Team

Lauren Summer, MA
Mental Health Counselor, LPC, Clinical Director
Lauren is an Arizona native living in Portland. She completed her Master's in Counseling at Lewis & Clark College with a focus on LGBTQIA studies. Lauren uses DBT, ACT, Gestalt and Existential modalities in her practice, and has worked with a wide variety of issues including anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, autism spectrum disorder, ADD/ADHD, borderline personality disorder, chronic pain, and grief and loss. ​Phone: 503.893.9532
Navya Janapati
Counseling Associate
I approach counseling using a Relational-Cultural approach (RCT) and the Internal Family Systems model (IFS), with some somatic integration as needed. I aim to help clients in their exploration of relationships and their social/cultural context to guide our collaborative work and identify values or goals. It is important to foster acceptance of ourselves, to heal from self-doubt and to give ourselves grace. My clinical experience focuses on areas such as caregiver of origin issues, shame, identity work (including varied cultural values/influences), family, relationship conflicts, and trauma processing. As a woman of color myself, I hope to center people of color and those with multicultural backgrounds. Being a child of South Indian immigrants in the U.S, I've been immersed in Eastern and Western cultures. Life is uniquely challenging for us all, and I hope to re-establish a sense of comfort and or re-empowerment in oneself and in one's resilience.


Leah Sobieck
Counseling Associate
Before becoming a counselor, I was engaged in community development and affordable housing work across Oregon. I practice from a humanistic, relational-cultural framework and incorporate principles from acceptance and commitment theory (ACT) in my work. Inspired by my certified yoga and somatic training, I integrate body-based movement, nervous system and emotional regulation, and mindfulness skills to help clients understand what feels supportive in their bodies. My clinical practice has focused on serving those experiencing grief and loss, complex trauma, chronic pain/disability, life transitions, anxiety, depression, chronic shame, ADHD, and psychosis. My own experiences have taught me to appreciate how challenging and transformative growth can feel. As someone with an invisible disability, it brings me joy to support disabled folks and others, in establishing congruent connections to themselves. I bring my full self into counseling by creating a warm, adaptive, and creative environment that allows folks to unfold and be their authentic selves.
Byrd McDonald
Counseling Associate
Byrd’s person-centered, humanistic approach to counseling incorporates ACT, existential, and attachment-based modalities to support clients experiencing anxiety, anger, depression, ADHD, low self-esteem, grief, and relational trauma. As a member of the LGBTQIA community, Byrd has worked with chronic shame, HIV, aging, and family of origin issues. Byrd’s previous career in documentary filmmaking inspired his decision to become a counselor and informs his mission to honor the unique challenges, strengths, and resilience of every client.


Jessica De Clerck
Mental Health Intern
I strive to provide my clients with the utmost patience, empathy, and non-judgmental care. My clinical experience includes working with trauma, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, identity, relationships, interpersonal effectiveness, career concerns, life transitions, loss, hoarding, and emotional regulation. My approach is rooted in Coherence Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). As someone who identifies as a Highly Sensitive Person, I am also skilled in navigating the sensory and emotional overwhelm that can accompany sensory processing sensitivity. Prior to counseling, I worked in international aid and development, and continue to lead an environmental non-profit organization based in Uganda where I lived for 9 years.
Rosemary Elliott
Mental Health Intern
I apply Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Gestalt Therapy, and Internal Family Systems (IFS) techniques to help clients feel equipped to act in ways that are aligned with their deeply held values. As your therapist, my aim is to cultivate a nonjudgmental space where you feel understood and safe to explore. My clinical experience includes complex trauma, loneliness, anxiety, chronic illness, autism, grief, and suicidal ideation. Together, we will help you define what brings you a sense of joy, calm, connection, and purpose. Before I entered the counseling field, I worked with incarcerated individuals and individuals in the process of divorce.


CHAR CEZANNE
Mental Health Intern
My clinical work focuses on supporting individuals and couples, with an emphasis on trauma, neurodivergence, and LGBTQIA+ issues. As a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, I embrace a person-centered and affirming approach, where your unique experiences and identities are at the forefront of our work together. I draw from a blend of therapeutic approaches including Relational Cultural Theory (RCT), Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB), and Internal Family Systems (IFS). I enjoy helping clients navigate anxiety, perfectionism, shame, relationship challenges, ADHD, complex and relational trauma, and emotional and nervous system regulation. Together, we will explore your strengths, challenges, and aspirations, empowering you to cultivate resilience and enhance your well-being.
ERIKA KEATH
I believe that connection is foundational in healing. Whether it is healing somatically, relationally, or internally; I am a firm believer that you have the tools to connect, grow and heal. My practice is informed by my lived experiences, particularly as a bilingual CODA (Child Of Deaf Adult). With this lived experience I tend to include realms of social justice and advocacy in my clinical work. I work with a variety of concerns including anxiety, depression, PTSD and have a special interest in providing support to Deaf/ Hard-of-Hearing and ASL speakers. In my practice I pull from a variety of modalities including Relational Cultural Theory, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Attachment theory and Somatics. Some of the identities I hold include identifying as a white, queer, first generation, cis-gender woman. I am honored to have the opportunity to get to know you.

Mental Health Intern