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Online Therapy for Bend and Central Oregon

Bend is in Central Oregon, east of the Cascades and a long drive from Portland, so sessions with Marie Sarte, LCSW, happen online. That can suit the kind of work you would rather keep private: recovering from an emotionally abusive relationship, or finding your footing after a move, a new job, or a break-up. Sessions are for clients located in Oregon.

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Recovery Work From Home

After a relationship that left you doubting your own read on things, you may not want to explain where you go each week. Online sessions let you do this work from home, on your own terms. You can start before you have left, and before you are sure you will. If you still share a home with the person, privacy can be harder to come by, and that is worth raising on the free consultation. The focus stays on what you went through and what you want now.

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Trusting Your Own Read Again

Rebuilding trust in your own judgment is the center of this work. After someone spent a long time telling you your reactions were wrong, even small choices can bring a second round of doubt. In CBT, you and Marie slow down one of those moments: what you noticed, what you told yourself, and what you did next. Over time, you practice treating your reactions as information again. One experiment might be noting the times your read on a situation turned out to be right.

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When Life Shifts All at Once

Turning points can arrive together. A break-up can lead to a move, and a move can bring a new job and new people. Each change asks for decisions: where to live, whom to trust, what to say yes to. After a relationship that taught you to doubt yourself, the old critic may weigh in on every one. Marie especially enjoys working with adults at moments like these, and therapy can help you hear your own view again, one decision at a time.

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A Week of Online CBT

Here is how a week can go. You bring in a moment that stuck with you, perhaps agreeing to plans you did not want and then being hard on yourself all day. Together you unpack it and look for the thought that made going along feel safer than speaking up. Before the session ends, you choose one small thing to try, such as catching the moment you start apologizing for a reasonable need. Next time, you look at what happened, with no grade attached, and adjust.

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Safety, Fees, and Next Steps

Your safety comes first. If you are in crisis, call or text 988, or call 911. Therapy sessions are not an emergency service. Sessions are 50 minutes, usually weekly: $200 for individual therapy, $225 for couples or family. Marie asks for at least 48 hours' notice to cancel, though moving a session to another day that week does not count as a late cancellation. To begin, request a free 15-minute consultation. Your first message can be short, and sensitive details can wait for a conversation.

Questions You May Have

Will I ever need to travel to Portland?

No. The consultation is by phone or video, and sessions are online while you are in Oregon. If you ever want to meet in person, ask about the office at 1125 SE Market St, Portland, OR 97214.

Is online therapy from Central Oregon only for relationship recovery?

No. Online sessions from Bend can also focus on overthinking and worry, ADHD and executive functioning, or a change you are in the middle of.

Marie Sarte, LCSW

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