Dr. Alex Rowell- Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Online Therapy in Oregon
For some, going to therapy or counseling is an intimidating, and at times, scary process. We all have schemas of what a therapist’s office looks like or how he or she will act in the first initial encounter. One can imagine that there will be a bookshelf with lots of books on it; perhaps a …
One of the key factors in any successful therapeutic relationship is the ability for the therapist to understand the patient; it is only then authentic safety and healing can occur. Regardless of one’s theoretical orientation or how one comes to understand psychopathology, this key ingredient makes the treatment effective. To gain a better understand of …
Psychotherapy has come a long way in relation to restoring one’s humanity and the overall goal of improving one’s person life. From Freud who emphasized unconscious drives related to sex and death to the mindfulness movement that focuses on the here and now of the patient’s experience. Regardless of a clinician’s theoretical background or way …
It is embedded in humans that we protect ourselves from both internal and external threats to our homeostatic state. This can be our immune system fighting off a disease or can be a painful memory that we do not think about. People who come to therapy are often looking to relieve a certain type of …