Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
I have been a counselor for over 28 years seeing individuals, couples and families across the lifespan and from all walks of life. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in Oregon. I completed my master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Lewis & Clark College and a PhD specializing in Marriage & Family Therapy from Kansas State University. I also completed a two-year post-graduate program in Clinical Human Sexuality at the Menninger Clinic. This blend of training has been useful as I help my clients address both individual and relationship issues (whether their partner joins them or not). I find that, often, the individual and relationship struggles overlap. I have worked in traditional out-patient mental health settings, residential treatment, private practice, forensic assessment and consulting as well as taught for several universities. During my years as a counselor, I have worked with clients struggling with a wide range of issues including those related to depression and anxiety,
adjusting to life changes, relationships, parenting, eating and body image, trauma, substance abuse, anger management, divorce/separation, and sexual abuse.
My counseling style is characterized by collaboration and respect. I tend to have a client-centered view and use psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral strategies. I believe that the systems of which people are a part (family, social, and cultural, for example) have a significant impact on their health and happiness as well as their pain and distress. Commonly, people set out to solve a problem only to have the solution turn out to be unhelpful or even unhealthy over time. I focus on helping clients address the original issues so as to let go of the now-troublesome solution. I have a deep interest in Positive Psychology and believe that there are many ways in which people can increase their own well-being and happiness in their daily lives. I incorporate many interventions from this field into my counseling practice. It can be that removing the pain or discomfort in life doesn’t necessarily bring deep happiness and well-being. There are many ways to enhance this in one’s life to create resilience when future challenges show up.
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Elisa Doebler-Irvine brings more than 28 years of counseling experience working with individuals, couples, and families from across the lifespan. She holds a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Lewis & Clark College and a PhD with a specialization in Marriage and Family Therapy from Kansas State University. In addition, she completed a two-year post-graduate program in Clinical Human Sexuality at the Menninger Clinic. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Oregon, holding the state’s LPC credential.
Her combined training in counseling psychology, marriage and family therapy, and clinical human sexuality supports an approach that attends to both individual concerns and relationship dynamics – whether a partner participates in treatment or not. Elisa frequently sees the ways individual struggles and relationship patterns overlap, and she draws on that perspective when planning therapy.
Her professional background includes work in traditional outpatient mental health settings, residential treatment programs, private practice, forensic assessment and consulting, and teaching at several universities. Over the years she has helped people facing a wide range of challenges, including depression and anxiety, coping with life changes, relationship difficulties, parenting concerns, eating and body image issues, trauma and sexual abuse, substance use and addictions, anger management, divorce and separation, and related concerns.
Elisa’s counseling style is collaborative and respectful. She maintains a client-centered stance while integrating psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral strategies. She pays attention to the systems that shape a person’s life – family, social, and cultural contexts – and helps clients identify when the solutions they adopted earlier have become unhelpful. With a strong interest in Positive Psychology, she incorporates interventions designed to increase daily wellbeing and resilience, recognizing that reducing pain does not always create deep, lasting happiness on its own. If this way of working seems like a good match, Elisa welcomes inquiries to begin the process of therapy.
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