About E.K.

Counseling is one of the oldest human traditions in which a person can begin to encounter who they are and to heal through the honest and seeing eyes of another.

I feel grateful and proud to be a counselor — to witness people as they get free. I offer my clients deep empathy, kindness, and curiosity for and about their lives. I hold space for others. I make room for feeling. I am authentically invested in you and your process. I believe that each person is the highest authority on their own life and that a counselor can act as a mirror for the client to see themselves more clearly. I am grateful for the opportunity to assist my clients in their healing and consider it a privilege to do this work.

My practice is informed by a strong set of social justice values; access to counseling is one of the cornerstone issues in the dismantling of white body supremacy and its oppressive systems. 

I use she and they pronouns. I am a cis, white, temporarily able-bodied person living in Portland, Oregon. The Portland Metro area rests on traditional village sites of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin, Kalapuya, Molalla, and many other tribes who made their homes along the Columbia River.

I hold a Masters in Counseling Psychology from Lewis & Clark College. I have completed the two-year M.E.T.A/Hakomi Comprehensive Training program. I am currently training in the AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy) and Somatic Abolitionism methods.

In addition to being a counselor, I am an artist. I teach writing and poetry at non-profits and universities in the area. Poetry, art, and concerns of human expression and artistic freedom are primary for me. I have a partner and a (newborn!) child and they keep me oriented towards what is meaningful and mysterious in life.