Portland Therapy Center
Elizabeth Knutsen

Elizabeth Knutsen (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

Chronically in therapy? Use Brainspotting and Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy intensives as the catalyst for where you feel stuck.

Client Status

accepting clients

Contact

503-744-7269

1110 SE ALDER ST

STE 301

Portland, 97214

Email Website

At a Glance

Me

Rate: $175-$250

Provides free initial consultation

Practicing Since: 2018

Languages: English

Services

  • Individual

Insurances Accepted

  • Out of Pocket
  • Aetna
  • MODA
  • OHP CareOregon/HealthShare
  • Providence Health Plan

My Ideal Client

My clients are those who are interested in diving deep into shame-based beliefs and behaviors through therapy intensive work. Please note I only provide telehealth sessions for OR clients and in-person for those in San Diego. Please inquire about sliding scale rates. Please see this link for Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy: https://my.journeyclinical.com/therapists/profiles/elizabeth-knutsen

My Background and Approach

Mind and body connection is one of the main portals to gaining a deeper understanding of ourselves. I utilize Somatic Experiencing and Mindfulness to help support my clients build safety and connection to their bodies to support their healing and growth process. The modalities I use is Brainspotting/focused mindfulness and Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy for a bottom up approach of processing shame, trauma and limiting beliefs. I am deeply committed to obtaining consent and feedback from clients to ensure they are getting their needs met in our time together. Therapy, in its essence, is the art of attunement to another person. I will validate the hell out of you and also provide reality checks when needed. Your feelings are real and they need space AND we can explore new ways of being in the world.

Why I am a Good Fit for You

We'll be a good fit for one another if you appreciate direct feedback that has a softness to it. If you are ready to consistently show up and feel and allow the body to be a participant in it's own healing. I actively strive to dismantle beliefs that have been socialized in me that are harmful to others and myself. This is an ongoing task as, globally, we continue under late stage capitalism. I will often "punch up" at systems of oppression (capitalism) that hurt us all. We all live in a world that doesn't always support expansion and safety. Explore building safety in ourselves and our world and look at some of the ways your beliefs and actions may not be aligning with your values so we can come back home to those values. I take identity into consideration in my work with clients and will support you in separating your identities from identity politics; a tool of the ruling class used to keep us separated.

Techniques I Use

Specialties

  • Brainspotting External link

    You've talked it through. You understand it. But it's still stuck in your body. Brainspotting uses fixed eye positions to access trauma stored deep in the nervous system, beyond what words can reach. I help clients process what talk therapy couldn't touch. Intensive and regular sessions lengths available.

  • Somatic Therapy (Body Centered) External link

    You live in your head. Most of us do, especially when anxiety, shame, or perfectionism run the show. Somatic mindfulness brings you back into your body, where healing actually happens. I help clients slow down, notice, and reconnect with themselves beneath the noise.

Issues I Treat

Specialties

  • Political Climate External link

    Workers of the world unite! Here in the US we have been conditioned to believe ruling class propaganda that keeps us separate as members of the working class; this breeds hopelessness and contributes to freeze in our own individual lives. If you are looking to thaw and mobilize to create a world you want to live in, we will be a good fit. I apply the theory of the working class to help my clients find their footing in a confusing world.

  • Personal Growth External link

    Personal growth is a wild ride, and no one tells you how painful or lonely it can be. It means grieving who you were while reaching for who you're becoming. Using Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy with Brainspotting Integration, I help clients hold all of it and open space for their most authentic selves.

  • Self-Esteem External link

    I work with high-functioning adults who look confident but privately battle a relentless inner critic. Talk therapy helped you understand why, but the voice hasn't quieted. Using Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy with Brainspotting Integration, I help clients meet themselves without shame or the need to perform.

  • Body Image Issues External link

    You've analyzed the diet culture, the comments, the mirrors. You know where it started. But the critical voice hasn't quieted. Using Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy with Brainspotting Integration, I help clients in relate to their bodies with curiosity instead of criticism.

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