Existential Therapists in Portland, OR
Using a person-centered and existential approach, I aim to create a safe and welcoming space for you to heal.
Feeling overwhelmed by life’s challenges? Finding it tough to navigate major changes or feeling stuck? You don’t have to face this alone—I’d be honored to support you. In our sessions, we’ll dive into your emotions, uncover their roots, and construct meaning from your experience. You’ll steer our conversations while I offer insights, compassion, and new perspectives. It’s all about collaboration as we work together to help you find balance and resilience.
Using a person-centered and existential approach, I aim to create a safe and welcoming space for you to heal.
Feeling overwhelmed by life’s challenges? Finding it tough to navigate major changes or feeling stuck? You don’t have to face this alone—I’d be honored to support you. In our sessions, we’ll dive into your emotions, uncover their roots, and construct meaning from your experience. You’ll steer our conversations while I offer insights, compassion, and new perspectives. It’s all about collaboration as we work together to help you find balance and resilience.
Sellwood Counseling Services
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, MFT, NCC, LPC
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97202
Waitlist for new clients
I focus on existential issues that affect client functioning, helping clients explore their own personal meaning and what may be blocking them from living a more authentic life.
My training as a couples, marriage and family therapist leads me to view client functioning in terms of relationships. My goal is to help clients bring forth a self that feels true and real. I help clients learn to ask for and receive what they need from others, embracing life and life's challenges with courage, renewed spirit, and a sense of wholeness. When clients feel supported, validated, and understood they often find that symptoms of depression and anxiety are relieved. Working with me, clients will learn to access their inner resources as we generate solutions together.
I focus on existential issues that affect client functioning, helping clients explore their own personal meaning and what may be blocking them from living a more authentic life.
My training as a couples, marriage and family therapist leads me to view client functioning in terms of relationships. My goal is to help clients bring forth a self that feels true and real. I help clients learn to ask for and receive what they need from others, embracing life and life's challenges with courage, renewed spirit, and a sense of wholeness. When clients feel supported, validated, and understood they often find that symptoms of depression and anxiety are relieved. Working with me, clients will learn to access their inner resources as we generate solutions together.
Hosia Keene
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LMHC, CADC1, SUDP, LPCC
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97212 (Online Only)
I bring Existential, Attachment, and Somatic lenses to our work and will draw from my yoga teaching if it makes sense for you.
We get thrown for loops all the time, some are small and we bounce back, others are bigger and we may need help to navigate them. Many of the folks I see are at the top of one of these bigger loops; maybe you just received a new chronic illness diagnosis or are in chronic pain that is taking you away from what's important to you, maybe you're sexuality has shifted and you're struggling to make sense of it, maybe you're ready to unpack a trauma that's taking from your life, maybe you want to make a change with substance use that's not working anymore. The challenges we face can seem insurmountable and you don't have to go it alone!
I bring Existential, Attachment, and Somatic lenses to our work and will draw from my yoga teaching if it makes sense for you.
We get thrown for loops all the time, some are small and we bounce back, others are bigger and we may need help to navigate them. Many of the folks I see are at the top of one of these bigger loops; maybe you just received a new chronic illness diagnosis or are in chronic pain that is taking you away from what's important to you, maybe you're sexuality has shifted and you're struggling to make sense of it, maybe you're ready to unpack a trauma that's taking from your life, maybe you want to make a change with substance use that's not working anymore. The challenges we face can seem insurmountable and you don't have to go it alone!
I am particularly drawn to Existential, Transpersonal and Jungian Depth psychologies.
It may not be easy to begin seeing a therapist, particularly if you are dealing with a difficult transition, relationship problem, grief, anxiety or depression. I strive to offer a safe, accepting, and respectful environment for addressing your issues. I will support you in discovering your own strengths, wisdom and inner resources and can offer tools for coping, growth and change, learned through over 20 years of clinical practice, and my own life experience. I believe in a collaborative process in which we can identify your goals, work through challenges, and create a plan for change.
I am particularly drawn to Existential, Transpersonal and Jungian Depth psychologies.
It may not be easy to begin seeing a therapist, particularly if you are dealing with a difficult transition, relationship problem, grief, anxiety or depression. I strive to offer a safe, accepting, and respectful environment for addressing your issues. I will support you in discovering your own strengths, wisdom and inner resources and can offer tools for coping, growth and change, learned through over 20 years of clinical practice, and my own life experience. I believe in a collaborative process in which we can identify your goals, work through challenges, and create a plan for change.
I am comfortable working with humanistic, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness, Jungian, and existential principles and theories.
Life's difficulties provide us with an opportunity for healing and personal growth. My counseling practice helps people take advantage of these opportunities by encouraging self-knowledge and understanding. Whether you are struggling with new, unexpected pain or you want to work on a long-standing issue, I can provide you with the professional guidance to help you through grief and loss, anxiety and worry, depression, destructive anger patterns, addictive behaviors, relationship problems, family of origin issues, childhood sexual abuse, sexual identity issues, recovery from harmful religious indoctrination, and spiritual struggles.
I am comfortable working with humanistic, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness, Jungian, and existential principles and theories.
Life's difficulties provide us with an opportunity for healing and personal growth. My counseling practice helps people take advantage of these opportunities by encouraging self-knowledge and understanding. Whether you are struggling with new, unexpected pain or you want to work on a long-standing issue, I can provide you with the professional guidance to help you through grief and loss, anxiety and worry, depression, destructive anger patterns, addictive behaviors, relationship problems, family of origin issues, childhood sexual abuse, sexual identity issues, recovery from harmful religious indoctrination, and spiritual struggles.
I use an eclectic style that is primarily informed by Core Energetics, existential inquiry, and contemplative practices, but call on various systems to work with what arises.
I enjoy working with the full spectrum of development, from personal and relational issues to transpersonal and spiritual growth issues. As relational beings, the power to heal and grow is unlocked through the therapeutic relationship, so this is at the center of the work. Using the relationship and our present moment awareness, we can explore self-limitations, alienation in relationships, lack of fulfillment, and the understandable anxiety and depression that arises from those challenges.
I use an eclectic style that is primarily informed by Core Energetics, existential inquiry, and contemplative practices, but call on various systems to work with what arises.
I enjoy working with the full spectrum of development, from personal and relational issues to transpersonal and spiritual growth issues. As relational beings, the power to heal and grow is unlocked through the therapeutic relationship, so this is at the center of the work. Using the relationship and our present moment awareness, we can explore self-limitations, alienation in relationships, lack of fulfillment, and the understandable anxiety and depression that arises from those challenges.
Tahnee Swanton
Professional Counselor Associate , MA, LPCC, Coach
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97202 (Online Only)
I find inspiration in blending mindful and embodiment practices with transpersonal, existential, developmental, neuroscience, internal family systems approaches in my client-centered work.
Do you want to consciously create your life and live the truth of who you are? Do you value expansion, creativity, connection, integrity, authenticity and curiosity? I invite you to join me in a uniquely experiential counseling process that is structured to empower you in consciously creating the life aligned with your True Self. I integrate curiosity about spirituality, how we find meaning, and how this translates into a life well-lived. My 50+ years of life has provided me with growth and healing opportunities ranging from joyfully inspiring to excruciatingly painful that fuels my deep compassion for the range of human experience.
I find inspiration in blending mindful and embodiment practices with transpersonal, existential, developmental, neuroscience, internal family systems approaches in my client-centered work.
Do you want to consciously create your life and live the truth of who you are? Do you value expansion, creativity, connection, integrity, authenticity and curiosity? I invite you to join me in a uniquely experiential counseling process that is structured to empower you in consciously creating the life aligned with your True Self. I integrate curiosity about spirituality, how we find meaning, and how this translates into a life well-lived. My 50+ years of life has provided me with growth and healing opportunities ranging from joyfully inspiring to excruciatingly painful that fuels my deep compassion for the range of human experience.
Mara Sobesky
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97213
My approach is relational, collaborative & centered in Existential-Humanism.
Often, a sense of disconnection brings clients to therapy, seeking more agency, choice, and belonging in their lives. Many people experience a tension in desiring both stability & change, surrender & control, freedom & its’ limitations. The distress behind these mutual and conflicting needs is part of what clients want to explore when they choose to work with me. I work with individuals, romantic or platonic partners, and adult families who want to deepen their sense of connection to life, to their relationships, and to themselves. Many of my clients are LGBTQ+, identify as neurodivergent, or are in mixed-neurotype relationships.
My approach is relational, collaborative & centered in Existential-Humanism.
Often, a sense of disconnection brings clients to therapy, seeking more agency, choice, and belonging in their lives. Many people experience a tension in desiring both stability & change, surrender & control, freedom & its’ limitations. The distress behind these mutual and conflicting needs is part of what clients want to explore when they choose to work with me. I work with individuals, romantic or platonic partners, and adult families who want to deepen their sense of connection to life, to their relationships, and to themselves. Many of my clients are LGBTQ+, identify as neurodivergent, or are in mixed-neurotype relationships.
As an existential-phenomenological psychotherapist, my goal is to help patients understand what it means to be in the world.
I work well with patients who are looking for a psychodynamic therapist — existential psychotherapy in particular. Patients often come to me who are experiencing chronic illness or disability. My own personal experience with these issues has given me unique insight into the struggles of people such as these. Patients with chronic illness can easily fall into deep depression. People who I work with are often looking to overcome despair in a world that so often seems closed and forbidding to them. I try to work in the moment and be with my patients to find new ways of seeing their lives and build skills and coping mechanisms.
As an existential-phenomenological psychotherapist, my goal is to help patients understand what it means to be in the world.
I work well with patients who are looking for a psychodynamic therapist — existential psychotherapy in particular. Patients often come to me who are experiencing chronic illness or disability. My own personal experience with these issues has given me unique insight into the struggles of people such as these. Patients with chronic illness can easily fall into deep depression. People who I work with are often looking to overcome despair in a world that so often seems closed and forbidding to them. I try to work in the moment and be with my patients to find new ways of seeing their lives and build skills and coping mechanisms.
Psychodynamic, Jungian, existential, IFS, and AEDP approaches give me a framework for listening and making sense of what I hear.
In psychotherapy, we work together to understand the meaning of your symptoms and the sources of your pain. The therapeutic process is in large part a careful encounter with the past in the hope of getting beyond what happened to you and discovering who you are apart from your history. It also includes the exploration of your beliefs, emotions, protective strategies, recurring patterns, and relationship dynamics. From a stance of compassion and curiosity, we put words to your experience and what has been unsayable before.
Psychodynamic, Jungian, existential, IFS, and AEDP approaches give me a framework for listening and making sense of what I hear.
In psychotherapy, we work together to understand the meaning of your symptoms and the sources of your pain. The therapeutic process is in large part a careful encounter with the past in the hope of getting beyond what happened to you and discovering who you are apart from your history. It also includes the exploration of your beliefs, emotions, protective strategies, recurring patterns, and relationship dynamics. From a stance of compassion and curiosity, we put words to your experience and what has been unsayable before.
Tori Morrison
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97214 (Online Only)
The philosophies of existential-humanistic and narrative therapies are woven into my work as a therapist.
I work primarily with individuals, couples, and other relationship systems who are hoping to heal past trauma, explore gender or sexuality, work through sexual difficulties, process emotional, relational, or sexual wounding, or connect more deeply to their authentic selves. If you relate to any of these experiences or are interested in therapy but aren't sure where to start, please reach out to me for a free 20 minute consultation.
The philosophies of existential-humanistic and narrative therapies are woven into my work as a therapist.
I work primarily with individuals, couples, and other relationship systems who are hoping to heal past trauma, explore gender or sexuality, work through sexual difficulties, process emotional, relational, or sexual wounding, or connect more deeply to their authentic selves. If you relate to any of these experiences or are interested in therapy but aren't sure where to start, please reach out to me for a free 20 minute consultation.
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Licensed Professional Counselor, MPA, NCC, LPC
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97217 (Online Only)
It is a combination of skill building and existential therapy.
I use an existential approach to work with anxiety, depression, life transitions, trauma, chronic stress and burnout, spirituality, grief and loss, and relationship challenges. My clients are typically struggling with change, relationships, making difficult choices, and finding meaning or purpose. Themes often involve freedom/constraint, responsibility, boundary, authenticity, meaning/meaninglessness, safety/risk, belonging/isolation, identity, power/powerlessness, and mortality.
It is a combination of skill building and existential therapy.
I use an existential approach to work with anxiety, depression, life transitions, trauma, chronic stress and burnout, spirituality, grief and loss, and relationship challenges. My clients are typically struggling with change, relationships, making difficult choices, and finding meaning or purpose. Themes often involve freedom/constraint, responsibility, boundary, authenticity, meaning/meaninglessness, safety/risk, belonging/isolation, identity, power/powerlessness, and mortality.
Amy Newman
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, CADC-R, QMHP-R
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97219
I am influenced primarily by Existential-Humanistic theories as well as Relational-Cultural Therapy, ACT, and Somatic practices.
These are difficult times, and I want to offer you a place to be your authentic self. This is counseling without judgement. If you need support with the many challenges life can bring, I would love to help you find more ease, joy, and acceptance. My clinical interests include addiction, family systems, relational issues, and trauma, among others. I am open to working with adult individuals, couples, and families. I have experience working in residential Substance Use Disorder treatment as well as working with their loved ones. I want to meet you where you're at, and help you connect with what matters most to you.
I am influenced primarily by Existential-Humanistic theories as well as Relational-Cultural Therapy, ACT, and Somatic practices.
These are difficult times, and I want to offer you a place to be your authentic self. This is counseling without judgement. If you need support with the many challenges life can bring, I would love to help you find more ease, joy, and acceptance. My clinical interests include addiction, family systems, relational issues, and trauma, among others. I am open to working with adult individuals, couples, and families. I have experience working in residential Substance Use Disorder treatment as well as working with their loved ones. I want to meet you where you're at, and help you connect with what matters most to you.
Awaken Counseling, PLLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LMHC, QMHP, NCC
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97205 (Online Only)
LGBTQ+ affirming and disability-justice focused, she uses narrative, existential, and humanistic approaches.
We are a small, local teletherapy group practice. Together, Rochelle, Evan, and Kerry offer you what we would want: Experience, education, convenience, connection, and lasting healing. Evan provides compassionate, person-centered therapy tailored to your unique experiences, blending coping skills with deeper self-understanding. Together, you’ll navigate challenges, build self-esteem, and foster balance in your life. He/they works with adults, adolescents, and families, with a special focus on ADHD, anxiety, identity, and growth. He/they works with clients in Oregon, accepts Moda, and offers superbills for insurance reimbursement.
LGBTQ+ affirming and disability-justice focused, she uses narrative, existential, and humanistic approaches.
We are a small, local teletherapy group practice. Together, Rochelle, Evan, and Kerry offer you what we would want: Experience, education, convenience, connection, and lasting healing. Evan provides compassionate, person-centered therapy tailored to your unique experiences, blending coping skills with deeper self-understanding. Together, you’ll navigate challenges, build self-esteem, and foster balance in your life. He/they works with adults, adolescents, and families, with a special focus on ADHD, anxiety, identity, and growth. He/they works with clients in Oregon, accepts Moda, and offers superbills for insurance reimbursement.
Andrew R Hauckmann
Pre-Licensed Professional, MS
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97209 (Online Only)
My work incorporates existential therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), internal family systems (IFS), mindfulness-based skills and meditation, and depth psychology.
I help clients gain resilience, self-esteem, and motivation by empowering them to explore their inner world, harness their strengths, and discover their authentic self. Maybe you want to: find meaning, purpose; manage ADHD; be rid of anger, abuse, control; heal a relationship, start dating, find belonging; cope with stress, anxiety, depression; process grief, loss; overcome shame, confront hard truths; try something new, give up something hard; navigate a life change; understand yourself. It's never too late to start living life how you want, as your whole self.
My work incorporates existential therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), internal family systems (IFS), mindfulness-based skills and meditation, and depth psychology.
I help clients gain resilience, self-esteem, and motivation by empowering them to explore their inner world, harness their strengths, and discover their authentic self. Maybe you want to: find meaning, purpose; manage ADHD; be rid of anger, abuse, control; heal a relationship, start dating, find belonging; cope with stress, anxiety, depression; process grief, loss; overcome shame, confront hard truths; try something new, give up something hard; navigate a life change; understand yourself. It's never too late to start living life how you want, as your whole self.
I am a Humanistic, Existential and Systemic Psychotherapist. I respect each person's inner wisdom and believe that each of us naturally tends toward growth and resilience. Past and current relationships, be they family of origin, community, cultural ties, or family of choice, shape who we are, how we grow, and hold both the wound and the salve for our healing. I work with individuals, couples, teens, and families. Much of my work is with people who are in some sort of transition or crossroads in their relationships or personal growth.
I am a Humanistic, Existential and Systemic Psychotherapist. I respect each person's inner wisdom and believe that each of us naturally tends toward growth and resilience. Past and current relationships, be they family of origin, community, cultural ties, or family of choice, shape who we are, how we grow, and hold both the wound and the salve for our healing. I work with individuals, couples, teens, and families. Much of my work is with people who are in some sort of transition or crossroads in their relationships or personal growth.
Whitney Preece
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97215
Waitlist for new clients
Each session is tailored to my client's needs, using primarily a cognitive-behavioral approach, with coaching, existential, and mindfulness techniques as appropriate.
You're your best expert; my role is as counselor and coach. Specialties include relationship and family issues, parenting, postpartum adjustment, fertility issues, perimenopause/menopause, depression/anxiety, codependency, grief, childhood trauma/loss, self esteem issues and life transitions. My goal is for you to leave therapy with a sense of relief from your struggles and tools to cope with what's to come.
Each session is tailored to my client's needs, using primarily a cognitive-behavioral approach, with coaching, existential, and mindfulness techniques as appropriate.
You're your best expert; my role is as counselor and coach. Specialties include relationship and family issues, parenting, postpartum adjustment, fertility issues, perimenopause/menopause, depression/anxiety, codependency, grief, childhood trauma/loss, self esteem issues and life transitions. My goal is for you to leave therapy with a sense of relief from your struggles and tools to cope with what's to come.
My approach is genuine, warm, relational, and grounded in attachment, humanistic, holistic, and existential theories. I honor the connection of mind, body, heart, and spirit, and I incorporate mindfulness and somatic-based interventions to bring greater awareness to one’s whole being. I aim to provide a safe and supportive environment where you will know and feel that you are accepted just as you are. I will follow your lead, while remaining curious, engaged, and honest in what I notice. I invite you to stay open to new directions, yet grounded in the present moment, as you access your own wisdom and gain new insight and awareness.
My approach is genuine, warm, relational, and grounded in attachment, humanistic, holistic, and existential theories. I honor the connection of mind, body, heart, and spirit, and I incorporate mindfulness and somatic-based interventions to bring greater awareness to one’s whole being. I aim to provide a safe and supportive environment where you will know and feel that you are accepted just as you are. I will follow your lead, while remaining curious, engaged, and honest in what I notice. I invite you to stay open to new directions, yet grounded in the present moment, as you access your own wisdom and gain new insight and awareness.
Rose Wilson
Professional Counselor Associate, MS, NCC
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97232 (Online Only)
Attachment-based therapy heals relational patterns, while CBT and Existential therapy address thoughts and life’s meaning.
I’m Rose Wilson, a Professional Counselor Associate and the founder of Living in Alignment Counseling. I work with individuals aged 12 to 100 who are navigating challenges such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, autism, grief, codependency, and family issues. My goal is to create a safe and supportive space where you can openly explore your thoughts and feelings. I’m here to help you understand yourself more deeply, find inner peace, and uncover your true potential. Together, we’ll work towards embracing your authentic self and achieving a more fulfilling, balanced life. It’s a true privilege to be part of your journey and growth.
Attachment-based therapy heals relational patterns, while CBT and Existential therapy address thoughts and life’s meaning.
I’m Rose Wilson, a Professional Counselor Associate and the founder of Living in Alignment Counseling. I work with individuals aged 12 to 100 who are navigating challenges such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, autism, grief, codependency, and family issues. My goal is to create a safe and supportive space where you can openly explore your thoughts and feelings. I’m here to help you understand yourself more deeply, find inner peace, and uncover your true potential. Together, we’ll work towards embracing your authentic self and achieving a more fulfilling, balanced life. It’s a true privilege to be part of your journey and growth.
Jenette A. Arellano
Professional Counselor Associate, MS, NCC
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97206 (Online Only)
My approach draws from an existential-humanistic lens, while drawing from Internal Family Systems, Attachment Theory, Emotion Focused Therapy, and Somatic Therapy.
My clients are mostly adults in individual and couples therapy who are navigating the stressors of relationships, adulthood, life transitions, communication, dating, anxiety, and attachment. You may be someone who is struggling to live in the uncertainty that life often brings, or maybe you are navigating boundaries in your relationships - all things that bring about anxiety and fear for many people. Despite what it may be, I am here to support you and talk through it with you. I can offer support in areas of anxiety, depression, grief, family/relationship/dating challenges, identity formation, sexuality, and personal growth.
My approach draws from an existential-humanistic lens, while drawing from Internal Family Systems, Attachment Theory, Emotion Focused Therapy, and Somatic Therapy.
My clients are mostly adults in individual and couples therapy who are navigating the stressors of relationships, adulthood, life transitions, communication, dating, anxiety, and attachment. You may be someone who is struggling to live in the uncertainty that life often brings, or maybe you are navigating boundaries in your relationships - all things that bring about anxiety and fear for many people. Despite what it may be, I am here to support you and talk through it with you. I can offer support in areas of anxiety, depression, grief, family/relationship/dating challenges, identity formation, sexuality, and personal growth.
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Existential Therapists
How does existential therapy work?
Existential therapy focuses on a patient’s inner experiences. The therapist tries to help the individual comprehend and alleviate symptoms by exploring their interior life. By confronting negative disquiet and emotions, the individual will hopefully become more open to finding meaning and purpose. This therapy can be administered to individuals or groups.
Is existential therapy evidence-based?
Existential therapy is an evidence-based practice. Research has determined that existential therapy can lead to significant improvement in the mental health of patients, and for some people it can be just as effective as cognitive behavioral therapy. The benefits of existential therapy are enduring, even long after treatment has ended.
How long does existential therapy last?
The goal of existential therapy is to understand a person’s internal experiences, which may sound like a lengthy process, but it does not have to be so in-depth. However, sessions are not short-term, and therapy can continue for months or up to a year. And because patients learn the theory behind existential therapy during treatment, they can also practice its tenets throughout life after therapy sessions have been completed.
Is existential therapy effective?
According to research, many patients find success with existential therapy. Researchers note that the therapy is particularly useful in improving feelings of isolation, feelings of purposelessness, as well as conditions such as anxiety and depression. Improvements in problem areas can persist even after the end of existential therapy, as individuals can continue working on themselves by using the tools they’ve developed during treatment.