Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
Hello, I have worked as a Social Worker for 30 years (licensed for 17). I would love to support you on your journey. My work experience is in Community Mental Health (Housing first Model, Intensive Case Management. Assertive Community Treatment, and I taught peer counseling classes) and in Public Health. I worked in a Federally Qualified Health Clinic for the houseless, taught chronic pain management classes and managed medical respite beds. This is where I learned that people need their basic needs met before they can progress to more healing. I therefore prioritized getting people housed and helped them apply for social security benefits etc. I also provided a lot of unconditional love, support, and advocacy. Later I worked with frequent utilizers of the 911 system, referred by ambulance and fire depts. I now work part time in an emergency dept. providing Mental Health and Risk/Suicide assessments and as an on-call family therapist in an Adolescent Psychiatric unit. Along the way I have learned a lot more about how trauma impacts us across the lifespan and It is my passion to try and help others understand how they are impacted and to help them with the tools and support to heal and better appreciate and enjoy this wild ride we call life. I come from a large, loving, diverse family and my life experience includes unexpected deaths, divorce, inter-racial marriage, open adoption, love of travel and diverse cultures, the use of plant medicines for healing, supporting a loved one with long term cancer, and growing awareness re social and racial justice issues and advocacy. I would love to hear from you to see if we might be a good fit. I believe all beings are divine and have the innate ability to self heal, but a little guidance and support can be helpful.
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Kelly Goodman has worked as a social worker for 30 years and has been a licensed clinician for 17 years. She brings extensive experience from community mental health and public health settings, including work with Housing First programs, intensive case management, Assertive Community Treatment, and teaching peer counseling classes.
Her background includes practice in a Federally Qualified Health Clinic serving people experiencing houselessness, where she taught chronic pain management classes and managed medical respite beds. In that role she focused on helping people secure basic needs such as housing and social security benefits while offering consistent advocacy, support, and unconditional regard.
Kelly later worked with frequent utilizers of emergency services referred by ambulance and fire departments. She currently works part time in an emergency department conducting mental health and risk or suicide assessments, and she serves as an on-call family therapist in an adolescent psychiatric unit.
Over the years she has deepened her understanding of how trauma influences people across the lifespan, and she is committed to helping others recognize those impacts and learn tools and supports for healing. Kelly draws on a wide range of life experience from a large, loving, diverse family and from personal experiences that include unexpected deaths, divorce, interracial marriage, open adoption, travel and engagement with diverse cultures, use of plant medicines for healing, supporting a loved one through long-term cancer, and an evolving commitment to social and racial justice advocacy.
She is a licensed clinical social worker in Oregon, holding the state LCSW credential (license L3559). Kelly believes all people have an innate capacity to self-heal, and that thoughtful guidance and support can help people better understand their lives and enjoy the journey. She welcomes contact to explore whether she might be a good fit as a therapist.
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