Gathered & Wise

08/15/2025

New group offering! We will be billing insurance for this therapy group, to include OHP. Please reach out to register if interested! 🌿

08/12/2025

07/16/2025

Are you ready to work in a warm, caring environment that supports your work-life balance? Our practice is growing, and we are looking for another fabulous therapist to join our team!

Please check out our job listing linked below🌿

https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=b66d8090c65a80dd

07/03/2025

Did you know that we have a graduate student intern therapist starting with us next month?

Chris Hill is completing her master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling at Corban University and will be ready at start seeing clients in August!

What are some of the benefits of seeing Chris?

Chris will be at Gathered & Wise for a year, and will get extensive perinatal specific clinical training and experience.

Chris will have a small caseload, with ample time to get to know your case, and research and share relevant tools, strategies, and supports.

All cases will be supervised and guided by a licensed therapist, getting the benefit of two therapists overseeing your treatment.

All intern therapy appointments are billed at a cash rate of $50, making it a very affordable option for those that are uninsured, have an insurance that many providers do not take, or for those that have a large deductible amount to meet for mental health appointments.

Seeing a cash pay therapist also a great option for people who may not meet clinical necessity for treatment (those without a diagnosis), but would still like the support of a therapist to make desired changes or process life changes.

In addition to having a passion for supporting mothers, Chris has a lot of experience in helping clients reach health related goals and changing unwanted behaviors.

She has availability, where many therapists have long wait lists. Chris is also just a lovely human. She’s warm, kind, empathetic and has a solid educational foundation of clinical skills.

If you could use the support of a caring therapist that will help you make desired changes, Chris is a wonderful choice and is now scheduling new clients. 🌿

Info@gatheredandwise.com
541-704-7511

06/23/2025

Gathered & Wise is thrilled to announce that we have our first intern therapist joining the team! Please give a very warm welcome to Chris Hill! 🌿

Chris is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling at Corban University. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Community Health Education and Gerontology from Western Oregon University. With a background in the fitness industry, Chris brings a holistic and wellness-oriented perspective to her work, integrating mind and body well-being into her counseling approach.

Grounded in solution-focused therapies, Chris is passionate about helping clients discover their strengths and move toward meaningful, practical goals. She has a special heart for supporting mothers and is deeply committed to walking alongside women during and after pregnancy, offering encouragement, empowerment, and care through each unique stage. Her core values of compassion, respect, integrity, and service guide every aspect of her practice.

Chris also teaches fitness classes for older adults, combining her love for movement with her dedication to serving the aging population. Outside of her professional life, she treasures spending time in nature and attending sporting events with her husband and children. Her warm presence, strong values, and focus on personalized care make her a compassionate and insightful counselor-in-training.

Chris will start seeing clients in August, and will be available via telehealth and in office for appointments on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Therapy with Chris will be billed at a cash pay rate of $50 per session. Chris is not able to bill insurance for her services at this time.  Chris is supervised by Anna Norman, LCSW, PMH-C.

To get on Chris’s schedule, please contact info@gatheredandwise.com or 541-704-7511 to get started!

06/02/2025

It’s better to admit you walked through the wrong door than spend your life in the wrong room.

Maybe it’s your job, your relationship, your friend group, your town. It no longer fits, or maybe it never truly did. Maybe your decision was based on making others happy, a lack of options, or what you wanted and needed at the time, but you have grown in new ways, and though you’ve tried, the old box no longer fits. Thinking about change is incredibly overwhelming and scary, but the cost of staying when you know in your heart it’s not right is suffocating.

You have one precious life, and you deserve to feel like your most vibrant, authentic self. There are so many other doors out there, and while it may take some time to find, your room is waiting for you. The one where you know you belong.

If you’ve been sitting in the wrong room and you’d like some help navigating what comes next, a few of our therapists are now accepting new clients. We’d be honored to walk alongside you on your path to the right door. 🌿

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Info@gatheredandwise.com
541-704-7511

03/16/2025

What a wonderful resource and opportunity to get excellent support!

We are honored and grateful to announce that Doula Synergy and Compass Perinatal Peer Support with help from Silver Falls Family Support are now facilitating Pregnancy Loss Grief Circles at Salem Hospital.

These grief circles are FREE and there is no need to register ahead of time. It's a come-as-you-are space where we strive to hear each other deeply and support one another, no matter where each of us are along our journey.

We know how hard it can be to walk into a space like this, so please feel welcome to reach out to Samantha or Ashley privately. We will gladly come hold your hand and walk in together.

You are not alone.

Please join us every 3rd Thursday from 6:30-8:30PM

Salem Health CHEC- Building D
939 Oak St. NE, Salem

02/10/2025

Calling all expecting first-time parents! Gathered & Wise is thrilled to offer a quality 8 week online class that will help prepare you for what you REALLY need to know as you start this new life chapter!

We have built the class to target all the major themes we see over and over in working with new parents who are struggling postpartum. It is our objective that class participants will feel more confident in their parenting abilities, have increased connection and collaboration with their partner or support person, reduce vulnerability to PMADS such as postpartum depression, and feel more prepared for this major life transition.

This class is taught by G&W therapist, Joanna Crawford. In addition to being a perinatal therapist, Joanna has excellent experience as a former trainer for the state of Oregon and as an adult educator at the college level. Joanna blends warmth and humor with a high level of knowledge and expertise. This is going to be a great course.

This online class will be held Tuesdays 6:30-8pm, April 15-June 3. As this is a class and not a therapy group, we are unfortunately not able to bill insurance. Cost is $360 billed at $45 per week, or a discount rate of $320 if total is paid upfront. This price is per couple, or per two person support team. All are welcome.

Go beyond the birth class and have a deeper level of preparation and understanding! To ask questions or to register, contact info@gatheredandwise.com, or call 541-704-7511. 🌿

02/07/2025

We have another fantastic DBT group coming this spring! 🌸

Open to current G&W clients, or clients seeing an outside therapist with the addition of this therapy group on your treatment plan.

Megan Harper, LCSW is an excellent and experienced DBT clinician, and we are excited to have her back to share her knowledge and wisdom, delivered with care and humor.

Info@gatheredandwise.com or 541-704-7511 to register or learn more!

12/18/2024

While it can be stressful, it’s also really beautiful to be the magic maker during the holidays.

Carrying on beloved traditions that shaped your meaning of the season is a way to honor the generations that came before you and the holiday memories you hold.

For those that had a complicated childhood, it can also be a healing opportunity to give your children and/or yourself what you deserved over the holidays: safety, rituals, silliness, attunement, delight.

While you can’t rewrite the history of your holidays, you can absolutely start a new chapter; one where you are the author. And that’s pretty magical. ✨🌿

Gatheredandwise.com

12/16/2024

Hello, lovelies. How are you hanging in? It’s easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the season, and this time of year comes with a to do list that can feel like a full time job.

Gentle reminder that it is important to rest, it’s okay to let go of traditions that no longer work or serve you, and prioritize and protect the ones that matter most. What brings you joy? What brings you connection? What do you look forward to? What do you want to pass on?

Gift in the way that feels right to you, whether that’s something homemade, picking up a gift card, or simply giving the gift of time. It’s enough. You are enough.

Running yourself ragged is not it. Please remember that this is your holiday season, too. You deserve care, joy, and the spark of magic that the holidays bring. ✨🌿

Gatheredandwise.com

12/06/2024

While this time of year can be so joyful, it also can be incredibly tough when resources are spread thin. Pollywog put together a thorough and helpful holiday resource guide for families, be sure to check it out if you could use some help this holiday season.