Portland Therapy Center
Katrina Severin

Katrina Severin (She/Her)

Professional Counselor Associate

MS, LPC Associate

Supervisor: Sarah Pattee, LMFT

My style is authentic and assertive, while maintaining trust in your innate ability to heal. I work with couples and individual adults.

Client Status

accepting clients

Contact

503-500-5890

Portland, 97213

Email

At a Glance

Me

Rate: $125-$175

Provides free initial consultation

Practicing Since: 2021

Languages: English

Services

  • Individual
  • Group
  • Relationship

Insurances Accepted

  • Out of Pocket
  • Out of Network

My Ideal Client

I have experience working with Trauma, depression, anxiety, chronic pain, disability, relationship issues, boundaries, attachment, codependency, identity development, and much more. I enjoy working with neurodivergent and LBGTQIA+ folks, as well as couples who are working to liberate themselves from patriarchal roles and relationship patterns. I am committed to ongoing anti-racism and anti-oppression work, and bring a complex understanding of my own intersections of privilege and oppression.

My Background and Approach

Prior to becoming a therapist, I completed a BA in Global Anthropology from University of the Pacific in 2014. My studies encompassed various aspects of culture and the human experience, which continues to inform my worldview and my understanding of human nature. In 2022, I completed a MS in Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling, which focused on the disability experience from a biopsychosocial perspective. I use an integrated multicultural, anti-oppression, feminist, trauma-informed, and person-centered approach that draws from Gestalt therapy, Jungian psychology, Internal Family Systems, Polyvagal theory, somatics, and mindfulness. I also draw personally from various sources of wisdom and creativity, including astrology, Quantum theory, art and poetry, ancestry, breath and movement, plant medicine, and the Chakra system.

My Values as a Therapist

We will all die someday - and yet, we often forget to live while we are alive. We are all born into circumstances beyond our control, and many of us do not get what we need in the crucial years of development. We find beautifully creative ways to adapt in service of our survival, only to become unconsciously stuck in rigid postures and patterns that keep us defended, reactive, and deeply unsatisfied as we move through the ever-changing conditions of our lives. In our work together, I can help you to increase your awareness of these patterns, review the scripts you've been given, and increase your capacity for agency and choice as you learn to listen more deeply to your own voice. In our work together, I will help you to honor your body is a historical record keeper, a deep source of wisdom, and a vessel for transcendence. I look forward to supporting you in living a life of meaning.

Techniques I Use

Issues I Treat

Specialties

  • Chronic Pain or Illness External link

    I hold a Master's degree in Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling, which focuses on the disability experience from a social justice perspective. I have familiarity with conditions such as fibromyalgia and other types of chronic pain.

  • PTSD External link

    I have experience working with trauma using somatic approaches, guided meditation and visualization, and Internal Family Systems.

  • Relationship / Marriage Issues External link

    I can help you understand the ways in which you show up in relationships from an Attachment lens, while building skills for self-soothing and regulation of your nervous system. I will work with you in defining, establishing, and maintaining healthy boundaries in all types of relationships. My work with couples is grounded in the Gestalt model of relating.

  • LGBTQ Issues External link

    I identify as queer, and can offer safety and understanding around sexual and gender identity issues.

  • Cultural and Systemic Oppression External link

    I completed my internship at a clinic focused primarily on supporting immigrants and refugees, as well as various other system-impacted populations. My personal identities as a queer, neurodivergent woman from a poverty class and religious background also inform my understanding of power and privilege. I am committed to ongoing personal and professional work around anti-racism and anti-oppression.

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