Holly Morseman,M.A., LPC

Holly Morseman,M.A., LPC

Not Accepting New Clients
Telehealth Available
Professions: Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor, Counselor
License Status: I'm a licensed professional.
Primary Credential: Licensed Professional Counselor - C5430
Billing and Insurance:

I don't currently accept insurance, but I can provide documentation if clients wish to submit to an insurance company for "out of network" benefit coverage

Fees: Individual counseling sessions: $150 per 45-minute session ($200 for 75-minute initial intake session). Pro-rated, extended individual sessions available.
Free Initial Phone Consultation
Evening Availability

Offices

205 SE Spokane Street
Suite 300
Portland, Oregon 97202

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My Approach to Helping

Helping women clients who had difficult childhoods is my passion. You may have experienced abuse (sexually, physically, or emotionally) or neglect as a child. Maybe you were bullied at school or your family members used drugs or alcohol. Or maybe you simply had a strained relationship with your family members. Whatever the case may be, childhood events can have a lasting impact on your adult relationships, mental health, and emotional well-being. If you\'re struggling with depression, anxiety, lack of motivation, or relationship issues and don\'t know why, you might have some things in your past that have not been processed adequately.

I also see adult women clients who are struggling after a breakup, divorce, or separation, are having a difficult time adjusting (to a new job, role, parenthood, relocating, marriage, etc.), and are generally feeling stuck in unhealthy patterns, and are unsure of how to proceed.

Above all, I counsel from a non-judgmental, collaborative, and holistic perspective. My approach to counseling involves tailoring a treatment plan to your strengths, resources, and needs. My practice is informed by the latest research to provide you with the best care possible.

More Info About My Practice

I don't currently bill client health insurance but am happy to provide you with a receipt of services that you may use to pursue insurance reimbursement for out-of-network care if your plan includes it. If you have questions about this, please consult your health insurance for more info.

I offer morning, afternoon, and evening teletherapy (secure video or phone) and in-person appointments to adult women clients.

Specific Issue(s) I'm Skilled at Helping With

Abuse, relationship issues, moving on after a breakupdivorceseparation, grief & bereavement, attachment issues, stressful life transitions (i.e., empty nest, career switch, midlife crisis, first-time parenthood, high school to college, moving to a new city, etc.), depression (i.e., bipolar, Seasonal Affective Disorder, major depression, etc.), self-esteem issues, shame & humiliation, anxiety disorders, and women's issues.

How Psychotherapy Can Help

When you become stressed out, depressed, and irritable, you can be burdened down by negative thoughts. Whether you are consciously or unconsciously aware, these thoughts have the ability to drastically impact your life.

Thoughts, emotions, and behaviors are all intertwined and influence each other. One approach to counseling seeks to intervene at one of these levels to impact the others. For example, if you work toward developing a mental filter that is more optimistic, your emotions and behaviors will likely follow suit. When you become accustomed to thinking about life from a negative perspective, you tend to isolate yourself, take fewer chances, have more negative interpersonal interactions, and your world becomes increasingly small. By challenging this negative perspective in therapy, you may begin to develop a perspective that is more balanced, acknowledging both the good and the bad in life.

My Role as a Therapist

As a counselor, I am not here to tell you what to do with your life, lecture you, or judge you. I am here to help you discover your feelings, to help motivate you, to provide a safe space for you to explore different options, to help you uncover your strengths, to help you work through trauma, and to assist you in making difficult decisions. The counseling session is all about you. You are the expert of your own life, and my approach to counseling honors that.

Had a Negative Therapy Experience?

Counseling is both a science and an art. Because of this, therapists often approach counseling with their own unique style. The counselor's style might not fit well with yours. If this is the case, you, as the client, have the right to find a different counselor that is a better fit for you.

If you have had a negative counseling experience, I would encourage you to give it another shot. Speak on the phone with your prospective counselor before beginning therapy, ask questions, assert yourself if you are unhappy, and by all means, don't stick with a certain counselor if it's not a good fit.

How My Own Struggles Made Me a Better Therapist

I am a survivor of abuse myself, whose life was changed for the better because of the counseling I received. From personal experience, it works, but it's not easy! Revisiting painful memories doesn't sound pleasant, but by doing this essential work, you are transforming the context of those painful memories from something that you have no control over, to something that you have worked through and made personal meaning out of.

We all tell ourselves, and the world, a story about who we are. You get to create that story, and your story constantly evolves. When negative life events occur, you can either let it re-write your entire story, or you can let it write a chapter in your story. What I mean by this is that you get to decide how you frame the negative and positive events in your life.

Getting to a place where you can tell your story of overcoming adversity takes working through those past events first. Once you've worked through them with a counselor, you free yourself to begin re-writing your story from a perspective of tragedy to one of triumph.

Why Going to Therapy Does Not Mean You are Weak or Flawed

On the contrary, it takes guts and commitment to make the decision to see a counselor. It takes courage to admit that you need help, and to face your struggles head-on. I firmly believe that everybody should see a counselor at least once in their lifetime because we all go through rough patches. This does not mean that you are weak or flawed. It means that you're human, just like the rest of us.

Services I Provide

  • Coaching
  • Consultation
  • Individual Therapy & Counseling
  • Telehealth

Ages I Work With

  • Adults

Languages

  • English

Groups I Work With

    I work with adult women clients in one-on-one counseling sessions held via teletherapy (secure phone or video appointments) or in person at my Sellwood office. My ideal clients are generally women who have experienced sexual (and other types of) abuse or violence, clients experiencing relationship difficulties, clients going through life transitions, and clients who want to get "unstuck" and discover their passions in life.

Industries & Communities Served

  • First Responder/Medical Professionals
  • Self-Employed and Freelance Professionals

Client Concerns I Treat

  • Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues
  • Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Breakup
  • Career Choice
  • Codependency / Dependency
  • Communication Problems
  • Depression
  • Grief, Loss, and Bereavement
  • Identity Issues
  • Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance
  • Posttraumatic Stress / Trauma
  • Self-Esteem
  • Sexual Assault / Abuse
  • Women's Issues

Types of Therapy

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Body-Mind Psychotherapy
  • Breathwork
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Collaborative Therapy
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy
  • Existential Psychotherapy
  • Exposure Therapy
  • Holistic Psychotherapy
  • Humanistic Psychology (humanism)
  • Journal Therapy
  • Mindfulness-Based Interventions
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian Therapy)
  • Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT)
  • Self-Acceptance Training
  • Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
  • Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

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