Art Therapy in Portland, OR
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I am also trained in somatic trauma therapy emphasizing techniques like meditation, art, and movement to help access and integrate underlying emotional distress.
I hold a master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Western States in Portland, OR. My primary research focus is transpersonal experiences and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and integration. My philosophy is one of organicity, meaning that every individual is gifted with an innate healing wisdom and capacity for wholeness. As a former earth scientist and current artist, I incorporate lessons from nature and creative expression in my work, and seek to help others reconnect with the more subtle rhythms of psyche as a woven thread in the generative fabric of life.
I am also trained in somatic trauma therapy emphasizing techniques like meditation, art, and movement to help access and integrate underlying emotional distress.
I hold a master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Western States in Portland, OR. My primary research focus is transpersonal experiences and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and integration. My philosophy is one of organicity, meaning that every individual is gifted with an innate healing wisdom and capacity for wholeness. As a former earth scientist and current artist, I incorporate lessons from nature and creative expression in my work, and seek to help others reconnect with the more subtle rhythms of psyche as a woven thread in the generative fabric of life.
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Marlèn S. Conrad
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, WSC
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97211
In an atmosphere of insight and compassion, pathways leading to wellness, new beginnings and joy are possible. Working together, grounded in my in-depth knowledge of and experience in Jungian and contemporary psychotherapies, we illuminate outworn attitudes and patterns. By working with the art and science of psychotherapy, I foster your natural capacities for accessing your “inner compass”, your guide to spiritual gravity and conscious aging. As you tell your story, life events and choices you have made take on new meaning. A doorway opens to pervasive change that goes far beyond symptoms and previous goals.
In an atmosphere of insight and compassion, pathways leading to wellness, new beginnings and joy are possible. Working together, grounded in my in-depth knowledge of and experience in Jungian and contemporary psychotherapies, we illuminate outworn attitudes and patterns. By working with the art and science of psychotherapy, I foster your natural capacities for accessing your “inner compass”, your guide to spiritual gravity and conscious aging. As you tell your story, life events and choices you have made take on new meaning. A doorway opens to pervasive change that goes far beyond symptoms and previous goals.
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Mountain Crest Counseling Services, LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor
Verified Verified
7 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97086
Mountain Crest Counseling Services is focused on providing high-quality service for those seeking growth and change. Our therapists are client-focused and work collaboratively with you to achieve your goals. Our therapists work with clients to gain greater insight, self-awareness, and self-compassion through a variety of different frameworks to include but not limited to DBT, CBT, Art Therapy, Brainspotting and Strength Based approaches.
Mountain Crest Counseling Services is focused on providing high-quality service for those seeking growth and change. Our therapists are client-focused and work collaboratively with you to achieve your goals. Our therapists work with clients to gain greater insight, self-awareness, and self-compassion through a variety of different frameworks to include but not limited to DBT, CBT, Art Therapy, Brainspotting and Strength Based approaches.
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Jennifer Rich
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, EMDR
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97209 (Online Only)
Knowing that it is usually an experience of pain or frustration that prompts people to seek counseling, my goal is to provide a safe place for you to effectively move through it. Often that pain comes from unmet needs, harmful experiences, or coping systems that no longer serve you. I want to work with you, to offer reflection, understanding, information, and new windows to help you experience relief and a sense of well being. Approaches include insight oriented talk therapy, mindfulness, EMDR, and art therapy and are chosen on what would be most appropriate to your individual goals.
Knowing that it is usually an experience of pain or frustration that prompts people to seek counseling, my goal is to provide a safe place for you to effectively move through it. Often that pain comes from unmet needs, harmful experiences, or coping systems that no longer serve you. I want to work with you, to offer reflection, understanding, information, and new windows to help you experience relief and a sense of well being. Approaches include insight oriented talk therapy, mindfulness, EMDR, and art therapy and are chosen on what would be most appropriate to your individual goals.
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I facilitate therapy from a holistic perspective, using a variety of integrative therapeutic approaches, including cognitive behavioral therapy, art therapy, mindfulness, somatic therapy, emotionally focused therapy, existential/spiritual therapy.
accepting new clients! My areas of expertise include anxiety, depression, and relationship issues. Are you self-aware, but needing some extra support around understanding your experience and making necessary changes in order to thrive? Are you navigating a challenging relationship, situation or transition? Do you need new tools for self-regulating? My primary objective as a therapist is to establish a nonjudgmental and nurturing environment where I can help you recognize and address the thought patterns and behaviors that may be impeding your progress towards realizing your highest potential.
I facilitate therapy from a holistic perspective, using a variety of integrative therapeutic approaches, including cognitive behavioral therapy, art therapy, mindfulness, somatic therapy, emotionally focused therapy, existential/spiritual therapy.
accepting new clients! My areas of expertise include anxiety, depression, and relationship issues. Are you self-aware, but needing some extra support around understanding your experience and making necessary changes in order to thrive? Are you navigating a challenging relationship, situation or transition? Do you need new tools for self-regulating? My primary objective as a therapist is to establish a nonjudgmental and nurturing environment where I can help you recognize and address the thought patterns and behaviors that may be impeding your progress towards realizing your highest potential.
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I incorporate elements of nature and art into the therapeutic process because I believe they can be powerful outlets for expression.
One of the many things I offer my clients is the opportunity to be in nature. Walk and Talk therapy is just as it sounds - walking and talking. Being outdoors puts people at ease as they share their story with me. It's a priority that every single client feels safe and secure when looking toward the path of healing. As your therapist, I will patiently support the delicate process you're embarking on.
I incorporate elements of nature and art into the therapeutic process because I believe they can be powerful outlets for expression.
One of the many things I offer my clients is the opportunity to be in nature. Walk and Talk therapy is just as it sounds - walking and talking. Being outdoors puts people at ease as they share their story with me. It's a priority that every single client feels safe and secure when looking toward the path of healing. As your therapist, I will patiently support the delicate process you're embarking on.
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I tend to combine trauma informed client centered therapy, brain based approaches (SE therapy), and dialectic behavioral therapy with art, movement and lifestyle changes.
Hello and welcome, I am so glad you are here! My name is Martin and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor. My life experiences have left me with particular interest in working alongside individuals with depression, anxiety, adhd, those going through life transitions, LGBTQIA2S+ individuals, and supporting people who have experienced trauma.
I tend to combine trauma informed client centered therapy, brain based approaches (SE therapy), and dialectic behavioral therapy with art, movement and lifestyle changes.
Hello and welcome, I am so glad you are here! My name is Martin and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor. My life experiences have left me with particular interest in working alongside individuals with depression, anxiety, adhd, those going through life transitions, LGBTQIA2S+ individuals, and supporting people who have experienced trauma.
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Andrea J. Wright Johnston
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
7 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97213 (Online Only)
Art and play therapy tools are available in sessions to help connect inner thoughts, patterns, and insight.
We work to create new awareness, new knowledge and new possibilities. You can have an empowered family and a happy state of mind through therapy. I work with individuals and families to build harmony and health in their relationships. I specialize in sex therapy and am an effective life coach. I approach each person and family with attention to mental and physical health, with consideration to relational, social and spiritual influences.
Art and play therapy tools are available in sessions to help connect inner thoughts, patterns, and insight.
We work to create new awareness, new knowledge and new possibilities. You can have an empowered family and a happy state of mind through therapy. I work with individuals and families to build harmony and health in their relationships. I specialize in sex therapy and am an effective life coach. I approach each person and family with attention to mental and physical health, with consideration to relational, social and spiritual influences.
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Erin Leigh McCall
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, MS, LPC
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97214
My therapy approach is client centered focusing on choice, strengths and exploration. I am committed to helping children work through issues such as anxiety, transitions, emotional regulation, peer relationships, family conflict and self-esteem. I work primarily with children and adolescents using play, art, sand tray and expressive art therapy interventions. I work closely with families who wish to strengthen their child/parent relationship to help better understand the dynamics that make up a family system. I also work with adoptees and LGBTQ+ youth who struggle with identity issues and help them learn more about who they are.
My therapy approach is client centered focusing on choice, strengths and exploration. I am committed to helping children work through issues such as anxiety, transitions, emotional regulation, peer relationships, family conflict and self-esteem. I work primarily with children and adolescents using play, art, sand tray and expressive art therapy interventions. I work closely with families who wish to strengthen their child/parent relationship to help better understand the dynamics that make up a family system. I also work with adoptees and LGBTQ+ youth who struggle with identity issues and help them learn more about who they are.
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I also have a background in art therapy and research-based therapies such cognitive behavioral therapy with all my clients to help them identify how thoughts, feelings, and actions are related and help develop practical skills to help practice your work in a day-to-day way.
My goal is to help you regain purpose, be more authentic, and enjoy life and your relationships again. I am trained in Brainspotting therapy which provides a brain-body processing option for difficult-to-change ongoing challenges that talk therapy has not been able to change. Brainspotting is useful for such things as difficult to treat trauma, anxiety, depression, or impulse control, as well as improving things such as performance anxiety, physical pain, and addiction. I also offer a LGBTQ and polyamorous safe counseling experience and provide informed relationship and family counseling for these communities.
I also have a background in art therapy and research-based therapies such cognitive behavioral therapy with all my clients to help them identify how thoughts, feelings, and actions are related and help develop practical skills to help practice your work in a day-to-day way.
My goal is to help you regain purpose, be more authentic, and enjoy life and your relationships again. I am trained in Brainspotting therapy which provides a brain-body processing option for difficult-to-change ongoing challenges that talk therapy has not been able to change. Brainspotting is useful for such things as difficult to treat trauma, anxiety, depression, or impulse control, as well as improving things such as performance anxiety, physical pain, and addiction. I also offer a LGBTQ and polyamorous safe counseling experience and provide informed relationship and family counseling for these communities.
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I also have extensive experience adapting therapeutic interventions for children and teens, incorporating art, movement, games, and humor in our sessions as desired.
Do you or your child/teen have difficulty handling current anxiety or stressors? Find it challenging to understand or manage your emotional responses? Struggle in your interpersonal relationships? Have difficulty moving forward from past trauma? Want to explore and disrupt difficult patterns (such as attachment styles or intergenerational trauma)? If you or your child/teen seek a unique therapeutic experience, I can help. I believe we are not defined by our diagnoses and I commit to working with you as a holistic individual, family, or couple. My goal is to help you manage stress, resolve personal conflicts, and find balance.
I also have extensive experience adapting therapeutic interventions for children and teens, incorporating art, movement, games, and humor in our sessions as desired.
Do you or your child/teen have difficulty handling current anxiety or stressors? Find it challenging to understand or manage your emotional responses? Struggle in your interpersonal relationships? Have difficulty moving forward from past trauma? Want to explore and disrupt difficult patterns (such as attachment styles or intergenerational trauma)? If you or your child/teen seek a unique therapeutic experience, I can help. I believe we are not defined by our diagnoses and I commit to working with you as a holistic individual, family, or couple. My goal is to help you manage stress, resolve personal conflicts, and find balance.
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Emily L Trum
Art Therapist, LPC, ATR-BC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97239
Waitlist for new clients
I am an art and play therapist who uses neuroscientific and symbolic narrative techniques with art materials to support process of trauma, integrate memories/experiences and manage mood presentation.
I love working with kids and teens. Whether its a play therapy session with a seven year old who is learning to build skills around emotional regulation or a teenager exploring their identity as an individual, it is wonderful. I also enjoy supporting kids and teens process life challenges that are impacting their quality of existence so that they can move through them and begin to heal. There is nothing like supporting an individual to see themselves through the light of their strengths and how they can take those strengths out into the world.
I am an art and play therapist who uses neuroscientific and symbolic narrative techniques with art materials to support process of trauma, integrate memories/experiences and manage mood presentation.
I love working with kids and teens. Whether its a play therapy session with a seven year old who is learning to build skills around emotional regulation or a teenager exploring their identity as an individual, it is wonderful. I also enjoy supporting kids and teens process life challenges that are impacting their quality of existence so that they can move through them and begin to heal. There is nothing like supporting an individual to see themselves through the light of their strengths and how they can take those strengths out into the world.
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Cyneé Godshall
Licensed Professional Counselor, LAT, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97214
Waitlist for new clients
I am here to support you finding your way through overwhelm, grief, trauma, and uncertainty. I am an art therapist and counselor who treats everyone with compassion, warmth, and respect, as I believe growth happens in safe relationships. I see therapy as a process of becoming a trusted ally to yourself so that you have a sense of groundedness, security, and wholeness. I work especially well with highly sensitive or neurodiverse adults experiencing anxiety, grief, burnout, attachment related trauma, and recovery from domestic violence or difficult relationships, by using a combination of art and talk therapy.
I am here to support you finding your way through overwhelm, grief, trauma, and uncertainty. I am an art therapist and counselor who treats everyone with compassion, warmth, and respect, as I believe growth happens in safe relationships. I see therapy as a process of becoming a trusted ally to yourself so that you have a sense of groundedness, security, and wholeness. I work especially well with highly sensitive or neurodiverse adults experiencing anxiety, grief, burnout, attachment related trauma, and recovery from domestic violence or difficult relationships, by using a combination of art and talk therapy.
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I work with children and adults, with the goal of helping them find more peace, joy, and meaning within their lives. In addition to talk therapy, I also use play and art therapy with children to help them express themselves when they can’t yet find the words.
I work with children and adults, with the goal of helping them find more peace, joy, and meaning within their lives. In addition to talk therapy, I also use play and art therapy with children to help them express themselves when they can’t yet find the words.
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Harini Sukumaran
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
9 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97221
I use Mindfulness based stress reduction, ACT and guided meditation to help women accomplish their goals & primarily play therapy, art therapy, CBT, yoga with children.
ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS! Offering online therapy & in- office visits. Your child's anxiety and depression may have increased with isolation from friends, adjustment to online schooling, and disruption in schedule. Maybe you're a parent or caregiver who is frustrated with your child/teen's behavior at home? May be you are a parent who is overwhelmed and wants to parent mindfully. May be your child is struggling with anxiety &depression, and you are unsure how to help them and need a holistic approach. You may have noticed your child struggling with self regulation, high anxiety, sadness, anger issues, ADHD, and learning difficulties.
I use Mindfulness based stress reduction, ACT and guided meditation to help women accomplish their goals & primarily play therapy, art therapy, CBT, yoga with children.
ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS! Offering online therapy & in- office visits. Your child's anxiety and depression may have increased with isolation from friends, adjustment to online schooling, and disruption in schedule. Maybe you're a parent or caregiver who is frustrated with your child/teen's behavior at home? May be you are a parent who is overwhelmed and wants to parent mindfully. May be your child is struggling with anxiety &depression, and you are unsure how to help them and need a holistic approach. You may have noticed your child struggling with self regulation, high anxiety, sadness, anger issues, ADHD, and learning difficulties.
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Vanessa Lee Counseling
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97239 (Online Only)
I utilize a humanistic, strengths based approach from a trauma informed lens and often incorporate art making as a creative, therapeutic and healing process.
Do you have a desire to heal from change, grief/loss, trauma or suffering and wish to find meaning in your life? Are you hoping to find joy and passion through creativity? I believe that we have the potential to improve quality of life through healing and finding meaning. If you are seeking transformative ways of coping with life stressors, identifying and expressing emotions, developing self-awareness, self esteem and personal growth, I'm here to support you.
I utilize a humanistic, strengths based approach from a trauma informed lens and often incorporate art making as a creative, therapeutic and healing process.
Do you have a desire to heal from change, grief/loss, trauma or suffering and wish to find meaning in your life? Are you hoping to find joy and passion through creativity? I believe that we have the potential to improve quality of life through healing and finding meaning. If you are seeking transformative ways of coping with life stressors, identifying and expressing emotions, developing self-awareness, self esteem and personal growth, I'm here to support you.
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Madison Weiss
Professional Counselor Associate, MA, R8411
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97232 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I have extensive training in psychotherapy and art therapy with a focus on social justice and diversity.
You may be someone who seeks the equilibrium, safety, inner strength and peace of mind which can emerge from living more authentically. You may even know the road to get there, but have experienced times of difficulty, moving you away from where you want to be internally or relationally. You may be ready to engage in delving more deeply into yourself. Therapy can help you reach your goals. It can help you refine fine your communication skills, and teach you new ones. Face your feelings, and learn to move through them in a safe space that is completely yours. Get a better sense of who you are and who you want to be in the world.
I have extensive training in psychotherapy and art therapy with a focus on social justice and diversity.
You may be someone who seeks the equilibrium, safety, inner strength and peace of mind which can emerge from living more authentically. You may even know the road to get there, but have experienced times of difficulty, moving you away from where you want to be internally or relationally. You may be ready to engage in delving more deeply into yourself. Therapy can help you reach your goals. It can help you refine fine your communication skills, and teach you new ones. Face your feelings, and learn to move through them in a safe space that is completely yours. Get a better sense of who you are and who you want to be in the world.
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Nic Sutherland
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97205
Therapy can look like curiosity, laughter, use of metaphor, play and art therapy techniques, naming and feeling emotion, and more.
I support my clients in finding authenticity, agency, and connection in the face of the inevitable changes life has to offer. If you find yourself processing pain from past relationships, feeling disconnected, or fighting in the kitchen, I would love to meet you there. My goal is to build a safe relationship with you, in which we can explore the complexity of your life; the mundane, the magic, the painful.
Therapy can look like curiosity, laughter, use of metaphor, play and art therapy techniques, naming and feeling emotion, and more.
I support my clients in finding authenticity, agency, and connection in the face of the inevitable changes life has to offer. If you find yourself processing pain from past relationships, feeling disconnected, or fighting in the kitchen, I would love to meet you there. My goal is to build a safe relationship with you, in which we can explore the complexity of your life; the mundane, the magic, the painful.
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Tessa Henry
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, ATR
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97214 (Online Only)
Hello, my name is Tessa and I am currently accepting new client's in Oregon! I believe that my role as a therapist is to support and validate the life events that you share with me. My hope is that therapy sessions are a collaborative effort where client and therapist work together to establish realistic steps toward change. I am here to help with the ups and downs of your personal journey. My therapies of choice are person-centered practices, art therapy, solution-focused, and family systems theory, with elements of both cognitive and dialectical behavioral therapies.
Hello, my name is Tessa and I am currently accepting new client's in Oregon! I believe that my role as a therapist is to support and validate the life events that you share with me. My hope is that therapy sessions are a collaborative effort where client and therapist work together to establish realistic steps toward change. I am here to help with the ups and downs of your personal journey. My therapies of choice are person-centered practices, art therapy, solution-focused, and family systems theory, with elements of both cognitive and dialectical behavioral therapies.
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Celine Elise Redfield
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, ATR, EFT, MP
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97232
In session we will externalize your problems, to gain a new perspective through the use of art, metaphor, and somatic based psychology.
My pronouns are they/them/theirs. I am currently only accepting clients for my anxiety group. I will collaborate with you by assisting you in identifying patterns that are no longer serving you. I will encourage you to be kind, loving, and compassionate towards yourself. Working from an empathic-based perspective, I will teach you to nurture yourself by using the tools of creative arts therapy, cognitive restructuring, mindfulness, visualization, acupressure, and EFT tapping to help find your innate strengths.
In session we will externalize your problems, to gain a new perspective through the use of art, metaphor, and somatic based psychology.
My pronouns are they/them/theirs. I am currently only accepting clients for my anxiety group. I will collaborate with you by assisting you in identifying patterns that are no longer serving you. I will encourage you to be kind, loving, and compassionate towards yourself. Working from an empathic-based perspective, I will teach you to nurture yourself by using the tools of creative arts therapy, cognitive restructuring, mindfulness, visualization, acupressure, and EFT tapping to help find your innate strengths.
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Art Therapy
How does art therapy work?
The process of making art allows people to express themselves. Art-making can take many forms, such as painting, collage, or sculpting. The therapist asks questions that the work elicits, such as how the person felt while creating their piece, or if any memories surfaced that they can discuss. The therapist will then work with the patient to process their experience, understand themselves better, and work toward change.
Does art therapy help with trauma?
Art therapy can be a valuable treatment option for those suffering from trauma. Traumatic experiences such as combat, rape, or childhood abuse can be so painful that articulating them can be too scary or painful; creating art allows people to express themselves without words, and tell their story in a different way. The physical nature of creating art can also help people feel rooted in the body, which may benefit those who feel disconnected from their body in the aftermath of trauma.
How long does art therapy last?
The duration of art therapy varies, but a common length for treatment is 10 to 15 weekly sessions. Some people may see improvement in just a few weeks, while others may choose to remain in therapy longer term. Patients should periodically discuss their goals with their therapist to make sure the two are aligned on process and progress.
What are the limitations of art therapy?
Art therapy is helpful for many people, but a limitation is that it doesn’t have as robust an evidence base as other forms of therapy, such as cognitive behavioral therapy or acceptance and commitment therapy. The evidence on art therapy is mixed; some research demonstrates its benefits, while other research suggests that it has little impact on patients.