Portland Therapy Center
Margarita Sandoval

Margarita Sandoval (she/ella)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MS LPC

I am a bilingual/bicultural Licensed Professional Counselor.

Client Status

accepting clients

Contact

971-2363690

Email

At a Glance

Me

Rate: $100-$120

Provides free initial consultation

Practicing Since: 2021

Languages: English, Español

Services

  • Individual
  • Family
  • Group
  • Child
  • Relationship
  • Teen

Insurances Accepted

  • Aetna
  • Anthem
  • Carelon
  • Cigna
  • Horizon Healthcare
  • Humana
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My Ideal Client

I have experience working with different ethnic groups, specifically with the Spanish speaking community. I provide mental health services to address generational trauma, family relationships and the overlapping symptoms of depression and anxiety.

My Approach to Helping

I provide psychotherapy (via telehealth) to adolescents and young adults in the state of Oregon. As a TF-CBT certified therapist, I provide tools and healthy coping mechanisms; allowing my clients to effectively manage feeling and emotions as they transition through difficult events in their lives.

Why I am a Good Fit for You

I have had the opportunity to be trained in many modalities such as DBT, TF-CBT/CBT, ACT and many more approaches that allowed me to develop a clinical lens to support my clients; in therapy session the dialogue is use to evoke reflection, self-discovery, and cognitive growth.

Techniques I Use

Specialties

  • Cognitive Behavioral (CBT) External link

    I am a certified TF-CBT therapist. I believe traumatic experiences can be processed when the client is guided and safely allowed to externalize traumatic experiences in space created by a trained therapist

  • Psychodynamic  External link

    Psychodynamic therapy is a tools that allows me to support my clients by reflecting on the unconscious, dreams, thoughts, feelings and emotions.

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) External link

    Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is a tool that I regularly utilize to create awareness by using mindfulness practices, metaphors, and creating dialogue to evoke change.

Issues I Treat

Specialties

  • Anxiety External link

    I have experience on treating symptoms of anxiety. I focus mainly on providing skills that will help my clients manage anticipatory thoughts, identifying triggers and using logic to decrease automatic negative thoughts.

  • Depression External link

    My experience on treating symptoms of depression is by allowing my clients to practice self-reflection, challenging cognitive distortions, self-defeating thoughts with logic and seeking opportunities for healthy interactions, resulting in healthy cognitive restructuring and cognitive growth.

  • Self-Esteem External link

    I have experience on working with clients who presented symptoms of low self-esteem. I supported my client by creating a space for self-reflection, allowing them to identify triggers of negative automatic thoughts and negative concepts of the self which decrease the thoughts that evoked shame and guilt.

  • Historical Trauma External link

    I work with groups of individuals in a underserved community creating awareness of the long term effects of colonization in a particular group of individuals.

  • Family Conflict External link

    I have worked with families who presented complex cases of Family Conflicts. By supporting the family members and providing them with skills to build healthy communication, building relationships and establishing routines to spend time together.

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