| Office: |
Wise Counsel and Comfort
423 NE 60th Ave
Portland, OR 97213
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| Phone: |
(503) 267-2453
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| Cell Phone: |
(503) 267-2453
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| E-mail: |
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| Web Site: |
www.jacounseling.com
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| Profession: |
Clinical Social Worker/Therapist
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| Services: |
Psychotherapy/Counseling
Play Therapy
Parent support and education
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| Practice Description: |
Do you feel guilty because you can’t seem to cheer up your child? Are you frustrated because your child can’t seem to focus or follow simple directions around the house? Does your child always seem irritable, angry or anxious? Do you think you have run out of options and that your teenager is heading down the wrong path? I am here to help!
Unlike adults, children have not developed their emotional vocabularies; therefore, they experience depression, anxiety and traumatic experiences differently. Children often experience these feelings in ways that impact their ability to develop positive relationships with their peers, excel in school and meet their parents’ expectations at home. These issues tend to be more pronounced in foster and adopted children. I offer special insight for children who have been placed in foster care, children who have grown up in the child welfare system and have been adopted, and children that have reunited with their birth parents and are in need of supportive services.
My treatment approach is to provide brief solution focused therapy to provide support and practical tools to help children and adolescents address current life challenges or longstanding issues. We will focus on what you want to achieve through therapy rather then the problems that caused you to seek treatment for your child and/or your family. We will draw on your strengths and resources in addition to creating new ones.
The therapeutic relationship is one of the keys to successful therapy. We will work together collaboratively on problems that you identify to work on. I will listen openly, be honest, upfront, supportive, compassionate, respectful and confronting when necessary. Play therapy is incorporated into my treatment approach with children, adolescents and their families as children learn to process their emotions and learn new ways to cope through their play and creative processes.
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Practice Specialties or Interests:
(Strengths are
in bold text) |
Foster and adoptive children
Depression
PTSD
ADHD
Adjustment Disorder
Adoption Issues
Anger Management
Anxiety Disorders/Phobias
Asperger's Disorder
Child Abuse
Conduct Disorder
Crisis/Trauma
Grief/Loss
Life Transitions
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Parenting Issues
Personal Growth
Self-esteem
Spirituality
Stress Management
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| Age Specialties: |
Children
Adolescents
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| Session Formats: |
Individual
Family
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| Treatment Approaches: |
Behavioral
Cognitive/Cognitive-Behavioral
Eclectic
Existential/Humanistic
Experiential
Family Systems
Person-Centered
Play Therapy
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Transpersonal
Guided Visualization and meditation
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| Education: |
Bachelor of Arts
Rutgers University, Livingston College, 1999
Master of Social Work
Rutgers University School of Social Work, 2003
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| License #: |
4290 |
| License State: |
Oregon |
| Professional Affiliations: |
National Association for Social Workers
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| Fee Schedule: |
Initial assessment: $100
Individual or Family Therapy: $80
Sliding-scale fees may be available based upon need. |
| Insurance and Billing Instructions: |
I am able to accept most major insurance programs as an “out of network provider”. Please talk to your insurance provider for more information. I am in the process of getting on certain insurance panels and would be happy to assist you with billing your insurance if you decide to use it for services. |
| Office Hours: |
2:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
| Additional Comments: |
I am glad to offer initial complementary consultation, either by telephone or in person. |
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