Therapists Beginning With I in Oregon

I offer a collaborative space to practice regaining vitality, excitement, and understanding. I will provide you with skills that have the potential to deepen your self-awareness and compassion. I can help you to regain lost energy and focus through simple practices. You will learn what it means to foster confidence and resilience during times of difficulty or conflict. You will deepen your capacity to know what you truly want and gain the skills to become who you truly are.

I love working with teens, young adults, and their families, as they work through concerns such as trauma, depression, and anxiety. I have been a mental health therapist for teens with trauma in residential care over the past few years. This has equipped me to become well versed in various and complicated diagnoses that impact entire family systems. This has also led me to use therapeutic modalities (interventions) that break down the barriers talk-therapy often has for youth, including engagement, trust, and buy-in to the therapeutic process.

Change is an amazing opportunity for growth. Whether the change is initiated by us or is unexpected, change is an opportunity to increase our self-awareness and grow towards realizing our best selves. Change is often challenging and can feel scary. Exploring how we react to change by following the thread of our reactive emotions, thinking and behaviors directs us to the strategies that will effectively set us on the path to self-discovery and empowerment.

I’ll be honest: I don’t think there’s anything wrong with you, and I don’t think individual therapy is the answer. I imagine you are doing your best to be okay in a very unwell culture – a culture of toxic individualism, a system designed to make us forget who we are, and what's important. II believe in a future where we will remember our connections to each other, ourselves, our planet, and heal in community. Til then, though, I’m here with you. I work from the basic belief that I don’t know what you need, but together we will find it. What if healing isn't about doing more, but about un-becoming everything that is not you?

I work with a variety of concerns; trauma, depression, anxiety, grief, abandonment, and others. I use an integrative approach leaning heavily on attachment theory. I have also spent significant time working with children and adolescents with complex trauma and/or abandonment. I believe that people have an inherent resiliency, even if it seems lost for a time and people can often find it within themselves to heal and grow with help when needed. My time with clients is spent looking for the ways in which that healing and growth can be realized.

Are you are struggling with Anxiety, Stress, Coping Skills, Anger Management, or Depression. Would you like to begin moving your life away from these negative feelings and emotions? I would like to come alongside to help you seek possible solutions to overcoming these feelings. Any of these feelings can lead to a false sense of belief in yourself, others, and the world around you.

We are experienced IFS Therapists providing quality online therapy to our clients in CA, FL, MA, MI, NY and OR. We trust the inherent wisdom inside all people to be accessible and essential for the well-being of the world. We’re committed to creating a therapeutic environment that empowers clients to transform and reclaim parts of themselves from a place of compassion and curiosity, allowing them to live meaningful and healthy lives. We are committed to delivering exceptional Internal Family Systems telehealth services to our clients by providing expert IFS consultation.

My approach to counseling emphasizes a collaborative process through which we can harness your life experiences, strengths, innate wisdom, and personal values to guide you towards the changes you desire to make. I am committed to forging a compassionate and relational therapeutic alliance with my clients that creates space for vulnerability, growth, insight, and increased psychological flexibility.

Life can leave you feeling lonely, anxious, and depressed. But you don’t need to stay there. I invite you to inquire within. It's time to reconnect with the wisdom within you. Your body carries information that you haven't tapped into or perhaps don't yet have access to. I'm here to help you realize that the answers are already there. We might just need to shine some light on the shadows (things that have been to hard to look at). Acknowledging and integrating those parts that have been ignored or tucked away can lead to more authentic ways of showing up in your relationships with yourself, with others, and with the planet.

Licensed Professional Counselor Associate who believes that people have within them the intuitive wisdom they need to transform, heal and evolve into better versions of themselves with the right guidance and support. With a clinical mental health background that ranges from providing counseling in a mental health hospital and community counseling environment, I have been able to demonstrate my passion for helping people attain health and overall wellness with the use of a holistic approach.

It is important for a person to feel they have control of their life. I focus on empowering you to make up your own mind as to the direction you need to take to move your life forward. I make a commitment to work with you to develop a plan of treatment which includes skills and techniques to help you progress and will be useful your entire life - skills and techniques I use in my own life. According to the NIMH survey 2014 6.6% of Americans suffered from Major Depression & 5.7% suffered with Anxiety - you are not alone

If you want to improve your relationships in your life, desire support with managing your anxiety and/or depressive symptoms more effectively, understand how past trauma is affecting your life, address your alcohol/drug use, work through equity/inclusion issues, or want an objective therapist to listen and support your own personal empowerment, I would feel honored to assist you with your self discovery. I received my Masters Degree in Social Work in 2006 and my Certification in Alcohol and Drug Counseling in 2009. I received my linsencure as an LCSW in 2016.

I believe therapy is a partnership between the therapist and the client. Therefore, it is important for me to exercise collaborative problem solving as an approach to build and form a positive therapeutic relationship and alliance with the individuals that I serve. I am trained in using several modalities and treatment approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused treatment, Motivational interviewing, Collaborative Problem Solving, and Person-Centered Therapy.

Have you ever felt 'not enough,' depressed, anxious, lost in your own reactions, struggling with relationships in your life, experiencing mood changes, being stuck in the loop of unhelpful thoughts, being trapped in the past or afraid of the future, and simply wanting to finally feel at peace with who you are? I believe, it can be helped, and would love to meet you. I offer to lead and support you, in becoming more mindful of your current potential and obstacles, and propose ways of becoming present with your experience daily, in a self-compassionate way. Take the first step into a more present life! It's possible to heal!

Melissa Valadez is wholeheartedly devoted to her family and community. Her commitment to uplifting others brings meaning and drive to her life. This drive led Melissa to pursue her master's degree in social work, which she received from Portland State University along with a Human Resource Management and Community Organization and Social Action Community Practice Certificate and is a member of The Honor Society of Summa Cum Laude. Melissa is a Clinical Social Work Associate working towards her LCSW. Over the years, Melissa has worked in many social services roles, psychiatric facilities for youth and hospital psychiatric unit.

I enjoy supporting people who are experiencing various challenges, including grief and loss, trauma, relationship difficulties, and life transitions. We often feel terrified to face our own emotional pain and get to know the parts of ourselves that are feeling helpless, hopeless, or disempowered. I believe that each of us has everything we need within ourselves to find healing and growth. It is my job to support you to connect to yourself and find that path within you. I utilize various techniques to help you cope with (and feel) difficult emotions, connect to your mind and body, and understand the impact of your past and present.

Not a fan of traditional talk therapy? I offer virtual and Walk & Talk Therapy aimed at getting you out of your head and into your body. Have you ever felt, "No matter how much I try, I keep repeating old patterns?" There's a big difference between cognitively "Knowing" and subconsciously "Doing." Adversity is a part of the human experience. I work from the understanding that the body remembers and is trying to protect. This leads to automatic and protective stress responses. Deeper healing involves processing and releasing stressors within the whole self, learning to trust oneself, and calming the nervous system.

I believe every human being has the inherent potential for positive change and self-actualization. At times we can feel overwhelmed by the search for meaning and the daily struggles that are a part of life. We do not have to bear this burden alone. I see therapy as a collaborative process where we can access your own inner gold and uncover your truth and deep knowing. You are the expert of your lived experience, it is my role to support and guide you through your personal exploration and to help you to access your wisdom, strengths and personal power to facilitate healing.

Our mission at Inner Peace Counseling Inc. is to provide compassionate, evidence-based, and holistic mental health care to individuals, families, couples, and communities. We are committed to fostering a safe, non-judgmental, and inclusive environment where individuals can heal, grow, and thrive. We believe in the power of collaboration and interdisciplinary care, working together with clients and their support networks to address their unique mental health needs.