Maudeen Jordan

Maudeen Jordan has worked in social work since 1972 and began counseling in 1990. She earned her graduate degree at California State University in San Jose and completed her clinical social work license in 1990. She holds an Oregon license as a clinical social worker (LCSW, license L3139).

Her clinical background includes early work with developmentally disabled children and their parents, years in private practice supporting people with depression, PTSD, anxiety and grief, and a role as a Hospice bereavement coordinator where she counseled bereaved children, individuals and groups. She closed her counseling office in 2018, wrote a book, and is now building an online coaching business.

Maudeen lives in Oregon, has been married for 37 years and has one child. She served as a long-distance care-provider for her mother in her final years, an experience she describes as both difficult and rewarding, and one that reinforced the importance of consistent self-care for care-providers.

She describes her therapeutic manner as warm, kind and approachable and works from the premise that each person is the expert on their own life. Her style is eclectic - she blends techniques from several approaches and values EMDR for PTSD alongside a client-centered focus that highlights strengths and encourages small steps toward meaningful goals.

Journaling figures prominently in her practice; she views it as an efficient path to self-understanding, self-compassion and goal attainment. She often offers homework, suggested journaling prompts and communication skills to try with family and friends. In addition to clinical work, Maudeen offers life coaching and is willing to use those coaching skills when helpful.

Maudeen is both religious and spiritual, honors her church, and maintains a meditation and yoga practice. She recognizes the sacredness and value in many spiritual traditions and believes that places of worship are blessed by God. In her grief work she has a specialty in helping people heal from a separation from their original beliefs and the corresponding guilt.

Throughout her career she aims to be a reflective mirror for clients, helping them identify what matters most so they can make choices that are their own.