Positive Approaches, LLC - Oregon

07/21/2025

I recently added back in-person sessions! My new location is at 1110 SE Alder St, Portland, OR. If you’re interested in scheduling a face-to-face counseling appointment, here’s the link:

Mental health counseling in Clackamas, OR offering Telehealth appointments. Specializing in eating disorders and anxiety in teens and adults, as well as couples counseling.

05/28/2025

What is your biggest challenge right now?

05/26/2025

Super excited to be completing training at the end of June to get certified as a perinatal mental health provider. I can’t wait to have the skill set necessary to help women struggling with conception, coping with loss, experiencing postpartum mental health conditions, etc. This is another step towards supporting families at all stages. 🩷

05/13/2025

Boundaries are important. They aren’t about the other person—they are about YOU. Boundaries protect your physical space, your energy, and your time. By setting healthy boundaries, you are practicing self-respect and helping you manage stress, anxiety, and burnout.

Who in your life is the hardest person to set boundaries with?

05/11/2025

To the women yearning to be moms but struggling to conceive, to the ones who have lost a child, to the ones who have lost their mom—I know Mother’s Day is a difficult day. I see you. It’s okay to not be okay.

05/09/2025

I am offering in-person sessions in SE Portland (11th and Alder) starting in July. Contact me or schedule at the link below.

Mental health counseling in Clackamas, OR offering Telehealth appointments. Specializing in eating disorders and anxiety in teens and adults, as well as couples counseling.

05/01/2025

Did you know that I offer parent/family coaching, in addition to my traditional therapy services?

Parent/Family Coaching can help if:
- you find yourself overwhelmed as you try to raise and support a child with a mental health diagnosis
- you find yourself falling into patterns that you grew up with, but that you want to change
- you yell or use threats with your children and want to do something different
- you’re frustrated with your child’s behavior and with yourself for not knowing “the best way to respond”
- you’ve lost touch with who YOU are, separate from a parent
- you struggle with communication with coparents
- you’re unsure how to move your family forward under whatever circumstances or challenges you are currently facing

My parent/family coaching sessions can involve as many adult caregivers as are present in the family, any adult children, and sometimes can involve older children (ages 12 +) depending on the circumstances.

Together, we create a unique family plan for your family with individualized goals and specific steps to take to reach those goals. Sessions are focused on identifying challenges to reaching the goals set, exploring steps to overcome the challenges, providing support and understanding, improving communication between adult caregivers, and maintaining consistency and accountability.

Contact me for more info!

04/29/2025

My 3-year-old took this picture and I thought I’d share.

We are often hypercritical of ourselves, but what if we could see ourselves as our children do?

They don’t see the imperfections. They see love.

04/29/2025

This quote is from “The Tell,” by Amy Griffin. Who can relate?

04/26/2025

Your child is doing the best they can, just like you do the best you can. We just have different resources available to us (i.e. brain development, emotion regulation skills, etc.).

04/25/2025

There is a difference between validating emotions and excusing behaviors. We can validate our children’s emotions AND set boundaries around actions.

04/24/2025