Gestalt psychotherapy · in person and online
I work with young people and adults who want a deeper contact with themselves and with the people around them. The first conversation is free and commits you to nothing.
I grew up as the person you could count on - hard-working, resourceful, always positive. It took me a long time to see that this was not strength but armour. Armour is good while it protects, but in time it begins to limit us.
In psychotherapy I felt safe enough, for the first time, to take it off and discover for myself what was underneath. That is why today I sit on the other side of that room. I know how frightening and how freeing it can be, and I want to support you through that process.
EducationBA in Psychology, University of Oregon, 2011. MA in Counseling Psychology, Lewis & Clark College, 2014.
TrainingGestalt psychotherapy, Pacific Gestalt Institute, Los Angeles - four-year training
SupervisionSusan Reed, LMFT, gestalt supervisor
It can be a space where you speak openly about what weighs on you, without judgment and without needing to have all the answers.
A therapist will not tell you what to do, nor solve your problems for you.
“Gestalt” is a German word carrying the idea that the whole is more than the sum of its parts.
In gestalt therapy a person is seen as a whole, in which thoughts, emotions, body and behavior are interconnected and cannot be fully understood in isolation.
Authenticity means living in accordance with yourself: recognizing what you truly feel, what you need and what matters to you, instead of automatically following other people’s expectations or patterns you have taken on over time.
You do not need to have a “big problem” to seek support. Sometimes, it is enough to feel that there is something you no longer want to carry alone.
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Through the form at the bottom of the page, or by phone at (503) 555-0148. Two sentences about what brings you are enough.
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I reply personally within 48 hours and suggest open slots for an introductory conversation, in person or online.
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You do not need to know in advance what you will say. We start from how you feel here and now. If I judge that I cannot help you, I will refer you to a colleague.
“I was able to be angry and it broke nothing. That had never happened to me before.”
“I came because of insomnia. It turned out to be about a job I did not dare to leave.”
“My daughter said nothing for the first half hour. Today she tells me herself when things are hard.”
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Get in touch| Format | Length | Where | Price |
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| Individual therapy | 60 min | In person or online | $140 |
| Introductory conversation | 30 min | In person or online | Free |
| Group therapy | 90 min | In person | $85 |
| Workshop | by program | In person | by program |
A session cancelled less than 24 hours in advance is charged. For students and anyone for whom the price is an obstacle I keep a few reduced-rate slots — just ask and we will work it out.
It depends on what brings you. Some people come for ten or so sessions because of a specific situation, others stay for years. You decide how long, and we talk about it openly.
An individual session lasts 60 minutes, on the same day and hour each week. Group work lasts 90 minutes.
Yes. The only exceptions are situations of immediate danger to life prescribed by law, and I explain those to you in the first session.
Yes, on one condition: that you have a space where nobody can hear you, and half an hour of quiet afterwards. I work over a secure video connection.
No — I am not a physician. If I think a psychiatric assessment would help you, I will refer you to a colleague I work with.
Say so freely. A therapist is not right for everyone, and that is not a failure — I will help you find someone with whom you feel safer.
I reply personally, within 48 hours. If my schedule is full I will tell you honestly and suggest when to get in touch again.
Practice
1420 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Suite 3, Portland, OR 97214
E-mail
nicole@harpertherapy.com
Phone
(503) 555-0148