Portland, OR 97233 (Online Only)
Not accepting new clients
I am NOT currently accepting new clients. I am licensed in both Oregon and Washington. Are you trying to recover from childhood trauma? Or trying to adjust to the shock of being diagnosed with ADHD or Autism as an adult? Perhaps you're a parent of a child you just can't figure out how to parent because their needs are so great and unpredictable. Or maybe your child is telling you they are a girl, when they seemed to be a boy at birth? Some of my clients are struggling in their relationships because their partner is transitioning, or has a different type of brain that makes mutual communication hard. You've come to the right place!
I am NOT currently accepting new clients. I am licensed in both Oregon and Washington. Are you trying to recover from childhood trauma? Or trying to adjust to the shock of being diagnosed with ADHD or Autism as an adult? Perhaps you're a parent of a child you just can't figure out how to parent because their needs are so great and unpredictable. Or maybe your child is telling you they are a girl, when they seemed to be a boy at birth? Some of my clients are struggling in their relationships because their partner is transitioning, or has a different type of brain that makes mutual communication hard. You've come to the right place!
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Female Therapists
Does it matter what gender my therapist is?
In general, this is not an important factor, as there is no relationship between a therapist’s gender and their efficacy. Some clients, however, prefer to see therapists of a particular gender, whether due to their own past experiences with men and women, or ingrained beliefs about how people of different genders think and behave. Exploring the roots of such preferences and considering what one wants to address in therapy can help someone determine whether their therapist’s gender truly matters to them.
Should I see a female therapist?
Many people—not just women—prefer to see a female therapist, either because they believe that a woman will be able to relate to their specific challenges (for example, sexism in the workplace) or because they imagine feeling more comfortable disclosing sensitive information to a woman. Such beliefs may not turn out to be accurate, however, and adhering too rigidly to a gender preference can at times hinder a client from finding the best therapeutic match.
Do therapists get specific training to help with women’s concerns?
Therapists are trained to provide care to clients of any gender. However, some therapists—both men and women—may pursue additional training in feminist therapy, gender-specific issues, or women’s mental health. Female clients may wish to ask prospective therapists whether they have received specific training in the client’s primary area(s) of concern, or whether they have worked extensively with women on issues similar to their own.
How can I inquire about a therapist’s experience in treating women?
It’s OK—even encouraged!—to ask a therapist directly whether and how often they have treated women in the past, or whether they have treated women dealing with the client’s most prominent concern(s). Competent therapists will be happy to share their educational background, preferred treatment modalities, and prior client experience to help an individual find the therapist best suited to their needs.