Portland Therapy Center
Nora Harrington

Nora Harrington (she / her)

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

MA in Couple and Family Therapy

Supervisor: Silvana Espinoza Lau, LMFT

I support my clients in fulfilling their capacity for deep and meaningful relationships and a joyful, authentic sex life.

Client Status

accepting clients

Contact

503-877-5189

2926 NE Flanders St

Room 3C

Portland, 97232

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At a Glance

Me

Rate: $150-$200

Provides free initial consultation

Practicing Since: 2021

Languages: English

Services

  • Individual
  • Family
  • Group
  • Relationship

Insurances Accepted

  • Out of Pocket
  • OHP CareOregon/HealthShare

My Ideal Client

My practice is a great fit for: cycles of disconnection in couples (esp. high conflict); chronic and unwanted single-hood in individuals; sexual avoidance in couples and individuals; low libido, erectile dysfunction and vaginismus; shame resolution; creative longing. I specialize in the tension between how badly we need each other and how hard it can be to find each other.

My Approach to Helping

My practice is called Awake Together because I help my clients connect the the open, flexible nature of their true selves in the safety of secure relationships. I work from the principle that in relationship we need to know we're safe, and we need to know we can be ourselves. I believe that we are meant to bond in the all the places we'd rather hide. My sex therapy practice is guided by the belief that we all have a libido creature, driven only by it's own pleasure, desire and joy. It belongs to us and owes nothing to others. Once we can restore this creature to it's autonomous and authentic expression, our sex lives become an adventure in play and connection. I believe that sex the best proving ground for our ability to be truly close to another human, in all the messiness of the present moment.

Why I Became a Therapist

I’m a relationship therapist because I was the worst ever at relationships. I learned all that I teach my clients through the urgency of my own pain. I believe that there was a deep injury to the humanity of my white ancestors long ago. I continue to untwist my thinking and being from this injury, both for my own liberation and in the hope that I can stop perpetuating the harm. My work in this is deliberate and ongoing. The guiding therapeutic models of my work are Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS). Most of the work I do is centered in attachment theory. I have a deep love for the innovation and irreverence of the Marriage and Family field. I hold the Antioch University certificates in Sex Therapy and Sex Education. I identify as a witch, folk herbalist, and ceremonialist. These practices inform me from the background as I do my attachment-based work.

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