Portland Therapy Center
Evan Stuart

Evan Stuart (he/him)

Student Counselor

Supervisor: Marie Mellberg LPC

I work well with a client who appreciates an East meets West approach: Mindful self-regulation and growing your strength and confidence.

Client Status

accepting clients

Contact

9712541357

1942 NW Kearney Street #11

Portland, 97209

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At a Glance

Me

Rate: $150

Provides free initial consultation

Practicing Since: 2023

Services

  • Individual
  • Family
  • Group
  • Relationship
  • Teen

Insurances Accepted

  • Cigna
  • Kaiser
  • Providence Health Plan

My Ideal Client

My path toward becoming a therapist started as a meditation facilitator, where I gained a deep appreciation of how mindfulness can bring calm and insight. My journey has helped me overcome difficult co-parenting, listening to teenagers, navigating divorce and loneliness, working through romantic relationships, and stepping outside of my own struggles to want to be of service to others. The specific tools we use soften anxiety and depression, bring ease and confidence, and healing.

My Approach to Helping

A fellow therapist told me, “People want an experience, not an explanation”. The ideal client will have an experience of warmth when meeting me, a feeling of being listened to, feeling safe, empowered in authenticity, and building trust toward your healing in a therapeutic relationship. All these qualities are at the core of who I am as a therapist. We will celebrate your strengths and authenticity. I will listen to your experiences and then address where you want to change. I have over 1,500 hours of meditation teacher training to share tools in open awareness, stress and anxiety reduction, and help your growth toward releasing unhelpful thought patterns. I also specialize in relationships and family systems, and help you grow into a stronger, wiser self.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

Individuals can move toward self-regulation when provided with safety and warmth. Both your strength and confidence grow through identifying where change is possible and recognizing where it is potentially necessary to let go. Our work together can help you to make that distinction. I have a deep commitment to mindfulness and work consistently to be of service in several different spiritual communities: some Buddhist, some secular. Many things that may have happened to you can be reframed moving forward with an alliance in your healing. May you find the right person to open your healing potential, and it will be an honor if you trust me with your story.

Techniques I Use

Issues I Treat

Specialties

  • Anxiety External link

    Mindfulness tools, compassionate empathy, and creating a safe space for recognizing unhelpful thought patterns give you a chance to change patterns, bring more ease and confidence into your life and create positive change.

  • Depression External link

    Holding space for depression rather than treating it like a demon provides more space for self-compassion. With this self-compassionate framework, we start to see how many things that have happened to us are not our fault, but now it is our responsibility to find and make meaning of them. This journey shows us the flower that grows from the compost of our past experiences. The intentional mindfulness tools that we work on together deepen this process and provide you with strength and insight.

  • Codependency External link

    Restoration Therapy provides a framework to strengthen your patterns in relationships with others. Looking at historical attachment patterns, and reframing them with intentional mindfulness tools can lead to the growth of a stronger, wiser self in your relationships with others. Co-dependency can be shifted to attracting relationships that serve you.

  • Autism External link

    Neurodivergence can be celebrated. However, reaching that place of confidence as an individual, as well as a family navigating a neurotypical system, requires a compassionate alliance. As a former schoolteacher in Special Education, I have experience holding space with this process. I am a strong champion of neurodivergent populations and hope to help you find more ease and grace with your brilliant individuality.

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