A CBT Therapist in Southeast Portland

New to Portland, Not to the Work

Marie moved to Portland in 2025. Before she relocated, she spent years in full-time practice in Oakland, California, including ten years as a clinical social worker in community mental health clinics that were racially and ethnically diverse. She has also worked with teenagers and young adults in foster care, supervised other clinicians, and run a solo private practice. Her experience spans more than 20 years, with a private practice since 2009. She earned her master's in social work at The University of Chicago, with an emphasis in Clinical Practice.

What Warm and Direct Looks Like

Marie describes her style as warm and direct. She listens closely, tells you what she notices, and works out the next practical step with you rather than for you. Her method is cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions keep feeding one another, but sessions stay conversational and fit to your life, not a workbook. You usually leave with one small experiment to try, and the next session starts with how it went. If a suggestion does not suit you, say so, and it changes.

Who Meets With Marie at the Office

The Southeast Portland office is one option for teens, college students, and adults, and Marie welcomes BIPOC, LGBTQ, and neurodiverse clients. For teens who are minors, a parent or guardian is part of the first conversation. A college student might want one steady point in a week that keeps shifting. An adult might want a room away from home and screens, with no one at home overhearing and no quiet corner to find first. Whatever brings you in, sessions run 50 minutes and are shaped around you.

What the Work Can Focus On

You might come in because worry keeps running after the day is done, or because what-ifs you know are not rational still steer your choices. You might want help getting started, keeping track of time, and building routines that survive a bad day, with or without an ADHD label. You might be rebuilding trust in your own judgment after an emotionally abusive relationship, whether or not you have left. Or you might be facing a turning point: a move, a break-up, a new baby, or a new job.

Next Steps for Meeting in Person

In-person sessions take place at 1125 SE Market St, Portland, OR 97214. Contact Marie to confirm before scheduling. If coming in does not fit your schedule, online sessions are available for clients located in Oregon. Individual sessions are $200, and sessions for couples or families are $225, each 50 minutes. Cancellations need at least 48 hours' notice, and if you can rebook within that same week, it is simply a reschedule. The free 15-minute consultation, by phone or video, is where to start.

Questions You May Have