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Bri

I graduated from Portland State University in 2018 with a bachelor degree in social sciences and completed my master ‘s degree in clinical mental health counseling at George Fox University in 2022.

I aspire to offer a safe space for individuals to be vulnerable and their authentic selves by practicing empathy, compassion, and support. I believe that individuals can make transformative steps in their life when they are motivated to change and offered a healthy and supportive environment to open up in. My client focus is on women with sexual trauma, relationship issues, and intimacy and sexual struggles. I also work with adolescents 8-17 years old, young adults, and couples.

My approach to counseling invites individuals into a warm, nonjudgmental space where they can explore challenges in their lives. I utilize a psychodynamic approach to therapy which means that I believe that the behaviors we learn at a young age from our caregivers, impact how we work through each of the psychosocial stages of development. I believe people are driven by the need for attachment and relationships in their lives. It is important to me to explore an individual’s relationships and present conflicts in hopes to find recurring patterns that relate to their past. I believe that the client is the center of the therapeutic process, therefore my relationship with my client’s is person-centered. In addition, I like to use motivational interviewing and strengths-based techniques by motivating clients through change talk and celebrating the small accomplishments along the way of reaching goals.

In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with friends, hanging out with my cats and dog, reading murder mysteries, and exploring new local restaurants and wineries.

Supervised by: Erik Denton

Bri

Bri is a student in the Graduate School of Counseling at George Fox University and is working towards a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Bri graduated from Portland State University in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences and will complete the required coursework for a master’s degree in April 2022.

Bri aspires to offer a safe space for individuals to be vulnerable and their authentic selves by practicing empathy, compassion, and support. Bri believes that individuals are able to make transformative steps in their life when they are motivated to change and offered a healthy and supportive environment to open up in.

Bri utilizes a psychodynamic approach to therapy with an emphasis on attachment behaviors and relational-cultural theory, within a trauma-informed lens. This means that Bri believes that attachment behaviors, that are learned at a young age from caregivers, impact how one works through each of the psychosocial stages of development. She believes that people are driven by the need for attachment and relationships in their lives. It is important to Bri to explore individual’s relationships and present conflicts in hopes to find reoccurring patterns that relate to a person’s past. Bri also believes that society and culture play a role in unconscious behaviors and how one views the world around them.

In her spare time, Bri enjoys spending time with friends, hanging out with her four cats and dog, reading murder mysteries, and exploring new local restaurants and wineries.

Supervised by: Erik Denton

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