About Us

OHC takes a systemic and holistic approach to suicide prevention, mental health, and therapy practice. OHC offers individual and relational (e.g. intimate partners, family) therapy services in the state of Oregon.

OHC is…

Strengths-Based

  • We understand that there are many ways to cope and to obtain peace. There is no one ideal.

  • We take a non-pathologizing approach to therapy.

  • We believe all of us have inherent strengths and resources available to us. The human spirit is resilient. 

  • We are more than the sum of our parts or our problems.

OHC is…

Person-Centered

  • Each of us is the expert in our own experience.

  • Therapy is a collaborative process. 

  • Your identities are your own and are not for anyone else to decide.

  • We believe authenticity and sincere connection should be centered in the therapeutic space.

OHC is…

Trauma-Informed

  • We all experience various degrees of trauma (e.g. systemically, institutionally, interpersonally, intergenerationally).

  • We want to establish a space that feels secure and safe by understanding what safety in relationships means to you. 

  • We deeply care about consent throughout the therapeutic process. Trust is earned and not to be rushed. 

OHC is…

Centering Social Justice

  • White supremacy impacts all of us. 

  • Anti-Racism must be actively chosen every day in our hearts, minds, and actions.

  • We are transparent as clinicians in an effort to dismantle power dynamics within the therapeutic relationship.

  • Ongoing critical consciousness development is essential and lifelong.

OHC is…

Focused on Intersectionality

  • We all come from unique contexts and are embedded in complex systems which impact our well-being.

  • We can gain power through increased awareness of how to engage with, or reject, interlocking systems of oppression.

  • Our identities (e.g. gender, race, class, ability, sexuality), perspectives, and experiences are interconnected.

OHC is…

Passionate About Skill-Building

  • Developing skills can empower us to reach our desired goals.

  • Some skills we value are:

    • Mindfulness

    • Compassion

    • Emotional Intelligence (i.e. emotion identification, awareness, and regulation)

    • Distress Tolerance

    • Interpersonal Communication

    • Perspective-taking

OHC is inspired by the work of these organizations:

“Radical self-love demands that we see ourselves and others in the fullness of our complexities.”

Sonya Renee Taylor