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Porshea Pendleton, LMFT

Compassionate, goal-focused therapy for life challenges

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About Porshea

Porshea Pendleton is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Oregon with 24 years of clinical experience. She brings steady, practical care to people facing anxiety, depression, relationship pain, grief, and issues with intimacy.

Background and approach

Her approach combines clear tools with a respectful, faith-informed stance when clients want that element in work together. She often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try different actions.

The Gottman Method guides her work when relationship patterns and communication need attention. Sessions focus on specific goals and real changes rather than vague ideas of progress.

Porshea keeps sessions straightforward and goal-oriented. She listens for what matters most and helps form a plan that fits daily life.

Clients can expect a mix of conversation, practical skill-building, and homework to practice between meetings. She also addresses related issues such as eating concerns, anger, bipolar symptoms, and the effects of abandonment or attachment struggles.

Porshea works with people dealing with adoption and foster care topics, blended family challenges, aging and geriatric concerns, cancer-related stress, and recovery from domestic violence. Her background includes long-term work in mental health and a willingness to include Christian faith when clients request it.

People who want clear structure, compassionate listening, and measurable steps often find her style a good match.

How CBT and Gottman Work Online

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new actions to change mood and behavior. This approach often uses short exercises and practical homework to test different ways of thinking and coping with anxiety, depression, or eating and anger issues.

The Gottman Method focuses on improving communication and reducing patterns that harm relationships. It uses specific exercises to rebuild trust, handle conflict more calmly, and increase positive interactions between partners.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match goals, needs, and personal values. That collaboration can include adding faith-informed elements when a client requests them.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions let therapists observe body language and have more extended conversations. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text messaging allow quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent with a busy schedule and different communication preferences.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
Porshea focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, eating and anger concerns, bipolar symptoms, and coaching. She also works with people facing abandonment, attachment, adoption and foster care topics, blended family issues, aging concerns, cancer-related stress, and recovery from domestic violence.
What is the therapeutic style and approach?
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and the Gottman Method along with practical, goal-oriented work. Sessions emphasize clear steps, skills to try between meetings, and focused communication work when relationships are involved.
How much experience does the clinician have?
The therapist has 24 years of professional experience in mental health practice. That background includes work across several presenting concerns and long-term clinical work in Oregon.
Where is this clinician licensed and located?
The clinician practices in Oregon and holds the credential LMFT, which stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These different formats offer options for shorter check-ins or longer video meetings as needed.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability. That process matches needs and preferences before the first session.

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Experience
24 years
Licensed
Oregon
Languages
English