Career Counseling Therapists in Portland, OR

I treat adults experiencing a variety of life's challenges, including relationship problems, transition challenges, career worries, money-related difficulties, health concerns, anxiety, and depression. This work combines practical guidance, problem solving and education. My therapeutic style is collaborative. Together, we look for insight into the origins of unwanted behavioral, emotional, and relationship patterns, then use that new knowledge to develop strategies to help you get "unstuck" and move forward in your life.

I see my job as helping you reconnect to and live from your inner truth. Do you feel you have been living in ways that feel like "not the real me"? Together we can uncover and validate what makes sense about unwanted behaviors and find the important impulse that lives underneath. I believe we each have wisdom inside that gets covered over with protective strategies, like the sun behind the clouds. I work with individuals and couples to facilitate reconnection to the heart of self and others.

Are you feeling challenged by motherhood? As a therapist who specializes in maternal mental health, I help you process and cope with the stress, anxiety, and overwhelm that surfaces during the parenting years. Relationship concerns, career transitions, exceptional children, even coping with loneliness are all common counseling topics. With very little time to process complex feelings, these issues can lead to anxiety, ambivalence, anger, even grief. I give women the space to explore their very real feelings, while fostering confidence in, and compassion for, themselves through this intense season of life.

I have over 10 years of experience helping people change. Change can be scary, challenging, exhilarating, and fulfilling. I help facilitate change by developing a close therapeutic relationship with clients and by utilizing evidence based therapies, and my well developed intuition to identify the source of your problem and the best pathway forward. I specialize in treating motivational difficulties, depression, anxiety, and self defeating behaviors. I also help with existential issues, such as finding meaning, discovering passions, and developing and sustaining close relationships.

Currently have morning and early afternoon spots available. I believe that when people are given the support, validation, and empathy everyone has the capacity and potential to live a fulfilling life. Grief, anxiety, depression, and personal growth are all manageable with the right support. As a counselor part of my job is to provide that support you may have not gotten before. Through exploration of different life themes we will work together to create the life that you have always envisioned.

My ideal clients are young to middle-aged men who are looking for balance, clarity, a sense of belonging, and a new healthy way of being masculine. I work with archetypal models and ideas, and ritual. I work with clients that could benefit from a coaching model, such as those feeling stuck in starting a business, wanting greater success, or those looking to access flow states, greater authenticity, peak performance, etc.. I also work with poor self-esteem or self-image difficulties, anxiety/social anxiety, and social confidence. I utilize mindfulness techniques, emotional mastery, nature-based therapy, narrative approaches, etc.

Hello! I specialize in providing psychotherapy to those in career/college development, life transitions, or experiencing symptoms, utilizing a holistic and relational approach. I believe every individual has the ability to define and cultivate a path towards their ideal life. My primary focus is to help clients overcome barriers to growth by understanding the origin of their symptoms and concerns through psychoanalysis. Through this self-awareness and applied psychoeducational techniques, clients are able to move forward in their lives building upon their inherent strengths and skills with confidence.

Now OPEN two Saturday mornings a month! Has life led you to unforeseen circumstances? Are you feeling stuck in a relationship? Does trauma from your past keep showing up in your present life? Maybe you are considering a career change or are dealing with another major life transition that is confusing? It can make you feel isolated and alone. You might be feeling depressed or anxious over your life circumstances. You would like to feel happier, healthier, and more in control. I can provide support and help guide you into a more balanced and grounded self.

Are you feeling unsatisfied, stressed, and struggling with where you are in your life... in your relationships, your career, or with yourself? If so, keep reading. Once you commit yourself to finding your way out of that old struggle, there's only one way up...finding relief, healing and greater fulfillment. This self-discovery process will help you heal what needs healing, find your clarity, regain your faith, and rock your power to live a joyful life...which is your birthright! There is no greater investment than focusing on how to achieve what your true heart desires.

If you're looking for a safe and supportive place to explore possibilities for change, growth, and healing in your life or in a relationship, I can help. Whether you face increasingly stressful life circumstances - feel disconnected from work, family, friends, life dreams - stuck in self-defeating patterns or challenging relationship dynamics - or struggling with self-esteem, chronic pain, or residual trauma - this very moment can be a turning point in a new direction. Please feel free to contact me with any questions, or to talk about therapy, counseling, or herbal consultations.

Do you want to consciously create your life and live the truth of who you are? Do you value expansion, creativity, connection, integrity, authenticity and humor? I invite you to join me in a uniquely experiential counseling process that is structured to empower you in consciously creating the life you want. I integrate a deep curiosity about spirituality, how we find meaning, and how this translates into a life well-lived. My 50+ years of life has provided me with growth and healing opportunities ranging from joyfully inspiring to excruciatingly painful that fuels my deep compassion for the wide range of human experience.

I work with folx with chronic illness, disability, and C-PTSD through individual counseling for adults and age 14+; family/couples counseling for working with chronic illness within relationships. Other issues include depression, anxiety, life transitions including end of life, grief, ADHD, career and empowerment, creativity and expression, identity issues, performance enhancement, sexuality, spiritual explorations. My style is warm, direct, lively, and compassionate. I challenge clients to step out of their comfort zones and see therapy not as an end in itself, but as a means to develop a full life, even if illness is part of it.

Welcome to a safe space to be human! I'm enthusiastic, laid-back and very interactive in therapy with worksheets, strategies, skills to build on to your personalized tool box. I respect every individual has innate navigation system to consciously discern and regulate challenges and embrace talents. I will be a passenger in your healing journey while you drive at your pace. My approach is holistic, strengths-based, and compassionate-focused. I understand mental health can be compromised from unresolved childhood issues, exposure to traumatic experiences, burn out, stress, complex systems issues and daily demands in multiple roles.

Overwhelmed and exhausted with your business, you're now prepared to courageously reinvent a life you're absolutely passionate about! You aim to break free from the trap of comparison and perfectionism. You're eager to restore self-belief and break the chains of destructive cycles. You want authentic connections in every role. You wish to replace anxiety with strength and calm within. You aspire to be audacious and bold in a financially secure and liberating career. You're ready to revive your true essence: lively and inspired. You can go from Uncertain to Confident, Anxious to Calm, and Wanting to Fulfilled.

Have growing anxiety and stress that is becoming unmanageable? Feeling angry? Feeling stuck in the past or numb in the present? Having trouble sleeping? Find yourself being over critical of yourself? In a messy relationship and unsure what you can or want to do? Maybe frustrated with work and curious about a new career path but not sure where to start? It is not hard to find people around us who want to tell us what to think and how to act. What is hard to find is a space that is quiet and safe, that allows us the ability to recognize our own feelings and align them with our own thoughts.

New year, new you? It's time for a change: You are tired of the same issues and patterns popping up in times of stress (which seems to be all the time these days). Let's focus on the roadblocks in your life, and creating a plan to overcome them at a pace that feels comfortable to you.

Are you feeling stuck? Is it difficult for you to shake feelings of self doubt? Are you dealing with uncertainty or confusion about your path or identity? Are you having trouble navigating relationships? Are you bogged down by worried thoughts and stories? I want to offer you a safe space to talk about anything you might be going through. I am accepting individual clients right now, however, our practice has providers who have availability for individuals, teens, and couples with various concerns so feel free to reach out to me.

I have been counseling for over twenty years, and working with people is truly my passion. I work primarily with teens, adults, and couples, with an emphasis in working with first responders . I specialize in self-harm behaviors, eating disorders, relationship conflict, depression, anxiety, PTSD, self-esteem, and abuse issues. As a Christian counselor I integrate Biblical truths with psychological principles. I believe it is the job of the counselor to provide a safe, supportive, challenging, and collaborative environment for each client that enters the office. I work with many insurance companies as an out-of-network provider only.

I believe we navigate the waters of life by constantly adjusting to subtle and profound changes, much like tacking a sailboat or steering a kayak in order to keep moving ahead. How we experience those changes -- as loss or opportunity, with sadness or joy -- determines the course we will follow. While each of us must make the individual choice of how to move forward, I believe we are all in this together. No one need navigate alone. The process of counseling is to support the planning of the trip ahead, and to help navigate the waters of life.