Marcella Shepherd

Marcella Shepherd (She, her)

Professional Counselor Associate

MA

Supervisor: Tever Nickerson, LPC, LMHC

I work with individuals, couples and families to rewrite hardwired relationship patterns

Client Status

accepting clients

Contact

5034898280

1110 SE Alder St

Ste 301

Portland, 97214

At a Glance

Me

Rate: $100-$130

Provides free initial consultation

Practicing Since: 2025

Services

  • Individual
  • Family
  • Relationship

Insurances Accepted

My Ideal Client

You're sick of getting triggered and overeacting or shutting down, sick of how your nervous system just can't seem to trust your partner(s) no matter how much they or your mind tells you they're safe. You've tried working on your coping or communication skills and none of it seems to work when you're with your partner(s) and you're yelling at each other or sitting in stone cold silence.

My Approach to Helping

Our work together will aim to help you find your most alive and authentic self waiting beneath buried pain, fear, and the conditioned ways we are taught to live or have developed to survive, the self that can find and experience joy, love, connection, ease and purpose. My work is attachment-focused with Emotionally-Focused Therapy as my main modality.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I believe that suffering is inevitable, but suffering alone is intolerable. I learned from a young age how to hide how I really felt because those emotions weren't safe with the people around me. I entered adulthood dissociated, numb, with no sense of identity and feeling alone in this world. Then I went to therapy and taught my nervous system that it is safe to let people in, and I discovered the peace, sense of wellness, and sense of self that comes with learning to have love and compassion for myself and letting others hold, love and care for the real me with all of my flaws and messy emotions. I want this wholeness, peace and deep emotional connection with others for you, and I have the map to get us where we need to go to make this a reality.

Techniques I Use

Specialties

Issues I Treat

Specialties

  • Relationship / Marriage Issues External link

    I am trained in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy and can help you identify and shift the negative patterns that keep you and your partner in perpetual conflict.

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