Portland Therapy Center
Alex MacLeod

Alex MacLeod (he/him)

Professional Counselor Associate

MS, NCC, CRC

Supervisor: Kerri Anderson-Linde, LPC, NCC and Deanna Cor, PhD, LPC, NCC

I help people dealing with anxiety, OCD, and other manifestations of trauma to feel safe, confident, and capable.

Client Status

accepting clients

Contact

503-420-7494

1210 SE Oak St

Portland, 97214

Email Website

At a Glance

Me

Rate: $135-$200

Provides free initial consultation

Practicing Since: 2022

Languages: English

Services

  • Individual

Insurances Accepted

  • Out of Pocket

My Ideal Client

When we adapt to an oppressive environment, we are often left feeling scattered, anxious, depressed, numb, disconnected, and misaligned. What’s really tricky is that we’re often not even aware of how we ended up there, we just know that it hurts. Maybe you've been hurting for a while without anyone in your life really aware of how hard it is for you, or maybe something's shifted recently and you're in need of new tools.

My Approach to Helping

In therapy, you can learn how to widen your awareness of your experience and to encounter and even befriend the parts of yourself that cause tension and conflict in your everyday life. In our work together, I will invite you to notice aspects of your experience that may have fallen from your conscious awareness. This can be especially helpful if you're someone who struggles to know what you're feeling, or finds it difficult navigating tense conversations with people you love. We will also talk about concrete tools to help you get unstuck from unwanted behavioral patterns, set and stick to compassionate boundaries, and ask for what you need. I incorporate Somatic Experiencing in my approach to helping, which is a trauma treatment modality that focuses on helping you feel safe and grounded before renegotiating the painful and wounding things you've experienced in this life. If you're someone who is turned off by traditional talk therapy models, this may be a welcome change for you.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I believe that we are living in a distinctive and difficult time. I also believe that at its best, therapy can be a revolutionary act. Where prevailing societal currents push us away from each other and ourselves, the therapeutic relationship can be a place to drop anchor, resist, and flourish in the way that is your birthright.

Techniques I Use

Issues I Treat

Specialties

  • Self-Esteem External link

    From the moment you were born, all the way to the present moment, you've been learning how to treat yourself. Whether you're confused why you can't seem to give yourself a break, or even if you have a pretty good idea of how you got here, there are few wounds more painful than a ceaseless inner critic. In therapy you can find the grounding to step out of alignment with what your critic wants you to believe, and begin to tease apart how the world has treated you from who you really are.

  • Anxiety External link

    I've received training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Somatic Experiencing, both of which I find to be helpful approaches in supporting people with anxious, flighty, fast-paced, and frozen nervous systems. If you feel on-edge more than you'd like to, stuck in well-worn ruts of anxious thinking, or if there's something in particular that is so hard to look at that it's been preferable to avoid it entirely, I am equipped to stand next to you and support you to find your footing.

  • Men's Issues External link

    Even as the primary beneficiaries of patriarchy, men suffer under it. Much of this suffering comes from a disconnection with the self, taught during childhood and reinforced throughout adolescence and adulthood. Most of my clinical experience has been in working with men on a variety of issues including boundary setting, navigating gender roles, accountability, harm and repair, trauma and recovery, loneliness, and slowing down from ‘doing’ to ‘being.’

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