Portland Therapy Center
Tyne Zewadski Clifton

Tyne Zewadski Clifton (they / she)

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

M. A. in Marriage and Family Therapy

Supervisor: Justin Rock, LPC, LMFT

Working together, we can walk a path that will connect you to the inner resources you need to reduce suffering and thrive authentically.

Client Status

accepting clients

Contact

503-683-2083

333 SW Taylor Street Suite 200

Portland, 97204

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At a Glance

Me

Rate: $100-$150

Provides free initial consultation

Practicing Since: 2023

Languages: English

Services

  • Individual
  • Family
  • Relationship

Insurances Accepted

  • Out of Pocket

My Ideal Client

I work with folks in the process of understanding how to heal their wounded parts. Do you feel anxious about what most excites you? Feeling lonely, but exhausted by socializing? Looking to connect with your body, which feels far from your intellectual experience? Looking to break cycles of overwork followed by burnout? Looking to unmask your authentic self, but unsure where to start? I can help. I support folks embarking on their journey toward genuine, healing connection to self and community

How I Can Help You

My therapy focuses on helping clients develop internal awareness and safety through curiosity and compassion. Each of us develops survival strategies to help us mask parts of ourselves that feel “too much” to help us maintain connection with those around us. Although masking can feel useful for a time, even small changes we wish to enact can feel impossible to achieve when they involve challenging these protective masking strategies we have used to keep ourselves safe! This leads to parts of us feeling more safe sticking with familiar routines, even when they are no longer serving us. It is possible to learn to work with these protective parts in order to take the space you need to create a more fulfilling, authentic, unmasked path forward. You deserve to feel more confident in choosing and enacting your desired life. I would love to support you in finding the transformation you seek!

Why I Became a Therapist

I feel drawn to supporting those seeking transformation in their lives. Whether that’s unmasking as a neurodivergent person, opening your relationship, navigating a faith deconstruction, or exploring your gender. I bring a radically curious and always-compassionate energy into this work, focusing on supporting you in creating sustainable paths to enact the change you seek. I’m eager to collaborate with you so that you can embrace your authentic self, build confidence, and have more satisfying relationships. I became a therapist to help others facilitate the type of radical change I have been able to enact in my life with therapeutic support! Therapy has helped me disarm my anxiety, embrace my authenticity (yay gender euphoria!), tend to the big feelings that come with being a human, and build secure and supportive relationships. Therapy helps develop the skills needed to illuminate the path forward. Let’s connect, to see if I could be a good collaborator for you in this growth work!

Techniques I Use

Specialties

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS) External link

    We are all complicated, multi-faceted people! We naturally lean into different parts of ourselves as needed. Who you are as a coworker is different from who you are as a partner. This is an awesome, adaptive thing, but it gets us into trouble when more reactive parts are built to grab the steering wheel in stressful situations to keep us safe! I help folks to understand and build relationships with these reactive parts of us, so our adult selves can stay in the drivers' seat in tough times.

  • Attachment Theory External link

    Scientific evidence shows that not having our needs responded to consistently and kindly throughout the first few years of our brain's development can have a long-lasting impact on how we respond to our own needs and the needs of others. Few of us make it through these years without a few neuroses, as the first few years of a child’s life are often the toughest years for their parents’ relationship! My therapy helps folks identify and heal these wounds, to move toward relational security.

Issues I Treat

Specialties

  • ADHD External link

    Neurodivergence is incredibly complex– this difference in our brains impacts the way we relate to others, the way we think, and the way we heal. If you struggle with burnout, executive function, rejection sensitivity, or the anxiety and depression of feeling wrong, therapy can help. We can learn to work with our brains, caring for and supporting our complex needs, in order to access the profound joy and strengths that neurodiversity brings. I love supporting my neurodivergent community!

  • LGBTQ Issues External link

    Gender and sexuality are deeply personal, and at the same time, gender and sexuality are deeply relational! I have made my queer, nonbinary self a comfortable home within this double-edged complexity, and I love supporting others endeavoring to do the same! Whether you’re questioning your gender or sexuality for the first time, or navigating complex queer relationship issues, I would be honored to support your growth. You deserve the time and space to find and embody your queer euphoria fully!

  • Sexual Problems External link

    I believe sexuality can be an incredible source of connective intimacy, pleasure, joy, and strength! With this in mind, it is no wonder that issues in this area feel incredibly distressing, and sometimes have far-reaching consequences. I focus on helping my clients work through the mental, emotional, and somatic barriers that stop them from connecting with pleasure.

  • Relationship / Marriage Issues External link

    Healthy relationships are a cornerstone of a well-lived life! I know that relational wounds feel devastating, both individually and within a relationship. I strive to provide relational medicine, to help you reconnect in your relationships and experience the far-reaching benefits of authentic emotional intimacy. Whether you are recovering from an affair with a partner, looking to heal wounds after a break-up, or exploring polyamory for the first time, relational therapy can help you thrive!

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