Katey Moore
Graduate Counseling Intern
Aidan Shaffer
Graduate Counseling Intern
Aidan graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Biola University in 2023, and is graduating with a Masters in Counseling in May 2026 through George Fox University. He aims to bring authenticity and genuine care into each session with each client. He practices through a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy perspective, and brings elements of Emotion-Focused Therapy and Gestalt Therapy. He believes that everyone processes trauma differently and each client will need something a little different. He believes that it is possible to help each and every person to live better as they work through their trauma. Aidan enjoys philosophy and is always looking for ways to intersect his interest in philosophy with his career in psychology. He looks forward to traveling to a variety of different places when he graduates.
Supervised by: Melissa Lunde, MA, LPC
Allison Miner
Graduate Counseling Intern
Ruben Flores
Graduate Counseling Intern
Ruben Flores graduated from Corban University in 2023 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Counseling Psychology and is currently completing his Master of Arts degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling also at Corban University.
Ruben enjoys working collaboratively with clients to address the challenges they are facing. He provides counseling in both English and Spanish. He values and integrates cultural awareness to foster an environment where clients can comfortably express their unique identities and experiences. Ruben practices from an object relations foundation where he fosters a safe and accepting environment where clients can explore their past experiences and present circumstances to develop a better understanding of how these experiences have shaped who they are. Additionally, he also utilizes person-centered and cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients feel seen and empowered to address their present challenges. Ruben works with adolescents along with men and women of all ages. He is passionate about working with individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), trauma, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety, and depression.
Scott Manley
Graduate Counseling Intern
Kody Ausland
Graduate Counseling Intern
Charlee Mattingly
Professional Counselor Associate
Hello! I’m Charlee Mattingly, I received my master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling at Walden University in 2022. I attended undergraduate school at Southern New Hampshire University and graduated in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology. For eight years, I have provided support to those with intellectual and developmental disorders. Through this line of work, I’ve gained an understanding of how genetics, pathology, environment, and medication can affect the individual’s cognition and behavior. It also underscores the importance of individualized treatment plans. Change requires vulnerability, while this can be intimidating, I’m gratified to collaboratively work with you as you reach your full potential.
Supervised by: Erik Denton, MA, LPC, CADC I, ABA
Joanne Mueller
Professional Counselor Associate
Joanne graduated with her Master’s degree from George Fox University’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling program. Prior to coming to Empowering Choices, she worked for Kairos NW in residential treatment with youth ages 17.5 to 24 years old assisting them with managing their mental health while developing independent living skills.
Supervised by: Erik Denton, MA, LPC, CADC I, ABA
Rebekah Kohl
Professional Counselor Associate
Rebekah received her Master’s in Counseling Degree from George Fox University. She approaches therapy from a Psychodynamic lens, seeking to help clients understand how past experiences impact them in the present. She also implements Acceptance and Commitment Therapy techniques which emphasizes acknowledging negative thoughts, emotions, and circumstances and committing to find ways through those experiences that are healthy, constructive, and align with one’s values. Her desire is to help clients develop empowerment and insight in order to foster growth and healing into their lives.
Supervised by: Erik Denton, MA, LPC, CADC I, ABA
Patty Quaye
Professional Counselor Associate
Welcome to the beginning of your journey to better self-awareness, growth, and understanding. Hello, my name is Patty Q. I received my master’s in counseling Degree from University of The Cumberlands. I am currently in school for my PhD in Counseling Supervision and Education at Saybrook University. My goal for you in counseling is for you to feel supported, safe, and inspired to learn, grow and become your best self. My areas of specialty include Substance use, trauma, parenting, anxiety, and depression.
Supervised by: Erik Denton, MA, LPC, CADC I, ABA
Christina Bass
Professional Counselor Associate
Christina is a United States Navy Veteran and holds a Master of Science degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Walden University. Christina is empathetic, compassionate, and dedicated to empowering and mentoring clients through their journey by building a trusting therapeutic relationship within a safe, non-judgmental environment. Christina understands how one’s environment can impact an individual’s cognition and behavior. Christina’s foundation is Person-Centered and aspires to help clients be their true authentic self. Christina enjoys working with adolescents, young adults, adults, and Veterans within our community.
Supervised by: Erik Denton, MA, LPC, CADC I, ABA
Eli Rademacher
Professional Counselor Associate
Michaela Chambers
Professional Counselor Associate
Michaela Chambers graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Psychology in 2020 and her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in 2024 from her alma mater, Corban University. She has experience working with a range of clients with differing backgrounds at the residential, intensive crisis, and outpatient levels. Michaela has treated a vast number of unique presentations at differing levels of need surrounding depression, anxiety, trauma, suicidality, self-injury, major life changes, issues of identity, and many more. She believes that a trusting and authentic therapeutic relationship is critical in obtaining effective healing. Michaela aims to aid her clients in solidifying their identity and purpose in life and to heal from what may be hindering this pursuit. Michaela practices from a blended counseling approach informed by person-centered, psychodynamic, and existential theories. One of Michaela’s passions is helping her clients transform from, and make meaning of, trauma and crisis as she aims to provide her clients with a safe and comforting space to do so.
Supervised by: Erik Denton, MA, LPC, CADC I, ABA
Erin Kingsley
Professional Counselor Associate
Dan Morrow
Professional Counselor Associate
Dan holds a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Corban University and specializes in helping teenagers and adults navigate a variety of challenges including anxiety, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), depression, career-related concerns, and more. With a strong focus on actionable solutions, Dan empowers clients to take concrete steps to improve their mental health and achieve their personal and professional goals.
Dan combines Solutions-Focused Therapy, Person-Centered counseling, and Cognitive-Behavioral techniques to create a practical, goal-oriented approach to therapy.
Supervised by: Erik Denton, MA, LPC, CADC I, ABA
Veronica Villarreal
Professional Counselor Associate
Danae Stokes
Professional Counselor Associate
Danae received her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Corban University. The approaches of therapy that Danae implements are that of Object Relations and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. The integration of these approaches allows for deeper understanding of how the client’s past informs their present experiences while empowering clients to utilize interventions outside of the sessions.
Throughout the counseling process, Danae is dedicated to creating a safe space within counseling sessions, where the client is able to freely express what is occurring within their life. Within this, empathy and care are crucial as Danae works collaboratively with her clients to foster an environment for growth to happen. Danae seeks to empower her clients to gain understanding and insight into their present and past while gaining tools that can aid in promoting growth and change.
Supervised by: Erik Denton, MA, LPC, CADC I, ABA
Tyler Moore
Professional Counselor Associate
Tyler brings a bachelor’s degree in Counseling Psychology with a focus in addictions and trauma as well as his Master of Arts degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Corban University. He practices through a CBT lens while including techniques from person-centered therapy and aims to provide a safe, trusting, and positive environment for his clients to thrive and grow in. In addition to focusing on addictions and trauma, Tyler works with couples. He believes everyone experiences events in their own perspective, and each experience affects them in a personal matter that deserves to be heard. Tyler believes that through promoting awareness and growth in counseling, individuals and couples are able to develop the skills to succeed independently. He enjoys sports such as wrestling, football, and snowboarding along with traveling with friends and broadening his knowledge of different cultures.
Supervised by: Erik Denton, MA, LPC, CADC I, ABA
Twenty-eight years ago, Erik began working in the social service world with children and teenagers who were struggling in life to find the balance between who they were and how they fit into the world around them in relationship to where they had already been in life. Over his career, he has continued to work with children, teenagers, and adults who suffer with diagnoses such as: bi polar, schizophrenia, PTSD, Autism, Aspersers, Borderline Personality Disorder, etc. In doing so, Erik has worked in classrooms, residential placements, and community proctor homes, and he has worked as a proctor parent. Over the course of his career he has worked with a variety of cultures such as: Native American, Latino, Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Italian, street, gang, etc.
Lucas Pitman
MA, LPC, Counselor
As a founding member, Lucas has been with Empowering Choices since opening in 2014 and has been working full time for Empowering Choices since 2020. Lucas graduated with his Masters in Counseling from Corban University in 2013. Lucas has worked with the Corban University Free Mental Health Clinic, Albertina Kerr’s foster care program, Catholic Community Services foster care program, Shangri-La’s mental health residential housing program, and at the Oregon State Hospital.
Janda Grigsby
MA, LPC, Counselor
Melissa Lunde
MA, LPC, Counselor
Bri Boyd
MA, LPC, Counselor
Bri Boyd is a Licensed Professional Counselor and sex therapist who believes that conversations about intimacy, desire, and connection don’t have to feel awkward or taboo. She helps women, teens, young adults, and couples navigate challenges around sexual intimacy, libido, desire differences, sexual trauma, and identity exploration.
Bri takes a psychodynamic and attachment-based approach helping clients understand how their early experiences, emotions, and relationships shape the way they connect with themselves and others. From there, she works with clients toward healing shame and deepening emotional and physical intimacy in order to create a more authentic relationship with pleasure and self-worth.
Siri Carlson
MA, LPC, Counselor
Siri graduated from Corban University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology: Family Studies, and completed her Master of Arts degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Corban University in 2013. Her counseling modalities are based on person-centered therapy (PCT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), psychoanalytic theory, solution-focused therapy, and strengths-based therapy. Past counseling experiences involved clinical work at Corban University Free Mental Health Clinic and Neurotherapy Systems LLC. Presently, Siri has been at Empowering Choices Counseling and Consultation since December 2021.
Holly Prze
MA, LPC, Counselor
Hello, my name is Holly. I earned my Bachelor’s in Psychology at Dallas Baptist University and a Master of Science in Professional Counseling emphasizing adolescent disorders at Grand Canyon University.
My counseling philosophy is an integrated theory from a Humanistic foundation and includes Person-Centered, Attachment-based, Mindfulness-Based (MBCT), and Play therapy. As a counselor, I use a holistic approach to understand the client, exploring how life experiences have influenced the client’s physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual well-being. I strive to cultivate a safe, judgment-free environment where children and adults have the support to heal, learn and grow.
Casey Voges (Jansen)
M.Ed, LPC, CADC II
Erik began his work in the social service world with children and teenagers who were struggling in life to find the balance between who they were, how they were impacted by their past experiences, and how they fit into the world around them. Over his career, he has continued to work with children, teenagers, and adults who suffer with diagnoses such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD, autism spectrum disorder, Asperger’s syndrome, borderline personality disorder, and others and has developed and presented seminars on autism spectrum disorder and Asperger’s syndrome. In doing so, Erik has worked in classrooms, residential placements, community proctor homes, as well as having children in his home as a proctor parent. Over the course of his career, he has worked with a variety of cultures including Native American, Latino, Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Italian, street, gang, etc.
Melissa Lunde
MA, LPC, Counselor
Melissa brings advanced training in clinical counseling, having earned her master’s degree from Northwestern University. She provides person-centered therapy for children and adults, with areas of expertise including treating autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and anxiety. Melissa offers Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for trauma healing. Melissa helps clients build self-esteem and develop healthy coping skills for navigating life’s challenges. She offers both in-person and teletherapy sessions.
Janet Pitman
Office Manager
Janet started her career in the late seventies and has worked in all different types of offices for most of that time. She started at the State of Oregon securing several promotions for the years she was employed there. She married in 1982 and moved to Southern California. There she worked for Vyline Corporation in Long Beach for the two years she lived there, advancing to office manager. She moved to Eugene in 1984 and worked for the office that supported 15 Wendy’s restaurants. She returned to Salem in 1988 she took a break from her career to raise two children.
Indy
Service Dog
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