7795 S.W. Miner Way

Phone:

(503) 292-0390

Portland, Oregon 97225

Mobile:

(503) 292-0390

Fax:

Disabled Accessible:  Yes

E-Mail:

Location:

Raleigh Hills, corner of SW 78th & SW Miner Way
Close to Hwy 26 and SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy 10
One block south of Canyon Drive and north of Raleigh Park
Parking:  Accessible from SW 78th near large bamboo

Map follows Personal Comments below.

Graduate Degree:

M.A.  Counseling Psychology from Lewis & Clark College

License:

LPC  Licensed Professional Counselor, Oregon

Advanced Training &
Certifications:

• NCC National Board Certified Counselor
• Psychodrama and Gestalt
• HAKOMI  Mind/Body-Centered Psychotherapy
• Dr. Gottman’s Scientifically-based Marital Therapy
• Dr. Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication

Availability:

Routine; Some Urgent -- Some Evenings & Weekends

Cancellation Policy:

Please allow two business days advance notice

Affiliations:

• National Board Certified Counselors
• American Mental Health Counselors Association
• Oregon Mental Health Counselors Association
• American Mental Health Alliance - Oregon

Fees:  Please call me.

Extended & intensive sessions available

~ Specializations ~

Conflict Resolution Skills

Relationship Problems

Self-Esteem Based Upon

A Wellness Model

Couples Counseling

Effective Communication

Shy and Highly Sensitive People

Reducing Perceived Stress

Families Dealing with Acutely &
Chronically Mentally Ill Members

Anger Management

Assertiveness Training

~ Focus of Practice & Interests ~

Increasing

Safety, Inclusion and Affiliation in

Personal, Social, & Career Domains

HAKOMI--

Mind/Body-Centered Psychotherapy

Altering Entrenched, Self-Defeating Behaviors in Long-term Counseling

Discovering the Simplicity of

Problem Solving in

Brief Solution-focused Counseling

~ Background & Experience ~

Neighborhood Health Clinics
12 years

Private Practice
20 years

~ Patient & Client Populations Served ~

Adults (18 to 65)

Older Adults (65 and up)

Family Counseling

Families Coping with a

Mentally Ill Member

Adolescents (12 to 17)

Cross-cultural Couples Counseling 

        I am happy to take clients of any ethnic background,
in particular (but not limited to)
Asian, African-American, Hispanic & Anglo-American

~ Orientation & Approach ~

I am trained in many approaches to be professionally present to hear you in the way you want to be heard and see you in the way you want to be seen.  We begin by creating a safe place for you to be more acknowledged, understood, and accepted as someone capable of change at your own pace.

My approach blends the practical with psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and existential modes of Western psychotherapy with Eastern spirituality and feminist consciousness.  I modify my approach to help each client attain his or her unique individual and interpersonal goals.

I value my clients as caring and genuine human beings.

I generally see clients either weekly for a brief period or for long-term therapy, which could last three years or more.  For those who want the freedom to go beyond the 50-minute hour, I can schedule extended sessions or 2-hour "intensives"--useful for individuals, couples and families in crisis and for Hakomi Mind/Body-centered Psychotherapy.

~ Personal Comments ~

My life experience has been long and varied.   I was raised by a single mother and married early.  I lived with my physician husband and three children in Bethel, on the Kuskokwim River, some 400 miles southwest from Anchorage.  My experience living on the tundra with Eskimos and Athabascan Indians provided me an experience that has given me an excellent perspective for cross-cultural counseling.  I also under-stand losing a parent to multiple and long-term illnesses and living with other family members with chronic mental illness. 

I love my work and the opportunity it gives me to interact with so many fine people.

I believe my strength is my ability to work compassionately with a variety of clients, helping them to find balance in their own lives.  Striving in my personal, as well as professional life, I work with people--to continue to hope, find courage, seek inspiration in others, and to realize their own self-confidence and ethical integrity--so needed to cope in today’s world.