Therapists in Oregon

Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, CADC

Stephanie Knight is a Licensed Professional Counselor and certified alcohol and drug counselor in Lake Oswego, Oregon. She offers individual and group therapy for teens, adults and couples, with a focus on women, helping clients through especially difficult stretches of life when anxiety, frustration or unhealthy coping can take hold. Her areas include anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, self-esteem, substance use, eating disorders and bipolar disorder. She aims to provide caring support and fresh solutions, drawing on CBT, cognitive processing therapy, DBT, ACT, EMDR, emotionally focused therapy, the Gottman Method and motivational interviewing. She sees clients in person in Lake Oswego and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Lynn Nawrocki is a Beaverton, Oregon, licensed clinical social worker with 23 years in practice and a background serving people with psychological, medical and psychosocial challenges. Nawrocki works with adults and older adults on ADHD, anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD, grief, stress, substance use, bipolar disorder and postpartum concerns. Other areas include autism, body image, chronic pain, LGBTQ+ and transgender care, HIV, men's and women's issues and end-of-life care. Methods include CBT, DBT, cognitive processing therapy and motivational interviewing, with experience across individual, couples, family and group work. Outside the office, Nawrocki enjoys reading, plants and rescuing cats. Sessions are offered in person in Beaverton and online.

Psychologist, PhD

Dr. Melissa Platt is a licensed psychologist in Portland, Oregon, with 22 years in practice. She specializes in helping survivors of betrayal trauma, whether the betrayal came from a parent, partner, friend or an institution such as a school or employer, and in treating OCD. Because both experiences tend to breed self-doubt, much of her work centers on helping clients trust themselves again. She also helps with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, grief and LGBTQ+ concerns, and works with teens and groups as well as adults. Her evidence-based methods include attachment-focused EMDR, prolonged exposure, ACT, CBT and DBT. She sees clients in person in Portland and online.

Family Therapist, LMFT

Michael Morales is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Beaverton, Oregon, with 11 years in practice. He works with adults, older adults and couples on relationship and couples issues, anxiety, depression, trauma, self-esteem and stress, helping clients feel more empowered, connected and safe in daily life. He favors evidence-based, systems-oriented tools and draws on the Gottman Method, emotionally focused therapy, IFS, attachment-based, psychodynamic and trauma-informed work. He invites clients who are ready to put in the effort to appreciate who they are now while learning new skills for growth and lasting change. He offers sessions in person in Beaverton and online.

Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, CST

Jennifer Besst is a licensed marriage and family therapist and certified sex therapist in Tigard, Oregon, with 16 years in practice and licenses in Oregon and California. She specializes in relationship and sexual concerns, including sexual pain conditions such as dyspareunia and vaginismus, sexual anxiety and differences in desire. She also helps adults and couples with dating, moving in together, conflict, sharing household load, breakups and divorce, and opening a relationship, as well as anxiety, depression, grief and LGBTQ+ concerns. Her approach combines cognitive therapies, interpersonal neurobiology and the Gottman Method, with art therapy and other creative methods when wanted. She sees clients in person in Tigard and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, LMHC

Stacey Nixon is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Portland, Oregon, who works with preteens, teens, adults, couples and families. She helps clients who feel thrown off balance by trauma, ongoing stress, difficult emotions or distance from a partner, and her areas also include anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, self-esteem, substance use and LGBTQ+ concerns. Whether a client wants to work through trauma or improve communication with a partner, she focuses on building self-acceptance and awareness as a base for change. Her methods include EMDR, emotionally focused therapy, attachment-based and family systems work, CBT, motivational interviewing and compassion-focused care. She offers sessions in person in Portland and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC

Amy Ramsey is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Tigard, Oregon, with eight years in practice. She works with preteens, teens and adults who seem to be holding it together on the outside while feeling weighed down, on edge or unable to quiet their minds inside. For teens, that can look like overthinking social situations, feeling judged, pulling away from others or low confidence. She helps clients with anxiety, depression, overwhelming thoughts, self-esteem, relationships, stress, life transitions and family concerns, with the goal of helping them feel more grounded and in control and more like themselves again. Sessions are available in person in Tigard and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC

Caroline McGrath is a Licensed Professional Counselor and National Certified Counselor in Lake Oswego, Oregon, with 14 years in practice. She works mainly with women at a turning point, such as midlife, divorce or relationship change, a career shift, or a growing sense that their life no longer fits. She also helps with anxiety, trauma, grief, self-esteem, stress and family concerns, and sees teens and groups as well. Recognizing that big changes affect the nervous system as well as the mind, she combines talk therapy with somatic, body-based work, including trauma-informed breathwork and hypnotherapy, alongside Jungian, existential and family systems approaches. She offers sessions in person in Lake Oswego and online.