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Stephanie MacDonald
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC (she, her)
Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
7346 Northeast Sandy Boulevard, Portland, OR 97213
Not accepting new clients
Let's Connect (503) 295-9764
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Stephanie (she/her) emphasizes a collaborative therapeutic relationship at the core of her practice and works to provide a safe, inviting, and accepting relationship with each of her clients. Stephanie’s approach to counseling is client-centered and strengths-based. She integrates theories such as Interpersonal Neurobiology, Child-Centered Play Therapy, Synergetic Play Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy, Humanistic Therapy, and attachment science, and utilizes a feminist and social justice-focused lens. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a play therapist, a relationship therapist, and a Certified Autism Clinical Specialist.
Stephanie works with adults, couples, and young children, provides parent coaching, relationship counseling, and peri-natal counseling. Her specialities include working with Autistic youth and adults (including late-realized), play therapy with ages 3-10 & parent support, and adults with parents with personality disorders,
Stephanie believes that each individual’s struggle is laced with societal influences that can can cause or exacerbate personal trauma. Her practice is neurodivergent-affirming and queer-affirming and she is excited to work with folx from those communities.
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $150
- Couple Sessions $150
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
Insurance
- Aetna
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Cigna and Evernorth
- Moda Health
- Oregon Health Plan (OHP)
- PacificSource
- Providence
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Stephanie MacDonald
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Oregon / C6941 Stephanie MacDonald
- Certificate from Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist 2024
- Attended Portland State University, Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling, Graduated 2019
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Relationship Issues
- Autism
- Child
Expertise
- Anxiety
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Behavioral Issues
- Bisexual
- Body Positivity
- Codependency
- Depression
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Family members of someone with Borderline PD
- Grief
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Self Esteem
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Stress
- Suicidal Ideation
- Trauma and PTSD
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
Age
Toddler ,
Children (6 to 10) ,
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Single Mother ,
Transgender Allied
Age
Toddler ,
Children (6 to 10) ,
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Single Mother ,
Transgender Allied
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Eclectic
- Emotionally Focused
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Feminist
- Humanistic
- Interpersonal
- Multicultural
- Person-Centered
- Play Therapy
- Relational
- Sandplay
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
Location
Nearby Areas
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Stephanie MacDonald
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC