Our Team
LAUREN SUMMER, MA, LPC
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Owner, 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.
BYRD MCDONALD, MA, LPC
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Clinical Supervisor
Byrd’s approach is grounded in existential-humanistic, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and narrative frameworks. He supports individuals navigating depression, anxiety, OCD, ADHD, body image issues, and trauma—including PTSD and complex trauma. He has deep experience affirming queer and neurodivergent clients, as well as those whose identities and lived experiences fall outside dominant cultural narratives. Byrd also brings a particular sensitivity to working with men who feel out of step with societal expectations, helping them navigate self-discovery, emotional openness, and personal growth. His previous work in documentary filmmaking informs his deep respect for each person’s unique narrative and fuels his belief in the healing power of being truly seen and heard.
Byrd also works with couples, including those in polyamorous and non-traditional relationship structures, supporting partners in strengthening communication, navigating challenges, and building resilient relationships.
As a clinical supervisor, Byrd’s approach is responsive to each clinician’s stage of development, blending practical support with opportunities for personal growth and therapeutic innovation. He helps supervisees build confidence, sharpen their skills, and discover their unique clinical voice.
LEAH SOBIECK, MA, LPC
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Licensed Professional Counselor
Leah was born among boreal forests and lakes in the Great Northwoods of Minnesota. Raised by artists and naturalists, she grew up writing poetry, befriending animals and plants, and hosting a radio show. Leah landed in Portland over 15 years ago to explore the mountains and work in non-profits. Her background is in community development, emphasizing affordable housing and supporting families living with acute illness. In addition to her master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Lewis & Clark College, Leah has certifications in yoga therapy and postpartum mental health.
Leah works within an Existential/Humanistic and Somatic therapeutic orientation, meaning she listens and considers the whole person’s body, mind and spirit. Consider Leah’s welcoming, warm, and curious approach to counseling if you’re wanting to create a practice of self-inquiry, identify patterns of strengths and defenses, experience relational presence, develop honest forms of expression, clarify and act within your values, try creative and experiential practices, or form deeper connections to self, others, and nature. Leah works with adult individuals experiencing perinatal and postpartum issues, high sensitivity/introversion, friction in relationships, fear of transitions and uncertainty, loneliness, challenges with self-discovery, and big/small/confusing losses of identities/people/pets/ideals.
NAVYA JANAPATI, MA, LPC
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Licensed Professional Counselor
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.
MADDIE CURTIS, MA
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Professional Counselor Associate
Maddie is compassionate and curious, utilizing a collaborative approach grounded in existentialism, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and somatic psychotherapy. She supports clients in exploring the intersection of their holistic selves and environment by using a trauma-informed, neurodivergent-affirming, and social justice-oriented framework. Having a particular interest in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Maddie brings a nuanced understanding of how OCD can manifest. She has professional experience working with neurodivergent, queer, and polyamorous folks as well as individuals navigating complex trauma and various life changes. Through her integrative approach, Maddie encourages clients to create meaningful change by embracing uncertainty, fostering psychological flexibility, and promoting the embodiment of their authentic selves. She prioritizes creating a safe space for growth, healing, and empowerment. Prior to counseling, Maddie taught yoga for local shelters and supported various therapy processes for autistic kids.
MEGHAN MILLS, MA
Professional Counselor Associate
With a background as a pelvic floor neuromuscular therapist and health coach, Meghan specializes in working with individuals and couples navigating chronic pain—particularly pelvic pain, such as vaginismus/GPPPD, vulvodynia, interstitial cystitis (IC/BPS), and endometriosis. Using a bio-psycho-social (body-mind-relational) approach, she blends somatic therapy with updated pain science and integrates modalities from Internal Family Systems (IFS), Gottman, Imago, and feminist theories. Meghan strives to create a warm, collaborative space where clients can address their pain and feel more at home both in their body and with the people they love.
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CAM COOK, MA
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Professional Counselor Associate
My approach is grounded in relational perspectives, focusing strongly on the therapeutic relationship as a key part of change. I support the exploration of how past relationships can shape the way we experience emotions, connect with others, and understand ourselves, and we often explore these patterns together when it feels helpful. Through this relational lens, we can support growth in experiencing ourselves in ways that foster greater self-compassion, clarity, flexibility, and connection.
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I have experience supporting people in recovery from eating disorders and those navigating body image concerns, identity exploration, OCD, depression, anxiety, and suicidality. I am passionate about body liberation and creating a warm, affirming space where clients can explore identity, process experiences, and build greater self-compassion, grounded in gender-affirming, trauma-informed, and social justice frameworks.
HEATHER DALE, MA
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Professional Counselor Associate
Life transitions, relationship struggles, or a sense of being stuck can leave us feeling unsure where to turn. Whatever brings you here, you're welcome as you are.
You know your life better than anyone. I believe in working together to create change that feels authentic and meaningful to you. My approach is relational and psychodynamic, so we'll explore patterns in your relationships and how past experiences show up in your present. I also bring in somatic awareness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and attachment-based work, and I'm as interested in your strengths as your struggles. I aim to honor every part of who you are.
I came to counseling in midlife. My own journey has shown me that we're always evolving, and that feeling stuck is often part of the process, not the end of it. Living in Amsterdam and Shanghai and working across cultures shaped my curiosity about how our histories, relationships, and the world around us influence who we become.
I work with adults and couples navigating life transitions, relationship issues, the impact of trauma, and body image and disordered eating. I offer individual, couples, and group therapy. I hold an MA in Professional Mental Health Counseling from Lewis & Clark, with a specialization in Addictions Counseling and a certificate in the Treatment of Eating Disorders.
ANGELA BRISTOW
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Counseling Intern
My therapeutic approach is grounded in the beliefs that counseling is a collaborative relationship and that the core work of healing and growth is to reclaim our authentic wholeness. I recognize this is no small task. We learn who we are is too much and seldom grow up with tools of rest, self-compassion, or self-curiosity. Gradually, we learn to disconnect from our own voice, dreams, values, boundaries, griefs, and joys. I work with clients to reconnect by developing a secure attachment with themselves, strengthening emotional processing, re-authoring the stories that shape their worldview, and by supporting them in building a meaningful and authentic life. My counseling style integrates the theories of emotion focused therapy (EFT), gestalt, somatic, narrative, and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). I value bringing in authentic humor and meaningful creative interventions.
I grew up in a mixed immigration status, multigenerational household and deconstructed from a high-control religion in early adulthood. Before pursuing counseling, I had the privilege of doing both birth and death work. I live with ADHD and chronic pain in a fat body. This background has taught me to work through the pain of feeling like a social outsider, of fighting to have an empowered voice, and also the beautiful and nuanced courageousness of people. I am passionate about life transitions, identity exploration, anger, environmental grief, highly sensitive persons (HSP), religious trauma and deconstruction, high achievers, adult third culture kids (ATCK), shame around sexual expression, ADHD, depression, and anxiety.
LEAH STONE
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Counseling Intern
Leah takes a holistic, collaborative, client-centered approach to counseling with a deep respect for the complexity of being human and the healing power of nature. Her work is grounded in humanistic existentialism, transpersonal therapy, ecopsychology and Indigenous perspectives and teachings. Leah integrates Internal Family Systems with somatic, creative and Earth-based practices, supporting clients in processing past experiences while attending to how they show up in their current lives, and building reliable foundations for facing life’s challenges. Believing people are inherently good and doing their best with the resources they have, Leah meets clients with deep presence, compassion, curiosity and non-judgment. She holds a safe and grounded space for her clients to be fully witnessed on their unique healing path.
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With a background in Wilderness Therapy, Leah supports clients experiencing grief, loss, trauma, shame, anger, depression and anxiety. As an immigrant herself with an international background, she is attuned to diverse cultures and especially passionate about supporting those navigating traumatic grief, ambiguous loss and multicultural identities, including immigrants and Third Culture Kids. Outside of work, Leah enjoys time in nature, playing with her puppy and exploring new foods.
SALENA KEYS-KUKORICZA
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Counseling Intern
My therapeutic approach is rooted in an integrative, humanistic, and schema theory lens. I believe we are essentially made up of the stories that we tell ourselves. With that as the foundation, I see not only the stories that comprise our lived experiences but also the layers and stories that have accumulated across generations, cultures, and societal norms. I have experience working with shame, complex trauma, ADHD, depression, and anxiety. As a biracial queer person, complexity and intersectionality have shaped my lived experience and allowed for flexibility within my practice. I support my clients through curiosity and nuance, helping them explore acceptance in all aspects of themselves and creating a safe space for true authenticity.
ZOOEY HATJES
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Counseling Intern
Zooey is an Indigenous, queer, non binary therapist who graduated from Portland State University with a major in psychology and a minor in Indigenous Nations Studies. They pursued additional education in Indigenous Traditional Ecological and Cultural Knowledge (ITECK). Zooey worked at Native American Rehabilitation Association (NARA) for three years fostering healing through Indigenous cultural knowledge for adults living with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI) and as a Youth Peer Support Specialist. In their current masters program at Lewis and Clark, Zooey has received training through the Transcendence Project, providing gender affirming therapy for trans, non binary and gender diverse clients.
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Zooey works within liberation psychology, relational cultural therapy and restorative justice frameworks. Using a trauma informed lens they have experience working with C/PTSD, grief/loss, anxiety, depression, identity formation, suicidality, self harm and racialized trauma. Zooey incorporates an understanding of the intersectionality of systemic violence and how it interacts with generational and historical trauma. Zooey brings their humor, curiosity and compassion into the therapy room creating a safe, collaborative environment to develop resiliency and empowerment.
JULIANNE KOLB
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Counseling Intern
Julianne adopts an existential and attachment-based approach to counseling, using techniques from both Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to support individuals in living more meaningful and authentic lives aligned with their values. She has experience working with late-diagnosed neurodivergent individuals, complex trauma, burnout, life transitions, anxiety, and depression. She views clients not as problems to solve, but rather as active collaborators in the therapeutic process. Her previous experience in the theater and improv worlds helps her meet the unknown with curiosity, creativity and humor. Julianne actively works to cultivate a space where clients feel safe and comfortable showing up as their whole selves, free of judgment. She believes that a strong therapeutic relationship is one of the keys to lasting change.
MARJORIE SNYDER
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Counseling Intern
Originally from Rhode Island, Marjorie's approach to therapy is warm, relational, and grounded in curiosity about the experiences that shape who we are. She draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), attachment theory, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and existential approaches, with a particular interest in how our earliest relationships and experiences influence the ways we connect with ourselves and others.
Marjorie is particularly interested in supporting adults navigating anxiety, depression, grief and loss, trauma, relationship and attachment concerns, and life transitions. She believes that many of the patterns we carry began as ways of protecting ourselves, coping with difficult experiences, or finding connection. She invites clients to explore these patterns with curiosity and compassion rather than judgment. She aims to create a space where clients feel seen, heard, and supported as they deepen their understanding of themselves, connect with what matters most to them, and move toward lives that feel more meaningful and aligned with their values.
ZOE ARNESEN, MSW
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Behavioral Support Specialist
Originally from Los Angeles, Zoe began her career as an ASL interpreter before landing in Portland in 2008, earning her Master of Social Work at Portland State University. Through her professional work in therapy and group facilitation, she saw how essential it is to pair collaborative therapy with hands-on skill-building and resource navigation for long-term stability and growth. That led her to behavior support and peer support, where she helps clients build practical skills in areas such as executive functioning, emotional regulation, communication, and stress management. She also provides case management to help clients navigate benefits, access resources, and manage everyday tasks.
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As a Certified Peer Support Specialist, Zoe leads with warmth and authenticity. Her work is shaped by a wide range of lived experience, from neurodivergence and chronic health challenges to mental health and complex family dynamics. Whether someone is walking a similar path or simply needs encouragement building confidence or navigating something new, Zoe offers a welcoming space to connect.
Outside of work, Zoe loves reading, boardgames, getting out in nature, and bringing people together.
Support Staff
AERYKA DENTON
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Operations Manager
Aeryka oversees business operations, billing, credentialing, and serves as a member of Holistic Healing's leadership team. With 15+ years of public and private office operations experience spanning education, finance, tech, and government, she has made a career out of making people's jobs easier and improving operational efficiency. This has given her a treasure trove of niche technical, leadership, and organizational skills which converge at Holistic Healing PDX and serve to meet the constantly evolving demands of a mental health group practice. She strives to support the clinician-client relationship by ensuring effective communication and accurate billing, and easing administrative burden for clinicians and clients through policy and insurance changes. She advocates for the practice and clients while navigating the complex and confounding insurance landscape, and is constantly searching for ways to expand accessibility of HH's services.
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Outside of the EHR system, insurance provider portals, and spreadsheets, Aeryka spends her time social dancing, reading, being creative, supporting the arts, visiting family at home (in San Francisco), and lounging with her cat Celeste.
