Empowering you to heal, transform, and thrive.
In-person therapy for adults in Portland and telehealth throughout Oregon and Washington.
Helping you feel more connected, grounded, and at home in yourself
Many people come to therapy feeling exhausted from carrying responsibilities, managing expectations, and trying to hold everything together. On the outside, they may appear capable, while inside they struggle with anxiety, perfectionism, self-criticism, people-pleasing, burnout, or the feeling that they are never doing enough.
If this feels familiar, parts of you may be working hard to protect you from pain or vulnerability. These parts might show up as the caregiver, the perfectionist, or the inner critic.
These parts are not the problem. The problem is what happens when they take over. When the perfectionist leads, you may feel constant pressure or fear of failure. When the inner critic is in charge, you may feel inadequate no matter how much you accomplish. When the caregiver takes over, your own needs may disappear beneath everyone else’s.
You are not broken.
You do not need to earn your worth, prove your value, or become someone different to deserve love, belonging, and compassion. You are already worthy as you are.
Beneath the protective strategies, emotional wounds, and life experiences you’ve carried, there is a core self that is whole, compassionate, and capable of healing. Therapy can help you reconnect with this part of yourself and allow it to guide your life with more clarity, confidence, and self-trust.
My approach is not about getting rid of parts of yourself. Instead, we work toward understanding, accepting, and integrating all parts of you so they no longer have to fight for control. As you connect more deeply with your core self, you can move through life with greater balance, compassion, and inner steadiness.
Do you…
Feel anxious, overwhelmed, or emotionally exhausted?
Struggle with perfectionism, self-doubt, or a harsh inner critic?
Care for others while neglecting your own needs?
Carry emotional wounds from the past that still affect you today?
I can help you…
Understand the parts of yourself that shape your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.
Develop compassion for the parts of you working hard to protect you.
Heal emotional wounds that affect your relationships, choices, and sense of worth.
Build self-trust, healthier boundaries, and more authentic relationships.
You can expect to…
Explore your inner world in a safe, collaborative, and nonjudgmental space.
Gain insight into long-standing patterns that keep you feeling stuck.
Develop practical tools for managing emotions and life challenges.
Experience greater peace, authenticity, and confidence in who you are.
Hi, I’m Kim
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in SE Portland’s Sellwood neighborhood, offering warm, compassionate, and strengths-based counseling – meeting you wherever you’re at in your journey, while supporting meaningful growth and change. With a direct and authentic approach, I help clients explore anxiety, trauma, burnout, relationship struggles, self-doubt, and patterns like perfectionism, people-pleasing, codependency, self-criticism, and boundary challenges.