Credit: Midjourney

I offer a serene and confidential environment to talk about matters of the heart. My goal is to help you reprocess your psychological pain and suffering in a way that releases any detrimental limits for love, contentment, and positive self-concept (🤪 and 😬 → 😇). I use Internal Family Systems (IFS). IFS is an evidence-based and trauma-informed model.

Areas of Expertise #

• Individual emotional & relationship issues (couple or dyad) ❤️
  • IFS is similar to psychotherapy, addressing many of the same conditions.
  • I provide counseling under ORS 675.825(4)(a), which allows alternative counselors to practice legally in Oregon without a license.
  • Since I am not licensed in Oregon, I cannot describe myself as a psychotherapist. ORS 675.020
• Psychedelic prep & integration 🍄/🐸
  • Prepare to take your first psychedelic journey safely
  • Understand and integrate your psychedelic journey(s)
  • I do not prescribe, procure, or administer substances.
• Expecting your first child? 🚼
  • Ready for a new full-time job without sleep? Learn the mental health tools you need before the proverbial shit hits the fan. 💩
  • If you put more skill and effort into the first three years, you and your child will reap a lifetime of benefits.
• Lifestyle, nutrition, & physical health 🥗
  • I have studied nutrition for many years and am trained to evaluate statistical evidence.
  • I am not a licensed dietician.¹
  • I am not a medical doctor.

Professional Background #

• Internal Family Systems
  • IFIO Advanced Training: Sexuality Matters, Nov 2023
  • Attendee at the 2023 IFS Conference in Denver CO
  • Creating Healing Circles: Using the IFS Model in Group Therapy, Aug 2023
    
    Reveal my selfie with Chris

    
  • Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) relationship therapy Basic Training (IFS Level 2), Jun 2023
  • IFS Level 1, Nov 2022 🚀
  • IFS Continuity Program subscriber since Sep 2022.
  • Working toward IFS Certification.
  • Regular consultation with
    • Liz Phillips 💐️, IFS-Certified Therapist, Approved IFS Clinical Consultant
    • Kelly Kreutz 💐️, IFS-Certified Therapist, Approved IFS Clinical Consultant
• Practicing meditation for more than 30 years.² 🧘🏻‍♂️ Can provide cult recovery support.
• Ph.D. Quantitative Psychology in 2016 from University of Virginia. See NCBI for publications. 🎓

How much counseling experience do you have? #

Silly Photos #

Dec 2019

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