In-Person or Virtual options available.
now accepting new Clients
(503) 841-2142
In-person or Virtual Options are Available | Now Accepting New Clients
(503) 841-2142
Individual & Career Counseling:
$85.00–95.00/ Session
Payment is required at the beginning of each session, unless special arrangements are made in advance.
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- Work through tough life concerns: Navigate significant changes or decisions with clarity and support.
- Address anxieties, fears, and phobias: Learn effective techniques to manage and reduce overwhelming feelings.
- Reduce feelings of sadness: Discover ways to uplift your mood and find joy in everyday moments.
- Conquer traumatic experiences: Heal past wounds and build resilience for the future.
- Discover self, career, values, and joys: Reconnect with what matters most to you and create a life aligned with your values.
My office is conveniently located in Tigard, and I proudly serve clients in the surrounding areas. Let’s work together to address your unique challenges and create a path forward that feels meaningful and fulfilling.
What Individual Counseling Provides
“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”
—Benjamin Spock
Life can feel heavy at times, with challenges that leave you uncertain about how to move forward. Individual counseling offers a supportive environment where you can explore your thoughts, emotions, and goals with guidance and care. Together, we’ll uncover the tools and strategies to help you thrive.
How Individual Counseling Can Support Your Journey
A Safe Space to Navigate Life’s Challenges
Find Clarity and Strength with Individual Counseling
Life’s challenges can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to face them alone. Individual counseling provides a safe, supportive space to explore your thoughts and emotions, helping you navigate past, present, and future concerns with confidence and clarity. Together, we’ll create a path toward healing and growth.
Proudly Serving Tigard, Lake Oswego, and the Greater Portland Area
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Typical session length is 50 minutes. Pillars of Hope Counseling also offers 90 minute sessions for couples who may need longer times. Family sessions are 90 minutes.
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Tailored Support for Your Unique Needs
Individual counseling addresses a wide range of challenges, offering personalized guidance to help you navigate life’s complexities. Here are some of the most common session types and how they can support you:
Exploring the Focus Areas of Individual Counseling
Learn to manage intense emotions and respond to triggers constructively. Anger management sessions focus on identifying unhealthy thought patterns and building tools like mindfulness and assertive communication to reduce outbursts and strengthen relationships.
Navigate the pain of losing a loved one with guidance and support tailored to your unique experience. Grief counseling provides tools to process emotions, honor your loss, and find a path toward healing at your own pace.
Heal from past experiences that continue to affect your emotional and physical well-being. Trauma counseling helps you process painful memories, identify triggers, and rebuild a sense of safety and empowerment.
Recover from the emotional and psychological impact of an abusive relationship in a safe and supportive space. IPV counseling helps you rebuild self-esteem, process trauma, and develop strategies to establish healthy boundaries and regain control of your life.
Explore the root causes of sadness and hopelessness in a safe, compassionate environment. Depression counseling helps you develop coping strategies, reframe negative thoughts, and rediscover purpose and joy in your daily life.
Address the physical and emotional symptoms of anxiety with proven techniques like mindfulness, breathing exercises, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). Anxiety counseling helps you quiet racing thoughts and build confidence in managing life’s uncertainties.
- Intense yelling or screaming during disagreements.
- Throwing objects or becoming physically violent.
- Excessive cursing or unwillingness to compromise.
- Chronic irritability or short-temperedness.
- Physical signs like a racing heartbeat, sweating, or shakiness.
- Blaming others or harshly judging those around you.
- Self-medicating with substances to cope with overwhelming feelings.
Common Symptoms of Anger Control Issues
Understanding and Managing Anger
Regaining Control and Strengthening Relationships
Do long lines, slow traffic, or unexpected frustrations push you to your breaking point? Does anger sometimes feel like it’s controlling you, rather than the other way around? You’re not alone, and help is available.
Anger management counseling focuses on understanding and constructively addressing the emotion of anger. While losing your temper occasionally is normal, frequent outbursts that harm relationships, create fear, or disrupt your life may indicate an anger control issue or disorder. Left unchecked, these behaviors can strain romantic partnerships, damage professional opportunities, and cause emotional harm.
Anger management counseling focuses on understanding and constructively addressing the emotion of anger. While losing your temper occasionally is normal, frequent outbursts that harm relationships, create fear, or disrupt your life may indicate an anger control issue or disorder. Left unchecked, these behaviors can strain romantic partnerships, damage professional opportunities, and cause emotional harm.
How Anger Management Counseling Can Help
Anger is a natural emotion, but when it becomes overwhelming or destructive, counseling can help you regain control. In anger management sessions, you’ll learn to identify triggers, develop constructive communication skills, and use mindfulness techniques to create calm and focus. Together, we’ll work toward healthier responses, helping you build stronger relationships and a more balanced life.
Tailored Approaches for Specific Anger Challenges
Anger can take many forms, and each requires a unique approach for effective management. Whether you’re navigating sudden outbursts, seeking healthier ways to express anger, or aiming to transform your responses, anger management counseling offers tailored strategies to help you regain control.
Addressing Different Aspects of Anger Management
Ready to Regain Control Over Your Emotions?
Seeking help for anger is a courageous step, and it shows your commitment to creating healthier relationships and a more peaceful life. At Pillars of Hope Counseling, I’m here to guide you with empathy and proven strategies.
Here’s how to get started:
Let’s work together to help you regain control and build stronger connections.
Here’s how to get started:
- Request an appointment online to begin your journey.
- Email me directly at angelie@pillarsofhopecounseling.com.
- Call or text me at 503-841-2142.
Let’s work together to help you regain control and build stronger connections.
Take the First Step Toward Balance and Understanding
Constructive Anger
Not all anger is destructive. Constructive anger involves channeling this powerful emotion into positive action. For example, being upset about a dangerous intersection in your neighborhood could motivate you to advocate for safer traffic measures.
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What It Means
In sessions, we’ll explore how to turn your anger into a tool for problem-solving and advocacy. By learning to express anger constructively, you’ll enhance your ability to address issues thoughtfully and create meaningful change.
How Counseling Helps
Anger Management Treatment
Anger management treatment addresses the root causes of anger and helps individuals build skills for managing it effectively. This includes identifying unhealthy thought patterns, recognizing the physiological warning signs of anger, and learning to replace aggressive behaviors with mindful, assertive communication.
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What It Focuses On
By using techniques like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness exercises, and conflict resolution training, anger management treatment empowers you to respond thoughtfully to challenging situations, creating healthier relationships and environments.
How Counseling Helps
Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED)
IED is marked by sudden, intense bursts of rage that seem disproportionate to the situation. Individuals with IED may lash out verbally or physically, often harming objects, animals, or people in the process. These episodes can feel uncontrollable and may stem from long-standing impulse control challenges.
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What It Feels Like
Through anger management counseling, you’ll learn to recognize the triggers of these outbursts, develop impulse control, and replace destructive behaviors with constructive coping strategies.
How Counseling Helps
Each form of anger requires a personalized approach. Through anger management counseling, you’ll gain the tools and insights to navigate your unique challenges, building a more balanced and peaceful life.
- Constant sorrow that feels like a stabbing pain.
- Thoughts focused only on the loss, with an intense longing for the return of the loved one.
- Feelings of bitterness, numbness, or detachment.
- Self-blame or guilt, believing more could have been done.
- Anger toward the deceased or others involved in the situation.
- Avoiding places, events, or circumstances tied to memories of the loved one.
Common Symptoms of Grief
Finding Support Through Grief Counseling
Navigating the Pain of Loss with Compassion and Guidance
Grieving the loss of a loved one can feel like an unbearable weight, making even the simplest routines feel overwhelming. While feelings of sorrow, loss, and numbness are natural, for some, these emotions linger and intensify, leading to prolonged grief that disrupts every aspect of life.
Grief counseling provides a safe space to process your emotions, navigate the complexities of loss, and begin the journey toward healing. Together, we’ll explore your unique experience and develop tools to help you move forward while honoring your loved one.
Grief counseling provides a safe space to process your emotions, navigate the complexities of loss, and begin the journey toward healing. Together, we’ll explore your unique experience and develop tools to help you move forward while honoring your loved one.
How Grief Counseling Can Help
Through grief counseling, you’ll gain:
Grief is a deeply personal experience, but you don’t have to navigate it alone. Together, we’ll honor your loss while helping you find a way forward that feels authentic and hopeful.
- A compassionate space to share your feelings without judgment.
- Techniques to process and understand the emotions tied to your loss.
- Strategies to manage the intense longing, anger, or guilt you may feel.
- Tools to re-engage with daily routines and rebuild a sense of purpose.
Grief is a deeply personal experience, but you don’t have to navigate it alone. Together, we’ll honor your loss while helping you find a way forward that feels authentic and hopeful.
Navigating the Emotional Journey After Loss
Grief is not a linear process, and every individual experiences it differently. The five stages of grief—denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance—offer a framework for understanding the emotions tied to loss. Through grief counseling, you’ll have the space and tools to navigate these stages at your own pace, finding healing and peace along the way.
Understanding the Stages of Grief
Seeking Support for Your Grief?
Reaching out for help with grief takes courage and strength. At Pillars of Hope Counseling, I provide a safe and compassionate space to process your emotions and rediscover hope
Here’s how you can take the next step:
You don’t have to face this alone. Let’s work together to honor your loss and help you find a path forward.
Here’s how you can take the next step:
- Request an appointment online to begin your journey.
- Email me directly at angelie@pillarsofhopecounseling.com.
- Call or text me at 503-841-2142.
You don’t have to face this alone. Let’s work together to honor your loss and help you find a path forward.
Let’s Begin the Journey Toward Healing
Denial
The first stage of grief is often marked by shock and disbelief. You may find yourself thinking, "This can’t be real," or hoping it’s all a bad dream. Denial serves as a temporary buffer, allowing you to process the reality of the loss gradually.
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What It Feels Like
Grief counseling provides a safe environment to acknowledge your loss and begin to process its impact, helping you move forward when you’re ready.
How Counseling Helps
Anger
Anger is a natural response to loss, often directed at yourself, others, or even the loved one who passed. It may stem from feelings of injustice or regret, leaving you questioning why this happened.
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What It Feels Like
Through counseling, you’ll explore the root of your anger and develop constructive ways to express and process this powerful emotion, fostering understanding and relief.
How Counseling Helps
Depression
This stage brings deep sadness and a sense of hopelessness. You may feel disconnected from the world around you, struggling to find meaning or motivation in daily activities.
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What It Feels Like
Counseling provides a compassionate space to address these feelings, helping you develop coping strategies and rediscover small moments of joy and purpose.
How Counseling Helps
Acceptance
Acceptance doesn’t mean forgetting or minimizing your loss—it’s about finding a way to live with it. In this stage, peace begins to replace anger and sadness, allowing you to honor your loved one while moving forward.
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What It Feels Like
Grief counseling supports you in embracing this stage, helping you integrate the loss into your life in a meaningful way while creating a path toward hope and healing.
How Counseling Helps
Grief isn’t a straightforward journey, and these stages may come and go in different orders. Wherever you are in the process, grief counseling offers the guidance and support you need to navigate your emotions and find your way forward.
Trauma affects individuals in unique ways, but common symptoms include:
- Emotional signs: Sadness, anger, fear, nightmares, or flashbacks.
- Physical symptoms: Headaches, nausea, dizziness, or insomnia.
- Behavioral impacts: Outbursts of anger or crying, and difficulties maintaining relationships.
Common Symptoms of Trauma
Reclaiming Your Life Through Trauma Counseling
Understanding and Healing From Trauma
Are harmful memories replaying in your mind, making it difficult to focus or find peace? Do certain places or situations trigger overwhelming emotions? Trauma can leave a lasting impact, affecting both your mental and physical well-being, but with the right support, healing is possible.
Trauma is the result of an upsetting event that causes long-term harm to your emotional and physical health. It can range from avoiding specific places to reliving the experience as if it’s happening all over again. Trauma often leads to feelings of helplessness, weakens your sense of self, and can even block your ability to process emotions.
Trauma is the result of an upsetting event that causes long-term harm to your emotional and physical health. It can range from avoiding specific places to reliving the experience as if it’s happening all over again. Trauma often leads to feelings of helplessness, weakens your sense of self, and can even block your ability to process emotions.
What Trauma Counseling Can Help With
- Addressing feelings of shock and denial after a traumatic event.
- Reducing symptoms of anxiety, depression, and emotional numbness.
- Rebuilding your sense of self and emotional resilience.
How Trauma Counseling Can Help
In trauma counseling, we’ll work together to:
- Identify the specific triggers and events tied to your trauma.
- Develop tools to manage emotional and physical responses to these triggers.
- Build coping strategies to regain control of your thoughts and feelings.
Trauma doesn’t have to define your story. With the right support, you can learn to process the past and move toward a healthier, more fulfilling future.
- Processing Emotional Trauma: Explore the effects of abuse in a non-judgmental, supportive environment.
- Rebuilding Self-Esteem: Identify and challenge the harmful beliefs that IPV may have reinforced.
- Developing Healthy Boundaries: Learn to recognize red flags and establish relationships built on respect and trust.
- Managing Triggers and Anxiety: Gain coping strategies to handle PTSD symptoms, flashbacks, and emotional distress.
- Creating a Future of Stability: Set personal goals, regain independence, and build a life that reflects your true self.
How Trauma Counseling Can Help
Healing from Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Trauma
Rebuilding Strength and Self-Worth After Abuse
Escaping physical and or psychological abuse is just the first step in healing. One in three women end up in an Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) relationship in their lifetime. The effects of IPV can linger long after the relationship ends, impacting self-esteem, emotional well-being, and daily life. IPV trauma counseling provides a safe, compassionate space to process your experiences, regain a sense of control, and rebuild a life rooted in confidence and security.
Whether you’re navigating emotional wounds, trust issues, or fear of the future, therapy helps you move forward at your own pace. Together, we’ll work to reclaim your identity, strengthen resilience, and create a future free from the patterns of abuse.
If you or someone you know is experiencing IPV, you can find additional resources and support through the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV).
Whether you’re navigating emotional wounds, trust issues, or fear of the future, therapy helps you move forward at your own pace. Together, we’ll work to reclaim your identity, strengthen resilience, and create a future free from the patterns of abuse.
If you or someone you know is experiencing IPV, you can find additional resources and support through the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV).
Moving Forward with Confidence and Empowerment
Healing from IPV is more than just overcoming the past—it’s about building a future that feels safe, fulfilling, and authentically yours. Recovery is a journey, and every step forward, no matter how small, is a testament to your strength and resilience.
Through compassionate support and practical tools, counseling provides the guidance you need to regain control, set healthy boundaries, and cultivate self-worth. You deserve relationships built on respect, trust, and mutual care—and the freedom to live without fear.
Together, we’ll work toward a future where your voice is heard, your boundaries are honored, and your well-being comes first.
Tailored Support for Your Healing Journey
Trauma affects each individual differently, and recognizing the type of trauma you’ve experienced is the first step toward recovery. Whether it’s a single event, a series of challenges, or deeply embedded patterns, trauma counseling provides the tools and support needed to process and heal.
Understanding and Treating Different Types of Trauma
Ready to Confront and Heal From Trauma?
Deciding to face long-standing trauma is a heroic act of self-care. At Pillars of Hope Counseling, I’m here to support you with understanding and proven techniques to help you heal.
Here’s how to start your journey:
Let’s work together to create a life where your past no longer holds you back.
Here’s how to start your journey:
- Request an appointment online to begin your journey.
- Email me directly at angelie@pillarsofhopecounseling.com.
- Call or text me at 503-841-2142.
Let’s work together to create a life where your past no longer holds you back.
Take the Brave Step Toward Recovery
Three Types of Trauma
Caused by a single, highly distressing event, such as a car accident or natural disaster. The emotional and physical impact can be immediate and long-lasting.
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Acute Trauma
Through trauma counseling, you’ll identify triggers, process your experiences, and develop coping strategies tailored to your unique needs.
How Counseling Helps
Stemming from repeated exposure to distressing situations, such as domestic violence or ongoing abuse. This type of trauma often results in deep emotional scars that require time and support to heal.
Chronic Trauma
Involves exposure to multiple traumatic events, often interconnected, such as being robbed, experiencing a car accident, and losing a loved one in a short time. It creates layers of emotional and physical challenges.
Complex Trauma
PTSD—Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
PTSD develops after experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event. Symptoms can include reliving the trauma through flashbacks, avoiding triggers, or feeling constantly on edge. Women are statistically more likely to develop PTSD than men.
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What It Feels Like
Trauma counseling for PTSD focuses on grounding techniques, reframing thoughts, and reducing the emotional intensity of triggers. With time and support, you can learn to leave the trauma in the past and live in the present.
How Counseling Helps
Trauma Therapy
Trauma therapy addresses the emotional and mental effects of trauma, helping individuals process their experiences in a safe and controlled environment. Techniques like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), exposure therapy, and narrative therapy are commonly used.
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What It Entails
Therapy helps individuals reframe their experiences, reduce fear and anxiety, and rebuild confidence in managing emotions. These techniques enable you to feel more grounded and in control of your life.
How Counseling Helps
Trauma Counseling
Trauma counseling provides long-term or short-term support tailored to the individual’s needs. Short-term counseling focuses on addressing immediate impacts, while long-term counseling works to rewrite the narrative of the event and process deeply embedded feelings.
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What It Offers
Trauma counseling empowers individuals to confront their emotions, develop healthier thought patterns, and regain control over their mental and emotional well-being.
How Counseling Helps
Each type of trauma requires a unique approach, and together, we’ll create a plan that meets your specific needs. Let’s work toward healing and building a brighter future.
FAQs: Discover the Power of Individual Counseling
Personalized Support for Your Mental Well-Being
Seeking individual counseling is a powerful step toward personal growth and emotional well-being. Here are answers to frequently asked questions to help you feel confident and informed as you begin your counseling journey.
1. What do you mean by individual counseling?
Individual counseling is a one-on-one process between you and a licensed therapist, focusing on your unique concerns, emotions, and goals. At Pillars of Hope Counseling, I provide a safe and compassionate space to help you explore challenges and develop strategies for a more fulfilling life.
2. What is the concept of individual counseling?
The concept of individual counseling is rooted in personal growth and healing. It aims to empower individuals by addressing emotional struggles, improving coping skills, and fostering self-awareness. My approach is tailored to your needs, ensuring every session helps you move closer to your goals.
3. What is an example of individual therapy?
An example of individual therapy could involve working through anxiety or depression. For instance, a client might learn techniques like mindfulness or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to manage intrusive thoughts and develop healthier thought patterns. At Pillars of Hope Counseling, each session is customized to your unique situation.
4. How effective is individual counseling?
Individual counseling is highly effective for those ready to engage in the process. Studies show that therapies like CBT, DBT, and REBT can significantly reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress. Many of my clients experience meaningful improvements in their emotional well-being and resilience.
5. What are the disadvantages of individual counseling?
Individual counseling requires emotional vulnerability and a commitment to self-reflection, which can feel challenging at times. Additionally, progress may take time, and it’s important to stay patient with the process. At Pillars of Hope Counseling, I strive to create a supportive environment to help you navigate these challenges.
6. How long should individual therapy last?
The duration of therapy depends on your goals and needs. Some clients benefit from short-term counseling (6–12 sessions) for specific concerns, while others engage in long-term therapy for ongoing support and personal growth. Together, we’ll determine a timeline that works best for you.
7. What happens in individual therapy?
In individual therapy, we’ll explore your thoughts, feelings, and challenges. Sessions may include discussing life events, identifying patterns, and learning tools like stress management or communication skills. My goal is to empower you with strategies to overcome challenges and achieve your desired outcomes.
8. Is individual therapy better than couples therapy?
Individual therapy and couples therapy serve different purposes. Individual therapy focuses on personal growth and emotional well-being, while couples therapy addresses relationship dynamics. Depending on your needs, one or both may be beneficial. At Pillars of Hope Counseling, I provide both services to ensure comprehensive support.
