Portland Therapy Center
Anne Sinkey

Anne Sinkey (she/they)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

PhD, LCSW

Hey there. I'm Anne — a grounded therapist with a good sense of humor, working with midlife adults ready to grow into a new season of life.

Client Status

accepting clients

Contact

Email Website Schedule Now

At a Glance

Me

Rate: $175

Provides free initial consultation

Practicing Since: 2016

Services

  • Individual

Insurances Accepted

  • Out of Pocket
  • Out of Network

My Ideal Client

At Wild Perennial Therapy, I work with adults navigating the midlife transitions that nobody prepared you for: exploring desire and sexuality later in life, integrating a recent diagnosis of neurodivergence, weathering changes in relationships, hitting a wall in a career that used to feel like enough, facing retirement, or simply realizing the life you built no longer fits the person you've become. Caregivers, creatives, mid-career professionals and academics: I see you. Let's connect.

My Background and Approach

I bring a flexible, individualized approach to our work, informed by Control Mastery Theory, Narrative Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and mindfulness practices. That means we might look into your past relationships and beliefs, work on building preferred habits and coping skills, befriend different "parts" of you that may be pushing you in different directions, or start rewriting some of the stories you tell yourself about your life, all depending on your needs and strengths. I'm trained in EMDR and pursuing certification in ecotherapy and adult ADHD treatment. My work stays grounded in current research on what actually works, and my perspective is shaped by a PhD in Cultural Studies and years in research, higher education, organizational DEI consulting, and leadership coaching — bringing real awareness of how culture shapes experience, balanced with a strong, strengths-based lens.

My Values as a Therapist

I work from a place of deep compassion and non-judgment, believing firmly that we all have the capacity for growth and healing. We are resilient, adaptive creatures who develop strategies to survive and thrive. We do what we need to do to make it through the day. But sometimes, the coping mechanisms that once served us stop working. Through insight, curiosity, and the safety of a strong therapeutic relationship, we can explore together how your past strategies may be keeping you stuck, and discover new ways of being, feeling, thinking, and relating that align with who you are now and who you want to become. This work comes alive for me with clients navigating real transformation: LGBTQ+ folks coming out later in life, people making sense of a recent ADHD or autism diagnosis, women in the midst of midlife reinvention, and individuals exploring kink or open relationships for the first time. Changing bodies, beliefs, identities, and desires: this is our work.

Techniques I Use

Specialties

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS) External link

    I completed a four-month intensive training in Internal Family Systems (IFS) and find parts work to be one of the most effective ways to understand ambivalence and complexity within ourselves. Younger parts of us, still carrying old wounds, often continue to need compassion — and they make themselves known through triggers, mood shifts, unhealthy habits, relationship conflict, or negative self-talk. Rather than fighting these parts, we get curious about what they're protecting and their needs.

  • EMDR External link

    I completed basic training in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and find many clients appreciate it as a way to address stuck trauma. EMDR can help release memories that still feel like they're happening in the present, allowing them to become just that — memories, rather than ongoing experiences your body and mind are still reacting to.

  • Feminist External link

    My work is grounded in a feminist therapy framework, which means I pay close attention to the ways power, privilege, and systemic forces shape our individual struggles. Many of the things we blame ourselves for — not being enough, feeling too much, struggling to set boundaries — are often reasonable responses to living in systems that were never built with us in mind. Together, we can separate what's actually yours to carry from what was handed to you.

Issues I Treat

Specialties

  • LGBTQ Issues External link

    As a queer femme, I know how much it helps to have a therapist who "gets it." You shouldn't have to explain queer culture, wonder if you're being judged, or worry about being misunderstood. I specialize in working with adults exploring gender, sexuality, desire, embodiment, kink, ENM, and polyamory later in life. You deserve space to explore at your own pace, with the freedom to get it wrong sometimes. That's why I'm here. I'd be honored to be your witness and collaborator along the way.

  • Women's Issues External link

    I have a particular passion for working with women navigating midlife and aging. So much of a woman's early life is shaped by external pressures on her body, her choices, her worth. Aging can be an unexpected gift: a chance to explore who you are outside of those pressures, on your own terms. I love working with clients navigating menopause, shifting desire, changing bodies, caregiving roles, evolving relationships, and the emotional weight of illness.

  • Aging Concerns External link

    My practice is called Wild Perennial Therapy for a reason: aging isn't a decline, it's a season — one that asks us to retreat and rest before we grow back stronger. I love working with clients navigating this kind of regrowth: menopause, shifting desire, changing bodies, and the losses that come with illness or caregiving. So much of early adulthood is shaped by pressures we didn't choose. Aging can be the gift of finally growing the way you were always meant to, on your own terms.

Contact Anne

Optional note (300 character limit). Please do not include sensitive medical information.