Portland Therapy Center
Tressa Yellig

Tressa Yellig (she/her)

Professional Counselor Associate

Professional Counselor Associate

You matter. What shaped you matters. What you want to be, and how you want live, matters. Let's discover what that means and what's missing.

Client Status

accepting clients

Contact

971-394-9410

819 SE Morrison St Ste 345

Portland, 97214

Email Website

At a Glance

Me

Rate: $150

Provides free initial consultation

Practicing Since: 2023

Services

  • Individual
  • Group
  • Child
  • Relationship

Insurances Accepted

  • Out of Pocket

My Ideal Client

Do you have a recurring dream? Is there something about this phase of life that you can't quite identify with or understand? Are you struggling with power in relationships, personal or professional? Have really big emotions taken you over? Do you want to understand the "why" behind the "what" of you are becoming? Does it ever feel like there just isn't a you-shaped-space in the world? I work with people who want to understand how their relationship with the world impacts their quality of life.

My Approach to Helping

My practice is one of relational integration. I help my clients recover the integrity of their whole lived experience in the context of their present moment goals and concerns. I offer an honest, mindful, collaborative space to witness and work with oneself in pursuit of healing – finding some helpful ways to live in relationship with all parts of yourself. I am a graduate of Pacifica Graduate Institute where I learned a depth psychological approach to counseling, which means I believe in the unconscious. My work is a blend of psychodynamics and somatic therapy, which is client-centered, activates the imagination, and incorporates a mind-body connection to treatment. I also have specific training in Hakomi, Lifespan Integration, Ecopsychology, Relational Life work, and Primary Attachment Therapy.

Techniques I Use

Specialties

  • Hakomi External link

    Hakomi therapy is a mindful, somatic psychotherapy approach. It emphasizes the use of mindfulness and gentle, body-centered techniques to access and transform unconscious beliefs and patterns that may be limiting a person’s well-being. It integrates Eastern philosophies with Western psychology, offering a unique path to self-discovery and healing.

  • Psychodynamic  External link

    Psychodynamic therapy explores unconscious processes and how past experiences, particularly from childhood, influence present behaviors and relationships. It focuses on developing self-awareness, understanding emotional patterns, and improving relationships.

  • Attachment Theory External link

    Primary Attachment Therapy (PAT) focuses on the impact of early attachment experiences on current relationships and well-being. It’s a therapy approach that builds on the principles of Hakomi, Interpersonal Neurobiology, and CIMBS, aiming to resolve early attachment wounds and foster secure, satisfying relationships. The therapy often takes place within the immediate relationship between the client and therapist, emphasizing moment-to-moment dynamics to elicit and address attachment states.

Issues I Treat

Specialties

  • Women's Issues External link

    Phase of life sometimes says more about how you are showing up than anything else. Developmentally we are always in flux, but for women, this has a special sort of complexity over the lifespan and that's something that deserves specific attention.

  • Gender Identity External link

    Being seen exactly as you want to be seen is so important. You are so worthy of your identity and self esteem

  • Personal Growth External link

    Our Primary Attachment is often the origin of so many things that have shaped who we are, but the good news is that it's malleable and something we can interact with to shift toward safety and security at any stage of life. This work does require that you have the ability to regulate but we can work on that too before we get started

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