Compassion Focused Therapists in Portland, OR

Welcome! The initial decision to seek therapy services is one of the most difficult. Your desire to explore making changes in your life, is itself a strength. If you’re looking for someone with both professional and life experience to support you on this leg of your unique life path, you’ve come to the right place. I work with adults of all ages to create individually tailored maps to overcome their presenting life challenges and cultivate a strong and on-going sense of well-being toward the outcomes they envision.

Respectful, collaborative therapy. Are you sensitive, sad or anxious? Are there questions in your relationships? Do you feel shame or regret about yourself or your body, or struggle with other distressing thought or behavior patterns? Are there memories of childhood neglect or other trauma? I help people explore & come to terms with issues like these. My education and training have given me detailed perspectives about some of the concerns that trouble people - as well as underlying wounds, challenges and complicated feelings that come up in dealing with them. This includes working with personal, generational &/or systemic trauma.

Therapy for people of all ages who struggle to make and keep friends. This could be due to neurodivergence, trauma, social anxiety or simply a lack of opportunity. We'll get to the heart of it and learn how to turn your challenges into strengths! Your truest, most authentic self is what the world needs.

A one-word synopsis of my therapy style: Positivity. No matter what you're going through, my therapy style is warm, interactive, person-centered, and strengths-centered. I specialize in grief and loss and life transitions. My other specialties include chronic illnesses, end-of-life issues, caregiver fatigue, relationship issues, anxiety, depression, stress management, and alcohol and drug abuse.

Anxiety, trauma, feelings of worthlessness, depression and a host of other health and mental health challenges peel away at our ability to connect with others. It leaves us feeling alone, lost, powerless and hopeless. Studies have shown that the power of connection is an essential component to a long and meaningful life. So many times, our fears and thoughts that we are not enough, we will be rejected, and that we are invisible trap us in internal suffering. It can feel like we are watching life happen around us from behind a glass window, longing to join but with no way of breaking through.

Accepting couples, families and individuals using OHP insurance. Do you want to make a change? Coping skills often developed early on in life and were important to help get you to where you are today. They can arise from a childhood that seems "normal" or one filled with trauma and struggle. Coming to therapy is a step in healing the wounds from the past and working with the struggles of today. I can help you process your lived experience at your pace to help you move forward and make positive changes in your life. I am currently prioritizing couples and families who want to do therapy together.,

I help clients build resilience, hone their strengths, and become more attuned to their inner wisdom. I take a strengths-based approach, helping you find and nurture what you love about yourself and your life, and leave behind what no longer serves you. I appreciate that everyone has unique experiences, needs, and desires, and do my best to meet you where you are at; whether you need gentle kindness, firm feedback, practical skill building, or just a safe place to vent. Now offering services at Bridges Therapy, SE Portland and Salus PDX, Downtown Portland.

Are you unhappy with your relationship with yourself, friends, or partner? Try as you may, depression keeps you stuck? No matter what you do, it just doesn’t seem like enough? Past traumas interfering with present life? You hold within you the power to heal yourself and your relationships. I create an unconditionally loving, yet challenging, environment where it’s safe for you to grow. I enjoy helping anxious and depressed women of all sexual orientations build self esteem. Issues: trauma, anxiety/depression, life transition, grief/loss, creativity/spirituality. I do brief solution focused therapy & long term depth psychotherapy.

Experiencing harm from caregivers, family of origin, or partners can wound us deeply. The painful memories continue to overshadow your daily life. You find yourself in similar relationships, making yourself small in order to get some semblance of love or safety. You spend so much energy anticipating and attending to others’ emotions and needs, that yours are overlooked. You feel like you have abandoned yourself. Whether you are recovering from an unhealthy or abusive relationship, or seeking to more fully embody your lived gender, you’re ready to work with a specialist who can help you heal and embrace your full, authentic self.

Emotional and relational pain can’t be easily categorized with words like anxiety and depression. Each of us have our own stories and our pain is as unique as we are. Whether it is learning to carry the existing burden of a mental health diagnosis or exploring the sources of loneliness and worry, what helps more than labels is the ability to tell our stories in a way that is as hopeful as it is truthful. In over two decades of non-profit work I have learned to sit with people whose lives have been disrupted in the midst of their pain. As a clinician I hope to combine that empathetic human connection with evidence based practices.

I will help you get to the heart of the matter, the root of what is causing suffering in your life, and we will work together to create the changes you seek. I work from a mind-body-spirit lens with a focus on nervous system regulation, somatic interventions, NLP, parts work, mindfulness, and EFT meridian tapping (Emotional Freedom Techniques). We work together to help unstick the parts of yourself and your life that are stuck. We will work together to create a different relationship with these parts so you can have the experience of being happy, healthy, well, and fulfilled in you life.

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. I've also been a Buddhist practitioner for nearly a decade, and occasionally integrate meditation and Eastern philosophy into my work as appropriate.

Integration is a process one continuously undertakes to shift and sort the insights gained from an experience or life event and live from a place of healing, learning, insight, and understanding. I work with clients to assist in integrating past and present events, conflicts, adversities, and states of being. Working from a holistic framework that views each client as a whole being, and not separate from their mind, body, emotions, or soul.

Whether you are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, or any other concerns, you deserve a therapist who will be open and supportive yet willing to challenge you gently when needed.  With an approach that combines connection and boundaries, we can work together to help you find the agency you need to move through life with pleasure. I specialize in working with BIPOC, LGTBQIA, Polyamory/Non-Monogamous, and Kink/BDSM communities to provide comprehensive, evidence based, trauma informed, sex positive therapy, that meets the needs of sexual marginalized populations.

I am a licensed psychologist providing video telehealth & in-person counseling to adults in Oregon who are struggling in their lives and relationships. Together, we explore the habits and beliefs that keep them from realizing their potential. In my practice, clients discover clarity about their values and boundaries, and are empowered to make change in their lives. My approach is to build a relationship of support and trust with you that offers the safety to explore problems with flexibility and curiosity. My clinical and research experience has given me expertise in human behaviors and emotions, but you are the expert of yourself.

Hello! Thank you for considering me to accompany you on this sacred journey. I believe counseling is a powerful tool for overcoming obstacles to well-being and human flourishing. I treat clients with a range of issues, from existential issues and coping with the demands of life, to mood disorders and anxiety, complex trauma and PTSD, spirituality concerns and religious trauma, and men's and LGBTQi issues. Together, we will examine these problems, trace their origins to childhood and significant adult relationships, and learn new skills and new ways of relating to others and ourselves to rediscover well-being and flourishing in life.

Hello! I am not currently accepting new clients, but am happy to put you on my waitlist. Please reach out for a free 20 minute consultation! I see people as unique and relational beings whose stories have been formed by the society they live in, the families they were raised by, and the stories they believe about themselves formed from their life experiences. I believe that the re-telling of these stories, and the language people use, form the realities people experience. I believe building strong and healthy relationships provides the support and community everyone needs.

I enjoy working in a collaborative relationship with people that is respectful, inclusive, accepting and compassionate. I strive to foster a safe and inclusive environment that is supportive and objective while paying close attention to the therapy relationship to meet people where they are in their process of growth, change and exploration that ideally will help them move towards their goals. Please visit my website for additional information.

Olivia utilizes a holistic, client-centered approach marked by presence and curiosity, honoring people's lived experiences. Trauma sensitivity, socioeconomic awareness, and cultural intersectionality inform her practice. Olivia is committed to fostering a non-judgmental therapeutic environment while exploring the facets of clients' lives that clients wish to navigate. Employing an array of integrated tools and leveraging client strengths, Olivia works collaboratively with individuals, couples, and families, illuminating pathways for personal and systemic growth.