Therapists in Oregon

If you are struggling and unsure how to feel better, move forward or resolve a relationship, work or spiritual challenge - then an integrated, holistic approach to psychotherapy can help. This whole-person way of working with you reveals all the factors impacting your current experience. Then, the root cause of your concern, and the path to wellness and thriving becomes clear. Also, identifying your strengths, encouraging practice of tools & skills learned between sessions, and reviewing your progress will motivate and empower you to transform your life and yourself. Clients often report feeling better after one session.

Are you feeling stressed, sad or perhaps overwhelmed by what is going on in your life right now? Do you wish you could talk to someone but don't know who? We have all felt like this at one time or another. Reaching out to a trained therapist for help is the first step to feeling better. As a respected and trusted healer, I understand what you are going through.

I support individuals who are feeling stuck in life. This can look like inner critics, relationship issues, childhood wounds, having a creative block, addictions, perfectionism, depression, anxiety, anger, loneliness, or grief. I offer relational counseling as well, to romantic couples, friends, colleagues, any two people experiencing conflict in their relationship. I also support families who are navigating challenging issues from conflicting parenting styles, difficulty with a child's behavior or emotional expression, how to have a healthy relationship with screen time and technology, relational conflict between parents, and more.

Do you feel alone in your relationships, or are you having difficulty connecting with others at all? Are you wanting to live a life of meaning and purpose, but don't know how to find it? If you are wanting better connections with those around you, and want to step into living a whole, healthy life, you don't need to suffer. I'd love to work with you. I especially enjoy working with male-identified clients who are highly motivated to take a risk and make a change in their lives. (Note: I am best reached via email.)

Accepting new clients. Bienvenidos! My ideal clients are willing to work on and invest in themselves in new ways, whether feeling stuck, unseen, needing new skills and understanding, deep healing, community, belonging, or relational growth. I facilitate men's groups that provide ideal opportunities for accelerated growth and healing, accessing valuable hive mind, support, and processing. I grandly enjoy working with a broad array of humans and issues, genders, identity intersections, cultures, relationship styles, kink and sexual topics, neurospicy, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and mainstream folx :).

As we walk through life, we sometimes encounter a difficult problem that feels impossible to solve. Although facing such a challenge can be extremely confusing and painful, it may also be an invitation to recognize an old habit, belief, relationship pattern, or lifestyle that no longer serves you and a time to explore new possibilities. I am honored to be able accompany and guide my clients on this sacred journey of healing, growth, and discovery.

Some seasons of life are more difficult than others; through these difficult times I look to honor your story, while valuing who you are. My primary specialty is grief and loss counseling, where I offer safety, warmth and empathy to aid you in the healing process. I also love working with college students, and specialize in concerns surrounding identity development. I work with clients ages 24-50 and have experience with depression, anxiety, relationship concerns, childhood abuse, trauma, life transitions, lack of confidence, perfectionism or stress-management. I am also a trained EMDR therapist.

I specialize in issues important to teenagers and young adults/families, including issues related to family dynamics, depression, anxiety, bipolar/schizophrenia, substance abuse concerns, transracial adoptions, grief, LGBTQ dynamics, racial identity, gender transitioning process, and abandonment trauma. My relational approach to therapy can help you gain awareness of your road blocks and provide you with the tools (skills/coping strategies) you have for your own growth.

As a therapist, I understand how overwhelming and challenging life can become at times. Finding a therapist that’s the right fit for you is important. My goal is to seek to understand you and your needs so that I can support you in moving towards your desired goals. I believe that each client has the gifts and strengths they need to be successful. When we hit “stuck spots” it can be challenging to recognize those gifts. I see myself as a life coach, marriage counselor, parenting coach, and personal therapist. I believe that everyone deserves to be treated with compassion so that therapy can be a safe space to heal and move forward.

Many of us have pre-verbal layers that come in as feelings of depression, restlessness and anxiety. Times of birth, death, relationship, and sexuality can usher in a greater understanding of these non-verbal aspects of ourselves. We will use a process of looking at the imagination, loose associations, and dream material to help integrate subconscious depths.

Are you feeling anxious, hopeless, frustrated, or stuck in your current life chapter? We all try our best to navigate the challenges life throws at us, but sometimes it can become too much to bear on our own. Moving through life, these issues can accumulate leading to unresolved trauma that leaks into all facets of who we are. Working through current and previous life stressors and traumas can help to find balance and peace in the present. We all need support at times through the tremendous difficulties life has a way of throwing at us.

I greatly enjoy working with individuals who are motivated to grow and actively involved in their own care. I approach the therapeutic process from a perspective of curiosity and use a broad range of professional, cultural, and life experiences to connect with a diverse spectrum of patients. Having served for several years as a first responder with Jackson County I saw the impact of trauma firsthand, and remain dedicated to approaching trauma, anxiety, and depression through a lens of understanding and compassion. My goal is to facilitate, nurture, and cultivate a strong foundation that generates long-term success for the patient.

I am passionate about helping clients find the help they need. My work is for individuals and couples from all backgrounds, whether they are in traditional or non-traditional partnerships. While I provide therapy for a wide variety of issues, my focus is on relationships, life transitions and women's issues. I want to help individuals and couples find new ways to see, experience and respond to those parts of themselves or their partner that may be challenging. My goal is that you will find my therapeutic style to be very caring, collaborative, supportive, individual and unique to your personal and cultural needs.

We are an innovative community of unconventional, yet comprehensively trained, psychotherapists providing practical, non-reductive, and in-depth support to help you overcome adversities, resolve outdated patterns, craft more fulfilling relationships, achieve your mental health goals—and address the traumas, stressors, burdens, and conflicts that hold you back from enjoying what your life and relationships have to offer. In general, we foster a holistic and integrative approach to mental health care that focuses on what works and is not limited to what has traditionally been practiced.

So much of life is learning to deal with the cards we’ve been given. I love seeing people not only deal with the cards they’ve been given, but turn them into amazing card castles. I want to help those that seek to get unstuck grow toward their best selves, have great relationships and enjoy lives filled with joy. I like to use well-researched therapeutic techniques that have been proven to help people grow. In couples therapy that means drawing from the research of John Gottman. In family and individual therapy that means an integrative approach - utilizing practical therapeutic tools that help clients achieve their goals.

I have been practicing psychotherapy in Portland, Oregon for over thirty years. Initially trained as a child and family therapist in the psychodynamic tradition at the University of Michigan, I have since continued to broaden and deepen my experience and skills through further training in and study of Gestalt therapy theory, contemporary psychoanalysis, Collaborative Couple Therapy, anthroposophy, and hatha yoga. Please feel free to check my website for more information on everything I offer.

Taking the first steps to make life changes takes courage. I'd like to help you simplify and unpack issues so you can be happier, lead a more peaceful, centered life and feel better about yourself and others. Often counselling is the first opportunity to tell your story and say how it really is without fear of judgement or reprisal, or maybe you have always coped by bottling things up and would like to express your feelings. Together we can tackle relationship/family issues, depression, life challenges, grief, aging, health problems or whatever keeps you stuck.

Many people grow up in dysfunction and therefore they relate in inappropriate ways. Clients that I have helped the most typically relate to these dysfunctional ways: They guess at what normal is. They judge themselves without mercy. They have difficulty relaxing and enjoying life. They have difficulty with intimate relationships. They over-react to changes over which they have no control. They constantly seek approval and affirmation. They feel that they are different from other people. They avoid conflict or aggravate it; rarely do they deal with it. They fear failure, but sabotage their success.

I enjoy working with children, teens, and their families to achieve their goals. I enjoy working with families to support healthier and happier relationships. In addition I am currently offering supervision to interns, contact me for further information. To schedule an appointment or free consult see my website: https://jodi-peterson4774.clientsecure.me/