PTC

Rachael Patoray, LPC, ATR

Licensed Professional Counselor

Often times, it's difficult to identify, much less express how you're feeling by just using words. As an art therapist, I provide creative alternatives to help you explore, express, and heal…at any age!

Services

Individual Therapy

Individual Therapy

My Approach

You are unique, as we all are, and therefore deserve an approach that is tailor-made to fit your emotional & mental health needs. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Registered Art Therapist (ATR), Brainspotting Practitioner & EMDR Practitioner, with an office located in SE Portland, Oregon. Within my practice, I focus on treating trauma, grief, anxiety/depression/mental health diagnosis, chronic illness, stuckness, and self-discovery. Sometimes we live with feelings that pop up when we least expect them to, and then we shove them back down until they show up again. A large part of my job is to help you address these feelings in a safe and supportive environment. I provide "regular" talk therapy and I teach you tools that you can use in your daily life. I use Art Therapy & Brainspotting to help you identify, explore, & express yourself. You will have insight into your life, allowing for changes so that you can finally heal. Change really can happen!

My Background

I'm a native Oregonian (though I've lived in many places, big & small, throughout the USA) but I'm happy to be back "home". I'm an artist, first and foremost. I realized through my own journey, that art not only allowed me to express myself, but it allowed me to understand myself a little better too! I use art in my practice to help you do the same; to explore, understand, and heal. I do not expect artistic perfection, that is not what art therapy is about! It's about providing you another way to understand and express who you are, at any age! I received my Masters in Art Therapy/Counseling at Southwestern College in Santa Fe, NM. I'm a registered art therapist (ATR) and a licensed professional counselor (LPC). I am trained in Brainspotting, which is similar to EMDR and has had amazing results in regards to clearing out trauma. I am also trained in EMDR.