Sports Performance Therapists in Portland, OR

The willingness to engage in a process, to consider other perspectives alongside of our own, to courageously seek assistance... all cornerstones to positive change. Ultimately, what we think can help lead us to what we become. For more specific detail please visit my website at: www.dpetrocelli.org to learn more about my experience and the services I provide (click tab to the left).

Accepting New Clients - Telehealth/Virtual/In-person. I am a licensed social worker in Oregon with a background in community mental health, co-occurring problems, crisis response, sports performance, and the navigation of complex human emotions. As a licensed therapist in Oregon since 2008, my experiences assisting individuals, couples, and families from all walks of life from the childhood/teenage years through older adulthood.

Coming to therapy is a choice you are making to take care of yourself and your needs. It is a chance to address many things including anxiety, depression, relationships or to better learn about yourself. It is not always easy addressing negative feelings or examining yourself or difficult experiences, but the outcome can lead to a better balanced life. My goal is to provide a safe environment were you feel comfortable addressing and examining yourself and your needs. I like to take a collaborative, non-judgmental approach that is client-focused to address your goals while using evidence based treatments.

Do you have the heart of a competitive athlete or other high achiever? Do you find yourself seeking support as you navigate a course toward excellence? I'm a licensed sports psychologist, working with diverse competitive athletes and elite performers to manage high achievement demands, daily stress, relationship struggles, life changes (such as injury recovery and career transition), and more. The work often starts with basic problem solving, but ideally it leads to an unlocking of optimal experience. Finding a licensed psychologist like myself, with training and background in sports psychology, is an important key to success.

You'll find a safe space where your well-being is the top priority at my practice. I understand that each individual's journey is unique, and I'm dedicated to providing a non-judgmental space for you to explore your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. As an immigrant and bilingual therapist fluent in English and Russian, I'm here to guide you through the complexities of mental health with empathy and cultural sensitivity. My integrative approach to therapy is tailored to your specific needs, ensuring a personalized experience.

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.

My focus is to help empower you by helping you enhance your capacities and create meaningful change in your life. Clients want symptom relief, but also want to focus on problems preventing them from achieving their goals. You may want to resolve long-standing relationship or family issues and seek clarity and insight so as not to repeat negative patterns in the future. Many of my clients are suffering from occupational burnout, stress, and work/life imbalance. I work with clients in transition, due to unexpected life changes who are seeking relief and renewal.

Each of us is unique and has encountered challenges that shape who we are. Sometimes, we need someone to talk to and hold space for us. Sometimes we need someone who will challenge our perspective to help shift the way we have been looking at a problem. Sometimes we need someone to come down into the rabbit hole with us and help us find our way out. Let's find meaningful, intentional ways for you to engage with and live your life fully. I offer a safe, confidential space to navigate your concerns with a down-to-earth, open-minded, and objective, highly trained professional.

Are you ready to overcome your challenges? I specialize in, and have worked with, adults with Mental Illness and Chemical Abuse for over 15 years. Work with me on developing a healthy mindset and lifestyle! I believe in the value of physical activity and sports. I also participate in a lot of faith-based activities such as: Men's Ministry, Couples Ministry & Counseling, Family Life Ministry and Counseling.

Shelly has a passion for helping and learning from others. Her therapeutic style is very collaborative, compassionate, strength-based, social justice-informed, and thought-provoking. She is committed to helping individuals develop a deeper understanding of themselves and relies on her attention to details, transparency, and expression of genuine care to cultivate connection. Shelly draws from a wide range of evidence-based approaches including ACT, CBT, and DBT which emphasize mindfulness, increasing cognitive flexibility, building distress tolerance, and developing growth-fostering connections to promote sustainable change.

Getting started in therapy can feel daunting and I can help to make that experience easier for you. My clients most frequently describe me as genuine, easy to talk to, and compassionate. I understand that we all cope in different ways and welcome having periods of light conversation and humor along the way. I strive to genuinely get to know you and help you identify what is causing your distress, so we can work towards resolving it. I help my clients learn and strengthen the skills needed to navigate difficult life experiences more efficiently.

As a certified mental performance consultant with an MA in Sport Psychology, I work with athletes and performers who want to conquer their performance anxiety, strengthen their confidence, and renegotiate their relationship with making mistakes. Often, my clients feel like they: get stuck in their own heads; have trouble letting go of mistakes; struggle with perfectionism; are self-critical and getting in their own way; have to perform under pressure; are not communicating well with a coach or teammate; have lost confidence in skills that used to be second nature; and/or are struggling with the demands of being a student-athlete.

Mike will primarily utilize EMDR therapy and/or Brainspotting therapy to help people/athletes overcome common mental and emotional symptoms that can impede progress, performance, or welness. Example of these performance block can be: fear, uncertainty, intrusive thoughts, inability to execute muscle memory movements, feeling of being locked, stuck, or frozen, anxiety, inconsistency, avoidance, frustration and depression. I am also seeing people who have trauma and addiction backgrounds. I'd love to work together to bring awareness to causes of being stuck, and freeing yourself from these anchors.

For over 30years, Dino has helped clients find relief from anxiety and trauma. He employs the most effective evidence-based methods and technologies. His primary modalities include EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing), Somatic Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Mindfulness, Creative Arts Therapy, CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), and Poly Vagal Technology. As a high performance coach, Dino employs these same methods to assist elite athletes, entrepreneurs, and creative professionals to enhance their performance, enjoyment and engagement.

The focus of Complete Counseling is to serve clients with a variety of mental health concerns. We are focused on finding the right fit for each one of our clients. Feel free to look through our variety of counselors with different specialties that will meet your need. Our primary focus is working with athletes and other high performers, but we also work with families, adults and clients that deal with medical issues or chronic pain. We want our clients to feel heard and gain the skills to make a change and re-enter their life with confidence.

Life is a performance! Sometimes you are at the top of your game feeling like nothing can stop you. Other times you may feel like you are struggling to keep up. You may be someone struggling to overcome a mental health challenge such as social anxiety/depression or you may be an athlete experiencing low confidence. Whatever your challenge is, you can overcome it with hard work and support. My job is to offer a space for you to explore what's working well in life, what's not working well, and how to move forward. We will explore the root of what is causing you distress and focus on practical ways to allow you to perform well in life.

I am currently accepting new clients (Updated July 2024). I understand it is difficult to seek help. Often, the idea of therapy can feel overwhelming, especially if it is the first time. I strive to make the therapeutic process comfortable and accessible. I use a direct style of therapy and evidence-based approaches and help clients take an active approach to making change in their lives. I work to build upon the strengths you already have and help you continue to live a more valued life.

My practice: psychotherapy, sport psychology, and psychedelic preparation and integration. I work collaboratively. addressing personal needs through multiple techniques essential to achieving relief, personal growth and overall wellbeing. I work with athletes on issues affecting performance and enjoyment of sport/fitness activities, whether an elite, student, competitive/recreational, or recreational athlete. I assist individuals in preparing for psychedelic journeys/experiences and to help make sense of the experience to create lasting changes in ones lifestyle, habits and relationships. I am licensed in California and Oregon.

Are you looking for something different than talk therapy? Are you looking to access the wisdom of your body and/or spirit to help you? Whether you are dealing with anxiety, trauma, life transition, body pain, somatic concerns, spiritual crisis, search for deeper meaning and connection, a holistic approach to healing can help. Find out how to get the WHOLE you in its highest vibration so your mental neural network, your nervous system, your compassionate heart and your soul's purpose can ALL be in alignment.