PTSD

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a type of anxiety disorder that is initiated by a traumatic and terrifying event. While most people who experience a traumatic event (such as abuse, sexual assault, violence, war or the threat of physical harm or death) do not develop PTSD, some may find they are feeling scared or stressed even when they’re no longer in danger. People suffering from PTSD may experience upsetting recurring flashbacks of the event and bad dreams. They may have trouble sleeping and feel emotionally numb, tense, or anxious. Feelings of depression and a lack of interest in life are also common. Women are more likely than men to experience PTSD and the disorder can happen at any age. If you or someone you know is experiencing the symptoms of PTSD for more than a month after the triggering event, seeking treatment from a mental health professional can be very beneficial.

Local experts in PTSD

Jordan Hubchik (she/her/hers)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, LCAT, ATR-BC

Because traumatic events are more commonly stored in the brain and body through imagery and felt sensations, art therapy is a highly beneficial treatment approach for trauma processing and healing. I work with my clients to narrate their stories through a combination of art-making and verbal communication so that a sense of repair and integration can be achieved. My approach to trauma-work comes from a model called the Three Phases of Trauma Recovery by Judith Herman.

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Carolyn Peterson (she/her/hers)

Clinical Psychologist

PhD

I am trained in Cognitive Processing Therapy, Prolonged Exposure, and ACT for Trauma. I have experience working with both men and women for a variety of traumas to also include Moral Injury. Additionally, I am familiar with the co-occurring nature of substance use with trauma.

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Debra Schnack (she/her/hers)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

LMFT

There are two specific techniques that are consistently gaining research-based evidence of their effectiveness in successfully treating PTSD. Brainspotting – This modality taps into the body’s​ innate ability to heal in order to reduce and eliminate the impact of unresolved trauma, negative beliefs, and emotional distress. EMDR – This technique uses bilateral sensory input such as side-to-side eye movements to stimulate the brain to process difficult thoughts, memories, and emotions.

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Bex Mertulien (They/Them)

Professional Counselor Associate

Registered Associate R7909

I specialize in working with complex PTSD related to childhood trauma, chronic trauma in adulthood and other forms of trauma related to experience of violence or threat to life. I utilize gentle somatic techniques to help ground you as we work on healing.

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Jack Marvin (She/They)

Clinical Social Work Associate

MSW, CSWA

Traumatic experiences change the way we see and experience the world. They also often rob us of our ability to trust ourselves. I hope to collaborate with you to create safety in the therapeutic relationship and build a toybox of skills and tools to ease the daily distress. With this safety, these skills, and my experience and training we will begin reprocessing and integrating the experiences that robbed you of peace and trust in self, such that you are empowered to reclaim it!

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Wyatt Okeefe (he/they)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LMHC, LPC, LPCC

Trauma and PTSD are common issues faced by the queer community. I have over 20 years experience working with trauma, PTSD, Dissociation and helping clients make sense of their experiences and heal from them to live their most empowered healthy lives. .

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Melissa Tomecek (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, LMHC

Complex-PTSD

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Gemma Baumer (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

Licensed Professional Counselor, M.A. in Counseling

PTSD refers to a cluster of symptoms that occur on all levels of experience, and reflect an activated nervous system and a sense of uneasiness and discomfort in our bodies and worlds. We may or may not why this is, but over time, we can begin to access more safety and embodiment. Sometimes this means processing and working through traumatic experiences, and in other cases, it is in learning to care for ourselves in service to releasing patterns of chronic dissociation and alertness.

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Christopher Creaturo (he/his)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LPC

EMDR-trained in interventions for trauma treatment by the EMDR Institute.

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Esther Gabrielle Rosengarten (she/her)

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

PMHP-BC, MSN, BSN, BA

I've spent years of my career studying the biological, genetic and psychological mechanisms that underly post traumatic stress disorder and have also aquired United Nations post-war conflict resolution certificates in my efforts to increase access to care in Canada, the United States and Somaliland. I have spent years heading treatment programs for the Inuit populations of Nunavik and being a lead provider for a program offering treatment to Cambodian refugees from the Pol-pot genocide.

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Isaac Rider (He/His)

Licensed Professional Counselor

C7567

I have years of experience supporting folks through various trauma-related concerns such as racial trauma, SA, and childhood trauma. Additionally, I have received training in TF-CBT and trauma-informed care to ensure our trauma work is compassionate, personalized, and effective. I am also currently engaged in EMDR training to further expand and deepen my ability to support folks in processing their trauma and managing their trauma-related concerns.

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Peter Gold (he/him)

Professional Counselor

PhD, LPC, LMHC

Most people are familiar with fight/flight and freeze/please as responses to dangerous circumstances.  The Polyvagel Theory is an elaboration on these ideas.  I use a Polyvagel approach to help you get back to feeling safe after you have experienced trauma.  People usually get stuck in either fight/flight or freeze/please mode after traumatic experiences.  As a result the entire world begins to like a threat.  The Polyvagel approach helps restore safety and regulation so that you feel better.

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Firefly Institute

Licensed Professional Counselor

Trauma can be a single event or a series of adverse experiences that occur over time, these may include relational and interpersonal violence. Firefly believes in integrated trauma treatment approach, meaning there is no one-size-fits-all approach to trauma. This work is individualized and collaborative with the client and family integrating treatment practices for trauma recovery.

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Matt Newey (he/him)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LPC

Certified Clinical Trauma Professional by the International Association of Trauma Professionals

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Destry Stoner LPC, CADCIII (he/him)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, CADCIII

Unresolved trauma is complicated and it causes many in-the-present life problems. This is confusing because we often have no idea why we are getting upset about something, feel certain ways or have unexplainable anger. I utilize EMDR to treat and resolve ptsd and unresolved trauma symptoms. I have found EMDR to be a great addition to my therapy practice.

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JoAnne White (She/Her)

Professional Counselor Associate

Working with survivors, first responders, and families with PTSD to assist in their healing has been my social work focus.

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Elizabeth Sokolowski, PhD (She/They)

Clinical Psychologist

PhD

I treat PTSD through a three-phased approach: 1) building coping skills to reduce severity of current symptoms, 2) processing traumas through narrative methods, and 3) re-establishing thriving (e.g., setting and achieving goals, connecting interpersonally).

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Kitty Carter (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW, PhD

I have extensive training in treating child abuse and trauma. I have worked with adult survivors of childhood abuse and trauma, as well as children and teens. I use Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), the Attachment, Self-Regulation and Competency (ARC) model and Child- Parent Psychotherapy (CPP). I am currently working on additional modalities to treat trauma and PTSD.

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Jessica Kremm (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

C7989

Using Cognitive Processing Therapy to help process, grieve, and heal from trauma

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Jenny Larson (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LPC (OR), LMHC (WA), EMDR Certified

When we experience trauma of any kind, parts of us step in to protect us. In the moment, we need those parts and they may even be crucial to our survival. Once we’re through the trauma, those protective parts might start getting in the way. They might feel like anxiety, self-criticism, depression, or the need to be perfect, and they might interfere with our ability to form connections with others. Therapy can help us honor those former survival strategies and help us get unstuck.

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Dean Sanchez

Professional Counselor Associate

I have worked closely with Board Certified Behavior Analysts as a Registered Behavior Technician since 2018. I have become a very effective and knowledgeable behavioral therapist with families, and as I have completed my Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and advanced in my career, I can offer effective training and guidance for a multitude of phobias, mental health diagnosis, and life stressors that may require some extra insight and guidance.

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Eric Loya (he/him)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

I have provided PTSD treatment for over 7 years. Interventions include EMDR and narrative therapy

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Rebecca X Casanova (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

MPH, MSW, LCSW

I have been serving people impacted by trauma for several decades. As a clinician, trauma--and how people adapt to trauma--has been a focus since the beginning of my graduate training. I am certified in three trauma-specific modalities: Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD, Strength at Home, and TREM (Trauma Recovery and Empowerment) and am trained in Prolonged Exposure. I also have experience using DBT and ACT to support people with trauma histories to learn skills to be more calm and present.

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Dave Hires (he/him)

Professional Counselor Associate

CADC II

If you have unhealed wounds that continue to seep through into your day-to-day in a way you struggle to shake, in a way that leads to lashing out, self-loathing, substance use, numbing / dissociation, or anxiety / avoiding reminders of the memory, I can help. I am trained in EMDR, a rigorously researched intervention that leads to permanently lowering emotional reactivity associated with the memories as well as increasing the felt experience of positive beliefs about ourselves.

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Allison Strausberg (she/they)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

I am trained in Somatic and Attachment Focused EMDR. This approach integrates the evidence-models of EMDR, somatic therapies, mindfulness, neurobiological regulation models, and attachment theory.

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Amber Barbieri

Professional Counselor Associate

LMHCA

Trauma can deeply impact how we view ourselves and navigate the world. As a trauma-informed therapist, I create a safe environment where healing can unfold at your pace. Using evidence-based approaches, we'll work together to process experiences, develop coping strategies, and rebuild a sense of safety and control. Whether you're dealing with recent events or childhood experiences, I'm here to support your journey toward healing and resilience.

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Jenny Kepler (she/her)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

LMFT

I work with the effects of trauma using several different modalities, including Hakomi, EMDR and sensorimotor psychotherapy. We'll find the right combination that suits you, to heal the wounds that are bringing you here.

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Heather Ackles (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LCSW

I am a board member of Brain Injury Connections NorthWest - and have experience working with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) survivors. I created/facilitated the THINK B.I.G. Brain Injury Group weekly Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) group for Brain Injury Survivors. I Collaborate with Center for Brain Injury Research and Training (CBIRT) & provide Brain Injury training. I am familiar with ways trauma integrates within our lives - and the therapeutic tools to broaden perspective.

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Caretia Silva (she/her/hers)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW, LICSW

My background in somatic experiencing and ongoing training has equipped me with many tools and practices that aid in working and healing trauma. I also have advanced training working with first responders and members of armed forces.

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Hailey Lauer (she/her/they/them)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW LICSW CADC-I

I have a profound understanding of the neurophysiology of trauma, the importance of building trust, and the skills to pace the work to make it therapeutic and not retraumatizing. My training in sensorimotor psychotherapy, internal family systems, EMDR, and clinical hypnosis grants me a remarkable range of skills and approaches for treating trauma. Perhaps more importantly, I have overcome my own severe (c)PTSD and this makes me particularly suited to guiding others on the path of healing.

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Kaiden Craddock

Licensed Professional Counselor

LCSW

I have extensive history working with individuals who experience PTSD symptoms and every person processes trauma differently. I have experience working with children, adolescents, and adults with PTSD and strongly believe that a key facet of healing from trauma includes having a safe, nonjudgmental space to process in ways that promote empowerment and nervous system regulation.

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Palma Corral Sotelo (she /her)

Professional Counselor Associate

MA, NCC, PCA

Overwhelming situations can create patterns of behavior that began as a healthy response to help us survive a dangerous situation, but sometimes we can get stuck and plagued with disturbing thoughts and feelings.These situations can stem from harmful relationships, accidents, or natural disasters. Let's explore the survival strategies that are no longer serving you. Let's learn to differentiate between what happened in the past and how you can move forward.

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Portland Therapy Project

Licensed Professional Counselor

Understanding trauma and creating a place where one can explore the effects of trauma is our main priority.

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Daniel Maher, LCSW (He / Him)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

Whether it be to heal with the impact of discrete traumatic events or complex interpersonal trauma, I use a combination of attachment theory, DBT and a relational-psychodynamic therapy to help you build safety and seIf worth. I teach emotion regulation skills and we use the therapeutic relationship itself so that you can feel more grounded and secure in connection with yourself and others.

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Marina Nelson, MC (she/her/hers)

Licensed Professional Counselor

Oregon LPC, Washington LMHC

I specialize in trauma-informed services and have studied and implemented these practices even before completing graduate school. EMDR, TIST, and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (somatic mindfulness) were designed for this purpose and work well for the mental and physical release of trauma in a gentle, effective manner.

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Carina Hartley (she/her/hers)

Professional Counselor Associate

#R9409

Many folks I work with have experienced trauma due to societal oppression, religion, relationships, and early childhood experiences. This impacts our thinking patterns, relationship to self and our bodies, how we show up in the world, and creates a wound that requires tending to. Together we will gently tend to this with consent, compassion, care, and safety. We will explore stories and narratives of resilience, connection to the body, and changing relational patterns that arise from trauma.

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Gillian Callahan (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, MA

As a survivor myself, I've spent a lifetime studying the effects of trauma on the body and the brain. I specialize in helping people understand the ways trauma impacts their lives, their relationships and their futures. Using somatic mindfulness, psychoeducation and empathetic support I teach people how to work with, rather than against, their trauma affected brains and find true safety and happiness.

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Dr. Reece Henrichs-Beck (they/them)

Clinical Psychologist

Ph.D.

Particularly complex, developmental, and family trauma.

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Autumn Counseling Services LLC

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Whether you have experienced a single event that was traumatic or repeated traumatic events, our therapists are here to help you process your experiences and learn ways to cope with the symptoms you may experience. PTSD may look like distressing dreams or memories, flashbacks, dissociation, avoidance, difficulty remembering the event, having negative beliefs about yourself or the world, feeling detached from others, or being hypervigilant.

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Kirah Doerr (she/her)

Professional Counselor Associate

PTSD can leave you feeling trapped by memories, flashbacks, and intense emotions from past events. You might find yourself reliving traumatic events, struggling with anxiety, or feeling detached from those around you. It can be exhausting and isolating, making it hard to find peace or move forward. In our work together, we’ll focus on understanding and addressing the impact of your trauma. I’m here to help you process your experiences, develop coping strategies, and regain a sense of control.

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Lisa Gascho (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

I am trained in and provide EMDR along with other therapies that are known to help resolve issues related to trauma. This extends beyond coping skills into work focused on resolving the root of trauma and its physiological impacts.

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Arrival Counseling annie dolle LCSW (she/her/hers)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

I have worked with individuals with developmental and acute trauma and use EMDR and trauma informed care to provide somatic and emotional healing from trauma response.

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Derrick Radford (He/Him)

Professional Counselor Associate

M.A.

I provide comprehensive treatment for PTSD using evidence-based techniques grounded in depth psychology and integrative psychotherapy. Through a trauma-informed approach, I collaborate with clients to address the roots of their PTSD symptoms. Combining relational therapy, psychoanalytic insights, and trauma-focused interventions, I empower clients to navigate their trauma with resilience and self-awareness. Ultimately, rebuilding and strengthening the core of selfhood.

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Emily Wagner (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

I have over 2000 hours of training in trauma, from childhood experiences to gun violence or natural disasters. I have a certificate in Trauma-Focused CBT, though I tend to use a more relational approach in treating PTSD.

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Glenn Goldman, MA, LPC (he/him)

Licensed Professional Counselor

I have additional workshop training in the impact of trauma and its effective treatment. I've worked with many clients who are recovering from various forms of trauma including childhood sexual abuse, ongoing emotional and physical abuse, the loss of a child, and sexual assault.

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Erin Fettes (She/Her)

Clinical Psychologist

Psy.D.

I specialize in the treatment of traumatic events and adverse experiences that have occurred at any stage of life. I have a particular specialty in working with people to address sexual trauma. I have training in several evidence based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder, including Cognitive Processing Therapy and EMDR. I trust and respect that you and your body know that you have been through something and I have an expansive view of what trauma can look like and how we are impacted.

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Katie Eichner (she/they)

Clinical Psychologist

Ph.D

Trauma can keep us stuck and frozen reliving the most painful times in our lives. I work with many different types of trauma, including long-term and attachment-related trauma, as well as trauma related to a single event. I tailor treatment to particular individuals and incorporate person-centered, relational, narrative, and internal family systems (IFS) into my work with trauma, as well as offering Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT).

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Terri Mishler, PsyD

Clinical Psychologist

When trauma continues to intrude in your life, therapy can help you reduce the impact of the past on your current life. Therapy can help you get back more of the sense of safety to move about in your own life.

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Yael Kievsky (she/her/ella)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

LMFT

I have a reverence for trauma work and show up fully to support you with compassion, insight, creativity, and shared trust. Many theories of trauma all point in the direction of relationships: that the wounds that we sustain in this lifetime occur within our stories with others. I see therapy as a place for you to explore and reclaim your power. I am trained in Narrative Exposure Therapy, a radical and affirming trauma processing modality that empowers us to revisit your story on your terms

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Jordan Curtis (He/him)

Professional Counselor Associate

MA, NCC

I have helped many clients with both PTSD and C-PTSD to re-regulate their nervous systems to a place of balance where they can enjoy life. For clients with PTSD, I use coregulation, somatic techniques, polyvagal theory, grounding, and mindfulness-based experiential therapy in order to ground & calm the nervous system. It is possible to heal, and I use a gentle holistic approach to working with trauma. Due to my experience as an RN, I am suited to helping clients with medical-related trauma.

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Dr. Kimberly Christensen

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

PHD, LMFT

Healing sources of trauma is the primary goal of my style of practice. I have over a decade of experience working with individuals and couples utilizing the methods of Somatic Therapy. My therapeutic work is enhanced by Trauma-Informed Care. I work on integrating body awareness to uncover and address the root causes of stress and trauma, rather than treating symptoms.

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Eden Baron-Williams (she/her)

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

MA, Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

I work primarily with adults with childhood trauma, individuals and couples with complex trauma, and those who were rejected from their families and communities due to their sexual orientation and/or gender identities.

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Chelsea Kellogg (she/her/hers)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

LMFT

I specialize in helping people understand the ways trauma, especially complex trauma and intergenerational trauma, impacts their lives, their relationships, and their emotional and behavioral symptoms or experiences. Using somatic therapy, mindfulness, awareness of systemic oppression, neuroscience, and psychoeducation, I facilitate an integration of traumatic life experiences so you can regain safety, personal power, agency, joy, liberation, healthy connection, and self trust.

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Jack Marvin (She/They)

Clinical Social Work Associate

MSW, CSWA

Traumatic experiences change the way we see and experience the world. They also often rob us of our ability to trust ourselves. I hope to collaborate with you to create safety in the therapeutic relationship and build a toybox of skills and tools to ease the daily distress. With this safety, these skills, and my experience and training we will begin reprocessing and integrating the experiences that robbed you of peace and trust in self, such that you are empowered to reclaim it!

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Amber Caldera (she/they)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW 10901; LICSW 61446959

We specialize in helping individuals navigate the complexities of PTSD. Our approach is compassionate and trauma-informed, focusing on understanding each person's unique experiences and triggers. We employ a range of therapeutic techniques to aid in processing traumatic memories, managing symptoms, and rebuilding a sense of safety and trust in the world. Our goal is to empower clients to regain control over their lives, develop resilience, and move toward healing and recovery in a safe space.

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Nova (Stephenie) Knutson (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, Certified Hakomi Practitioner, AEDP level 2

Trauma impacts our minds and our bodies, often leaving survivors feeling alone, out of control and disrupting sleep, digestion, physical comfort, social contact and the sense of basic safety. My work focuses on the impacts to mind and body, to reestablish a sense of basic safety that allows a return to feeling equilibrium. My clients report reduced symptoms and greater freedom to engage in life.

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Will Howell (he/him)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LPC, CCTP

At your pace, we'll utilize mindfulness, parts work and somatic-based interventions to help expand your window of tolerance. While emphasizing co-regulation, we’ll explore what feels unacceptable, become in tune with your mind-body connection, and investigate old coping patterns that no longer serve you. There is wisdom and connection to gain when we listen to our pain through the lens of love and curiosity, allowing old protective mechanisms to step back and new beliefs to blossom.

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Becca Flatt (She/Her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

MSW, LCSW

Trauma takes place as a singular event or many events that overwhelm a person's ability to cope. I use an integrative approach for working with complex trauma and trauma-related to single events. I offer EMDR and am EMDR trained working towards EMDR certification.

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Ryan Kopyar

Professional Counselor Associate

Professional Counselor Associate and LMHCA

As a certified trauma professional I have extensive experience both professionally and personally as it relates to helping individuals work through and heal from they are PTSD diagnosis. Carrying the weight of deep trauma can be overwhelming, but it doesn't have to define our lives. We possess the ability to transform our pain and use our experiences to fuel our growth and become a better version of ourselves.

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Gregory Kaplan (he/him)

Professional Counselor Associate

MA, PhD

Trauma is an over-adaption to an overwhelming event (e.g. assault, abuse). PTSD disrupts our capacity to regulate thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and puts us into survival mode. It can leave our relationships and nervous systems in need of repair. Symptoms include intrusive thoughts of harm and distressing memories, being. Yet with adaptation and resilience, most of us are able to grow stronger from the most grievous wounds. I am a Level I Trained EMDR therapist.

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Cary (Lazara) Coll

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

For the past 8 years, I have supported individuals seeking freedom from symptoms caused by traumatic experiences. I provide Trauma Informed Care and have received additional training in the treatment of trauma including the use of EMDR.

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Kimberly Wilcox, Way of River Psychotherapy

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LPC

I have decades of experience working with youth, adults and families who experience trauma. Psychological trauma is an emotional response caused by a severe distressing events that are outside normal human experiences. This may include natural disasters, war, abuse, loss of a loved one, violence, and vehicle collision. Our sessions will address your specific needs and symptoms, offering a compassionate approach to help you heal and move forward with strength.

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Jeanell Innerarity (She/Her)

Somatic Practitioner

MA, QMHP-C, LMT, CHT

I have worked long-term with clients who experience complex PTSD and have seen significant results in an increased sense of safety, self-esteem, self-regulation, and freedom from internalized oppression. My framework includes historical trauma, systemic oppression, and family and ancestral experience. I advocate for cultural and systemic as well as personal healing.

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Katrina Clark (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

MSW, LCSW

I use a trauma-informed, integrative approach to treating behavioral, physiological and emotional disturbances, including ​PTSD, flashbacks, depression, anxiety, panic attacks and dissociation. Some of the sources I draw from in my practice include: EMDR, Parts Work, Psycho-education and Attachment Repair.

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Mark Pechovnik

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Trauma are experiences that either actively and vividly haunt us or go underground and reveal themselves only through behaviors that limit our full engagement in life. I utilize various techniques (including EMDR) to help uncover and work with the trauma so that it becomes less a defining factor and more an historical artifact.

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Natasha Laumei (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC LMHC Clinical Supervisor

I work with PTSD and complex trauma through an integration of multiple modalities including EMDR, parts-work, Interpersonal Neurobiology, and attachment-focused therapy. Together these approaches blend the science of neurobiology and the brain, personal narrative, and somatic experiences to allow for healing of your whole system, building safety and connection within your mind and body, and the world around you.

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Alexa Adams (she/her/hers)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

LMFT

The majority of my professional life has been spent working with and developing a trauma-informed and guided approach to therapy. I have been providing mental health services for individuals and couples impacted by trauma and PTSD. In May 2019, I co-facilitated a workshop demonstrating differing interventions for how clinicians can work with relationships that are impacted by trauma.

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Kir Rian (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, MFA, Licensed Professional Counselor/OR, Licensed Mental Health Counselor/WA

As a trauma-certified therapist, PTSD, adult survivors of environomental catastrophes, sexual abuse, grief, and medical trauma are a focus of my practice. Trauma affects the nervous system, other aspects of our physiology, as well as our emotional state. At the same time, it can be managed holistically and with a trauma-informed approach. A safe therapeutic healing space conducive to restoration and processing can help with symptom management and overall wellness, somatically and emotionally.

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Katherine Chiba, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

I have been working with veterans for fifteen years, and a majority of my clients suffer from PTSD related to combat trauma, childhood trauma, or sexual trauma, or, far too often, a combination of these. I won't lie to you: people who suffer from this kind of catastrophic pain are never going to be the same as if it hadn't happened. The good news: you can have a life worth living. Therapy helps.

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Jess Peterson (she/they)

Professional Counselor Associate

MA, Professional Counselor Associate

I'm passionate about supporting adult survivors of childhood trauma, relational trauma, and/or sexual trauma. You deserve a supportive space to process the impacts trauma has had on you and to tend to parts of yourself that may be needing more care. You deserve to find a sense of empowerment, fulfillment, and authenticity in your life.From this compassionate place, we can begin to explore what lights you up and brings meaning to your life.

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Nicole Craig (She/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LPC

Survivors of trauma may feel as though their nervous systems are 'stuck'. I am experienced in the treatment of trauma symptoms, and will work with you to understand your own stress reactions, moving towards a life of greater ease. Together we can decide which healing modalities will work best for you.

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Gillian Chachere

Qualified Mental Health Professional

I have many years of experience helping children, adolescents and adults deal with the aftermath of trauma using mindfulness, narrative therapies and strong interpersonal support.

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PK Foss (She/her)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

LMFT

Post Traumatic Stress is the brain's natural way of dealing with trauma when it has gotten stuck and hasn't been processed. I work from a variety of research based methods to assist clients in processing their trauma so that they can move through it and get to the other side. My primary tool at this point is Brainspotting.

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Rachel Kendall (she/ her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MS, C7689

Suffering is a fact of life, however, that does not have to be the end of our story. By allowing yourself to be human and embrace your experience, you will begin to see yourself with greater compassion. That does not discount the fact that these experiences are often painful. By helping you feel safe within your body, you can process trauma to fully embrace all life has to offer.

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Wild Wish Counseling

Licensed Professional Counselor

Individuals who have experienced a traumatic or terrifying event (often life threatening) can develop flashbacks, nightmares, severe anxiety and uncontrollable thoughts about the event. Wild Wish Counseling works with our patients to help manage the intense feelings surrounding a traumatic or terrifying event. Although the instigating event may overpower coping resources available at the time, it is nevertheless possible to develop healthy ways of coping and diminishing its effects.

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Courtney Burns

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

We all have our stories to share. I am so honored to be able to witness and sort through the strengths brought on by a person's darkest tales. I will create a space that helps you feel safe and supported to explore experiences that are painful to recall. Sharing your story with another empathic person can help free up emotional space to find meaning in the hurt and build room for new joys.

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Jennifer Wohl, MA, LPC

Licensed Professional Counselor

PTSD results when the mind knows the trauma is over, but the body doesn't. Using EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing -- an evidence-based treatment for trauma) and a caring and compassionate presence, I can help you bring your mind AND body into the present moment where you can experience freedom, joy, and aliveness.

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Lilly Martin (She/Her/Hers)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW, QMHP

I have 6 years experience working with folks experiencing symptoms of trauma, presentations of complex PTSD, and attachment injury from unmet needs in childhood. I am drawn to supporting women in navigating through various forms of trauma, including sexual trauma, societal pressures and expectations surrounding physical appearance, abusive relationships, and conditioning surrounding caretaking and placing the needs of others above their own.

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Auburn Beebe (she/her)

Clinical Psychologist Resident

PsyD

I utilize a structured and evidenced-based approach to PTSD treatment called Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). This approach involves uncovering and gently challenging core beliefs that may have formed due to past trauma(s). Each session has a particular structure, so you will always know what's coming next. This approach involves some work at home on your part--but generally this is true for any therapy :)

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Mahalia Lind-Diamond (She/They)

Professional Counselor Associate

I provide a space where we can gently explore past trauma and investigate the effects of it in your daily life.

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Tracy Bryce Farmer (she/they)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW, MFA, CADC

Many people have undergone trauma and don't realize its impact on their lives. PTSD symptoms can include fear, worry, conflict, self-loathing and shame. Let me help you get to the bottom of what you have experienced so you can feel more free.

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Robin Friedman, LCSW (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

L5164

I have many years of experience effectively helping those who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress and complex trauma. I use a variety of aproaches including mindfulness, EMDR Therapy, art, and somatic approaches.

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Brittany Neighbours (she/her/hers)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LPC

I work gently with individuals who have experienced trauma, starting with increasing their sense of physical and emotional safety. I use several techniques, including but not limited to stabilization/grounding, somatic approaches, and breath work. I also support clients in adjusting beliefs about themselves to increase self-compassion.

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Brandy Tidwell (she/her)

Clinical Psychologist

PhD

Traumatic experiences threaten our sense of safety and overwhelm our ability to cope, resulting in lasting adverse effects on physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being. Many circumstances can be experienced as traumatic, and PTSD is only one of many possible outcomes. While I work with most trauma-related difficulties, I specialize in complex and interpersonal traumas, such as childhood abuse and neglect, sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and identity-based traumas.

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Sarah Bond (she/her)

Clinical Psychologist Resident

PsyD

I hold additional certification in trauma-informed care, and I have experience working with a variety of different types of trauma responses. I compliment traditional talk-therapy techniques with trauma-informed somatic modalities to ground safety within the nervous system.

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Darin Bergen (he/him)

Clinical Psychologist

PsyD

Surviving trauma has long lasting effects and most people don't realize how treatable it is. We have a number of effective treatments and I am passionate about helping people recover! I start with a stabilization phase where you learn techniques to regulate emotions, improve relationships and re-engage in life. I then offer reprocessing therapies that can help you leave the past in the past.

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Rhys Pasimio (He/Him)

Licensed Professional Counselor

C3730

Trauma happens for many reasons and takes many forms. Whether or not you meet clinical criteria for PTSD, you likely have something painful in your story that can have unpredictable and distressing impact on your life in some way. This is especially true if you have addiction challenges. In order to provide holistic services, I believe a trauma informed and trauma focused approach is essential.

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Nina Landey (she/they)

Licensed Professional Counselor

Your feeling of safety is paramount. We will move at a pace that is right for you to first find safety, and then reprocess traumatic memories that are affecting your life. I am fully basic trained in EMDR and Attachment Focused EMDR. I may also be a good fit for processing a single incident trauma (ex. accident, medical trauma, single incident humiliation, specific phobia). Make an appointment for a consultation to see if we are a good fit and to learn more about how we can find relief for you.

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Audra Lee

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC (OR, TX), LMHC (WA), LPCC (NM), LCPC (MT)

I have a deep understanding of the impact of stress and trauma on nervous system dysregulation and mental/emotional well-being. I have studied various neurobiologically-informed trauma approaches such as Interpersonal Neurobiology, Control Mastery Theory and the work of Pete Walker. I have a special interest complex trauma, a form of prolonged/cumulative trauma that develops within interpersonal relationships, often associated with neglect and/or adverse childhood experiences.

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Heather Asaadi (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

Trauma impacts so much! It is useful to raise understanding of how trauma reacts in the body and brain and what trauma-related beliefs you might have developed. I'm trained in Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET), which helps process trauma, build more context around your trauma history, and empower you to change your narrative.

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Micah Hala (they/them)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

Most people are familiar with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), an anxiety disorder that results from a traumatic event, such as a natural disaster or car accident. Most people with trauma-related problems have experienced multiple traumas. The term, complex trauma, describes exposure to multiple traumas. It also refers to the impacts of that exposure.

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Andrew Conner (He/Him/His)

Marriage and Family Therapist

MA

I completed my initial training as the first male-identified person to offer therapy at the YWCA Silicon Valley Domestic Violence Support Network. I have since worked extensively with youth who have immigrated to the United States from Latin America seeking safety. My work with survivors of trauma has informed my perspective on how to help clients relate to the personal and collective wounds that we all carry.

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Amanda Roberson (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

PTSD is a cluster of symptoms that may arise after a person has experienced a traumatic event. This is the body and mind's way of trying to protect itself after experiencing an atypical event. Symptoms experienced include recurrent memories/flashbacks of the event as if it's happening in real time, avoidance of people/places/things that serve as reminders, depression, and anxiety symptoms.

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Kathleen Thompson (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, CRC

There is so much new information coming at us about PTSD. Basically, it is when we feel hi-jacked by our senses/body because of past events that were (or seemed) life threatening. These experiences can be from combat, Domestic abuse, accidents, but more often from chronic difficult childhood experiences. It is time for you to heal.

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Caty Buckley (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

I have been trained both in brainspotting and EMDR. I utilize those tools along with CBT, DBT, and IFS (among others) to first establish a sense of safety and then, at the client's own pace and comfort level, begin processing the challenges they are facing/have faced due to their trauma.

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Jen Yerty (They/She)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, CADC I

I am a certified trauma specialist through PESI, and have training in working with clients with PTSD, complex PTSD, and DID. I've also been asked to speak to graduate classes as a specialist in this field. I use a variety of techniques, but begin by working through Judith Herman's 3-stage process that prioritizes establishing safety before processing trauma and terminating treatment. I am trained in Somatic Experiencing, Brainspotting, and Accelerated Resolution Therapy for trauma processing.

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Ashley Jopling (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, CRC, LPC

I help clients with post-traumatic stress using therapies like ART, EMDR, and Brainspotting, which are like treating a deep wound. Traumatic stress is like having an old wound that never fully healed—it constantly aches and affects everything you do. These therapies work to carefully clean and heal that wound, addressing the root cause of the pain. By resolving the underlying issues, we help close the wound and alleviate the ongoing discomfort, allowing you to feel more whole and at peace.

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Brad Poser, MS, CRC

Professional Counselor Associate

Trauma is another human condition that some folks think can be just 'wished away'. Even things that happened years ago can echo into the present. Unwanted thoughts and emotions can jump into our minds and make daily life hard to focus on. I have experience helping people come to terms with trauma. With the right skills, it is possible to make room for the past and re-enter your life.

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Grace Silvia, LCSW (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Therapy should not be re-traumatizing! If you find yourself dissociating during or after therapy or dreading it, something is wrong. Working in a trauma-informed way means I will help you learn the signs of when you are beginning to re-experience the trauma, and how to bring yourself back into safety. The work must go at your pace, guided by your body's subtle cues and your inner 'no' and 'yes.'

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Naomi Painter (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

Trauma doesn’t only come from the battlefield. A difficult childhood, a coercive or conflict-filled relationship, a toxic workplace, a natural disaster, an assault, a death, the loss of a friend or a support network…these things can shape our thinking, our behavior, and our well-being long after we’re supposed to be “over it.” If you’re not sure if you have experienced trauma, reach out and we can explore it together.

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DeShawn Williams

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

This disorder is gaining more recognized and identified in many individuals who have experienced a traumatic event. I have treated many individuals in my years of practice who are in great pain as a result of trauma. I utilize a very empathetic, attentive, and structured approach that creates an environment for healing and recovery for those who knowingly need it and those who are unaware.

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Holly Wigmore (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MS, NCC

The focus of my practice is trauma processing and supporting clients toward resolving what feels unresolvable. I work with clients with acute, chronic, complex, and systemic/ancestral trauma presentations as well as dissociative/depersonalized presentations and traumagenic personality disorders. Central to my practice is providing a stable, dependable, and compassionate relationship in order to begin the healing process. As Yalom says “it’s the relationship that heals".

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Forrest Pandit-Kerr

Professional Counselor Associate

MS, CRC

The majority of clients I work with have complex and extensive trauma history. I have seen many people trauma responses misdiagnosed and mischaracterized. I take a trauma responsive approach and make sure to regularly check in with you to make sure the counseling space feels safe and comfortable. I will treat you with respect and help you to integrate your trauma. We cannot change our experiences, but we can control what we do with them. I use personalized evidence-based practices for treatment.

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Catherine Cooney (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MS, LPC, CSAT

I am trained in several approaches to trauma, including EMDR. As a member of the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals (IITAP), I continually update my skills with state-of-the-art training and consultation.

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Garrison Cox (he/him)

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

Master of Arts in Marriage, Couple, and Family Therapy

I have experience working with adult survivors of both childhood and adult trauma. I use a slow-paced framework that emphasizes somatic exploration as well as deep attention to any moments of trauma exposure within or without the therapy. I believe working with trauma is the core of the field of therapy, and that many experiences of anxiety, depression, or other forms of emotional disruption are often due to our bodies' attempts to manage un-integrated traumatic experience.

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Kimberly Crow (she/her/hers)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, CADC-III

It is easy to underestimate how debilitating it is to live with PTSD. I believe it is important to focus on developing the ability to self-regulate through understanding the effects of trauma on the brain and body. My goal is for you to feel more connected to yourself and others, and to feel worthy of living a full and meaningful life.

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Scott Fletcher (He/Him)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

MA

I use Narrative Exposure Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Neurobiology to help people gain a sense of grounding and safety after traumatic experiences. Whether major life threatening incidents or painful emotional and relationship wounds, trauma can impact a person's ability to navigate life. I help people process and heal the emotional wounds in a safe space. You can also develop the tools to help cope with painful memories and begin to live a full life despite these experiences.

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Tiffany Barr (she/her)

Professional Counselor Associate

MA

I have over ten years experience working from a trauma-informed perspective and utilizing DBT, CBT, and narrative tools to address the symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Trauma.

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Kimberly Zeszutek, LPC (She/Her/Hers)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

My structure of therapy follows Judith Herman’s theory of care for Complex Trauma integrated with concepts of behaviorism, such as consciously building skills to be able to successfully influence PTSD symptoms and have the skills to process trauma. I understand how traumatic events can surface into someone’s daily life as symptoms of nightmares, flashbacks, emotional dysregulation, suicidal thoughts, self-invalidation, self-harm, depression, and/or anxiety.

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Katie Kotsovos (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

I'm trained in EMDR for reprocessing traumatic memories. I also incorporate parts work from Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy and Janina Fisher's model of structural dissociation. These approaches can help us appreciate how your system is trying to keep you safe and create reparative experiences so you can feel safe when you actually are. This can also be applied to attachment trauma (abuse, neglect or invalidation) experienced early in life.

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JESSICA VAN DER MERWE (She/Her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, LMHC

Experiences of trauma include childhood abuse or neglect, abandonment, betrayal, acute traumatic experiences, or any experience that currently impacts your ability to function fully. Your history does not define you and does not have to be a life-sentence. I work with you through brain-based, body-based, and emotion-focused approaches to heal and thrive.

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Krista Schimmelbusch

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

MA, LMFT

EMDRIA approved EMDR trained

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Alisha Phillips (She/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

Traumatic experiences build a system of thinking and reacting to the world, other people, and oneself in a way that prioritizes survival and safety over connection and acceptance. Many people underestimate how their present suffering is actually rooted in past trauma and toxic stress. I have completed level 1 of Janina Fischer's certification program for Complex PTSD and have over a decade of experience working in trauma intervention and recovery.

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Sarah Blaszczak, M.A, LMFT (She, her, hers)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

LMFT T1554

I have a wealth of experience and use a wide variety of approaches to help people heal from their unique combination of trauma symptoms, including flashbacks, dissociation, panic, avoidance, depression, irritability and low self-esteem.

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Meghan O'Connor (they/them/she/her)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

MA, MFT

Trauma is an experience that overwhelms your system. Childhood experiences can continue to impact us in a number of ways - unstable relationship to oneself and others, panic attacks, depression, addiction, anger, anxiety, feeling out of body, chronic destructive habits, memory loss. Talk therapy alone rarely does the trick. I work with you through Somatic interventions, EMDR, and parts work, to mitigate chronic nervous system arousal, helping you to feel more safely engaged with the world.

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Sarah Hardin

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

Trauma re-wires our brains and can make it difficult to feel safe or in control of our own emotions and actions. Working from a trauma-informed perspective, I will help you re-experience safety and control in your own life.

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Emma Stern (she/her/hers)

Licensed Professional Counselor

C7542

Trauma is anything that causes an intrusion upon our minds and bodies that physically and mentally overwhelms our nervous system and overrides our conscious ability to cope and process. Post-traumatic stress is a normal response to an intrusion upon one’s sense of peace and ability to cope. When working with trauma, I recognize the ways in which trauma impacts folks not as disorder, but as a survival response and mark of human resilience. I prioritize client safety and agency.

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Ghassan Ammar (they/them, he/him)

Licensed Professional Counselor

I utilize EMDR therapy to assist you in healing from trauma. EMDR stands for Eye Movement De-sensitization and Reprocessing, and is an evidence-based modality for the treatment of trauma. One of the many things I, and folks I work with, value about EMDR is that it doesn't require one to talk a lot about their trauma.

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Cat Bice (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW, LICSW

I work with individuals with both recent and historical trauma to integrate the experiences, reduce distressing symptoms, and get back to their lives. I have specific training and experience in providing treatment to those who have experienced trauma in their occupation, including first responders, veterans, and medical personnel. I am trained in short term, evidence based treatments including EMDR, Cognitive Processing Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD.

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Haleigh Yurecko (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW, MSW

Many people have experienced traumatic life experiences that cause them some level of distress. It is important that they have a therapist who can work with them through this when they feel ready. I ensure that a client has grounding skills before processing trauma to reduce activation, flooding, dissociation, or other trauma symptoms from occurring and causing additional distress. I am certified to use EMDR to treat trauma. I also use a relational narrative approach and trauma focused CBT.

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Julianna Vermeys

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, NCC

I am trained in trauma-informed counseling, a specialized skill set to help you safely examine and integrate the trauma of your life without re-traumatization (using a framework of understanding the nervous system and it's response to stress and trauma). With compassionate, gentle, attentive guidance, I will assist your reclaiming and harmonizing the present body and mind, daily skills to help you heal.

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Aaron Kelsay (he / him)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, CADC I

Trauma is confusing, it's disconnecting, disorienting. Reversing trauma means re-developing and re-learning safety, trusting one's body cues, listening one's thoughts and feelings. It's a long journey, but it's well worth it. I have years of experience working with the most acute cases of PTSD, and I can say with confidence I have honed the skills to help clients move towards healing in this area.

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Rebeca Rocha (She/Her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

PhD, LCSW

I am trained in EMDR and have experience working with individuals with significant trauma history. I am enrolled in the Somatic Experiencing 3-year professional program. I am in the last year of the program.

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Kate Robinson (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

Symptoms of PTSD often cause distress, impaired functioning and can negatively impact personal relationships, the ability to work and the ability to participate in social activities that used to be enjoyable. Unhealthy coping skills such as increased drug or alcohol use are not uncommon. By learning healthier coping skills, relaxation techniques, and new ways of thinking, relief is possible.

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Amanda Ichihashi Jagerman (She/her/hers)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

PTSD, complex PTSD, & now what I call PTSD Type II (Post-Trump Stress Disorder) is a psychological, physical, & spiritual disruption that shakes us to our core. As such, my style of theraputic support is highly gentle, personalized & flexible-integrating the Client's own strengths with mindfulness, psycho-education, storytelling, re-programming, skill-building, energetics, boundary-practicing, trust-building, & accessing wisdom & lessons to name a few. I specialize in working with womxn.

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Clea Partridge (she/her/hers)

Professional Counselor Associate

Masters of Science in Counseling

Trauma is a distressing and unwanted situation in which we feel ourselves and/or loves ones to be in danger. This can be chronic such as enduring abuse, or acute such as a car or bike accident. Either way, it can have lasting impacts on our mental health, our ability to function, and our relationships with others. I work with folks who have experienced trauma in order to make sense of the experience, integrate it into your understanding of your life, and find ongoing balance and acceptance.

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Janet Sandell (She/Her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

I am an EMDRIA certified EMDR therapist with specialized training in working with trauma and PTSD.

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Sarah Kimes (She/Her)

Professional Counselor Associate

Qualified Mental Health Professional registrant

I have worked with client's experiencing symptoms of PTSD and complex PTSD for over 10 years, supporting people to address their symptoms, process their feelings, and move forward into their own unique version of wellness and recovery.

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Kaijah Bjorklund (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

Nationally Certified Counselor

Trauma and PTSD can impact the way you function, feel, think behave and what you believe about yourself. Symptoms of all kinds are treatable. I use a Trauma-Informed Therapy to address the psychological, emotional, relational and physical problems that past trauma can create. My approach draws from numerous sources including Neuroscience, Sensorimotor, EMDR and IFS. I offer many highly effective and evidence-based strategies and interventions for healing the effects of trauma.

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Kate Madden (she/they)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, NCC

I am trained in trauma-informed care, which recognizes the ways in which trauma lives in your mind, your body, and your perception of your surroundings—and to view it as a natural response to overwhelming events. Through compassionate, grounded care, I will assist you in developing skills and insights to help you heal.

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Stephanie Podasca (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LPC, LMHC

PTSD is a very challenging and unique experience for everyone - I have worked with many people who satisfied the criteria for PTSD, even though all of their experiences were wildly different! As a trauma-informed therapist, I initially assume that a traumatic experience is at the root of most human suffering and is the cause of the majority of symptoms such as anxiety, depression, addiction, etc. I engage in ongoing education to be an active helper at every phase of the recovery process.

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Jon Fox

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

I practice trauma therapy using mind-body counseling approaches which enable you to feel the connection between the traumatic memories stored in your body and the thoughts, beliefs, and habits that cause problems for you throughout your life. With my body-centered approach, healing these wounds becomes attainable. Together, we can propel you to feel comfort, ease, and vitality in your life again.

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Mike Grant (he/him/his)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW, LICSW, CADC II

I assist trauma processing with EMDR and Brainspotting.

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Kimberlee Harrison

Licensed Professional Counselor

CGP, CCTP-II

I have several years experience working with people who have PTSD and other trauma-related disorders.

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Caitlin Truitt (she/her/hers)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LICSW

In a therapy setting, my work has focused on clients who've experienced trauma such as sexual assault, childhood abuse, grief/loss, systemic oppression, spiritual trauma, and violence. I believe that the antidote to trauma is safe and supportive connection. To be able to re-connect with others, we need to find safety in our own bodies. In session, I use a collaborative, body-centered approach that centers your self-determination. I am trained somatic- and attachment-focused EMDR therapy.

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Natalie Thomas (She/her)

Professional Counselor Associate

QMHP

I’ve spent a large part of my career working with those experiencing PTSD. The fear that comes with trauma can be crippling at times, and learning to carry that fear with you into the unknown sometimes feels impossible. I work with my clients to navigate life with their trauma in tow, and to build strength from places of trial.

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Julio Iñiguez (he/him)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

LMFT

I am Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level 2 trained and take a somatic approach to working with trauma symptoms. Together we will use the guidance and wisdom of your body to develop resources to lower the unpleasant sensations that trauma symptoms can bring. When appropriate we can process traumatic memory to let go of outdated ways of being in your body. Trauma treatment can provide transformative experiences that allow your nervous system in ways that feel strengthening and relieving.

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Sophie Toolanen (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LPC

I am fully trained in EMDR (Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). EMDR is an effective approach for shifting core negative beliefs about self and freeing you from negative effects of past trauma, whether it be single incident or complex PTSD. It is particularly effective at softening strong uncomfortable emotional reactions tied to memories of past events. My primary therapy focus the past 5 years has been trauma/PTSD.

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Hanna Maxwell (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LMHC, LH61499938

Trauma occurs when our bodies, brains, and nervous systems don’t have enough resources to cope with what is happening to us. This could be a singular event – for example, being in a car accident - but it can also result from things like a challenging childhood, emotional neglect, or an abusive relationship. Your body may be carrying these past experiences, even if you hadn’t thought of them as traumatic. We'll approach these sensations together so you can begin to experience more freedom.

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Melissa Owens LPC

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, LMHC

I have formal training and extensive experience using Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Internal Family Systems (IFS) and body oriented psychotherapies to heal the wounds of traumatic experiences. Trauma is unhealed unintegrated experience and healing is possible.

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Charlie Blackmar (He/Him)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

I create a safe an grounding space to begin exploring traumatic experiences. When appropriate I utilize cognitive processing therapy an evidence based practice proven to effectively treat PTSD.

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Zachary Ash (He/Him)

Clinical Social Work Associate

MSW, CSWA

I have treated many clients who have met the clinical definition for post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic stress disorder unspecified. These cases have ranged from individual discrete traumas to historical and multi-generational traumas utilizing evidence based treatments such as Narrative Therapy and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

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Kestrel Fae Tippie (they/them)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

OR LMFT # T2221, CA LMFT #130759

The worst things you have gone through in your life do not define you. You do not have to struggle with them forever. I work with clients somatically and with EMDR to transform the deepest roots of trauma in your body and nervous system- places that cognitive based talk therapy and realizations cannot reach. I'll teach you practical body based tools you can use every day to feel calm, centered, grounded, alive, safe, and free in your whole being.

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Justice Arledge LPC Associate, MS (he/him)

Professional Counselor Associate

master's in clinical mental health counseling

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder caused by severe trauma. This trauma could have been anything from a car accident to experiencing combat. This trauma has rewired your brain to where you are always on the lookout for things to go wrong. Therapy can help the individual suffering from PTSD by helping them through some of their emotions and thoughts.

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Emily Berry (they/them)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

We are dynamic beings who are shaped by our experiences. I don't see mental health struggles as a sign that something is "broken" or "wrong," but rather an understandable reaction to one's experiences that we get to examine together. I use a framework of Interpersonal Biology to understand the impacts of trauma on our lives. Once we understand how experiences have impacted us, we can make more conscious decisions about what needs attention and healing, and what we want to focus on and change.

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Megan Samsel (she/her)

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

MA

I work extensively with individuals experiencing complex PTSD and developmental trauma. I recognize the profound, lasting impact that trauma can have both interpersonally and on the mind and body. My approach involves supporting clients as they navigate triggers, emotional dysregulation, and feelings of shame or guilt, while helping them reclaim a sense of safety and control in their lives.

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L. Simone D'Amore (She/Her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MS

I am trained in EMDR therapy, which is shown to be very effective in developing skills to regulate emotions and nervous system responses, challenge negative beliefs about ourselves, and be able to experience present safety. I work with those who have experienced single event trauma, as well as trauma related to violence, childhood abuse, attachment injury, and others.

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Jessie Weisstein (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

I have been treating PTSD for over 10 years. I use a combination of polyvagal theory, EMDR and IFS to work with clients who have experienced trauma.

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Diana Groener (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

Having a lengthy forensic background, I am personally experienced with issues of vicarious trauma and burnout that many caregivers face, especially first responders. Together we will help you recover and strengthen your resilience against future traumatic exposure. I also have had many clients who are adults that were abused as children.

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Alexandra Winteraven (they/them)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LPC

In navigating the effects of trauma, we often find ourselves trapped in old patterns. I work with individuals navigating PTSD, complex, and relational trauma by focusing on somatic and nervous system regulation. Rather than pathologizing, we explore how trauma is held in the body, using practices to release stored experiences and reconnect with safety. My approach blends trauma-informed techniques with body-centered practices to support healing and integration at a deep, relational level.

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Kendyl Watts (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Past trauma has a way of sneaking up on us, sometimes in ways we expect and sometimes seemingly out of nowhere. It can be disorienting and frightening both to us and our loved ones. You do not have to be held hostage by your past experiences. I can help you regain a sense of safety and empowerment that will have a positive impact on all areas of your life.

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Danette Gillespie-Otto

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

I have specialized training in the treatment of trauma, using both cognitive behavioral approaches and interpersonal neurobiology. I have worked with traumatized people for over 10 years.

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Amelia Mackle MSEd LPC RYT

Licensed Professional Counselor

Trauma impacts many of our lives. Most of us can identify turning points where we felt something change in our lives. I have a variety of approaches that help get to a place of healing. I am trained in EMDR, yoga and am nationally certified in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

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Rachael Patoray (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, ATR

I am certified in Trauma-informed stabilization treatment (TIST) which integrates techniques from internal family systems and sensorimotor psychotherapy, targeting clients with severe mental health challenges. I use Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, a trauma-informed somatic psychotherapy that combines traditional talk therapy techniques with body-centered interventions that directly address the somatic legacy of trauma.

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Emma Bridges (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

I offer EMDR extended sessions. Learn more here: https://www.emmabridgeslcsw.com/emdr-intensives

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Meghan Rich (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LPC, NCC

In 2019, I became EMDR trained through the Trauma Recovery, EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs. This method of relieving the symptoms resulting from acute and complex PTSD—such as low self-esteem— is remarkably effective; often with rapid results. My role in this process is as a guide: managing the pace to ensure the process feels safe.

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Rushini Jayawardena (she, her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

I help clients finding grounding and safety while helping address unprocessed memories and experiences. I offer EMDR, Trauma Conscious Yoga and other methods of grounding and processing.

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Jenn Garlock (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LPC, NCC

I use Internal Family Systems therapy, attachment therapy, EMDR, and psychodynamic therapy to help my clients identify what happened to them, explore how this has impacted their lives, their relationships, and their self esteem, and make steps to create the lives and relationships that they want for themselves.

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Bethany Ingram (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

Trauma changes the way we relate to ourselves, to others, and to the world around us. I enjoy helping my clients understand how complex trauma or other traumas have impacted them and how to create safety within themselves and their relationships. This often entails learning to cope with triggers, building more connection between our minds and bodies, and processing and healing any internalized beliefs that stem from traumatic experiences.

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Joan Laguzza, LCSW Joie PDX Counseling

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

My work as a medical social worker at a Level 1 trauma hospital in the burn center, trauma, and intensive care units has informed my approach to people suffering from the effects of trauma and familiarized me with its varied manifestations. I have expertise in dealing with crisis, the immediate impact of trauma, and the long lasting emotional and physical effects of historical trauma.

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Melissa Hartley (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

NCC, LPC

The impacts of trauma can feel incredibly distressing and disruptive one's life in a myriad of ways. My philosophy is that all trauma is valid and you can expect to experience very intentional care and a attuned pace in addressing it. Together we can identify, unpack and address issues related to trauma and focus therapy on feeling more grounded in the here and now.

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Lauren Stines (she/they)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

MA, LMFT

You are more than your trauma. In working with me, you will never be expected to disclose the fine details of your greatest hurts. Instead, we will gently cradle the emotional residue of those experiences, hold curiosity for those hurts as well as compassion for the ways that you continue to survive. That compassion will pave a path toward letting go of the survival strategies that are no longer serving you. We will slowly reintroduce you to your feeling body and invite you back into your life.

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Jennifer Stratton (She/Her/Hers)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

I am passionate about working with folks who have experienced stress and trauma in their childhood with lasting impacts into adulthood. Adverse childhood experiences alter the structure of brain which can have implications over a lifetime. Often referred to as "little t trauma" it includes chronic experiences of pain and the related impacts on development and coping with stress. Nervous-system regulation and attending to early, painful experiences are areas of focus in treatment.

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Miranda York

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

PTSD can happen from a variety of adverse childhood and adult experiences. This can occur from physical, sexual, and emotional abuse as well as chronic poverty, oppression, addiction or growing up with a mentally ill or addicted parent. Complex PTSD occurs when we experienced more than one trauma (such as in the case of chronic childhood abuse).

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Beth Bogdon (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

Many people experiences life events that impact them physically and emotionally. A person may find themselves fearful, unexpectedly remembering a past event, difficulty going places, and many more experiences. I work with people to regain a sense of safety and, if appropriate, use my training in trauma processing to decrease how symptoms impact your daily life.

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Jacob Curtis (he/him)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA CADCI NCC LPC

I have training in both Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Eye Movement and Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR). Both of these therapies are evidenced based treatments.

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Day Hancock Murphy (they/them)

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

MS, MFTA

Much of my work with clients is around treating the effects of trauma. I conducted an independent study during my graduate program on trauma and have concentrated on the treatment of trauma throughout my time in school and have continued to work with this population through internship and in my time outside of school.

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G. Ravyn (Ravyn) Stanfield (she/her)

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

M.A.in Counseling, EMDR trained, Licensed Acupuncturist

I am a trauma specialist, and have worked with trauma for over 20 years, including survivors of assault, combat veterans, survivors of disaster, family trauma, adult children of addicts, oppression trauma, and complicated or sudden loss and grief.

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Carli Barnum (She/Her/Ella)

Professional Counselor Associate

M.Ed. | NCC

I specialize in treating trauma using a person-centered approach, Parts and Memory Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). I create a safe, empathetic space for clients to explore and process their experiences at their own pace. Through these methods, I help clients reframe trauma narratives, release emotional burdens, and develop coping strategies that foster resilience and restore a sense of control and safety.

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Stacy Sheffler (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

Often the experience you are having with your mental health can be rooted in past or current trauma. Looking at how to reframe those experiences either with cognitive based trauma work or EMDR can aid in releiving the intensity of the trauma.

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Simone Gotter-Nagle (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

I have been trained in trauma-informed care and in many ways of viewing trauma, including the neurobiology of trauma, relational and intergenerational impact of trauma, and of the mental health and behavioral struggles caused by traumatic experiences. I have worked with children and adults in multiple settings and have unique view on how trauma shapes our development at different stages of life.

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Carolyn Powell (Sher/Her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

Whether you have experienced a past trauma, complex trauma or experiencing a current trauma, there is hope for healing for your mind and body. I have training in interpersonal neurobiology and trauma informed care, work place stress and use a number of theoretical orientations with working with clients in their journey towards healing.

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Katharyn Waterfield, MA, LPC

Licensed Professional Counselor

OR Lic #C4802

Trauma -- beyond the label of only PTSD, but in all of its forms and ways of being experienced -- needs to be listened to in order to be released or reconciled and integrated.

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Laura La Rosa (She/Her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

MA, MSW, LCSW

Trauma happens. It hurts. I can assist you in identifying historical or current circumstances that have caused you pain so that you might begin the process of dis-empowering the story lines that keep you stuck. From there, I can assist you in identifying a new narrative that is affirming and that supports your well being.

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Christine Finucane (She/her/hers)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW, SUDP, LICSW, SEP

Working with people who have experienced traumatic events and helping with their healing process is one of my greatest passions. I work with all kids of trauma, early childhood trauma or complex trauma as it is known and adult onset trauma. Trauma is the result of the nervous system being overwhelmed and incapable of processing the trauma at the time of the event. Working with the body and nervous system to recognize and allow for completion and release of the stored trauma is the healing.

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Landon Michaels (He/Him/His)

Clinical Psychologist

Psy.D.

I have specialty training in Contextual Trauma Therapy which developed to address the unique difficulties that come from repeated exposure to traumatic events and the family environment that is involved. Contextual Therapy is a treatment that aims to treat both the impact of the dysfunctional family environment as well as the trauma itself.

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Alex Bistroi

Licensed Professional Counselor

I completed EMDR basic training, and have further training in using EMDR for addictions, and in using EMDR to treat complex trauma and dissociation.

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Katie Palumbo (she/her)

Professional Counselor Associate

MA. Practicing Counselor Associate #R8395

My training and lived experience have taught me powerful practices to bring healing and hope to the parts of you that may hold memories and wounds from absent or neglectful caregivers, school trauma, historical abuse, or any of the other myriad forms of historical trauma you may have endured. My approach is trauma-informed, compassion-focused, and tailored to the unique needs of your nervous system and internal world.

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Angelica Nenchev (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

Licensed Professional Counselor, CADC I

Trauma is more than a one-time event. It is the impact an experience (or multiple experiences) has on your wellness. Trauma causes disruptions to our cognitions, memory, body chemistry, relationships, expectations, and self-perception. I believe trauma can be transformed through therapeutic relationships thats support resilience and flexibility.

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Cameron Panfely (he/him)

Professional Counselor Associate

R10197, MS, BS

Who we are, and the way we see the world comes our our past experiences, especially those with significant people in our lives. Past trauma often serves to disconnect us from who we really are. Working with trauma is something that I am passionate about, and I bring a compassionate, non-judgemental, and caring attitude to this work. Processing through unresolved trauma, developing effective coping skills, and offering self-compassion is my focus.

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Sean Robertson (He/him)

Clinical Psychologist Resident

PsyD

Our past experiences can haunt us. We can get trapped trying to understand the horror that we witnessed or avoid reliving the terror we once lived. We can get endlessly lost in trying to undo those experiences or prevent any type of those experiences from happening ever again. Ultimately, the challenge of PTSD is grieving what happened in a way that helps us make meaning for our current life and future goals.

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Lindsay Howson (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

PTSD is a set of symptoms that is caused by traumatic events in our lives. I utilize EMDR, mindfulness, and trauma-focused CBT to help my clients minimize the effects of PTSD on their lives.

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Su Yim, MSW, LCSW (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Surviving trauma is one thing; living the life you deserve after trauma is another. It takes a compassionate, centered, experienced clinician to guide you through that tough terrain. I help trauma survivors understand the past and develop coping skills to live life on today's terms.

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Kelly Murray (She/Her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LPC

I specialize working with early childhood trauma/developmental trauma, attachment trauma and single incident trauma. I use the TIST model by Janina Fisher and have completed her level 1 and 2 training, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (level 1 and 2 Trained) EMDR, and Jungian approaches to treat PTSD.

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Francis Aurora Otto (they | she)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LPC, RSMT/E

Traumatic experiences are overwhelming and leave lasting impact. The most impactful aspect is feeling alone with what you've gone through. Together, I work to gently meet and attend to what it's been like for you and help to regulate these feelings so they don't take over and derail your life.

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Joyce Yuan

Clinical Psychologist

PhD

Through my work at veterans hospitals, I have gained experience at treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Symptoms of PTSD include unwanted memories of trauma, hypervigilance, and avoidance of perceived threats. Treatment can involve processing feelings about the past trauma, understanding how trauma affects your current thinking and behavior, and developing new ways to feel safe and empowered.

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Ashley Garcia (She/Her)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

MA

I am certified in EAGALA and trained in Natural Lifemanship, both trauma informed therapy models that have shown to be effective in treating PTSD.

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Ashlee Lauer (She/Her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

CMHC

I have been trained in multiple trauma informed therapies, and mostly utilize Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to address symptoms of PTSD and trauma. EMDR is a psychotherapy that allows clients to heal from symptoms of trauma by helping the brain reprocess trauma using detailed protocols and procedures to activate the natural healing process. I work to create a safe space to explore trauma at a pace that works best for you.

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Carly Henderson (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, LMHC, NCC

We know a lot more than we did only decades ago about how trauma is stored in the brain and body, about how it is activated by present experiences, and how to effectively process and integrate traumatic memories. I utilize EMDR, somatic techniques and Interpersonal Neurobiology to assist clients with trauma.

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Otoniel "Toni" Calderon (He/They)

Professional Counselor Associate

M.A.

As a survivor of years-long childhood abuse/emotional neglect, I have dealt with and worked through the complex aftermath that this causes. I have utilized the Seeking Safety manual which addresses Trauma & Substance Abuse to help clients work through the complex aftermath of trauma.

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Niko Delgado-McGee (he/his/him)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, LMHC

I am EMDRIA approved EMDR level I trained. I have experience working with individuals who have suffered from child physical, emotional and sexual abuse, child incest survivors and veterans. Drawing from years of experience working as a supervisor at a crisis line, I also work well with first responders who have experienced substantial vicarious trauma.

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Jacqueline Lydston, MSW, LSWAIC (she/her/hers)

Clinical Social Work Associate

MSW

I have worked since 1989 with women and men who have survived abuse in their lives, whether from childhood or adulthood.

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Jennie Hagen (She/Her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LMHC, LPC

Trauma can comes in many different forms and affects everyone a little differently. I help people cope with and heal from trauma through validation, creating a sense of safety, and partnering together to figure out the best combination of tools to regain a sense of control over their experience. We always work at your pace and will only talk about difficult topics when you feel safe and ready.

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Josh Clark (he/him)

Clinical Psychologist

PhD, ABPP-CN

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can occur as a result of a physical, sexual, psychological or emotional assault, or threat. It can rock you to your core, causing you to rethink everything you once knew. But symptoms of PTSD are very treatable. I use Cognitive Processing Therapy, Prolonged Exposure, Adaptive Disclosure, and mindfulness strategies to help you move forward in your life.

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