Portland Therapy Center
Cole Welch

Cole Welch (they/them)

Qualified Mental Health Professional

mental health intern

Supervisor: Haleigh Yurecko, LCSW, C-AAIS

Hi! I am happy you made your way here. I am a queer + non binary counselor who shows up with authenticity, warmth, and a bit of humor.

Client Status

accepting clients

Contact

5034829437

8800 SE Sunnyside Rd

Sutie 112N

Clackamas, 97015

Email Website

At a Glance

Me

Provides free initial consultation

Practicing Since: 2024

Services

  • Individual
  • Teen

Insurances Accepted

  • OHP CareOregon/HealthShare
  • OHP Open Card
  • OHP Pacific Source Community Solutions
  • OHP Trillium

My Ideal Client

As a queer, non-binary person with ADHD, I am passionate about supporting these communities. Because of my personal experience with chronic pain, invisible disability, spiritual abuse, and high control groups or cults, I love helping people through these life experiences as well. I am happy to support you through personal growth, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, finding more purpose, + through periods of transformation. You are worthy of healing + change. You deserve to be happy.

My Approach to Helping

My approach is compassionate, warm, relaxed, client-centered, and solution focused. Life is hard; I am here to support you in better connecting to yourself and others. I am trauma informed, non-judgmental, and body + fat positive. I am honored to hear your story. I am here to help you grow and live a fulfilling life! I believe whole heartedly in the potential for humans to heal, while also deeply understanding the complexity of the systemic barriers that many of us face. I am honored to hear your story and be a supportive person in your life. Together, we can create a space that is safe, nurturing, and honest. I aim to forge a connection of deep trust where you feel you can be or become your full self. I love animals, flowers, and helping you thrive. Don't hesitate to reach out, I am here for you!

My Values as a Therapist

As a queer and non binary person who has been in queer community for over twenty years, I value supporting the folks in my community. I value gender diversity in all forms and all the colors of the rainbow. I believe in equity over equality and I strive to create the type of world I believe we all deserve. I have worked with books to prisoners, created free school programs, and am always educating myself and striving to be a good neighbor. I am anti cancel culture but deeply committed to social justice. I live in the nuanced spaces, not the dogmatic. I love humanity and even when all seems dire, I still just love people. I believe in connection, care, and love over greed and power. I value creativity and art. I believe mental health is for everyone. I will always stop to pet a dog. I am committed as a counselor to showing up fully, to being present, having a laugh if you want one, and to creating a space of care for you to heal, grow, or just be yourself in.

Techniques I Use

Issues I Treat

Specialties

  • LGBTQ Issues External link

    As a non binary, trans person who has been in queer community for many years, I understand this community because I live it every day. I love working with people in the queer community, people who are transitioning or who are tired of being misunderstood by heterosexuality. If you want a counselor who is well versed in queerness, and LGBTQSIA+, you've come to the right place! I got you.

  • Gender Identity External link

    As a non-binary/trans person, I have lived experience with gender identity. I have been in queer community for many years. I would love to help you explore your identity or just be a safe place for you to be yourself.

  • Chronic Pain or Illness External link

    As someone who lives with chronic pain, illness, + disability, I understand how misunderstood you might feel. I understand the grief you might experience from losing the person you thought you might be, or the life you wanted to live. I relate to the feelings of being othered, or left out. I connect with the potential you might feel one day only to be let down the next. I can support you in the confusion or exhaustion you might feel navigating the medical system. You are not alone!

  • Self-Esteem External link

    I love helping people explore issues of self-esteem, confidence, and identity. Together we can explore and help you feel better about yourself. I feel this is an area in which I thrive as a counselor, having worked on my own self esteem my whole life. Self love isn't easy but believe we can make it happen.

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