Portland Therapy Center
Chris Broussard

Chris Broussard (she/her)

Professional Counselor Associate

M.A., CADC-I

Supervisor: Raina Hassan, LPC

Efficient, evidence-based therapeutic strategies tailored to your individual set of circumstances.

Client Status

accepting clients

Contact

9712492440

Email Website

At a Glance

Me

Rate: $120-$140

Provides free initial consultation

Practicing Since: 2023

Services

  • Individual
  • Relationship
  • Teen

Insurances Accepted

My Ideal Client

Life is full of challenges. When these challenges combine or intensify to increase stress, anxiety, depression, or trauma, it can leave us feeling limited - even paralyzed. The impacts to relationships, career, and sense of worth become noticeable. Sometimes we turn to unhealthy habits to cope, leading to addictions, isolation, and sickness. Engaging in therapy can reverse this progression and help to regain a sense of ease and joy.

My Background and Approach

In counseling, I walk beside clients using proven strategies tailored to each person’s specific needs. By working together to identify the root of the problem, we can efficiently access your felt sense of inner wisdom needed to heal. I use an integrated and holistic approach that draws from internal family systems, somatic experiencing, humanism, mindfulness, and psychodynamics. I work with adults with addictions, depression and anxiety, perimenopause & menopause, ADHD, trauma, men’s issues, challenging family systems, and those marginalized by oppressive systems. Ethical practice is foundational to my work as a professional counselor associate which is guided by the Code of Ethics adopted by the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists.

My Values as a Therapist

My professional approach is informed by my long-term practice and spiritual grounding in Eastern philosophies which hold that all people contain the innate wisdom to break through life's challenges and thrive. I am restored by time in nature and believe in its power to facilitate healing. Play is as important for adults as it is for children. I have a deep vow to work toward the depolarization of society. Suffering can be present in any set of circumstances - I welcome the opportunity to work with people of every race, sex, class, age, ethnicity, religion, national origin, ability, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression.

Techniques I Use

Specialties

  • Addiction Therapy External link

    Professional experience in co-occurring residential treatment, early recovery, 12-Step, SMART, Dharma Recovery, and Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention. Working with the interplay of trauma, addiction, and neurodevelopmental history.

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS) External link

    Parts work in combination with mindfulness and somatic approaches can help clients move through traumatic memories and challenging fixed beliefs. This is an empowering, deep approach.

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) External link

    Grounding in mindfulness and cognitive defusion. ACT is especially helpful for addictions, anxiety, and depression with rumination.

  • Wilderness Therapy External link

    Gentle guided experiences facilitate the client's reconnection with their essential nature.

Issues I Treat

Specialties

  • ADHD External link

    ADHD is not simply inattention or hyperactivity. ADHD affects every single domain of life and plays havoc with our emotions and ability to relate to others. ADHD can cut us off from our sense of self and communitiy. Behavioral strategies can help with executive functioning; deeper approaches drawing on parts work and experiential therapy can drill down and target all the ways that ADHD affects us, from disconnection, inertia, difficult emotions, & relentless inner criticism.

  • Anxiety External link

    Trauma-informed cognitive, somatic, behavioral, emotion-focused, psychodynamic, and mindfulness strategies tailored to your particular situation.

  • Depression External link

    Cognitive patterns are one of several factors contributing to persistent and major depressive episodes. These can be targeted through cognitive, somatic, experiential, and behavioral approaches.

  • Historical Trauma External link

    Gentle, effective, and trauma-informed approaches that honor the client's inner wisdom to heal in a safe environment.

  • Personal Growth External link

    Guided inquiry to identify core values, recognize barriers and develop strategies to move forward, aligned with the client's deepest aspirations.

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