Portland Therapy Center
Elizabeth Knutsen

Elizabeth Knutsen (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

Reconnect with your body. Reconnect with you.

Client Status

waitlist

Contact

503-744-7269

1110 SE ALDER ST

STE 301

Portland, 97214

Email Website

At a Glance

Me

Rate: $150-$220

Provides free initial consultation

Practicing Since: 2018

Languages: English

Services

  • Individual

Insurances Accepted

  • Out of Pocket
  • Aetna
  • OHP CareOregon/HealthShare

My Ideal Client

I work with individuals who are interested in building a deeper level of understanding of limiting beliefs held about themselves and the world that keep them from living the fully expansive lives they deserve. My clients are sex workers, those with eating disorders/disordered eating, non-monogamous, kinky and queer populations and those who are involved in community organizing. Please note I only provide telehealth sessions; I no longer live in OR. Please inquire about sliding scale rates.

My Background and Approach

Mind and body connection is one of the main portals to gaining a deeper understanding of ourselves. I utilize Somatic Experiencing and Mindfulness to help support my clients build safety and connection to their bodies to support their healing and growth process. I am deeply committed to obtaining consent and feedback from clients to ensure they are getting their needs met in our time together. It takes courage to show up as one's authentic self and to be vulnerable. I will validate the hell out of you and also provide reality checks when needed. Your feelings are real and they need space AND we can explore new ways of being in the world. Have you ever had feelings of being too much? I promise you, you're not.

Why I am a Good Fit for You

We'll be a good fit for one another if you appreciate direct feedback that has a softness to it. If you are ready to consistently show up and feel. I actively strive to dismantle beliefs that have been socialized in me that are harmful to others and myself. This is an ongoing task as, globally, we continue under late stage capitalism. I will often "punch up" at systems of oppression that hurt us all. We all live in a world that doesn't always support expansion and safety. Explore building safety in ourselves and our world and look at some of the ways your beliefs and actions may not be aligning with your values so we can come back home to those values. I take identity into consideration in my work with clients and will support you in separating your identities from the identity politics; a tool of the ruling class used to keep us separated.

Techniques I Use

Issues I Treat

Specialties

  • Compassion Fatigue External link

    Many sex workers often burn out from the level of emotional engagement their job requires. Holding boundaries for yourself and with clients takes so much energy -- especially when you safety is at risk. It makes sense you're feeling burnt out. Let's build some skills around taking care of you and allow for space for burnout without normalizing it as a "right of passage" under capitalism.

  • Personal Growth External link

    Personal growth is a wild ride. I know in my lived experience that I was never told how painful and lonely it can be. Often personal growth involves grief and letting go of what our lives used to look like and radically accepting where we're currently at in our journey while still dreaming of what we want our future to be like. It's a lot to hold! I'd love to help support you in opening up space for the most authentic version of you.

  • Eating Disorder External link

    If you struggle with your relationship to food and movement -- I can help. Many of us struggle with internalized fatphobia and I can provide you resources and tools to dismantle this belief that was socialized into you. We've come to learn through living under capitalism, that it can feel safer to live in a particular kind of body; the kind of body that capitalism deems "acceptable." This simply isn't a reality. Work with me to dismantle unrealistic expectations we hold for our body.

  • Polyamorous and Open Relationships External link

    Are you in a non-monogamous relationship or are curious about what those relationship structures can look like for you? Get some support around building, maintaining and growing your most intimate connections all while building awareness around power dynamics, communication and wants and needs in your interpersonal relationships.

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