Anat LeBlanc (she/her)

My Approach to Helping

With deep compassion, a courageous heart and a warm and calming presence, I companion individuals and families through grief and loss, personal transformation, chronic illness and the mysteries of death and dying. Combining years as an interfaith hospital chaplain with potent personal experience, a deeply empathic heart and skills from neuroscience, mindfulness and meditative practice, I honor the holistic and somatic impact of loss, and the challenges of personal growth. Together we will hold space for your deeper story to unfold.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I graduated with a Master's degree from Sofia University in Transpersonal Psychology in 2010 and in 2013 completed a residency year of post-graduate training at Emanuel Medical Center (Clinical Pastoral Education) where I served on staff several years as an interfaith chaplain before joining OHSU's Bridges Pediatric Palliative Care team in 2017. I have deepened my practice with the M.E.T.A. Institute, studying Hakomi, a somatic and mindfulness based therapeutic modality and is a certified Compassionate Bereavement Care provider through the MISS Foundation. Working at a level 1 trauma center has given me extensive experience in companioning families and individuals through traumatic events, acute crisis and sudden loss, providing a warm and calming and presence for those facing significant life changes.