Portland Therapy Center
Kimberly Dudley

Kimberly Dudley (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

Ph.D. Candidate, LMHC, LPC, NCC

Helping people heal from trauma through relational neuroscience—creating safety, connection, and hope one story at a time.

Client Status

accepting clients

Contact

971-350-8439

Downtown Vancouver

Vancouver, 98661

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At a Glance

Me

Rate: $150-$185

Provides free initial consultation

Provides telehealth services

Practicing Since: 2017

Languages: English

Services

  • Individual
  • Relationship

Insurances Accepted

  • Out of Pocket
  • Out of Network

My Ideal Client

My ideal client is someone who has spent much of their life in survival mode—high-functioning on the outside but feeling lonely, anxious, angry, depressed, or exhausted inside when their mental health feels on the fritz… This usually shows up in an unexpected pregnancy, relationships feeling unpredictable or distant, getting cheated on or having an affair, and especially feeling like they’re the problem.

My Approach to Helping

My approach is grounded in relational neuroscience — the understanding that healing happens within safe, attuned relationships where the nervous system can experience safety, feeling soothed, and known. I integrate story-informed trauma therapy, interpersonal neurobiology, and attachment theory to help clients make sense of how their past experiences have shaped current patterns of thinking, feeling, and relating. In our work, I pay attention not only to the stories you tell, but also to how your body tells them — through breath, tone, and movement. Sessions are paced with care, helping your nervous system shift from protection to connection. Over time, we strengthen your capacity for regulation, deepen self-understanding, and create experiences of safety that support lasting change.

Why I Became a Therapist

Walking with people as they recover from the impact of trauma is my life’s work. I understand how much courage it takes to face the hardest parts of your story — especially when you don’t know if it will be worth it. I’ve done this myself (with help) after suffering domestic violence. Now I walk alongside many others, and I’ll hold trust in the process for you until you can hold it for yourself. I’ve received extensive training in understanding the long-term effects of childhood adversity and trauma, including domestic abuse, neglect, sexual trauma, and betrayal trauma such as infidelity. There is real hope for life to feel different, and I’m here to help you find it. As a doctoral candidate, I’m deeply committed to ongoing learning in trauma recovery — both for my clients and for myself. I’m also passionate about mentoring new counselors, helping them enter the field with insight, compassion, and a deep respect for the protective wisdom of the human nervous system.

Techniques I Use

Issues I Treat

Specialties

  • Domestic Abuse External link

    Domestic abuse is a relational pattern of emotional and psychological harm in intimate relationships. It can leave behind deep wounds that most people don't see, although the impact of these experiences are evident in the painful memories, anxiety, depression, and self-loathing of the person who was harmed.

  • Divorce External link

    Divorce isn't something that just happens, it's an outcome of deep dysfunction within a marriage. Marriages end for many reasons: betrayal, emotional and physical danger, infidelity, manipulation... They're often necessary in order for the individual parties to have a chance to rebuild health within themselves that was impossible within the marriage.

  • Sexual Abuse External link

    Sexual abuse is unwanted sexual behavior between a person who holds more power than another person and forces them into sexual acts using threats of violence, using force and/or taking advantage of a vulnerability. Power can be described as authority, age, status, intelligence, etc.

  • Codependency External link

    Codependency is most easily identified in this way: one person carrying the majority of the weight and responsibility of the relationship in order to meet a deep need of approval and acceptance. It often leaves people feeling overwhelmed and undervalued.

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