Pearl Waldorf (she/her)
Licensed Professional Counselor
MA, MSed, LPC
Relationship is everything. I bring new frameworks, humor and queer wisdom to all I do. Let's free you up to live a vital, meaningful life.
Client Status
Contact
971-258-2968
2505 SE 11th Ste. 222
Portland, 97202
At a Glance
Me
Rate: $200
Provides free initial consultation
Provides telehealth services
Practicing Since: 2012
Languages: English
Services
- Individual
- Group
- Teen
Insurances Accepted
- Out of Pocket
- Out of Network
My Ideal Client
Ya'll I work with folx who have never quite "fit." I work with Queer and Trans folx, mixed race, cross-culture, creative folx who are creating their place in the world. I work with folx whose childhoods were confusing, neglectful, shaming & who have, maybe ever since, been mixed up thinking something's wrong with them. My clients are neurodivergent in gorgeous and struggle-y ways. My clients are nerdy AF. They care about the world & desire skills to stay self connected & emotionally well.
My Approach to Helping
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
Techniques I Use
Specialties
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Relational
In the therapy relationship, we can begin to understand what gets in the way of connection for us. Together, we are detectives in search of answers to the conundrum of what makes connecting hard, life satisfaction illusive and vitality available in such small or intermittent reserves.
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Attachment Theory
It is during our early development that our ways of understanding relationship are being mapped into our brains. Attachment therapy can awaken these networks for reconfiguration. Deep change is possible in how we experience ourselves, in our ways of connecting with others and in our capacity to act effectively in the world.
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Somatic Therapy (Body Centered)
The body holds the story of our lives in the present moment. We can work here and now to heal the wounds which thwart satisfaction in our lives. Through deep listening we learn to attend to the wisdom deep in implicit memory system and to sort what's past from what's actually happening right now.
Issues I Treat
Specialties
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Relationship / Marriage Issues
Sometimes working with an individual or group therapist to sort through our relationship issues can save our most tenuous connections. Rather than placing the pressure directly on relational struggles that are founded on insecure attachment strategies, why not make room for ourselves to discover our deeper solidity and bring this back into our connections.
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Codependency
Setting clear boundaries as adults has everything to do with how we were reflected and tended to as little ones. It's easy to mix ourselves up with others, if we were not valued for simply being our unique selves. We can't learn our own yeses and nos in a vacuum. What's exciting, is we can learn differentiation as an adult, with the guidance of a skilled attachment therapist.
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Anxiety
An activated Nervous System can make satisfying engagement with others nearly impossible. My anxiety clients may feel confused about why you struggle as you do. When asked about your history, it's likely you'll say you had good parents. Parents who provided you with everything you needed. I dig deeper with my clients to understand, what may have been missing and to begin filling in the gaps.
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Depression
Depression is a way we protect ourselves from overwhelming experiences. If we have no functional way to regulate ourselves through life's emotional stresses and relationships' natural shifts in and out of connection, often our nervous systems will jump in, take over and shut us down. Engaging with a skilled Attachment therapist, can support reigniting the aliveness that is your human birthright.
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Cultural and Systemic Oppression
I am an assimilated white, Jewish identified cis gendered queer able-bodied woman. The anti-racism work I have been engaged in over the past few years is transforming my spirit, my world view and my lens on the work of relational therapy. Together we can help you ground into your own privileged and subjugated identities with an aim towards more more community and work effectiveness, more relationship satisfaction and deeper enjoyment in your life.
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I have experience with the following
Buddhism
Judaism
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Be You: With Others ~ Interpersonal Process Group
ADHD, Anxiety, Depression
Join peers for real time relational learning. Discover your truest self. Fumble towards more effective living and choosing, the kind that supports your mental health. Clients report they are learning to clarify boundaries, to ask for and receive what they need to feel well as well as discovering the goodness already available to them in their lives right now. These are scary times. Skills to build connections & community you can count on are more essential than ever. Relationships are medicine!
The Details
Group Meets: Wednesdays
Start Time: 4pm
Group Size: 6-10
Cost: $280 per month
Session Length: 90 minutes
Address: , , , State
Join The GroupBe You: With Others ~ Queer, Trans, Neurodivergent Folx and Friends
Bipolar, Depression, Relational-Cultural
Our culture teaches us disconnectedness. This interpersonal process group is designed to support you in an experiential, safe-enough, exploratory setting to build a deeper more trusting connection to yourself. To hold onto what's important to you in your relationships you must know yourself! Bust through all you project on others. Your projections keep you disconnected. Learn to be nourished by your life as it is, while clarifying essentials to guide you towards all you envision for your life.
The Details
Group Meets: Tuesdays
Start Time: 5:45pm
Group Size: 6-10
Cost: $280 per month
Session Length: 90 minutes
Address: Inner SE, , , State
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