Portland Therapy Center
Patrick Petrie

Patrick Petrie (he/him)

Licensed Professional Counselor

Depth-oriented and Relational Psychodynamic Therapy

Client Status

accepting clients

Contact

971-203-2074

Email Website

At a Glance

Me

Rate: $80-$185

Provides free initial consultation

Practicing Since: 2022

Languages: English

Services

  • Individual
  • Teen

Insurances Accepted

  • Aetna
  • OHP CareOregon/HealthShare
  • Regence Blue Cross/Blue Shield
  • United Behavioral Health

My Ideal Client

Do you feel free to live out your values, your wants, your deepest heartfelt desires? Do you struggle to reconcile your identity, your status, or lack of opportunities with the life you actually dream of living? Are you grieving something that is difficult to name, touch, or even look at? I admire your openness and commitment to taking the next step. What arises in you will always be worthy of love, presence, and curiosity during our work together.

My Approach to Helping

I believe therapy is a radical process that hinges entirely on the trust we establish and voluntarily commit to. When else do we get to slow down for an hour and have the opportunity to practice being vulnerable with ourself, let alone a stranger? Despite the sufferings and stressors plaguing our lives, I believe your inner world holds a beautiful hearth that longs to center you and call you home. Over the course of therapy, I believe we will cultivate a practice of trusting this to be true, and a place that can be accessed more readily throughout your day to day life. I trust that what brought you here matters, I trust that change is possible, and I trust that we will make great strides in this work together. My frame of reference is driven by the importance of relationship while also utilizing the wisdom of the body, mind, and spirit to inform us of our best approach to holistic wellbeing.

My Values as a Therapist

The particularity of our stories matter. I strongly affirm the interconnectedness of all living beings, that our struggles are both personal and collective. I welcome your lived experience, your personal beliefs, and your identities without judgment. As a White, able-bodied, and male practitioner, I recognize my areas of privilege and inherent differences in lived experiences. I strive to practice with an open mindset that is culturally sensitive and anti-oppressive. I strive to be a provider who uses my position to empower others, advocate when systems do not serve us, and continuously learn/unlearn for the betterment of our collective liberation and growth.

Techniques I Use

Specialties

  • Psychodynamic  External link

    As a Relational Psychodynamic therapist, I bring a depth of training that honors the beautiful complexities of the human psyche, as well as the belief that what arises in the therapy session is always worth being curious enough to sit with. More often than not, we'll stumble upon unconscious patterns, long held beliefs, past attachment wounds, and an internal wisdom that will likely arrive have transformative ripple effects on your life.

  • EMDR External link

    Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing is an evidence-based method of treatment. I enjoy utilizing the structure and container of EMDR through a uniquely tailored approach to your specific struggles. EMDR works well for letting go of long-held beliefs, stuck patterns, and especially for lingering traumatic or stressful memories. EMDR is quite different from regular talk therapy and can possibly bring about distressing emotions during the session.

  • Existential External link

    I employ a comfortability in sitting with themes that are often difficult to name, explain, touch, or even look at. Sometimes therapy can be most effective and healing by just providing enough space to speak something aloud for the first time, and to then digest, process, and determine what meaning it has for us moving forward. Human beings are incredibly resilient in the face of suffering, so long as they have a grasp on their innermost values and meaning they hold in this life.

Issues I Treat

Specialties

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