Portland Therapy Center
Christpher Jordan Robertson-Volpe

Christpher Jordan Robertson-Volpe (he/him)

Professional Counselor Associate

R11364

Supervisor: Alicia Banister MA, LPC #C6803; Thomas Doherty PsyD, 1628

I work with clients in my favorite place-- The Outdoors. We work through life's challenges together along trails, in groves, & along streams

Client Status

accepting clients

Contact

503-342-8089

Local Trails in Portland

Portland, 97221

The Foothills of Mount Hood

Sandy, Oregon 97055

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At a Glance

Me

Provides free initial consultation

Languages: English

Services

  • Individual
  • Group
  • Child
  • Teen

Insurances Accepted

  • Out of Pocket
  • Out of Network

My Ideal Client

My clients typically identify with some of the following: Nature lovers; marginalized people- esp trans and multiracial folx who want a safe place to heal in nature; kids and teenagers who have a hard time "behaving" in school; boys & men trying to navigate healthy masculinity; people who are hesitant about therapy, but would be open to it if it was movement, activity, or art based, rather than just talking; people seeking healthier relationships in their lives.

What I Specialize In

My work is grounded in anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, and liberatory frameworks. While my primary counseling modality is Ecotherapy, I also heavily draw from somatic practices, creative arts interventions, Gestalt therapy, anti-oppressive counseling, and parts work. I integrate elements beyond traditional talk therapy—play, land-based work, movement, and art —because healing happens in relationship, in the body, and in reconnection with the land and ourselves. My approach to Ecotherapy is an immersive, forest experience. Most of our work will happen outside—walking under trees, sitting in quiet groves, or following winding paths through the woods. When the weather turns, we’ll have a cozy cabin to retreat to. I'm passionate about creating a space for marginalized folx to reclaim their relationship with nature. Having spent nearly a decade in schools, I am passionate about working with youth and educators struggling to navigate the many imperfections of the education system.

My Approach to Helping

I approach therapy as a radical act of care, connection, and reclamation. I do not see any person as being broken or in need of fixing—but rather, being shaped by systems, histories, and daily conditions that often demand disconnection from self, body, land, and reality, just to survive. Therapy is a space where we can begin to undo that. It’s a space to speak and reclaim what has been taken or hidden. I see my role as therapist as holding space with and for you—not above or outside of you—while working together to build a container strong enough to hold complexity, contradiction, grief, rage, love, and hope. I come to this work with a foundation in existential and Buddhist philosophy, which informs how I hold space for clients navigating identity, meaning, freedom, loss, and the contradictions of being alive in this moment. I'm especially interested in how dominant systems show up in our personal struggles—and how we can resist those forces in our healing. I offer Weekend & Evenings

Techniques I Use

Specialties

  • EcoTherapy External link

    Our therapy together will be held on 552 acres of Forested land. We'll start out in my "office", a quaint little cabin, and then head to one of the trails 50 feet away. On a cooler day, we can opt to stay in the cabin or head to the fire pit to engage in therapy around the fire- like our ancestors for thousands of years. Being on private land, I am able to offer safety in a forested space, for those of us marginalized folks, who know for one reason or another, outdoors spaces are not always safe

  • Experiential External link

    I use experiential therapy to engage clients through movement, creativity, and nature-based practices. Healing becomes active and embodied, not just talked about. My ecotherapy and somatic background helps clients access emotions and shift patterns through lived experience.

  • Feminist External link

    Grounded in anti-oppressive, relational work, I help clients explore how power, identity, and systemic forces shape their lives. I support reconnecting with agency, voice, and authenticity while navigating gender, culture, and intersectional stress with clarity and compassion.

  • Relational  External link

    Emphasizing how connections shape identity and well-being, I help clients understand relational patterns, navigate attachment and communication challenges, and strengthen bonds. My work is collaborative and attuned, fostering self-awareness, resilience, and meaningful, authentic connections in personal and social contexts.

  • Mindfulness-based External link

    I specialize in a contemplative approach, rooted in Buddhist and existential philosophy. I help clients move beyond “fixing” to noticing how they are becoming-- engaging with questions of identity, loss, freedom, and belonging, and anchoring in a felt connection to self, others, and even the land. This approach opens possibilities and clarity that more conventional "fix-the-problem" methods often miss.

Issues I Treat

Specialties

  • Cultural and Systemic Oppression External link

    I specialize in addressing how cultural and systemic forces—like transphobia, racism, patriarchy, classism—impact mental health and identity. Using somatic, creative, and nature-based approaches, I help clients reconnect with their sense of self and agency. My work supports healing as a form of resistance, fostering space for complexity, truth, and transformation beyond oppressive norms.

  • Child or Adolescent Issues External link

    ​​I provide a space for youth to feel seen and be accepted exactly as they are. After a decade working in schools, I love working with kids and teens-- no matter who you are or what mistakes you've made. Kids and adolescents process life’s challenges and make connections through imaginative and somatic experiences– sitting in a room and talking is actually not where their brain is at developmentally. In therapy with me, we'll be outdoors, and we can walk, do art, and play games.

  • Men's Issues External link

    My expertise comes from strong research and personal understanding of the effects of testosterone on the body. This is how we’ll approach “men’s issues” in therapy– there is nothing wrong with you and you are not an inherent threat. Our work together will be understanding the biology of this, and using that knowledge to heal, rather than shame for qualities that are deeply shaped and affected by hormones. I find working outdoors to be a strong container to allow space for boys and men to express

  • Gender Identity External link

    I work with trans and gender-diverse clients who already know who they are but need space to continue to process the many impacts of being trans in this world.Ecotherapy is particularly powerful with gender identity work as nature has no gender binary, and in fact, is very trans! Drawing from both personal and professional experience, I offer nature based and anti-oppressive to help navigate the exhausting world we live in today, with nature as a co-therapist who loves us exactly as we are.

  • ADHD External link

    I work primarily with children with ADHD-- all types. I find Ecotherapy is particularly supportive for children with ADHD-- kids and teens who aren't able to focus anywhere else; kids who going to sit in a room with a therapist is just another big fight; kids who want to move, explore, and play. In most settings and for many therapists this can feel overwhelming-- my practice, setting and modality is specifically designed to support these kids in their healing work.

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