Erin Needham

You may have spent years trying to understand yourself, yet find that the same emotional and relational patterns keep showing up. Perhaps you're struggling with anxiety, depression, or the lasting effects of trauma, and insight alone hasn't created the change you're looking for.

I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor with 14 years of experience in mental health. My approach is relational, inquisitive, and depth-oriented. Together, we'll explore what's keeping these patterns in place and use experiential methods to work with the emotions and responses underlying them, so change becomes something you experience, not just something you understand.

My approach integrates psychodynamic therapy, EMDR, Brainspotting, mindfulness, and parts work. Depending on your needs, we may explore the origins of longstanding patterns, work directly with emotions and bodily responses, or attend to different parts of yourself that have developed in response to difficult experiences. Rather than relying on conversation and insight alone, we'll use experiential methods to help you process what has been difficult to resolve and develop new ways of relating to yourself and others.

Finding the right therapist matters. When you schedule with me, we'll begin with a free 30 minute video consultation. This is an opportunity to share what brings you to therapy, ask questions, and get a sense of how I work. Together, we'll explore whether my approach is a good fit for your needs.

I offer both in-person therapy in Portland and virtual sessions throughout Oregon. If we decide to move forward, our first full session will focus on understanding your history, current challenges, and what you'd like to change.