MA, LPC, LMFT

503-370-8050 x111

heather@salempastoralcounseling.org

Welcome! I enjoy working with individuals from all walks of life and I believe growth and healing happen when people are given a safe place to work on personal goals. I believe that change should be driven by your own values and I will do my best to operate within your beliefs. I work from an approach that recognizes that you impact and are impacted by the family you grew up in and the family you are currently a part of.

For individuals, I utilize Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) when it is beneficial to revisit the past or reprocess traumatic events. Additionally, I use Person-Centered Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as needed.

I consider it a blessing and a privilege to be invited into your life. One of my favorite quotes by Carl R. Rogers says, “True empathy is always free of any evaluative or diagnostic quality. This comes across to the recipient with some surprise. “If I am not being judged, perhaps I am not so evil or abnormal as I have thought.’”