Porshea Pendleton, LMFT

Porshea Pendleton, LMFT, brings 24 years of clinical experience to her counseling practice in Oregon. She offers calm, direct support for people facing depression, anxiety, relationship strains, grief, and issues around intimacy. She also addresses eating concerns, anger, bipolar challenges, and coaching for life transitions. Her approach is respectful and grounded in faith when clients want that perspective.

Clients who choose her can expect conversations shaped by CBT and the Gottman Method when relevant to their goals. She uses therapy goals to guide sessions and tailors plans to each person’s needs. That means practical steps, clearer communication skills, and attention to patterns that keep problems repeating.

Pendleton often brings a values-informed lens for people who wish to include their Christian faith in therapy. She also works on attachment and codependency concerns, abandonment hurt, adoption and foster care issues, and blended family dynamics. She addresses body image, aging and geriatric issues, cancer-related stress, and coping after disasters.

Her background includes long experience with divorce and separation, domestic violence, dissociation, dependent personality concerns, and communication problems. She blends structured problem-solving with relational focus to help people make changes that fit their lives.

Sessions focus on clear objectives and small, doable steps between meetings. She encourages people to notice progress and try different ways of handling conflict and stress. If you want a therapist who mixes practical tools with relational care, she may be a fit.

How CBT and the Gottman Method Guide Online Work

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments. It helps people reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change behaviors that keep problems stuck. The Gottman Method centers on improving communication patterns between partners and building skills for handling conflict and connection. It is useful for people wanting clearer ways to talk and repair relationship ruptures.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with clients to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and values. That means trying concrete tools, reviewing what helps, and adjusting the plan together over time.

Please confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make sessions easier to fit into busy schedules and reduce travel time. It also lets people pick times that match their energy levels, use brief check-ins when needed, and choose approaches that match how they prefer to communicate. Licensed professionals can guide practical steps you can use between meetings so progress carries into daily life.