Portland Therapy Center
Christina Sheehan

Christina Sheehan (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MS, LPC

Radical Counseling for Highly Sensitive People, especially GenX & Millennials to transform their anxiety, overwhelm & self-blame.

Client Status

accepting clients

Contact

503-470-3128

Mailing Address: 1327 SE Tacoma St.

#110

Portland, OR 97202

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At a Glance

Me

Rate: $185

Provides free initial consultation

Provides telehealth services

Practicing Since: 2016

Languages: English

Services

  • Individual

Insurances Accepted

  • Out of Pocket
  • Out of Network

My Ideal Client

Highly Sensitive People (HSP) make up a 15-20% of the population. It's not a disorder or a weakness. In fact it is estimated that 50% of all people in therapy possess this trait, so there is a 50/50 chance right off the bat that you might be an HSP! As an HSP you are meant to do great things. Your trait is here for a reason and your superpowers make you very valuable. Therapy provides the roadmap to understanding yourself and designing your life in order to take advantage of your gifts.

What I Specialize In

I specialize in helping Highly Sensitive People, especially GenX & Millennials to transform their anxiety, overwhelm & self-blame into the clarity, self-esteem and personal authority to create the fulfilled, purpose-driven, soul-centered life of their dreams. Around the middle years it can feel like everything is crumbling, even though from the outside nothing has changed. Maybe you start to recognize that you can’t continue living in the same way. You notice feeling irritated at everything and everyone, annoyed that there is always an unending stream of people (and animals) that need something from you. It feels like you can not go on like this anymore, and you feel trapped with no possibility for change. You can continue down the path of believing that something is wrong with you that needs to be fixed and try to make the best of it; maybe I’ll just work harder, smarter, longer…. it’s not them, it’s me. But as you know, this won’t work for long, you’ve tried it before.

My Approach to Helping

Depth Therapy is based on the psychology of Carl Jung and believes you have a conscious and an unconscious life. The unconscious can be running the show without your knowledge. In this type of therapy I guide you through a process to help you access self awareness and inner wisdom as we gently uncover the parts of you that need conscious healing. We work from the inside out & we always uncover without shame or blame. Counter-Culture. Rebellious. Empowered. Radical Counseling is about acknowledging that we do not grow up in a world free from influence and agendas and that social justice ills affect us all. We look critically at what society is offering- like the limited definitions of success, patriarchy, gender roles, developmental expectations, and we consider whether those things add value to our lives or not. We tune into our own guidance & sensitivity system- instead of only referencing the outer world-and use this wisdom to create the life that supports our inner mission.

Techniques I Use

Issues I Treat

Specialties

  • Aging Concerns External link

    Mid Life Crisis! Feeling stuck, disillusioned and purposeless when you are supposed to feel only gratitude sucks. You have no energy, you're crabby all the time, and nothing really matters. It's not just anxiety or depression, it's your life/soul calling you to grow. Midlife gives you the challenge of realigning to a new purpose. The problem is we can't see the new purpose and meaning while the old is still hanging around. I help support and guide this process.

  • Self-Esteem External link

    Shame seems to be baked into our consciousness, as an almost virtuous thing we are told we should feel and work to make up for. But you are not here to prove you are worthy of being a human, you already are. The journey is not to be ‘enough’, but to realize that you are and always have been. We don’t work to fix our ourselves, we work to discover and cherish our true selves, our most authentic selves and our most authentic lives.

  • Anxiety External link

    In everyday life anxiety can be a helpful feeling. It can encourage you to finish the work or school assignment, push you to get the oil changed in your car, or help you notice when something important has been forgotten. When anxiety is happening more often then not, is not attached to a specific thing or floats from one thing to another and is causing you distress, it might be time to get some help. Constant anxiety is not a fun way to live and change is possible.

  • Spirituality External link

    Your Soul is Calling. Soul work is all about empowerment. It’s about deciding to move in a direction that honors what you truly want for yourself, not what your family or society believe is best for you. Our culture has worked hard to have a powerful hold on us and it takes courage to take a look at ourselves and our lives to see if we are leading it, or if others are doing it for us.

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