meet our team

Clinical Supervisor, Therapist

Kindra collaborates with individuals and families to support healing, self-discovery, and empowerment. She has extensive experience working with individuals and families navigating a range of challenges including acute trauma, depression, anxiety, neurodivergence, LGBTQA+, gender affirming care including providing letters to medical entities for gender affirming medical care. Kindra is a certified IFS therapist and is a trained EMDR practitioner. She specializes in healing complex trauma while integrating culturally affirming, inclusive, and trauma-informed care into her practice.

In addition, Kindra is an approved Supervisor in Oregon and Washington. She dedicates part of her practice to supporting therapists working toward licensure and provides IFS-specific consultation for both licensed and unlicensed practitioners.

Kindra’s strength as a therapist lies in her ability to offer compassionate care while incorporating humor and authenticity to build a trusting therapeutic alliance. Outside of her professional life, she enjoys reading, comedy, playing video games, exploring nature, and generally just nerding out on a variety of topics and hobbies.

Clinical Supervisor, Therapist

Jordan brings over 16 years of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families across the lifespan. She is trained in EMDR, AEDP, and PACT and has a strong foundation in attachment and trauma work. Jordan values both humor and depth in the therapeutic relationship, believing that we are all naturally wired to move toward health. Sometimes, we just need a little guidance to clear out past trauma, anxiety, relationship challenges, or depression.

In addition, Jordan is an approved Supervisor in Oregon and Washington supporting therapists working toward licensure. She also provides consultation for both licensed and unlicensed practitioners.

Do you need change in your life? You don’t have to navigate it alone. Jordan’s therapeutic style is real, down-to-earth, and relational.

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Kathleen can help you connect to that wise intuitive part of you that already knows how to heal.  Kathleen is a relational therapist trained in EMDR and Internal Family Systems Theory, and draws on somatic mind- body techniques. She uses a strengths based approach to build on your existing coping strategies, and will collaborate with you to find the best tools to help you in your healing journey.

As a former sexual assault advocate and  Director of the Center for Gender Equity at a small private college, she draws on her past experience to help clients navigate relationship issues, relational trauma, and exploring their sexuality. She strives to  provide a queer and trans affirming, feminist, anti-oppressive framework to engage in healing work. 

She is also  trained as a Level 2 reiki practitioner and enjoys exploring the intersections between neuroscience, evidence based practices, and energy work.

Kathleen loves working with a diverse range of people, but specializes in working with anxiety, trauma, people pleasing, and navigating relationship conflicts. She is passionate about building deep connections, and fostering increased compassion, calm and confidence for her clients.

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McKenzie is a compassionate and creative therapist who loves working with teens, young adults, and the LGBTQIA+ community. Drawing from over a decade of personal healing experience and a background in theatre and yoga, McKenzie creates a warm, supportive space where clients can feel seen and empowered.

Passionate about helping people navigate trauma, anxiety, depression, and grief, McKenzie blends trauma-informed and attachment-focused approaches like EMDR, IFS, and AEDP to support each client’s unique journey. McKenzie believes in honoring every individual’s strengths and creating personalized strategies that celebrate the beauty of our complex minds.

McKenzie brings an affirming and understanding perspective, meeting clients where they are with empathy and care. It is a great joy to walk alongside people as they rediscover their inner wisdom, build meaningful connections, and reclaim their power to live with purpose and confidence.

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Whether you’re moving through a life transition, feeling stuck in old patterns, or wanting to get clearer on who you are and what you want, he offers a space to slow down, tune in, and make sense of what’s unfolding.

René brings a lens to therapy that invites you to examine the unspoken rules shaping your life, expand your sense of possibility, and reconnect with your inner guide.

With curiosity and compassion, you’ll explore the landscape of your thoughts, feelings, and patterns, shedding light on parts of yourself that have been overlooked or quietly waiting for your attention. Drawing from Internal Family Systems (IFS), mindfulness, and person-centered therapy, René supports clients in understanding how different parts of themselves operate—and how to cultivate a more connected, confident inner system.

With a deep rooting in Queer perspective and a specialty in neurodivergence, René enjoys working with adults and young adults who are seeking new ways to show up in their lives—with more authenticity, flexibility, and self-trust. Sessions often weave in imagination, metaphor, and a healthy respect for side-quests, while always holding steady to your bigger goals.

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Whatever led you to where you are, Emily honors your path. She believes we all have capacity for healing and transformation regardless of past experiences. Her goal is to meet you where you are and accompany you towards the change you seek in your life.

Emily’s approach is both gentle and direct, rooted in a depathologizing, liberatory framework. She is especially attuned to working with adults navigating chronic pain, trauma, loss and grief, high sensitivity, spirituality, and LGBTQ+ identities.

Through a trauma-aware lens, she incorporates a responsive combination of somatic parts work, Polyvagal Theory, Brainspotting, and pain recovery models including Pain Reprocessing Therapy and Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy. Her work is informed by relational and attachment-focused methods as well as feminist and queer theories. Extensive experience with chronic pain and the mindbody connection shape her view of mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual wellbeing as deeply interconnected. Emily weaves clinical expertise with embodied wisdom from yoga and earth-tending to foster compassionate connection with self, others, and place.

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Laura creates a compassionate container where all parts of you are welcome, and holds space for whatever may arise. She has formal IFS training (including the IFSI’s Level 1), as well as training in Hakomi, Sand Tray therapy, Soul Collage, creative writing techniques, dreamwork, and mindfulness approaches. 

She helps clients explore, express and harmonize their internal systems, and envision a future that enlivens them. She believes that everyone has an inner drive to heal, and that symptoms are often messages that can direct us towards greater balance and fulfillment. 

Laura has over 10 years of post-degree experience and has worked in a variety of settings. She has spent time in various other cultures, and her first MA was in Intercultural Youth and Family Development. She holds in mind how dominant American culture and various forms of systemic oppression can negatively impact mental health, and also holds that despite myriad challenges, growth and a meaningful life is a possibility for all. 

She enjoys working with a wide range of issues, including anxiety, depression, self-worth, personal growth, culture shock, non-ordinary states (including psychosis), dreams/nightmares, intergenerational trauma, meaning-making, and grief & loss. 

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Kara is a licensed clinical social worker who has been working in the mental health field for over 20 years. She began her career as a child and family therapist and has since supported people of all ages and from many different walks of life.

Her  work is focused on supporting individuals navigating burnout, depression and anxiety, substance use, and relationship challenges. Kara is a Level 3 Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapist and has trained in Somatic IFS. She is deeply passionate about sharing this hopeful, non-pathologizing approach with others.

In sessions, Kara may invite guided meditation, movement, art, writing, and play as ways to explore and connect with different parts of yourself. She believes that each person’s path of change is unique and she is dedicated to building a compassionate, collaborative relationship that honors each individual’s story.

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Becky approaches therapy with genuine curiosity, deep compassion, and a welcoming space for humor. She believes healing happens in relationship—in those moments when you feel truly seen, understood, and valued for all the parts of you. Drawing from Internal Family Systems, EMDR, mindfulness and somatic practices, and art therapy, she creates space for authentic connection and exploration. For relationship therapy, she integrates work from the Relational Life Institute with Imago therapy and contemporary sex therapy approaches. 

Her career path has included working with at-risk youth, adults navigating memory loss, people recovering from physical injuries, landscape design, and teaching art. She holds an M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and B.A. degrees in Fine Arts and German Language, with additional training in Early Childhood Education, Dance, and Pilates for rehabilitation. This rambling journey has given her deep appreciation for the countless creative ways people adapt, survive, and find meaning in their lives.

Becky works with individuals, couples, and teens navigating life's challenges including identity and self-esteem, relationship dynamics, grief and major life transitions, religious and spiritual growth or trauma, chronic illness and pain, ADHD, social anxiety, LGBTQ+ experiences, self-expression, career transitions, and trauma recovery. She believes your responses to the world—even the ones that feel problematic now—represent your inner wisdom doing its best to keep you safe. Her role isn’t to fix you (because you’re not broken), but to walk alongside you with curiosity and explore the road behind and in front of you together. 

Outside of her practice, she enjoys creative projects and has more hobbies than is realistic for one lifetime. She likes cult podcasts, songwriting, and playing with family and friends both indoors and out.

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Natalie is a trauma-focused therapist with over 8 years of experience working with folks seeking deep, lasting healing and freedom from unhelpful patterns. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, she brings both professional expertise and personal insight to her work. You can expect a warm, grounded space where curiosity, compassion, and attunement guide the process. Whether you’re beginning therapy for the first time or returning after time away, she's honored to walk alongside you and remind you that you don’t have to do it alone.

Drawing from various evidence-based approaches, including Somatic and Attachment focused EMDR, Internal Family Systems, Brainspotting, and AEDP, she offers an integrative, body-based approach that helps clients reconnect with their inner wisdom and shift long-standing patterns. Together, we move at a pace that honors your nervous system, building trust and supporting new ways of relating—to yourself, to others, and to your story. 

Natalie's professional experiences have been shaped in settings supporting folks navigating healing from complex childhood experiences, interpersonal and sexual traumas, and tricky stuck points. Natalie brings a balance of directness and gentleness in her demeanor, allowing for your nervous system to know what to expect as we move through the hard stuff.

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Eli is a trauma-focused therapist whose approach is rooted in attachment theory, family systems, and role theory (similar to internal family systems), alongside a strong grounding in Buddhist psychology, mindfulness, and somatic work. Trained in Drama Therapy and Couple and Family Therapy, he uses parts work and embodied, experiential methods as vehicles for working with attachment wounds and long-held patterns of suffering. Growing up Jewish also shaped his worldview, including an early awareness of how suffering and oppression move through the world.

Eli works with individuals and couples navigating childhood trauma, including childhood sexual abuse, as well as those in recovery who are ready to turn toward the deeper trauma that sobriety often brings to the surface. He also enjoys working with people wrestling with existential and spiritual questions — those feeling blocked, adrift, or unsure how to hold onto a sense of meaning or spirituality as their beliefs shift and change. With couples, his work is grounded in attachment theory and Emotionally Focused Therapy and is influenced by PACT. He has particularly valued supporting couples where one or both partners are navigating recovery.

At the center of Eli's approach is a belief in compassionate curiosity — meeting our most difficult parts with patience, compassion, and curiosity instead of judgment. Sitting directly in pain can make it too overwhelming to actually work with; a little distance, a bit of externalizing, some room to laugh, can lower the threat enough for defenses to soften and compassionate curiosity to arise. Eli believes that using play and humor are often vital in making deeper work possible. Eli believes that healing begins with reconnection: to the Self, to others, and to the world in a way that feels alive and meaningful.

Outside the therapy room, Eli is a drummer and musician, a longtime meditator, and a devoted fantasy and sci-fi nerd who can regularly be found playing D&D, deep in an anime marathon, or more recently getting back into Magic the Gathering. 

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Betsy is a Registered Associate in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, newly welcoming clients into her practice. She works from person-centered, emotionally focused, existential, feminist, and queer frameworks, incorporating parts work.

She especially loves working with people in transition — those learning to love themselves more, process their experiences and trauma, and embrace their creativity without judgment. In sessions, Betsy is happy to incorporate art, play, movement, or whatever a client needs. She meets her clients as equals, believing that people are the authority on their own experience, and that being genuinely heard and affirmed is powerful — often, people don't fully realize what they're carrying until they say it out loud and are witnessed.

Betsy's own path shapes how she works. She developed an early interest in existentialist thought, understanding firsthand what it feels like to be marginalized and to find her own footing outside rigid expectations — an experience that drew her toward person-centered, feminist, and queer theories in her training. Having raised a family, gone through divorce, and supported people she loves through major life transitions — including loss and death, she understands that one life holds many: your own, and the lives of everyone you carry alongside it. Unconditional positive regard remains central to how she works.

Betsy is passionate about walking alongside people through life's transitions and the questions they raise. Her style is warm, direct, and full of care — she loves people, and feels deeply honored to be someone with whom others share their most intimate concerns. Working with you, she'll hold space for the hard and tender parts of your story while making room for levity and laughter along the way.

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Brita is a third year Master’s student in Clinical Mental Health Counseling who has been working in perinatal mental health for more than a decade. She brings a varied career history working in community-building, environmental, and social justice non-profits.

With training in EMDR and IFS, Brita works through a lens shaped by relational-cultural, narrative, and cognitive perspectives. She works with adult individuals and teens who are navigating depression and anxiety, perinatal transitions and mood challenges, questions of identity and self-worth, exploration of the role of religion and spirituality in a values-driven life, integration of late-in-life diagnosis of neurodivergence, career transitions and personal growth, grief, and trauma recovery.

Brita is passionate about supporting people through the challenges – and opportunities – presented by changes across the lifespan. Her style is warm, authentic, pragmatic, and suffused with curiosity. Her therapeutic approach is deeply humanistic, empathetic, person-centered, and collaborative. Working with you, she’ll support you in framing your individual stories in the broader social context, befriending your thoughts and emotions, and living by your values--with room for both tears and laughter along the way.

Administrative Assistant

Tavia brings over a decade of experience in the mental health field to her role as Administrative Assistant at a little light collective. With both professional expertise and lived experience, she has worked as a Youth Peer Support Specialist and a Family Support Specialist, providing guidance and advocacy to countless youth and families. Tavia has facilitated groups, partnered closely with therapists, and consistently advocated for mental health awareness. Her background includes extensive experience supporting the LGBTQ+ community, teens, young parents, foster youth, and others navigating life’s challenges alongside therapeutic care.

Beyond her professional role, Tavia is a wife and mother who finds happiness in creating meaningful experiences with her family. She loves crafting, curating events, celebrating holidays, organizing, going on new adventures, trying new activities, playing board games, and making magical memories.