Hello friends and colleagues. Below is an update about new events at Portland Psychotherapy in 2017. New providers at Portland Psychotherapy help us expand our services: 2017 was a year of change! We welcomed three new full time licensed clinicians to our team this year. We were thrilled to have Kyong Yi, LCSW join our … Read more
Clear communication is key in any relationship, but it’s hard to know what you actually need to communicate. As the years go by, expectations change, patience wavers, and we use fewer words to convey our needs and feelings. But our longest relationships need more thorough communication to survive. Think about a parent and a child. … Read more
Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT) is a new evidence-based therapy for people who are overcontrolled. A counterintuitive idea behind the therapy is that it’s possible to have too much self-control. Self-control refers to our ability to restrain acting on our urges, emotions, and wants in favor of longer term goals. Most of the time, … Read more
