Portland Therapy Center
Day Adams

Day Adams (he/him)

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

MA

Let's get something different moving, together.

Client Status

accepting clients

Contact

2950 SE Stark St

Suite 210

Portland, 97202

Email Website

At a Glance

Me

Rate: $40-$185

Provides free initial consultation

Practicing Since: 2021

Languages: English

Services

  • Individual
  • Family
  • Relationship

Insurances Accepted

  • Out of Pocket

My Ideal Client

I work with: - couples/partnerships having difficulty connecting and communicating in preferred ways - adult family relationships (siblings, parent/child) who are wanting to heal hurts and feel closer - people struggling to find meaningfulness and a sense of purpose or direction in their lives - men who find it meaningful to explore life experiences and ideas around masculinity with a male therapist

My Approach to Helping

I practice narrative therapy in a warm, conversational, and practical way, often incorporating writing of some kind. I believe therapy is a collaborative process in pursuit of preferred ways of living, facilitating different kinds of attention and experience. I'll accompany you in your search for understanding and welcome your curiosity, feelings, and reflections into our conversations. I'm here to help you articulate, center, and communicate what you value and cherish in this life. I aim to support and nourish relationships to people, places, and the meaningful stories of our lives. Where you head is up to you, but I work to help you find the skills and knowledges necessary to move in that direction with resilience, flexibility, and in connection with others.

Why I Became a Therapist

I chose to pursue the work of relational therapy under the spell of a great curiosity and love for the diverse lives and relationships of this world. Partly this love and curiosity emerged from my own learning about how to navigate life and relationships as a man, in a society that has a wide variance of ideas about what that means. Partly it came about through my own experiences, both nourishing and difficult or confusing, in relationships of all kinds, with family, friends, and partners. Through personal relationships, education and clinical training, my own therapeutic experiences, and the many conversations with people I work with, I’m cultivating the idea that meaningful connection is the central element to living the lives we want to live.

Techniques I Use

Specialties

  • Narrative  External link

    Narrative therapy is a collaborative, non-pathologizing therapeutic approach. One of the central ideas of this approach is that "people are not the problem, the problem is the problem". I was introduced to narrative therapy ideas in my graduate program and have subsequently engaged in extended graduate-level narrative therapy coursework and development through the Evanston Family Therapy Center.

Issues I Treat

Specialties

  • Relationship / Marriage Issues External link

    All relationships involve tension and conflict at times, but sometimes it becomes disconnecting and distressing. The habits, expectations, and values we carry into our relationships impact how we're able to work together with the people we love. In talking about these different things we're carrying, and how we experience them with our partners, we open doors to being able to relate in preferred ways and rediscover the connection.

  • Family Conflict External link

    Families bear all kinds of histories, as well as habits of living, communicating, and connecting. Not only this, but they must also grow and change together over time, as everyone involved is always in the process of "growing up". This can cause all manner of stuck or sore spots. Let's take the time to slow down, explore what has influenced the relationship to be the way it is and determine ways of being together through life's changes that feel more connective.

  • Men's Issues External link

    Men face a particular array of challenges these days. It's can be helpful to have a space to talk with another man about those challenges and what might be done to live in preferred ways. It's my honor to hold space for men to share what's really on their minds and hearts and talk it through together.

  • Personal Growth External link

    Everybody grows and changes throughout their lives, sometimes in preferred ways and often in unexpected ways. There is a kind of power in exploring and learning how to make the kind of commitment and direct the kind of energy necessary to develop those areas of life that seem most vital.

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