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Hi! If you're like most people visiting this site, perhaps you're feeling a bit "stuck" and overwhelmed. I'm glad you've found your way here; you're in the right spot. I specialize in early childhood mental health, pregnancy, fertility, and postpartum mood disorders. I enjoy working with parents and parents-to-be who are navigating life stressors and the chaos of parenthood. Additionally, I offer individual counseling for young adults looking to include their faith/spirituality into treatment, or who are looking to reconcile their beliefs. I'm trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy and use a systemic approach in working with children and adults. I am also one of the few therapists in Portland that offer Parent-Child Interaction Therapy and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy for Toddlers, two unique evidenced-based treatments for young children ages 9months - 7years old, and their caregivers.

My approach to helping you and your family is warm and compassionate, yet direct, lively and straightforward. I believe and hold true that you are the expert in yourself and your family. Together, we will work to reach your goals by using and building on the skills that you already have and practical interventions to get "unstuck."  We will focus on both the what [to do] AND the why [is this happening]. In this way, we will work to understand and change current patterns you identify as problematic, or areas where you want to grow. We will work to treat the root of the problem and not just the symptoms.

I believe we do the best we can with what we know. Finding the right therapist can sometimes seem impossible: If you're ready to grow, heal and be challenged, I encourage you to contact me.

Talk soon,

-Mari