My private practice in the Portland Metro area provides a safe, healing place for those hurt by narcissistic relationships. I’ve made it my mission to understand brain development, trauma, and healing. My approach is client-centered, pulling from both Jungian and Internal Family Systems. It is important that
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I stumbled upon Dr. McBride’s “Will I Ever Be Good Enough?” book in 2012 and am currently certified in the 5-step recovery model as is laid out in the book. My true passion in my clinical work as a therapist is helping people work through painful challenges
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I first discovered Dr. McBride’s 5-step recovery process two years ago, when I began treating Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents. I happened upon her book after discovering that the majority of my clients came from narcissistic mothers and fathers, and struggled with boundary setting, people pleasing tendencies,
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The WIEBGE 5-step recovery model which includes: Acceptance and Grief, Separation/Individuation, Becoming the Woman I am, Dealing with Mother During Recovery, and Ending the Narcissistic Legacy, inspires hope for recovery from narcissistic parents. Sometimes having parents with this disorder is like not having parents at all, and the loss for
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