Transgender Competent Mental Health Providers



8216909461500RESOURCECode No: Originated: 547.1012/01/2015 Last Reviewed/Revised: 4/3/2019Department: Patient ServicesManual: ReferralSection: 8TITLE:Transgender Competent Mental Health ProvidersPortlandLewis & Clark Community Counseling Center - Lewis & Clark CollegePortland:4445 Southwest Barbur Boulevard(503) 768-6320Website:graduate.lclark.edu/clinics/community_counselingAdditional Info: Affordable counseling with sliding scale fee structure, ADA, elevator, wheelchair accessible. Located near downtown Portland with on street parking, one block away from Smart Park, street car, Max and bus line.Area of Focus: The Counseling Center works with individuals, couples, families and kids across the gender and sexuality spectrum. Trauma informed. Poly and kink knowledgeable.Nate Bagley, MA LPC - Bridge City CounselingPortland:712 Southeast Hawthorne Blvd, Suite 100(503) 545-5329E-mail:NateB@Website:Additional Info: Most insurance accepted, sliding scale appointments available.Area of Focus: Specializes in working with children, adolescents, and families, and addressing such issues as depression, anxiety, life transition, and family issues with individual adults. He has specialized training in play therapy, sexuality issues, and abuse treatment.Erin Bradshaw, LCSWPortland: (971) 235-2613E-mail:lcsw.erin@Website:Additional Info: Accepts insurance, offers letters for hormones. A complementary 30 minute phone consultation is available.Genny Bimslager, LCSWPortland:Southeast Hawthorne area(503) 235-5312E-mail:gbimslcsw@Website:gennybimslcsw.Additional Info: Accept insurance (out of network and Medicare), offers sliding scale, can write letters for hormones. Member of SMPA.Area of Focus: Individual and couples counseling and some groups (women survivors of childhood sexual abuse). Gender Experience 25-30% client base Trans or genderqueer. Trained on HBSOC, understands reasons and importance of HBSOC. Genny works individually with clients, understanding that it varies person to person. Can write DMV letters and first surgery letter. Genderqueer friendly. Sexuality Experience: Kink friendly, Understands self-scarring not necessarily suicidality. Youth Experience: Seven years of experience with LGBT youth Confidentiality for youth: information shared with parents based on client's discretion. Experienced working with HIV(+) peopleJulianne Chapman LCSW - Bridge City CounselingPortland:712 Southeast Hawthorne Blvd, Suite 100(503) 954-2188Website:Additional Info: Accepts insurance, offers sliding scale, offers letters for hormones.Lacy Cooper – LINKtherapyPortland:2325 East Burnside Street, Suite 204(503) 545-6798E-mail:lacy@Website:Additional Info: Accepts OHP and Healthshare, offers sliding scale, experience writing letters for transitioning, office is not wheelchair accessible, but will meet clients in an accessible space if needed, please ask when you call.Area of Focus: Has had own practice for three years working with. Lacy sees adults, adolescents and couples who identify as Queer, Gay, Trans, and Gender-variant. Also experienced working with Kink and Poly Community. Enjoys working with people who want an active therapist to work collaboratively with them on issues.Jaimie Doig, MA - Healing Tree CounselingPortland:1135 SE Salmon Street, Suite 212(503) 382-7444E-mail:healingtreecounselingpdx@Website:Additional Info: Accept insurance, offers sliding scale, offers letters for hormones. Office is wheelchair accessible via elevator. There is a gender neutral bathroom available. Public transportation via bus #24.Area of Focus: Provides individual, couples, and multiple partners counseling with a focus on communication building, anxiety, depression, sexuality, trauma-related issues. Works to provide a comfortable space for you to share your concerns and hopes. Approach is client-centered. Genderqueer and Trans positive. Sexuality Experience: Poly and kink friendly. Works with adults only and can refer youth clients to qualified counselor.Morgan Fitz Gibbon, M.A.Portland:1020 Southwest Taylor, Suite 700(971) 295-0222E-mail:morganfitzgibbon@Website:Additional Info: Sliding scale available for those in financial need (daytime appointments only).Building is wheelchair accessible with automatic door openers and elevators.Area of Focus: Practice is primarily focused on serving the queer community, specializes in identity, relationships, transitions, stress, depression, anxiety, anger, grief, shame, intimacy, loneliness, feelings of isolation, trauma, and ADHDLisa Loewenthal, LCSW - Portland WellbeingPortland:1020 Southwest Taylor, Suite 660(503) 896-4499E-mail:portlandwellbeing@Website:Additional Info: Accept insurance (out of network), offers letters for hormones after intake and one session. Free initial 30 min consultation. Some sliding scale available.Area of Focus: Specializes in working with the LGBTQ community regarding sexuality and gender identity. Lisa works with transgender and genderqueer adults, couples and families in a relational, interpersonal way. Specializes in working with people dealing with life transitions, family healing and relationship growth. Body positive coaching also available.Alyssa A Moore - Therapy PDXPortland:811 East Burnside Street, Suite 217(503) 662-2023E-mail:alyssa@Website:Additional Info: Offers sliding scale and letters for hormones. Office located off 12, 19, and 20 bus lines. Area of Focus: Provides individual or couples therapy for LGBTQ identified people. Focus areas include gender and sexuality issues, depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. Alyssa uses an eclectic approach that relies heavily on cognitive-behavioral therapy. Has experience working with youth and young adults ages 14 and up. Specialized training and experience working with LGBTQ identities, coming out, gender affirmation, and gender transition.Lilyan C. Moore, M.Ed, LPCI - Spectrum Counseling PDXPortland:511 Southwest Tenth Avenue, Suite 601(971) 373-4497Website:Additional Info: Offers sliding scale, offers letters for hormones. A limited number of slots for free counseling are available for those who qualify. More information is available on website. Also offers web based counseling.Area of Focus: Children, adolescents, partners, and families. LGBTAQQ populations. Poly and kink aware. Genderqueer, MTF, FTM. Depression, mood disorders, anxiety, stress, body image issues, eating disorders, internet and gaming addiction, and substance abuse. Special focus on teens and youth with mood disorders or behavioral difficulties. Gender Experience: Treats transgender and gender nonconforming clients according to the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH). Understands that gender is non-binary. Has worked extensively with transgender youth ages 12-25.Bethprana Novi, CSWA MSWPortland:2306 Northeast Glisan Street, Suite #200 (503) 310-6795E-mail:Bethprana@Website:Additional Info: Offers letters for hormones. Not wheelchair accessible.Area of Focus: Individual, couples, family, youth LGB and Gender non-conforming, Trans, genderqueer individuals as well as gender variant/transgender young children and their families. Kink positive. Over 15 years’ experience as a social worker, 8 years’ experience working with LGB and gender non-conforming/trans clients in a clinical setting, 5 years as a therapist at the Sexual and Gender Minority Youth Resource Center (SMYRC) and 2 years as the Counseling Supervisor at SMYRC. Has a great deal of experience working with youth and young adults in various settings. Is comfortable working with anyone who identifies as queer, or any letter of the alphabet. Has experience with Asperger's disorder as well, especially with Trans folk with Asperger's. Works collaboratively with prescribers for hormones or mental health medication, can write letters for hormones and surgery if needed. Can write DMV letters in Oregon for gender marker change.Michele Pearce, LCSW CADC I [DMV]Portland:4225 Northeast Tillamook Street(503)290-8255E-mail:Michele@Website:Additional Info: Some sliding scale appointments available, can write letters for hormones, office on 3rd floor, building has elevator. There is a gender neutral bathroom available.Area of Focus: Twenty five percent of clients are Trans or identify as gender queer. Also provides counseling for partners and families of people who are transitioning. Jamie Pettus, PsyD - Introspections, LLCPortland:6536 Southeast Duke Street(503) 928-4325E-mail:jamiepsyd@Website:Additional Info: Accept insurance, offers sliding scale, offers letters for hormones. Area of Focus: Individuals (adults) and Couples. Gender, Sexuality, and Youth Experience: Has been working with the LGBT community since 2002.Jennifer D. Samsom, MA, NCC - Mindful Therapy PortlandPortland:15 Southeast 16th Avenue(503) 341-6393E-mail:jenn@Website:Additional Info: Has a limited number of sliding scale appointments available, offers letters for hormones. Office is not wheelchair accessible, however is willing to meet clients who cannot navigate stairs elsewhere.Area of Focus: All gender inclusive. Work with clients of any gender and couples or partners of any configuration. Approximately 50% of clients identify LGBTQ. Use mindfulness and the Hakomi method. These are intricate methods of self-discovery that prompt real change by examining and working with core beliefs.Lee Scher, LPCPortland:1962 Northwest Kearney Street, Suite 302 & Inner SE Portland (503) 998-2297Website:Additional Info: Accept insurance (out of network), offers sliding scale, can write letters for hormones. Call for a free consultation, offers a flexible fee for a limited number of clients in financial need.Area of Focus: Certified meditation instructor and a teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition. Lee is friendly to people of all faiths, sexual and gender orientations, and racial, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. Sasha Strong,MA, PhD (cand.) Brilliancy CounselingPortland:4531 SE Belmont, Suite 316 (971) 279-7261Website:E-mail:sasha@Area of Focus: Sasha Strong is a nonbinary/genderqueer counselor and educator. They maintain a private psychotherapy practice, Brilliancy Counseling. In October 2016, Sasha co-founded the nonbinary/genderqueer/etc. peer support group QueerPDX. Sasha’s interests include social justice, mindfulness practice, body-centered psychotherapy, and working with queer folks.Hunter Vaughn, PsyDPortland:811 East Burnside Street, Suite 217(971) 533-7247E-mail:hunter@Website:Additional Info: Accept insurance, offers sliding scale on case by case basis, can write letters for hormones. Office is easily accessible by bike, bus (6, 12, 19, 20), or car (free on-street parking). Building is not ADA accessible. Evening appointments are available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.Area of Focus: LGBTQ issues including identity development across the lifespan, relationship issues, dual minority experiences, cultural challenges, and anxiety, depression, trauma, abuse, and life transitions. Hunter has been a mental health therapist since 2007 in a variety of contexts. Earned doctorate in clinical psychology in 2012 and became a licensed psychologist in Oregon in 2014. Vanessa Washington, MA LPC - Bridge City CounselingPortland:712 Southeast Hawthorne Blvd Suite 100(360) 601-7842Email: VanessaW@ Website:Additional Info: Sliding scale appointments available. Most insurance accepted.Area of Focus: Works with teens, adults, individuals, and families integrating a cultural, racial, and ethnic lens and values these aspects of individuals. Vanessa specializes in patients who are experiencing depression, anxiety, grief and loss, behavioral issues and self-esteem symptoms. Beaverton(Heather) Horizon Greene, LCSW - Joyful AwakeningBeaverton: 12555 Southwest First Street(971) 217 6527E-Mail:joyfulawakening@Website:Additional Info: Most insurance accepted, offers sliding scale, offers letters for hormones. Wheelchair accessible by ramp, though the bathroom may not be fully accessible. Female-bodied, queer-identified, ally of the gender queer-trans community. Fat and body positive. Kink and poly friendly. Fiercely committed to anti-oppression, offering respectful work in a persyn-honoring way.Area of Focus: Practice specialty in trauma resiliency. Depression, anxiety, relationship with food/your body, identity claiming, gender transition, grief and more.EugeneRon Unger LCSWEugene:1257 High Street, Suite 7(541) 513-1811Email:4ronunger@Additional Info: Accepts some insurance, offers sliding scale appointments, unfortunately office is not wheelchair accessible.Area of Focus: Individual and family therapy including help making decisions about transition and support during and after.SalemKris L. Rieck - Transformational Associates Counseling ServicesSalem:2367 State Street, Suite 100(503)-505-9161E-mail:transformationalassociates@ Website: Additional Info: Offers sliding scale, Hormone letter referrals, Gender Identity Specialist. All work is with transgender clientele.Area of Focus: Gender Identity, Transition, Transgender, Gender Queer, Kids, Adults, Youth, LGBTQ.VancouverJeanne L. Meyer - Choices CounselingVancouver:8100 Northeast Parkway Drive, Suite 25(360) 949-2524E-Mail:jeanne@Website: Additional Info: Accept insurance, offers letters for hormones after three sessions. Building and office are wheelchair accessible. Free initial 30 min consultation. Area of Focus: Has over 20 years of experience working with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders such as depression, bipolar, anxiety and PTSD. Work with adults in individual, couple or group sessions. Also works with the LGBT and addiction recovery communities. ................
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