Bipolar Disorder
In recent years there has been increased attention in the popular media to bipolar disorder.
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Finding Meaning Amidst a Success-Driven World
Do you feel like you’ve been encouraged to chase after a certain vision of success? Maybe you’ve always been a high-achiever, and your family and community have their own ideas about what you…
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Coping with Grief During Social Distancing
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, countless people have had to face grief in many different forms. Perhaps you have dealt with the loss of a job, a relationship, a pet, or even your home….
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Too Much of a Good Thing? The Dilemma of Being an Overachiever
Do you remember the story of the tortoise and the hare? The hare is always in a rush, while the tortoise moves at its own slow, relaxed pace. Surprisingly, when the two race…
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All Work and No Play? Why We Need to Take Advantage of Opportunities for Joy and Personal Growth
For some of us, it can feel like we should spend every moment of our days being productive. A wasted moment is a missed opportunity to make more money, impress your boss, start…
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Self-Compassion: Treating Yourself as You Would Treat a Friend
If your friend called you and told you that they had a bad day at work, would you scold them? Would you berate them for making mistakes? Or would you let them know…
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What Is Telehealth Therapy, How Effective Is It, and Is It Right for You?
What Is Telehealth? Telehealth refers to the practice of seeing any doctor or health care professional using phone or videoconferencing. While many people are just finding out about telehealth due to current social…
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What to Do When Someone You Love Has a Hoarding Problem
Hoarding is a complicated issue. If someone you love has a hoarding problem, it’s easy for outsiders to assume that they are just disorganized. Or perhaps they simply don’t care if their home…
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Ditch self-care. Try values instead.
“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.”– Jack Kornfield I have a secret, one that I hide from most of my other therapist friends and colleagues. I hate the concept…
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So…Whatever Happened to Your New Year’s Resolutions?
Lose 20 pounds. Find a husband. Makeover every room the Marie Kondo way. How’s it going? At the beginning of your shiny new year, all of your New Year’s Resolutions probably seemed possible…
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Research and Training at Portland Psychotherapy
Portland Psychotherapy is a clinic, research and training center. A central part of our mission is to use science to develop novel methods to help people live better lives and alleviate the suffering…
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Embrace Discomfort and Connect to the Meaningful Things in Your Life
Did you make a new year’s resolution at the start of this year? Or have you ever made one in the past? Like most of us, you probably started off with a lot…
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What Is Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy?
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…
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Resources for self- and other-care in difficult times
Many of us have been impacted by the election results. Whether you are feeling shock, fear, anger, sadness, confusion, disbelief, or excitement, joy, satisfaction or hope, you are likely not alone. If you…
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To those who feel afraid or hurt after the election
For many of us, these are frightening and uncertain times. We at Portland Psychotherapy want to make a declaration of support to the millions of people around the nation and here in Portland…
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Blue light at night is bad
We have known or suspected for quite some time that there are significant harmful health and environmental consequences associated with excessive light use at night, especially blue-rich light. Advances in technology and the…