Portland Therapy Center
Aaron Finbloom

Aaron Finbloom (he/him)

Somatic Practitioner

PhD

Psychodramatic Journeys & 1:1 Sessions: embodied, imaginative explorations fostering insight & deep transformation

Client Status

accepting clients

Contact

97212

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At a Glance

Me

Rate: $75-$200

Provides free initial consultation

Practicing Since: 2020

Languages: English

Services

  • Individual

Insurances Accepted

  • Out of Pocket

My Ideal Client

Many of my clients are seeking a deeper, more embodied exploration of one's psyche than typical talk therapy provides. Others want to expose troublesome patterns, gain distance, insight and love towards them. Some are wanting to embody and map out possibilities in their lives to gain direction and clarity. Some want to speak to deceased relatives, talk to ex-lovers, re-navigate childhood traumas, or imagine into new seemingly impossible horizons.

My Background and Approach

I offer ​In-Person Psychodramatic Journeys, 3–6 hour experiences that guides you into deep states of insight, emotional release, and self-exploration — all without psychedelics. The process involves embodied role-play, where your personal stories turn into an interactive map that can be played with and modified. From allies to ancestors, family members to romantic affairs, archetypes to inner parts, deepest trauma to our loftiest dreams, your life is played out like a living theater which can be enacted, examined, and transformed. I also offer virtual 1-hour sessions (weekly or biweekly). Each session can be thought of as collective exploration of the personal, psychological, spiritual, and existential dimensions of your life, designed to cultivate insight, integration and personal growth. I describe myself less as a therapist and more as a spiritual-creative counselor—where spirituality means learning to integrate shadow, cultivate deep play, and embrace the mystery of life.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

For as long as I can remember I've been in love with questions – the curious back and forth that leads deeply and joyfully into the unknown. Over the years I've come to understand that this investigation becomes even more fruitful when it looks into who and what we are, and when it leans into the emotions along this journey and the connection and intimacy between us. My foundational ethos is to foster curiosity, care and play towards our darknesses, to extend our loving towards that which is most challenging to love and to try to affirm all the flavors of life that come before us. I believe that which we push out or marginalize in ourselves, is inevitably that which is calling out to us to try to integrate and bring closer. To push it away creates complexes in ourselves, our communities, our world. To bring it in, and learn (sometimes painfully and slowly) to make it part of our entire self, is what brings about healing and transformation.

Techniques I Use

Specialties

  • Art Therapy External link

    I work with Psychodrama and Visioning practices, which help bring a client into dramatic or imaginative representation of inner and external roles. These practices help significantly aid in expression, depth-work and distancing.

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS) External link

    I work within an IFS model. This model helps to identify parts, un-blend them, and then find access to self-energy to provide relief to burdened managers and exiles.

  • Relational  External link

    I use Circling (an authentic relating practice) and Non-Violent Communication to work directly with clients in a relational setting, whereby we address issues, problems and facets of experience that are felt in the "here-and-now" relationship between client and therapist.

  • Existential External link

    With training in existential and philosophical counseling, I assist clients in delving into deeper questions that frame the contours of life, world and sense of self.

Issues I Treat

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