Portland Therapy Center
Wyatt Okeefe

Wyatt Okeefe (he/they)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LMHC, LPC, LPCC

I'm a queer & transmasc with 20yrs experience specializing in working with depression, anxiety, trauma & queer and gender identity issues

Client Status

accepting clients

Contact

352-677-2401

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At a Glance

Me

Rate: $150-$225

Provides free initial consultation

Practicing Since: 2001

Languages: English

Services

  • Individual
  • Relationship
  • Teen

Insurances Accepted

  • Out of Pocket

My Ideal Client

.My clients are often navigating significant life changes and transitions that prompt big questions about their identity and purpose. They may be adjusting to singlehood after a breakup, changing careers, graduating from student to professional life, planning for retirement, undergoing gender transition, relocating, or coming out. On top of these major life events, they may also be grappling with mental health challenges like depression, anxiety, or unresolved trauma. I'm here to support you.

My Approach to Helping

As an experienced therapist my primary goal is to empower my clients to live their most authentic and fulfilling lives. I employ an existential approach, emphasizing the importance of finding meaning in one's daily activities and relationships as essential to thriving. Through our collaborative work, I guide my clients in exploring their identities, values, and beliefs about themselves and others, and how these factors shape their interactions and satisfaction with life. My role is to provide the tools and support my clients need to assert themselves with confidence and self-awareness. By delving into these core aspects of their personal experience, my clients are able to develop a stronger sense of self-understanding and agency, ultimately enabling them to live more purposeful and enriching lives.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I understand the impact of transphobia, homophobia and misogyny on our mental health and the challenges we face as a community. I know the anxiety and fear we face is real and I also know we can persevere and still experience the joy of living authentically in spite of it. I strive to create a safe, validating space where clients can explore their thoughts, feelings, and personal journeys with authenticity. Through an integrative, client-centered approach, I collaboratively develop tailored strategies for managing concerns like depression, anxiety, and trauma. This may involve evidence-based therapies combined with holistic, identity-affirming practices. Underlying my work is a commitment to empowering LGBTQIA+ clients to live their most authentic, fulfilling lives. I believe self-acceptance and a strong sense of identity are essential to thriving, and I help guide clients in cultivating these qualities. Reach out, I'm here to support you.

Techniques I Use

Specialties

  • Existential External link

    My goal for therapy is to assist clients to explore themselves, their experiences and their responses, their purpose in life and how to move toward their goals. I encourage my clients to exercise their free will to live a courageously authentic life. An Existential approach can help with anxiety,, depression and feeling stuck by helping clients deeply explore their deepest selves with love and compassion.

  • Attachment Theory External link

    Exploration of attachment styles can help couples find creative ways to better meet their needs and those of their partner(s) Understanding one's attachment style can help alleviate unhealthy relational habits that destroy relationships. romantic and non-romantic interpersonal issues can be explored and addressed to alleviate anxiety and distress.

  • Cognitive Behavioral (CBT) External link

    Using this modality can help address how ones thoughts effect one's emotions. I help clients explore and reshape their thoughts to reduce emotional distress. CBT offers tools one can use to to create behavioral change.

  • Somatic Therapy (Body Centered) External link

    Somatic therapy explores how the body expresses deeply painful experiences, applying mind-body healing to aid with trauma recovery. I believe our bodies inform us in many ways and help clients explore what the body knows to better understand and heal from trauma.

Issues I Treat

Specialties

  • Gender Identity External link

    I am transmasc, non-binary and go by he/they pronouns. I provide ongoing psychotherapy and write letters of support for gender affirming care.

  • Anxiety External link

    I use a variety of approaches to address anxiety including Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT) CBT, existentialism and Internal parts work or IFS to assist in addressing anxiety.

  • Depression External link

    I use a variety of approaches to address depression including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) aspects of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and talk therapy.

  • LGBTQ Issues External link

    I am a lifelong member of the LGBTQIA+ community and have been a therapist working within the community for over 20 years.

  • PTSD External link

    Trauma and PTSD are common issues faced by the queer community. I have over 20 years experience working with trauma, PTSD, Dissociation and helping clients make sense of their experiences and heal from them to live their most empowered healthy lives. .

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