Portland Therapy Center
E.K. Frey

E.K. Frey (she / they)

Licensed Professional Counselor

The ability to grow and heal is one that all beings naturally possess but we need help to bravely enact the changes we desire.

Client Status

accepting clients

Contact

503-894-6852

Skanner Building

415 N. Killingsworth

Portland, 97217

Email Website

At a Glance

Me

Rate: $150-$165

Provides free initial consultation

Provides telehealth services

Practicing Since: 2015

Languages: English

Services

  • Individual

Insurances Accepted

  • Out of Pocket

My Ideal Client

My clients are folks who are curious, shy, loud and talkative. My clients are people who make things or want to make things; people who feel deeply; people who have been shut down or shut off or void or numb or afraid; people who tip over with joy -- I am open to working with anyone willing to bring themselves forward. Counseling is a collaborative effort. Within a trusting relationship, clients get help to restructure thinking and shift habitual responses using awareness and compassion.

My Approach to Helping

I offer my clients deep empathy, kindness, and curiosity for and about their lives. I hold space for others. I generate very little judgment. I make room for feeling. I am authentic and don't wear a mask. I believe that each person is the highest authority on their own experience. I view counseling as an opportunity to collaborate on approaches toward healing. I also love to laugh.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I use she and they pronouns. I am a cis, white, temporarily able-bodied person living in Portland, Oregon. I am the parent of a two-year-old person and the partner of an adult person. I hold a masters degree in Counseling from Lewis & Clark College and an MFA in Poetry from Emerson College.. My practice is informed by a strong set of social justice values; access to counseling is one of the cornerstone issues in the dismantling of white supremacy and its oppressive systems. Counseling is one of the oldest human traditions in which a person can begin to heal through the honest and seeing eyes of another.

Techniques I Use

Specialties

  • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) External link

    I am a Level 2 AEDP therapist. Trainings include AEDP Immersion (2021), AEDP Essential Skills 1 (2022), Advanced Skills: Therapist Bravery: Navigating Complex Relational Terrain (2025), Advanced Skills: Therapist Bravery and Disorganized Attachment (2025).

  • Hakomi External link

    Two-year comprehensive training and TA experience with M.E.T.A. in Portland, OR (2017-2020).

  • Somatic Therapy (Body Centered) External link

    Foundations in Somatic Abolitionism, with Resmaa Menakem and Carlin Quinn (January - December 2021) Ongoing group work (2021 - present).

  • Mindfulness-based External link

    Ongoing vipassana meditation practice Dharma of Trauma I with Manuela Mischke-Reeds (Embodywise) (2021-2022).

Issues I Treat

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