Portland Therapy Center
PETER TAYLOR

PETER TAYLOR (He/Him)

Psychiatrist

DO, MA (Bioethics)

Weekly Jungian psychotherapy informed by neuroscience, osteopathic medicine, bioethics, geriatric psychiatry, and dementia research.

Client Status

accepting clients

Contact

503-893-5094

5901 S Macadam Ave, Suite 100

Portland, 97239

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At a Glance

Me

Rate: $250

Practicing Since: 2006

Services

  • Individual
  • Family
  • Psychiatry

Insurances Accepted

  • Out of Pocket
  • Out of Network

My Ideal Client

Are you stuck at the bottom of a well, a tiny circle of stars your only light? How did you get here? How will you get back out, up these mossy walls? So dark. So still. So quiet. You wait, anxiously at first, but then with more calm and surrender. You begin to notice things more acutely: sounds, smells, eventually our own heartbeat. Then, you notice familiar constellations in the sky that illuminate a new way. The dark brings a stillness that bends your focus and allows you a new perspective.

How I Can Help You

Hello, I’m Dr. Peter Taylor. I’m a man who has had his share of pain, hard work, growth, and experience. Like most people, I’ve had ups and downs in life. I have come to believe that at our lowest, we have the greatest potential to stop and look around, to look inside to find our truest self, and our most authentic way forward. My modality is weekly Jungian psychotherapy informed by neuroscience, osteopathic medicine, bioethics, geriatric psychiatry, and work with families in the throws of dementia. I also have the ability to prescribe and adjust medications but prefer to emphasize therapy and work analytically. We are not trying to change who we are, we are trying to understand who we are. The better we can understand ourselves, the deeper we can cultivate a sense of meaning. That’s the credo I live by, and the credo by which I conduct my life’s work. This work may feel difficult at times, but there is also a sense of play and the rewards are well worth the effort.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I began my medical journey as a CNA in memory care in my hometown of Denver, CO, then obtained a masters’ in bioethics and a doctorate of Osteopathy from Midwestern University. Next I completed a family medicine internship, psychiatry residency, and geriatric psychiatry fellowship in Albuquerque, NM. I’ve enjoyed working in a wide array of occupations under the psychiatry umbrella including community psychiatry, hospital psychiatry, and dementia research. One of my favorite jobs was working with veterans at the VA hospital, where I crystallized my deep affinity for work with elders. I’ve lived in many cities from Sun City, AZ all the way up to Astoria, OR, and I’m proud to now call Portland my permanent home. In my free time, I enjoy music, theatre, and watching football. I have a wife and two sons.

Techniques I Use

Specialties

  • Depth Therapy External link

    Jungian psychotherapy is arguably the deepest, with the goal of individuation, "process by which a person becomes a psychological 'individual,' that is, a separate indivisible unity or 'whole.'" -C.G. Jung

  • Psychoanalytic  External link

    I have completed 6 years of psychoanalytic training and have been working with my own analyst for 10 years.

  • Narrative  External link

    In order to help you discover your myth, we need to hear your story, listening for its organization, the obligations it implies, the way you experience suffering, and the options for revision. This is the story of "you" and it informs our work.

  • Medication Management External link

    As a fellowship-trained and board-certified adult and geriatric psychiatrist, I have 20 years of experience managing psychotropics in all medical settings. Although medications are not cures and do not offer healing, sometimes we need to metaphorically prop the engine up on blocks before we can work on it.

  • Psychodynamic  External link

Issues I Treat

Specialties

  • Aging Concerns External link

    I have spent my entire career specializing in work with elders, from nursing assistant to geriatric psychiatrist, in diverse settings including home, hospital, and memory care.

  • Alzheimers External link

    For several years I was a principle investigator in Alzheimers' research at the Banner Sun Health Research Institute in Sun City, Arizona.

  • Family Caregiving External link

    Caring for an aging family member is the hardest job that you never applied for. I have worked with family caregiver issues my entire career, using my bioethics training and even creating a treatment program in the emergency department for families with dementia patients.

  • Personal Growth External link

    Great success on a surface level can later in life reveal a cavity underneath of disillusionment and emptiness. Jungian depth therapy is a valuable tool for navigating this disconnect and bringing a fuller understanding of self and satisfaction to daily life.

  • Spirituality External link

    Spirituality is very important in the examination of the soul, and its meaning is specific to all my patients. I will meet you at your spiritual level and we will traverse these waters together. Jung believed we are all inherently spiritual beings who create our own personal religions, our own spiritual biology. This can be a very powerful tool for personal transformation.

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