Transgender Therapists in West Linn, OR
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I specialize in working transgender and non-binary youth and their families on matters related to gender identity.
My approach to therapy is based on Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT). A core idea in ACT is that trying too hard to get rid of or control our emotions tends to backfire. Instead of trying to get rid of unwanted thoughts and feelings (e.g., anxiety & depression), I will help you learn to react differently to them so that you can keep your focus on living a meaningful and fulfilling life based on what’s important to you. We will work together to set meaningful goals to address your concerns–whether they relate to life transitions, depression, anxiety, body image, grief/loss, job or academic stress, or gender & sexuality.
I specialize in working transgender and non-binary youth and their families on matters related to gender identity.
My approach to therapy is based on Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT). A core idea in ACT is that trying too hard to get rid of or control our emotions tends to backfire. Instead of trying to get rid of unwanted thoughts and feelings (e.g., anxiety & depression), I will help you learn to react differently to them so that you can keep your focus on living a meaningful and fulfilling life based on what’s important to you. We will work together to set meaningful goals to address your concerns–whether they relate to life transitions, depression, anxiety, body image, grief/loss, job or academic stress, or gender & sexuality.
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Autumn Counseling Services, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist
Verified Verified
West Linn, OR 97068
Immediate availability! Autumn Counseling Services, LLC, works with individuals and families throughout the lifespan. Our clients often struggle with anxiety, depression, trauma, gender dysphoria, or ADHD. You or your child may also experience difficulties with general life stressors, relationships, trying to figure out your identity, emotion regulation, low self esteem, sleep disturbances, changes in eating habits, new changes in your life, and inability to cope with daily life, such as work, school, daily tasks and responsibilities. All of our therapists have a passion for working with those in the LGBTQIA+ community.
Immediate availability! Autumn Counseling Services, LLC, works with individuals and families throughout the lifespan. Our clients often struggle with anxiety, depression, trauma, gender dysphoria, or ADHD. You or your child may also experience difficulties with general life stressors, relationships, trying to figure out your identity, emotion regulation, low self esteem, sleep disturbances, changes in eating habits, new changes in your life, and inability to cope with daily life, such as work, school, daily tasks and responsibilities. All of our therapists have a passion for working with those in the LGBTQIA+ community.
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Cascade Counseling & Consulting
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
West Linn, OR 97068
Cascade Counseling and Consulting is a dedicated and compassionate behavioral health clinic - and we're here to support you! Are you struggling with depression, anxiety or the current stress of life? We are an experienced team of skilled providers who work with clients to address issues of stress, depression, anxiety, relationship issues, family dynamics and work/life balance. All are welcome here - and we welcome people of all faiths/religions, family systems, ethnicities and sexual orientations.
Cascade Counseling and Consulting is a dedicated and compassionate behavioral health clinic - and we're here to support you! Are you struggling with depression, anxiety or the current stress of life? We are an experienced team of skilled providers who work with clients to address issues of stress, depression, anxiety, relationship issues, family dynamics and work/life balance. All are welcome here - and we welcome people of all faiths/religions, family systems, ethnicities and sexual orientations.
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Rochelle Rakowski
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
West Linn, OR 97068 (Online Only)
Everyone has the ability to overcome life’s challenges. Through building a trusting therapeutic relationship in our work together, you'll have the opportunity to focus on growth, fulfillment, and well-being. Clients have reported feeling accepted, safe, and free to be fully themselves in a supportive, non-judgmental person-centered approach to overcoming depression, anxiety, trauma, and eating disorders.
Everyone has the ability to overcome life’s challenges. Through building a trusting therapeutic relationship in our work together, you'll have the opportunity to focus on growth, fulfillment, and well-being. Clients have reported feeling accepted, safe, and free to be fully themselves in a supportive, non-judgmental person-centered approach to overcoming depression, anxiety, trauma, and eating disorders.
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Matt Field
Marriage & Family Therapist Intern, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
West Linn, OR 97068
Imagine taking a moment to connect your feelings and thoughts. You sit down and take a moment to feel sensations in your body, your mood, and then work through the story you connect to it all. Often when seeking therapy we start by wanting to find solutions to get rid of unwanted thoughts, feelings, and behaviors - and this is good! Taking time to have caring and attentive guidance through this process is the role I take. As you share what you are going through either as an individual, partners, or family, I see that it is my job to come alongside to first listen and then guide the path to a different and preferred life.
Imagine taking a moment to connect your feelings and thoughts. You sit down and take a moment to feel sensations in your body, your mood, and then work through the story you connect to it all. Often when seeking therapy we start by wanting to find solutions to get rid of unwanted thoughts, feelings, and behaviors - and this is good! Taking time to have caring and attentive guidance through this process is the role I take. As you share what you are going through either as an individual, partners, or family, I see that it is my job to come alongside to first listen and then guide the path to a different and preferred life.
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Deborah A Johanson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
West Linn, OR 97068
Limited Openings: My passion has always been to work with people; and I love what I do! By the time a person/couple comes to me, she/he is usually experiencing discomfort, has run out of ideas, and needs help. My favorite client is the one who recognizes this need and has the desire to make change happen. It takes courage to risk involving an unknown person in such an intimate process; and it takes courage to change. I have almost 30 years experience helping clients with concerns including sex and intimacy, relationship needs, transitional change, personal growth, behavioral difficulties, mood disorders, grief, and others.
Limited Openings: My passion has always been to work with people; and I love what I do! By the time a person/couple comes to me, she/he is usually experiencing discomfort, has run out of ideas, and needs help. My favorite client is the one who recognizes this need and has the desire to make change happen. It takes courage to risk involving an unknown person in such an intimate process; and it takes courage to change. I have almost 30 years experience helping clients with concerns including sex and intimacy, relationship needs, transitional change, personal growth, behavioral difficulties, mood disorders, grief, and others.
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Kristen McNeese
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MSW
Verified Verified
West Linn, OR 97068
Waitlist for new clients
In my approach, I work in partnership with teenagers and adolescents to help them reach the goals they have set for themselves. Often, this work includes healing from past negative experiences and traumas, support during developmental milestones and issues connected “stage of life” challenges. I have deep confidence in a person’s inherent knowledge of self, resilience and ability to heal and grow in order to be their whole self. I have experience working in the field of social work for over ten years, supporting individuals and communities in a variety of environments including the juvenile justice system, education and advocacy work, residential treatment, community-based work and non-profits. In my work I have developed a client-centered, strengths-based and trauma informed practice modality.
In my approach, I work in partnership with teenagers and adolescents to help them reach the goals they have set for themselves. Often, this work includes healing from past negative experiences and traumas, support during developmental milestones and issues connected “stage of life” challenges. I have deep confidence in a person’s inherent knowledge of self, resilience and ability to heal and grow in order to be their whole self. I have experience working in the field of social work for over ten years, supporting individuals and communities in a variety of environments including the juvenile justice system, education and advocacy work, residential treatment, community-based work and non-profits. In my work I have developed a client-centered, strengths-based and trauma informed practice modality.
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Steven Ruiz Bettencourt
Licensed Professional Counselor, PsyD, LPC, CHT, EMDR
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
West Linn, OR 97068
Waitlist for new clients
I am a compassionate and intuitive licensed psychotherapist & hypnotist. I have been practicing for 40 years. I specialize in anger management, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties/couples counseling, motivation, personality disorders, EMDR and hypnosis for a variety of issues. I am a member of the Oregon Counseling Association, American Counseling Association, National Anger Management Association, Oregon Mediation Association, and I am a board member of the Oregon Hypnotherapy Association, and President of World Musado Federation. I am familiar with Spanish, as my father is from Spain although I am not fluent.
I am a compassionate and intuitive licensed psychotherapist & hypnotist. I have been practicing for 40 years. I specialize in anger management, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties/couples counseling, motivation, personality disorders, EMDR and hypnosis for a variety of issues. I am a member of the Oregon Counseling Association, American Counseling Association, National Anger Management Association, Oregon Mediation Association, and I am a board member of the Oregon Hypnotherapy Association, and President of World Musado Federation. I am familiar with Spanish, as my father is from Spain although I am not fluent.
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Kellie Collins
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
West Linn, OR 97068
As a mental health therapist, and clinic director at Senua Counseling Clinic, I work from a client centered, integrative approach. I utilize cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), client centered treatment, and solution focused therapy. I also believe that we need to work together, as a team, to help you achieve your goals. The body and mind are greatly connected and intertwined, which is why I believe in a holistic approach to mental health care. I am happy and honored to provide you with a non-judgmental, safe space for you to tell your story, set your goals, and become the person you were meant to be.
As a mental health therapist, and clinic director at Senua Counseling Clinic, I work from a client centered, integrative approach. I utilize cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), client centered treatment, and solution focused therapy. I also believe that we need to work together, as a team, to help you achieve your goals. The body and mind are greatly connected and intertwined, which is why I believe in a holistic approach to mental health care. I am happy and honored to provide you with a non-judgmental, safe space for you to tell your story, set your goals, and become the person you were meant to be.
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Welcome! I’m Fionn and a doctoral graduate student at Pacific University in my 4th of 5 years. I’m looking forward to getting to know you. As a therapist, I strive to create a space where clients of all backgrounds and identities feel welcome and safe. I truly believe that my clients are the experts on themselves and their experiences. I prefer to follow the lead of my clients and work at their pace as we navigate the path of healing and growth together. You are in charge! If we use a car metaphor, I will always let you be the main driver, while I’m in your passenger seat. I have great experience as a co-pilot and love that job!
Welcome! I’m Fionn and a doctoral graduate student at Pacific University in my 4th of 5 years. I’m looking forward to getting to know you. As a therapist, I strive to create a space where clients of all backgrounds and identities feel welcome and safe. I truly believe that my clients are the experts on themselves and their experiences. I prefer to follow the lead of my clients and work at their pace as we navigate the path of healing and growth together. You are in charge! If we use a car metaphor, I will always let you be the main driver, while I’m in your passenger seat. I have great experience as a co-pilot and love that job!
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I believe the therapeutic process is about us journeying together on the path of wholeness and healing. It is in the context of a safe, consistent, secure therapeutic relationship whereby trauma can be processed and adaptively stored, where overwhelming emotions feel safe to be expressed, where that which happened to you becomes part of your story, and no longer the one that defines you. It is my belief that as you do this courageous work of healing, you are then able to experience internal power and strength that once felt unavailable to you. I believe that every human being possesses worth and value and the capacity to heal!
I believe the therapeutic process is about us journeying together on the path of wholeness and healing. It is in the context of a safe, consistent, secure therapeutic relationship whereby trauma can be processed and adaptively stored, where overwhelming emotions feel safe to be expressed, where that which happened to you becomes part of your story, and no longer the one that defines you. It is my belief that as you do this courageous work of healing, you are then able to experience internal power and strength that once felt unavailable to you. I believe that every human being possesses worth and value and the capacity to heal!
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I work with people who want help learning how to manage their anxiety, break out of depressive patterns, and recover from grief. I utilize a Solutions-Focused approach that emphasizes clear action-based steps that are easy to use. My priority is to help you build a long lasting sense of resilience, confidence, and flexibility so you can live a happy and healthy life.
I work with people who want help learning how to manage their anxiety, break out of depressive patterns, and recover from grief. I utilize a Solutions-Focused approach that emphasizes clear action-based steps that are easy to use. My priority is to help you build a long lasting sense of resilience, confidence, and flexibility so you can live a happy and healthy life.
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Christopher Willson
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
West Linn, OR 97068
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Nina Frick
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CADC I
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
West Linn, OR 97068
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Dr. Daniel E Novak
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LCSW
Verified Verified
West Linn, OR 97068
Not accepting new clients
There are many reasons to pursue therapy. Whether you are seeking counseling for the first time or contemplating starting again with a new therapist, you are taking an important step towards self-care and personal growth. I help individuals in their search for self-knowledge, who want to find meaning in the context of their lives, in the right here and right now. My treatment approach has a strong relational and collaborative component. You and I create a therapeutic alliance, and together we can explore not only what hurts or is not working in your life, but also tap into your intuition, wisdom, resilience, and potential.
There are many reasons to pursue therapy. Whether you are seeking counseling for the first time or contemplating starting again with a new therapist, you are taking an important step towards self-care and personal growth. I help individuals in their search for self-knowledge, who want to find meaning in the context of their lives, in the right here and right now. My treatment approach has a strong relational and collaborative component. You and I create a therapeutic alliance, and together we can explore not only what hurts or is not working in your life, but also tap into your intuition, wisdom, resilience, and potential.
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Savannah V. Jackson
Pre-Licensed Professional, AAS, BA, MA-Psy, LPCr, QMHPr
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Oregon City, OR 97045 (Online Only)
My ideal client wants to be engaged during therapy. My clients come prepared to do heavy work that is necessary to heal and move on from their issues. I expect accountability, transparency, a willingness to do homework, and be vulnerable during sessions. I employ a diverse approach to psychology that is specifically tailored to each person. Overall, this takes the shape of mindfulness cognitive behavior therapy. This feminist-queer lens includes your intersectional identity, personal goals, individual growth speed, identity, religious background, ethnicity, race, sexuality, gender, social economic status, and social stratification.
My ideal client wants to be engaged during therapy. My clients come prepared to do heavy work that is necessary to heal and move on from their issues. I expect accountability, transparency, a willingness to do homework, and be vulnerable during sessions. I employ a diverse approach to psychology that is specifically tailored to each person. Overall, this takes the shape of mindfulness cognitive behavior therapy. This feminist-queer lens includes your intersectional identity, personal goals, individual growth speed, identity, religious background, ethnicity, race, sexuality, gender, social economic status, and social stratification.
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Jessica Macklin
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CADCIII, MA
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Oregon City, OR 97045 (Online Only)
I believe that human nature in its many forms is always evolving and if we are able to harness and lean into this change and learn to grow in healthy ways we can become our best selves. I seek to build a positive therapeutic relationship with all my clients to better comprehend the problems that they may be dealing with in their lives and attempt to assist them in finding healthy resolutions.
I believe that human nature in its many forms is always evolving and if we are able to harness and lean into this change and learn to grow in healthy ways we can become our best selves. I seek to build a positive therapeutic relationship with all my clients to better comprehend the problems that they may be dealing with in their lives and attempt to assist them in finding healthy resolutions.
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My name is Andi and am currently open for individual appointments through telehealth. I am a clinical mental health therapist seeing clients 18+ years old struggling with anxiety, depression, life transitions, grief/loss, identity development, self-esteem and relational issues. I support gender affirming care, work from a trauma informed lens and take an approach of my clients are the experts of their lives. I work with my clients utilizing a strengths-based approach helping them to build upon what is already working for them and help them learn new skills and/or insights through a relational approach.
My name is Andi and am currently open for individual appointments through telehealth. I am a clinical mental health therapist seeing clients 18+ years old struggling with anxiety, depression, life transitions, grief/loss, identity development, self-esteem and relational issues. I support gender affirming care, work from a trauma informed lens and take an approach of my clients are the experts of their lives. I work with my clients utilizing a strengths-based approach helping them to build upon what is already working for them and help them learn new skills and/or insights through a relational approach.
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I am a recent graduate with a Masters of Arts in Counseling from Northwestern University's Graduate School. I am intentional about practicing inclusive therapy for people of all religions, ethnicities, and cultural backgrounds, specifically those in the LGBTQIA2S+ communities. I aim to create a safe space for thems, femmes, and women in order to empower and uplift my community.
I am a recent graduate with a Masters of Arts in Counseling from Northwestern University's Graduate School. I am intentional about practicing inclusive therapy for people of all religions, ethnicities, and cultural backgrounds, specifically those in the LGBTQIA2S+ communities. I aim to create a safe space for thems, femmes, and women in order to empower and uplift my community.
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Kalene Krause-Agency Has No Waiting List!
Pre-Licensed Professional
Verified Verified
Lake Oswego, OR 97034 (Online Only)
My practice currently is Accepting new clients Now! It is no secret that life can be difficult, so difficult that we often lose ourselves. When was the last time you felt genuinely ‘heard’ or ‘seen’? My intention as your therapist is to create a safe, welcoming space for you to just be. I will meet you where you are in your healing journey and walk alongside you. Let’s work together to set and achieve goals for the life you want, training your brain to work with you, not against you. I am a direct, but compassionate therapist who aims to forge a therapeutic relationship built on trust and understanding.
My practice currently is Accepting new clients Now! It is no secret that life can be difficult, so difficult that we often lose ourselves. When was the last time you felt genuinely ‘heard’ or ‘seen’? My intention as your therapist is to create a safe, welcoming space for you to just be. I will meet you where you are in your healing journey and walk alongside you. Let’s work together to set and achieve goals for the life you want, training your brain to work with you, not against you. I am a direct, but compassionate therapist who aims to forge a therapeutic relationship built on trust and understanding.
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Transgender Therapists
As a gender-diverse individual, why might I want to see a therapist who is also gender diverse?
A trans or gender-diverse client may want to see a therapist who is also trans or gender diverse because the client may feel safer sharing their experiences and more confident that the therapist will understand, validate, and support them. But trans or gender-diverse clients can also benefit from therapy with cisgender therapists; this is a personal decision based on the connection between the client and the therapist, and if that connection is strong, therapy will be successful.
What if I cannot find a therapist who shares my gender identity?
Therapy can still be effective if a therapist does not share a client’s gender identity; a large body of research indicates that the most important factor in successful therapy is the therapeutic alliance. A therapist can also be interviewed for sensitivity and competence on gender identity and expression to ensure they possess appropriate knowledge and skills. Many therapists have excellent training and extensive experience working with gender-diverse clients, and that expertise can be invaluable despite a therapist not sharing the same firsthand experiences.
How can I recognize a good therapist for working with gender-diverse clients?
An experienced therapist should be able to help clients explore their gender identity and expression, alleviate discomfort related to their gender identity, treat mental health challenges and trauma, address existing relationships and communication with family members and loved ones, and determine the next steps pertaining to nonmedical or medical gender-affirming interventions. To recognize a good therapist, clients can ask about these topics and explore their comfort and connection with the clinician.
How might I inquire about a therapist’s experience working with transgender clients?
Clients should feel comfortable asking therapists directly about their experience working with transgender or gender-diverse clientele. For example, clients may ask about the therapist’s training and education with regard to gender identity, how many trans clients they’ve worked with in the past, and what sorts of matters were discussed. You may wish to inquire how a therapist specifically supports the needs of transgender clients or clients questioning their gender identity. A good clinician who is nonetheless not the right fit for you is often happy to make referrals to others based on the concerns you articulate in a preliminary conversation.