RESOURCES

Multnomah County has made a huge effort to provide good crisis services via the county crisis line.  It is more than just a suicide hotline, functioning more like an urgent care and emergency room, staffed by individuals who have access to all the local community resources for mental health.  They can access state insurance information, connect you with rapid scheduling with community mental health providers, and facilitate moving into state-funded services in an expedited fashion.  503-988-4888. Also dial 988 for suicide prevention services.

Unity Behavioral Health is the new center for crisis stabilization and treatment in the greater Portland area.  Their website is here: https://unityhealthcenter.org/ 

Call to Safety (Formerly the Women's Crisis Line): 888-235-5333  

If you are having difficulty finding mental health support, your insurance company can often provide a list of covered clinicians.  

The Psychology Today website has a good list of providers, with user-friendly search features: https://therapists.psychologytoday.com/ 

The Columbia River Eating Disorders Network (CREDN) has a website with lists of local therapists, dietitians, treatment programs, and physicians with specialty in eating disorders: www.credn.org 

For couple's counseling, I recommend Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT).  Portland has an excellent community of highly trained EFT therapists.  See a directory here: https://pceft.com/

Authors whose work underpins my thinking and approach include: 

Tara Brach: https://www.tarabrach.com/

Andrew Solomon: http://andrewsolomon.com/  

Brené Brown: www.brenebrown.com  

Pema Chodron: www.pemachodronfoundation.org 

Bessel Van der Kolk: www.besselvanderkolk.net  

Nancy McWilliams: www.nancymcwilliams.com  

Lindy West: http://www.lindywest.net/ 

Karl Pillemer; Family Estrangement resources and research: https://www.amazon.com/Fault-Lines-Fractured-Families-Mend/dp/0525539034

Joshua Coleman: https://www.drjoshuacoleman.com/

Weird Studies: https://www.weirdstudies.com/

Bruce Tift: https://www.brucetift.com/

Therapeutic approaches: 

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy:  www.sensorimotorpsychotherapy.org  

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing):  https://www.getselfhelp.co.uk/docs/EMDR.pdf  

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): www.contextualscience.org/act  

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): www.behavioraltech.org/resources/whatisdbt  

Internal Family Systems (IFS):  https://selfleadership.org/about-internal-family-systems.html 

Mindful Compassionate Dialogue: https://www.wiseheartpdx.org/

Other resources:  

Tara Brach's RAIN meditation: https://www.tarabrach.com/rain/

Wise Heart PDX: https://www.wiseheartpdx.org/

Q Center: www.pdxqcenter.org  

Fertility issues: www.resolve.org  

Holding Space: www.upliftconnect.com/hold-space  

DBT worksheets: https://d2tdui6flib2aa.cloudfront.net/new-harbinger-wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/15044258/DBT_Worksheet_Packet.pdf