Portland Therapy Center
Eight Matallana

Eight Matallana (she/they)

Professional Counselor Associate

Supervisor: Justin Little, LMFT

I support individuals and couples with anxiety, identity shifts, and relational issues through mindfulness-based and holistic therapy.

Client Status

accepting clients

Contact

5416409310

704 W Hood Ave

Suite D

Sisters, 97759

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At a Glance

Me

Rate: $165

Provides free initial consultation

Practicing Since: 2023

Languages: English

Services

  • Individual
  • Group
  • Relationship

Insurances Accepted

  • Out of Pocket
  • Out of Network
  • Aetna
  • Cigna
  • Medicaid
  • OHP CareOregon/HealthShare
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My Ideal Client

I specialize in supporting individuals and couples, LGBTQIA2S+ clients, and those navigating anxiety, life transitions, attachment wounds, and relationship issues. I also help clients integrating after psychedelic assisted therapy. Using a trauma-informed, holistic approach, I focus on nervous system regulation, mindfulness, and shifting patterns. I provide a gender-affirming, inclusive space for clients from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds and immigrant communities.

My Approach to Helping

I combine mindfulness, somatic techniques, and parts work to help you regulate emotions, build confidence, feel more embodied, and shift long-standing patterns. I use IFS-Informed therapy, trauma-informed care, Restoration Therapy, Brainspotting, and the Gottman Method to support emotional healing and relationship growth. I also assist clients in processing psychedelic-assisted therapy experiences and navigating life transitions in a thoughtful, holistic way.

Why I am a Good Fit for You

In our work together, I help you navigate anxiety, ruminating thoughts, personal changes, relationship conflicts, and creative blocks in a non-judgmental and supportive way. I maintain a trauma-informed lens that integrates mind-body-spirit connection in order to help clients build self-trust, confidence and emotional resilience. My approach is collaborative: in the first few sessions, we’ll assess if we’re a good fit, and together, we’ll create a treatment plan tailored to your unique goals, supporting lasting personal growth and emotional well-being. Feel free to book a free 20-minute consultation with me.

Techniques I Use

Specialties

  • Relational  External link

    I work with individuals and couples to understand and improve relationships. This is done by working with you to gain insight into your emotional pain, as well as the fight or flight responses that can occur in those moments, in order to empower you to choose a different path that aligns with your values. These patterns are then practiced and reinforced each session in order to help you gain new mastery over your mental health and solidify behavioral change.

  • Brainspotting External link

    I have been trained in Brainspotting, a modality that supports clients in processing trauma.

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS) External link

Issues I Treat

Specialties

  • Anxiety External link

    Anxiety amplifies things- especially the unknown. Mindfulness can help slow the process down and help us make wiser decisions about how to move forward. I work with many clients in both individual and relational therapy to address anxiety using the latest developments in mindfulness.

  • Relationship / Marriage Issues External link

    I help individuals and couples identify the source of their reactivity patterns, and then assist them in improving communication and understanding of one another. This healing process includes accessing vulnerability, nurturing one another's sense of self, and strengthening emotional connection so partners can respond with empathy rather than reactivity.

  • Immigration/Acculturation External link

    Whether you were raised by immigrant parents or immigrated to the U.S., navigating multiple cultures often means maintaining one foot in each world. I work with first-generation and immigrant clients to explore the push and pull of identity, cultural expectations, and adjustment impacts. Together, we make space to honor where you come from and begin exploring what you need in order to have a life that feels authentic and grounded, while reducing internal conflicts that arise.

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